Number of deaths from stroke by country
Estimated number of deaths from stroke in both sexes.
Countries reporting
191
Highest
2.53 million deaths
China
Lowest
3.87 deaths
Niue
Median
5,583 deaths
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Number of deaths from stroke is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 2.53 million deaths in China; the lowest is 3.87 deaths in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 5,583 deaths, and the mean is 36,453 deaths.
Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 139.8%), and the largest decrease in Kyrgyzstan (down 38.5%).
Number of deaths from stroke: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2.53 million deaths | 2021 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 2 | India | 777,961 deaths | 2021 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 3 | Indonesia | 389,650 deaths | 2021 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 4 | Russia | 300,930 deaths | 2021 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 5 | Vietnam | 174,972 deaths | 2021 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 174,318 deaths | 2021 | up 27.1% | flat |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 133,208 deaths | 2021 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 8 | Japan | 130,679 deaths | 2021 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 9 | Brazil | 127,511 deaths | 2021 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 10 | Pakistan | 113,628 deaths | 2021 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 11 | Philippines | 108,365 deaths | 2021 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 12 | Ukraine | 79,383 deaths | 2021 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 13 | Thailand | 73,764 deaths | 2021 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 14 | Nigeria | 70,772 deaths | 2021 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 15 | Egypt | 69,869 deaths | 2021 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 16 | Myanmar | 60,093 deaths | 2021 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 17 | Germany | 59,731 deaths | 2021 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 18 | Italy | 58,326 deaths | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 19 | North Korea | 57,395 deaths | 2021 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 20 | Romania | 48,881 deaths | 2021 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 21 | Turkey | 47,119 deaths | 2021 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 22 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 45,588 deaths | 2021 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 23 | South Africa | 37,902 deaths | 2021 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 24 | France | 37,540 deaths | 2021 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 37,170 deaths | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 35,793 deaths | 2021 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 27 | Poland | 35,264 deaths | 2021 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 28 | Iran | 33,963 deaths | 2021 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 29 | Mexico | 32,596 deaths | 2021 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 30 | Morocco | 30,701 deaths | 2021 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 31 | South Korea | 28,437 deaths | 2021 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 32 | Spain | 27,917 deaths | 2021 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 26,694 deaths | 2021 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 34 | Algeria | 26,022 deaths | 2021 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 35 | Malaysia | 25,746 deaths | 2021 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 36 | Mozambique | 24,368 deaths | 2021 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 37 | Iraq | 23,704 deaths | 2021 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 38 | Ghana | 23,308 deaths | 2021 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 23,174 deaths | 2021 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 40 | Sri Lanka | 22,842 deaths | 2021 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 41 | Madagascar | 22,153 deaths | 2021 | up 37.8% | rising |
| 42 | Tanzania | 21,882 deaths | 2021 | up 59.7% | rising |
| 43 | Argentina | 21,675 deaths | 2021 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 20,988 deaths | 2021 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 45 | Afghanistan | 20,307 deaths | 2021 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 46 | Colombia | 18,732 deaths | 2021 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 47 | Sudan | 18,143 deaths | 2021 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 48 | Cambodia | 18,136 deaths | 2021 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 49 | Serbia | 16,275 deaths | 2021 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 50 | Kenya | 16,253 deaths | 2021 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 51 | Yemen | 16,056 deaths | 2021 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 52 | Venezuela | 15,905 deaths | 2021 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 53 | Belarus | 15,201 deaths | 2021 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 54 | Angola | 14,848 deaths | 2021 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 55 | Greece | 14,729 deaths | 2021 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 56 | Canada | 14,244 deaths | 2021 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 57 | Cameroon | 14,243 deaths | 2021 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 58 | Nepal | 13,750 deaths | 2021 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 59 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11,962 deaths | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 60 | Georgia | 11,828 deaths | 2021 | up 22.4% | flat |
| 61 | Portugal | 11,823 deaths | 2021 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 62 | Hungary | 11,535 deaths | 2021 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 63 | Chile | 11,394 deaths | 2021 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 64 | Cuba | 11,277 deaths | 2021 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 65 | Haiti | 11,188 deaths | 2021 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 66 | Niger | 10,895 deaths | 2021 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 67 | Malawi | 10,482 deaths | 2021 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 68 | Australia | 10,405 deaths | 2021 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 9,997 deaths | 2021 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 70 | Uganda | 9,907 deaths | 2021 | up 40.0% | falling |
| 71 | Netherlands | 9,894 deaths | 2021 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 72 | Syria | 9,775 deaths | 2021 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 73 | Peru | 9,569 deaths | 2021 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 74 | Somalia | 9,175 deaths | 2021 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 75 | Senegal | 8,299 deaths | 2021 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 76 | Guinea | 8,252 deaths | 2021 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 77 | Tunisia | 8,248 deaths | 2021 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 78 | Burkina Faso | 8,221 deaths | 2021 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 79 | Czechia | 7,718 deaths | 2021 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 80 | Mali | 7,631 deaths | 2021 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 81 | Benin | 7,497 deaths | 2021 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7,460 deaths | 2021 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 83 | Chad | 7,089 deaths | 2021 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 84 | Ecuador | 6,932 deaths | 2021 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 85 | Zambia | 6,921 deaths | 2021 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 86 | Rwanda | 6,880 deaths | 2021 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 87 | Albania | 6,740 deaths | 2021 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 88 | Belgium | 6,536 deaths | 2021 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 89 | Laos | 6,403 deaths | 2021 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 6,041 deaths | 2021 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 91 | Latvia | 5,801 deaths | 2021 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 92 | Togo | 5,685 deaths | 2021 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 93 | Lithuania | 5,658 deaths | 2021 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 94 | Sweden | 5,652 deaths | 2021 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 95 | Sierra Leone | 5,649 deaths | 2021 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 96 | Burundi | 5,583 deaths | 2021 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 97 | Moldova | 5,552 deaths | 2021 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 98 | Turkmenistan | 5,549 deaths | 2021 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 5,275 deaths | 2021 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 100 | Papua New Guinea | 5,256 deaths | 2021 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 101 | Croatia | 5,137 deaths | 2021 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 102 | Bolivia | 5,021 deaths | 2021 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 103 | Austria | 5,001 deaths | 2021 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 104 | Slovakia | 4,998 deaths | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 105 | South Sudan | 4,767 deaths | 2021 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 106 | Finland | 4,681 deaths | 2021 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 107 | Tajikistan | 4,630 deaths | 2021 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 108 | Honduras | 4,540 deaths | 2021 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 109 | North Macedonia | 4,133 deaths | 2021 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 110 | Guatemala | 3,973 deaths | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 111 | Switzerland | 3,859 deaths | 2021 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 112 | Denmark | 3,594 deaths | 2021 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 113 | Jamaica | 3,376 deaths | 2021 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 114 | Paraguay | 3,119 deaths | 2021 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 115 | Eritrea | 3,092 deaths | 2021 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 116 | Libya | 2,983 deaths | 2021 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 117 | Central African Republic | 2,884 deaths | 2021 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 118 | Saudi Arabia | 2,865 deaths | 2021 | up 13.6% | flat |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,819 deaths | 2021 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 120 | Uruguay | 2,761 deaths | 2021 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 121 | Israel | 2,756 deaths | 2021 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 122 | Lesotho | 2,729 deaths | 2021 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 123 | Mongolia | 2,660 deaths | 2021 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 124 | Liberia | 2,657 deaths | 2021 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 125 | Jordan | 2,496 deaths | 2021 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 126 | Armenia | 2,479 deaths | 2021 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 127 | Lebanon | 2,388 deaths | 2021 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 128 | New Zealand | 2,333 deaths | 2021 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 129 | Congo | 2,312 deaths | 2021 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 130 | Norway | 2,306 deaths | 2021 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 131 | Panama | 2,071 deaths | 2021 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 132 | Mauritania | 2,052 deaths | 2021 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 133 | El Salvador | 1,997 deaths | 2021 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 134 | Slovenia | 1,839 deaths | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 136 | Singapore | 1,713 deaths | 2021 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 137 | Costa Rica | 1,618 deaths | 2021 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 138 | Montenegro | 1,506 deaths | 2021 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 139 | Namibia | 1,310 deaths | 2021 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 140 | Gambia | 1,287 deaths | 2021 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 141 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,214 deaths | 2021 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 142 | Mauritius | 1,188 deaths | 2021 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 143 | East Timor | 1,139 deaths | 2021 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 144 | Estonia | 1,111 deaths | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 145 | United Arab Emirates | 1,110 deaths | 2021 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,108 deaths | 2021 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 147 | Botswana | 1,090 deaths | 2021 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 148 | Oman | 1,018 deaths | 2021 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 149 | Gabon | 897.02 deaths | 2021 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 150 | Eswatini | 859.15 deaths | 2021 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 771.58 deaths | 2021 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 152 | Nicaragua | 749.24 deaths | 2021 | down 34.3% | flat |
| 153 | Djibouti | 731.57 deaths | 2021 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 154 | Fiji | 682.91 deaths | 2021 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 155 | Kuwait | 646.85 deaths | 2021 | up 103.4% | rising |
| 156 | Maldives | 608.7 deaths | 2021 | up 139.8% | rising |
| 157 | Guyana | 580.59 deaths | 2021 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 158 | Equatorial Guinea | 547.83 deaths | 2021 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 159 | Cyprus | 479.69 deaths | 2021 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 160 | Comoros | 472.89 deaths | 2021 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 161 | Cape Verde | 460.26 deaths | 2021 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 162 | Bahrain | 450 deaths | 2021 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 163 | Suriname | 423.18 deaths | 2021 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 164 | Bhutan | 319.49 deaths | 2021 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 165 | Qatar | 283.32 deaths | 2021 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 166 | Vanuatu | 281.71 deaths | 2021 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 167 | Barbados | 280.96 deaths | 2021 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 170 | Bahamas | 223.99 deaths | 2021 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 171 | Brunei | 187.65 deaths | 2021 | up 96.4% | rising |
| 172 | Samoa | 176.99 deaths | 2021 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 148.07 deaths | 2021 | up 28.6% | flat |
| 174 | Micronesia (country) | 144.52 deaths | 2021 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 175 | Iceland | 139.98 deaths | 2021 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 176 | Monaco | 133.41 deaths | 2021 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 177 | Kiribati | 131.09 deaths | 2021 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 178 | Belize | 124.43 deaths | 2021 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 179 | Sao Tome and Principe | 117.93 deaths | 2021 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 180 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 103.32 deaths | 2021 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 181 | Grenada | 103.21 deaths | 2021 | down 25.7% | flat |
| 182 | Seychelles | 74.6 deaths | 2021 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 183 | Dominica | 60.6 deaths | 2021 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 184 | Tonga | 59.49 deaths | 2021 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 185 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 57.38 deaths | 2021 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 186 | Marshall Islands | 44.79 deaths | 2021 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 187 | Antigua and Barbuda | 41.33 deaths | 2021 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 188 | Andorra | 29.27 deaths | 2021 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 189 | Palau | 25.03 deaths | 2021 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 190 | San Marino | 21.86 deaths | 2021 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 191 | Tuvalu | 13.53 deaths | 2021 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 192 | Cook Islands | 11.99 deaths | 2021 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 193 | Nauru | 11.93 deaths | 2021 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 194 | Niue | 3.87 deaths | 2021 | up 26.1% | rising |
About this data
Estimated number of deaths from stroke in both sexes.