Mortality, morbidity and welfare cost from exposure to environment-related risks — Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) by country
The Mortality and Welfare Costs from Exposure to Environmental Risks database provides data on health impacts and welfare costs from exposure to environmentally-related risks. This dataset integrates data on mortality and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (GBD...
Countries reporting
177
Highest
109.86 Per 1 000 inhabitants
Somalia
Lowest
0.001 Per 1 000 inhabitants
Qatar
Median
2.31 Per 1 000 inhabitants
Years covered
30
1990–2019
Data points
6,360
What the numbers show
Mortality, morbidity and welfare cost from exposure to environment-related risks — Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 109.86 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Somalia; the lowest is 0.001 Per 1 000 inhabitants in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.31 Per 1 000 inhabitants, and the mean is 12.41 Per 1 000 inhabitants.
Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 174 fell. The largest increase was in Guam (up 12.2%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 92.9%).
Mortality, morbidity and welfare cost from exposure to: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 109.86 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 81.91 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 3 | Chad | 75.46 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 4 | Mali | 73.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 5 | Niger | 73.12 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 72.29 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 7 | Solomon Islands | 66.64 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 8 | Papua New Guinea | 58.34 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 9 | Guinea | 56.97 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 10 | Eritrea | 53.58 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 11 | Sierra Leone | 53.45 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 12 | Benin | 47.58 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 13 | Haiti | 43.97 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 14 | Burundi | 43.84 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 15 | Nigeria | 43.5 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 16 | South Sudan | 43.02 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 17 | Kiribati | 42.36 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 18 | Mozambique | 41.8 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 19 | Vanuatu | 41.58 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 20 | Guinea-Bissau | 41.23 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 21 | Afghanistan | 37.43 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 22 | Côte d’Ivoire | 36.17 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 23 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 34.97 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 24 | Malawi | 33.63 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 25 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 33.3 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 32.76 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 27 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 30.62 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 28 | Cambodia | 29.5 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Togo | 29.42 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 30 | Myanmar | 28.79 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 31 | Uganda | 28.04 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 32 | Pakistan | 26.97 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 33 | Gambia | 26.57 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 34 | Rwanda | 26.55 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 35 | Senegal | 25.91 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 36 | Liberia | 25.68 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Comoros | 25.55 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 38 | Zambia | 24.74 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 39 | Cameroon | 24.11 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 40 | Nepal | 22.7 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 41 | Samoa | 21.35 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 42 | Kenya | 19.53 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 18.9 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 44 | Marshall Islands | 15.46 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 45 | India | 15.3 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 46 | Ghana | 14.85 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 47 | Angola | 14.04 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Sao Tome and Principe | 13.96 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 49 | Yemen | 13.92 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Bhutan | 13.87 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Philippines | 13.38 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 52 | Congo | 12.3 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 53 | Honduras | 11.62 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 54 | Namibia | 11.16 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 55 | Botswana | 10.95 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 56 | Guatemala | 10.53 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 57 | Mongolia | 10.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 50.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Sudan | 10.31 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Djibouti | 10.14 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 60 | Tajikistan | 10.04 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Indonesia | 9.46 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 9.16 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 63 | Georgia | 9.15 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 64 | Tonga | 8.41 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 65 | Nicaragua | 7.72 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.59 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 67 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.48 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 54.8% | falling |
| 68 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 6.44 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 69 | China (People’s Republic of) | 6.1 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Montenegro | 5.97 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 5.84 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 5.39 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 73 | Albania | 5.37 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Paraguay | 4.81 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 75 | Serbia | 4.71 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 76 | Tuvalu | 4.61 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 77 | American Samoa | 3.61 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 78 | Thailand | 3.27 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 79 | Uzbekistan | 3.19 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 57.4% | falling |
| 80 | Hungary | 3.16 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 81 | Northern Mariana Islands | 3.06 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 82 | South Africa | 2.76 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 2.75 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Romania | 2.67 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Suriname | 2.58 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 86 | El Salvador | 2.54 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Belize | 2.5 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 88 | Peru | 2.31 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Mexico | 2.31 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 90 | Guyana | 2.24 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 91 | Kazakhstan | 2.1 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Brazil | 2.01 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 1.95 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 58.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Jamaica | 1.79 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Dominica | 1.56 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Maldives | 1.51 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Naoero | 1.45 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 76.5% | falling |
| 98 | Colombia | 1.39 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Ukraine | 1.37 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 100 | Morocco | 1.36 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Panama | 1.17 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 102 | Gabon | 1.15 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.08 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Guam | 0.987 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 105 | Ecuador | 0.841 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Saint Lucia | 0.714 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Armenia | 0.637 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 0.635 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Grenada | 0.601 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.514 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Chinese Taipei | 0.509 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Chile | 0.464 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Cuba | 0.434 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 114 | Russia | 0.39 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Argentina | 0.385 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 116 | OECD | 0.369 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Mauritius | 0.347 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 56.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Uruguay | 0.331 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Bermuda | 0.298 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Belarus | 0.219 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 121 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.212 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 122 | Palestine, State of | 0.181 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Greenland | 0.179 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Bahamas | 0.178 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Czechia | 0.174 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.144 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Seychelles | 0.126 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Malaysia | 0.113 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Spain | 0.094 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.089 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Greece | 0.077 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Portugal | 0.069 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.059 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Iraq | 0.055 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Tunisia | 0.052 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Algeria | 0.05 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Oman | 0.049 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Saudi Arabia | 0.049 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Italy | 0.045 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Lebanon | 0.042 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Libya | 0.042 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Bahrain | 0.04 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Iran | 0.038 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Turkmenistan | 0.03 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.028 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Egypt | 0.024 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Palau | 0.023 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 148 | Austria | 0.022 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Malta | 0.021 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Barbados | 0.017 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 150 | Japan | 0.017 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Cyprus | 0.016 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Australia | 0.014 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 153 | New Zealand | 0.014 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 155 | United States | 0.013 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 156 | France | 0.012 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 156 | San Marino | 0.012 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 158 | Belgium | 0.011 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Israel | 0.011 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Singapore | 0.011 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Finland | 0.01 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Ireland | 0.01 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Luxembourg | 0.009 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Andorra | 0.008 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Germany | 0.008 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 164 | Denmark | 0.008 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Kuwait | 0.007 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Puerto Rico | 0.007 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 167 | Sweden | 0.007 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Canada | 0.006 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Iceland | 0.006 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Jordan | 0.006 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Norway | 0.006 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Switzerland | 0.004 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 174 | United Kingdom | 0.004 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 176 | United Arab Emirates | 0.001 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 176 | Qatar | 0.001 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 50.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Madagascar 38.06 Per 1 000 inhabitants
- Ethiopia 31.85 Per 1 000 inhabitants
- Lesotho 31.03 Per 1 000 inhabitants
- Eswatini 16.83 Per 1 000 inhabitants
- Mauritania 11.66 Per 1 000 inhabitants
- ASEAN 11.26 Per 1 000 inhabitants
- Poland 1.69 Per 1 000 inhabitants
- Fiji 11.23 Per 1 000 inhabitants
- Latvia 1.12 Per 1 000 inhabitants
- Slovenia 0.682 Per 1 000 inhabitants
- Cabo Verde 4.92 Per 1 000 inhabitants
- Latin America and the Caribbean 2.98 Per 1 000 inhabitants
About this data
The Mortality and Welfare Costs from Exposure to Environmental Risks database provides data on health impacts and welfare costs from exposure to environmentally-related risks. This dataset integrates data on mortality and Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (GBD 2019), and quantifies welfare costs using a methodology adapted from the OECD (2017), The Rising Cost of Ambient Air Pollution thus far in the 21st Century: Results from the BRIICS and the OECD Countries. The database covers a wide range of environmental risks, including air pollution, climate-related threats, exposure to hazardous substances such as lead and radon, unsafe water and sanitation, environment-related occupational risks, and environment-related behavioral risks. The data are disaggregated by gender and age groups, providing a granular view of how these risks impact dimensions of the population. Data source(s): GBD (2019), Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 Results, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, United States. http://ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-results-tool GBD 2019 Risk Factor Collaborators (2020), Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, The Lancet, Volume 396, Issue 10258, Pages 1223-1249. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30752-2. Online Appendix 1: https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0140673620307522-mmc1.pdf OECD (2017), The Rising Cost of Ambient Air Pollution thus far in the 21st Century: Results from the BRIICS and the OECD Countries, OECD Publishing, Paris. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/d1b2b844-en Contact: env.stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: December 2020 For further details on the dataset, consult the Dataset documentation.