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Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease (probability) by country

Countries reporting
174
Highest
44.1
Kiribati
Lowest
6.9
Republic of Korea
Median
18.7
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,442

What the numbers show

Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease (probability) is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 44.1 in Kiribati; the lowest is 6.9 in Republic of Korea.

The median across all reporting countries is 18.7, and the mean is 18.62.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 148 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 45.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 56.5%).

Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kiribati 44.1 2021 up 3.5% flat
2 Solomon Islands 40.6 2021 up 3.6% rising
3 Fiji 37.9 2021 down 8.2% falling
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 25.1 2021 down 3.5% falling
4 Vanuatu 36.8 2021 down 3.2% falling
5 Lesotho 36.3 2021 up 5.2% rising
6 Afghanistan 32.7 2021 down 13.0% falling
7 Eswatini 32.3 2021 down 17.6% flat
7 Samoa 32.3 2021 up 4.2% flat
9 Philippines 31.9 2021 up 27.6% rising
9 Timor-Leste 20.1 2021 down 5.6% flat
9 Viet Nam 20.1 2021 down 7.4% flat
10 Haiti 31.6 2021 down 5.1% falling
11 Zimbabwe 31.2 2021 down 7.7% rising
11 Cabo Verde 17.2 2021 up 20.3% rising
12 Central African Republic 30.8 2021 down 4.0% falling
13 Papua New Guinea 28.5 2021 down 3.4% flat
14 Somalia 27.6 2021 down 10.1% falling
15 Eritrea 27.3 2021 down 9.0% falling
16 Tonga 26.9 2021 down 1.8% falling
16 Türkiye 15.4 2021 down 17.2% falling
17 Mozambique 26.6 2021 down 4.7% rising
18 Mongolia 26.3 2021 down 26.7% falling
19 Egypt 26 2021 down 13.0% falling
20 Madagascar 25.9 2021 down 6.8% falling
21 Yemen 25.8 2021 down 4.8% falling
22 Turkmenistan 25.7 2021 down 6.2% falling
23 Bulgaria 25.6 2021 unchanged falling
24 Pakistan 25.5 2021 down 9.3% falling
25 Guyana 25.4 2021 down 15.1% falling
25 Togo 25.4 2021 down 9.6% falling
27 Guinea-Bissau 25.3 2021 down 10.0% falling
28 Malawi 24.9 2021 up 2.9% flat
29 Burundi 24.8 2021 down 0.8% falling
29 Ukraine 24.8 2021 down 14.5% falling
31 Angola 24.7 2021 down 0.4% falling
32 Uzbekistan 24.6 2021 down 34.9% falling
33 Cameroon 24.3 2021 down 10.0% falling
34 Myanmar 24 2021 down 15.2% falling
35 Sierra Leone 23.9 2021 down 10.8% falling
36 Belarus 23.8 2021 down 23.7% falling
37 Guinea 23.6 2021 down 10.6% flat
37 India 23.6 2021 up 4.4% rising
37 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 23.6 2021 up 24.2% rising
37 Zambia 23.6 2021 up 2.2% falling
41 Burkina Faso 23.4 2021 down 7.5% falling
41 Chad 23.4 2021 down 8.2% falling
43 Namibia 23.1 2021 down 3.3% falling
44 Mali 23 2021 down 7.6% falling
45 Iraq 22.7 2021 down 8.5% falling
45 Latvia 22.7 2021 down 13.0% falling
45 South Africa 22.7 2021 down 13.4% flat
48 Cambodia 22.6 2021 down 7.4% falling
49 South Sudan 22.4 2021 up 30.2% rising
49 Russian Federation 22.4 2021 down 27.5% falling
51 Ghana 22.2 2021 down 12.6% falling
52 Georgia 22.1 2021 down 21.6% falling
53 Liberia 22 2021 down 6.8% flat
53 Morocco 22 2021 down 3.9% falling
55 Indonesia 21.9 2021 down 15.8% falling
56 Gambia 21.8 2021 down 4.4% falling
57 Hungary 21.7 2021 down 11.4% falling
57 Mauritius 21.7 2021 down 10.7% falling
59 Romania 21.5 2021 down 6.9% falling
59 Uganda 21.5 2021 down 7.7% falling
61 Senegal 21.4 2021 down 7.0% falling
62 Congo 21.2 2021 down 19.1% falling
62 Kazakhstan 21.2 2021 down 32.7% falling
62 Sudan 21.2 2021 down 8.6% falling
65 Benin 20.8 2021 down 7.1% falling
66 Serbia 20.7 2021 down 15.5% falling
67 Armenia 20.6 2021 down 16.9% falling
67 Djibouti 20.6 2021 up 1.5% flat
69 Bahamas 20.4 2021 down 6.8% falling
70 Equatorial Guinea 20.3 2021 up 0.5% falling
70 Trinidad and Tobago 20.3 2021 down 2.9% falling
72 Comoros 20.2 2021 down 5.2% falling
72 Jamaica 20.2 2021 up 38.4% flat
72 Niger 20.2 2021 up 2.0% flat
75 Rwanda 20 2021 down 5.7% falling
76 Malaysia 19.9 2021 up 3.6% falling
77 Libya 19.8 2021 down 1.0% flat
77 Lithuania 19.8 2021 down 16.5% falling
79 North Macedonia 19.6 2021 down 13.7% falling
80 Sao Tome and Principe 19.5 2021 down 2.0% flat
81 Nepal 19.4 2021 up 1.6% rising
82 Botswana 19 2021 down 24.6% falling
83 Kyrgyzstan 18.8 2021 down 32.9% falling
84 Mauritania 18.7 2021 up 3.3% falling
84 Suriname 18.7 2021 down 7.9% falling
86 Bangladesh 18.1 2021 down 17.7% falling
86 Gabon 18.1 2021 down 21.0% falling
86 Tajikistan 18.1 2021 down 30.7% falling
89 Kenya 18 2021 down 3.2% rising
89 Montenegro 18 2021 down 18.6% falling
91 Honduras 17.8 2021 up 0.6% rising
92 Nigeria 17.7 2021 down 3.3% falling
93 Cuba 17.6 2021 up 2.3% flat
94 Azerbaijan 17.4 2021 down 36.7% falling
94 Dominican Republic 17.4 2021 up 6.7% rising
94 Uruguay 17.4 2021 down 1.7% falling
97 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.2 2021 down 13.1% falling
98 Grenada 17.1 2021 down 24.0% falling
99 Poland 17 2021 down 17.5% falling
100 Ethiopia 16.8 2021 down 10.6% falling
101 Slovakia 16.6 2021 down 19.4% falling
102 Mexico 16.3 2021 down 0.6% falling
103 Paraguay 16.1 2021 down 10.6% falling
104 Bhutan 15.9 2021 down 11.7% falling
104 China 15.9 2021 down 18.0% falling
104 Croatia 15.9 2021 down 13.1% falling
107 Seychelles 15.6 2021 down 27.4% falling
108 Estonia 15.5 2021 down 22.1% falling
108 Saint Lucia 15.5 2021 down 8.3% falling
110 Belize 15.4 2021 down 12.5% falling
111 Brunei Darussalam 14.9 2021 down 7.5% falling
112 Bahrain 14.8 2021 down 24.1% falling
113 Guatemala 14.6 2021 down 0.7% rising
113 Oman 14.6 2021 down 45.7% falling
115 Brazil 14.5 2021 down 16.7% falling
115 Thailand 14.5 2021 down 4.0% falling
117 Czechia 14.2 2021 down 20.2% falling
118 Barbados 14 2021 down 21.3% falling
119 Sri Lanka 13.9 2021 down 23.6% falling
120 Saudi Arabia 13.6 2021 down 14.5% falling
121 Argentina 13.4 2021 down 22.5% falling
122 Algeria 13.3 2021 down 12.5% falling
123 Ecuador 13.2 2021 up 0.8% falling
124 Tunisia 13 2021 down 20.7% falling
125 Nicaragua 12.6 2021 down 7.4% falling
125 El Salvador 12.6 2021 up 5.9% flat
127 Peru 12.3 2021 up 26.8% rising
128 Antigua and Barbuda 12.1 2021 down 28.8% falling
128 Qatar 12.1 2021 down 39.5% falling
130 Greece 12 2021 down 7.0% falling
131 Lebanon 11.9 2021 down 15.6% falling
132 United Arab Emirates 11.6 2021 up 45.0% falling
132 Germany 11.6 2021 down 10.8% falling
132 Jordan 11.6 2021 down 35.2% falling
132 Slovenia 11.6 2021 down 14.1% falling
136 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11 2021 down 11.3% falling
137 Panama 10.9 2021 down 5.2% falling
138 Denmark 10.7 2021 down 20.7% falling
139 Portugal 10.5 2021 down 15.3% falling
140 Colombia 10.3 2021 down 10.4% falling
140 New Zealand 10.3 2021 down 12.7% falling
140 Singapore 10.3 2021 down 6.4% falling
143 France 10.2 2021 down 13.6% falling
144 Puerto Rico 10.1 2021 down 16.5% falling
145 Albania 10 2021 down 47.1% falling
146 Austria 9.9 2021 down 20.2% falling
146 Costa Rica 9.9 2021 down 9.2% falling
146 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 9.9 2021 down 21.4% falling
149 Malta 9.8 2021 down 16.9% falling
150 Canada 9.7 2021 down 12.6% falling
151 Finland 9.6 2021 down 20.0% falling
151 Ireland 9.6 2021 down 16.5% falling
153 Chile 9.4 2021 down 27.1% falling
154 Spain 9.3 2021 down 16.2% falling
154 Kuwait 9.3 2021 down 29.0% falling
156 Belgium 9.2 2021 down 29.2% falling
157 Italy 9.1 2021 down 12.5% falling
158 Maldives 9 2021 down 56.5% falling
159 Australia and New Zealand 8.6 2021 down 15.7% falling
160 Cyprus 8.5 2021 down 18.3% falling
160 Iceland 8.5 2021 down 14.1% falling
162 Australia 8.3 2021 down 16.2% falling
163 Japan 8 2021 down 16.7% falling
164 Sweden 7.9 2021 down 24.0% falling
165 Luxembourg 7.8 2021 down 32.2% falling
165 Norway 7.8 2021 down 30.4% falling
167 Israel 7.6 2021 down 26.9% falling
168 Switzerland 7.5 2021 down 22.7% falling
169 Republic of Korea 6.9 2021 down 36.7% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease (probability)
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
206 places, 1,442 data points, 2000–2021
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