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

Countries reporting
197
Highest
44.1 %
Kiribati
Lowest
6.9 %
Republic of Korea
Median
19 %
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,526

What the numbers show

Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease (probability) is currently reported for 197 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 19 %, and the mean is 18.83 %.

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

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 167 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 … probability: 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 Micronesia (Federated States of) 40.5 % 2021 up 1.0% flat
4 Fiji 37.9 % 2021 down 8.2% falling
5 Vanuatu 36.8 % 2021 down 3.2% falling
6 Lesotho 36.3 % 2021 up 5.2% rising
7 Afghanistan 32.7 % 2021 down 13.0% falling
8 Eswatini 32.3 % 2021 down 17.6% flat
8 Samoa 32.3 % 2021 up 4.2% flat
10 Philippines 31.9 % 2021 up 27.6% rising
11 Haiti 31.6 % 2021 down 5.1% falling
12 Zimbabwe 31.2 % 2021 down 7.7% rising
13 Central African Republic 30.8 % 2021 down 4.0% falling
14 Papua New Guinea 28.5 % 2021 down 3.4% flat
15 Somalia 27.6 % 2021 down 10.1% falling
16 Eritrea 27.3 % 2021 down 9.0% falling
17 Tonga 26.9 % 2021 down 1.8% falling
18 Mozambique 26.6 % 2021 down 4.7% rising
19 Laos 26.5 % 2021 down 9.2% falling
19 Lao People's Democratic Republic 26.5 % 2021 down 9.2% falling
21 Mongolia 26.3 % 2021 down 26.7% falling
22 Egypt 26 % 2021 down 13.0% falling
23 Madagascar 25.9 % 2021 down 6.8% falling
24 Yemen 25.8 % 2021 down 4.8% falling
25 Turkmenistan 25.7 % 2021 down 6.2% falling
26 Bulgaria 25.6 % 2021 unchanged falling
27 Pakistan 25.5 % 2021 down 9.3% falling
28 Guyana 25.4 % 2021 down 15.1% falling
28 Togo 25.4 % 2021 down 9.6% falling
30 Guinea-Bissau 25.3 % 2021 down 10.0% falling
31 Democratic Republic of the Congo 25.1 % 2021 down 3.5% falling
32 Malawi 24.9 % 2021 up 2.9% flat
33 Burundi 24.8 % 2021 down 0.8% falling
33 Ukraine 24.8 % 2021 down 14.5% falling
35 Angola 24.7 % 2021 down 0.4% falling
35 Moldova 24.7 % 2021 down 22.3% falling
35 Republic of Moldova 24.7 % 2021 down 22.3% falling
38 Uzbekistan 24.6 % 2021 down 34.9% falling
39 Cameroon 24.3 % 2021 down 10.0% falling
40 Myanmar 24 % 2021 down 15.2% falling
41 Sierra Leone 23.9 % 2021 down 10.8% falling
42 Belarus 23.8 % 2021 down 23.7% falling
43 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 23.7 % 2021 down 11.2% flat
44 Guinea 23.6 % 2021 down 10.6% flat
44 India 23.6 % 2021 up 4.4% rising
44 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 23.6 % 2021 up 24.2% rising
44 Zambia 23.6 % 2021 up 2.2% falling
48 Burkina Faso 23.4 % 2021 down 7.5% falling
48 Chad 23.4 % 2021 down 8.2% falling
50 Namibia 23.1 % 2021 down 3.3% falling
51 Mali 23 % 2021 down 7.6% falling
52 Cote d'Ivoire 22.7 % 2021 down 7.7% rising
52 Iraq 22.7 % 2021 down 8.5% falling
52 Latvia 22.7 % 2021 down 13.0% falling
52 South Africa 22.7 % 2021 down 13.4% flat
52 Côte d'Ivoire 22.7 % 2021 down 7.7% rising
57 Cambodia 22.6 % 2021 down 7.4% falling
58 Russia 22.4 % 2021 down 27.5% falling
58 South Sudan 22.4 % 2021 up 30.2% rising
58 Russian Federation 22.4 % 2021 down 27.5% falling
61 Ghana 22.2 % 2021 down 12.6% falling
62 Georgia 22.1 % 2021 down 21.6% falling
63 Liberia 22 % 2021 down 6.8% flat
63 Morocco 22 % 2021 down 3.9% falling
65 Indonesia 21.9 % 2021 down 15.8% falling
66 Gambia 21.8 % 2021 down 4.4% falling
67 Hungary 21.7 % 2021 down 11.4% falling
67 Mauritius 21.7 % 2021 down 10.7% falling
69 Romania 21.5 % 2021 down 6.9% falling
69 Uganda 21.5 % 2021 down 7.7% falling
71 Senegal 21.4 % 2021 down 7.0% falling
72 Syria 21.3 % 2021 down 4.1% falling
72 Syrian Arab Republic 21.3 % 2021 down 4.1% falling
74 Congo 21.2 % 2021 down 19.1% falling
74 Kazakhstan 21.2 % 2021 down 32.7% falling
74 Sudan 21.2 % 2021 down 8.6% falling
77 Benin 20.8 % 2021 down 7.1% falling
78 Serbia 20.7 % 2021 down 15.5% falling
79 Armenia 20.6 % 2021 down 16.9% falling
79 Djibouti 20.6 % 2021 up 1.5% flat
81 Bahamas 20.4 % 2021 down 6.8% falling
82 Equatorial Guinea 20.3 % 2021 up 0.5% falling
82 Trinidad and Tobago 20.3 % 2021 down 2.9% falling
84 Comoros 20.2 % 2021 down 5.2% falling
84 Jamaica 20.2 % 2021 up 38.4% flat
84 Niger 20.2 % 2021 up 2.0% flat
87 East Timor 20.1 % 2021 down 5.6% flat
87 Vietnam 20.1 % 2021 down 7.4% flat
87 Timor-Leste 20.1 % 2021 down 5.6% flat
87 Viet Nam 20.1 % 2021 down 7.4% flat
91 Rwanda 20 % 2021 down 5.7% falling
92 Malaysia 19.9 % 2021 up 3.6% falling
92 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 19.9 % 2021 up 11.8% falling
94 Libya 19.8 % 2021 down 1.0% flat
94 Lithuania 19.8 % 2021 down 16.5% falling
96 North Macedonia 19.6 % 2021 down 13.7% falling
97 Sao Tome and Principe 19.5 % 2021 down 2.0% flat
98 Nepal 19.4 % 2021 up 1.6% rising
99 Botswana 19 % 2021 down 24.6% falling
100 Kyrgyzstan 18.8 % 2021 down 32.9% falling
100 United Republic of Tanzania 18.8 % 2021 up 7.4% flat
102 Mauritania 18.7 % 2021 up 3.3% falling
102 Suriname 18.7 % 2021 down 7.9% falling
102 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18.7 % 2021 up 18.4% rising
105 State of Palestine 18.3 % 2021 down 20.4% falling
106 Bangladesh 18.1 % 2021 down 17.7% falling
106 Gabon 18.1 % 2021 down 21.0% falling
106 Tajikistan 18.1 % 2021 down 30.7% falling
109 Kenya 18 % 2021 down 3.2% rising
109 Montenegro 18 % 2021 down 18.6% falling
111 Honduras 17.8 % 2021 up 0.6% rising
112 Nigeria 17.7 % 2021 down 3.3% falling
113 Cuba 17.6 % 2021 up 2.3% flat
114 Azerbaijan 17.4 % 2021 down 36.7% falling
114 Dominican Republic 17.4 % 2021 up 6.7% rising
114 Uruguay 17.4 % 2021 down 1.7% falling
117 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.2 % 2021 down 13.1% falling
117 Cabo Verde 17.2 % 2021 up 20.3% rising
119 Grenada 17.1 % 2021 down 24.0% falling
120 Poland 17 % 2021 down 17.5% falling
121 Ethiopia 16.8 % 2021 down 10.6% falling
122 Slovakia 16.6 % 2021 down 19.4% falling
123 Mexico 16.3 % 2021 down 0.6% falling
124 Paraguay 16.1 % 2021 down 10.6% falling
125 Bhutan 15.9 % 2021 down 11.7% falling
125 China 15.9 % 2021 down 18.0% falling
125 Croatia 15.9 % 2021 down 13.1% falling
128 Seychelles 15.6 % 2021 down 27.4% falling
129 Estonia 15.5 % 2021 down 22.1% falling
129 Saint Lucia 15.5 % 2021 down 8.3% falling
131 Belize 15.4 % 2021 down 12.5% falling
131 Turkey 15.4 % 2021 down 17.2% falling
131 Türkiye 15.4 % 2021 down 17.2% falling
134 Brunei 14.9 % 2021 down 7.5% falling
134 Brunei Darussalam 14.9 % 2021 down 7.5% falling
136 Bahrain 14.8 % 2021 down 24.1% falling
137 Guatemala 14.6 % 2021 down 0.7% rising
137 Oman 14.6 % 2021 down 45.7% falling
139 Brazil 14.5 % 2021 down 16.7% falling
139 Thailand 14.5 % 2021 down 4.0% falling
141 Czechia 14.2 % 2021 down 20.2% falling
142 Barbados 14 % 2021 down 21.3% falling
143 Sri Lanka 13.9 % 2021 down 23.6% falling
143 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 13.9 % 2021 down 8.6% falling
145 United States 13.7 % 2021 down 5.5% falling
146 Saudi Arabia 13.6 % 2021 down 14.5% falling
147 Argentina 13.4 % 2021 down 22.5% falling
148 Algeria 13.3 % 2021 down 12.5% falling
149 Ecuador 13.2 % 2021 up 0.8% falling
150 Tunisia 13 % 2021 down 20.7% falling
151 Nicaragua 12.6 % 2021 down 7.4% falling
151 El Salvador 12.6 % 2021 up 5.9% flat
153 Peru 12.3 % 2021 up 26.8% rising
154 Antigua and Barbuda 12.1 % 2021 down 28.8% falling
154 Qatar 12.1 % 2021 down 39.5% falling
156 Greece 12 % 2021 down 7.0% falling
157 Lebanon 11.9 % 2021 down 15.6% falling
158 United Arab Emirates 11.6 % 2021 up 45.0% falling
158 Germany 11.6 % 2021 down 10.8% falling
158 Jordan 11.6 % 2021 down 35.2% falling
158 Slovenia 11.6 % 2021 down 14.1% falling
162 United Kingdom 11 % 2021 down 11.3% falling
162 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11 % 2021 down 11.3% falling
164 Panama 10.9 % 2021 down 5.2% falling
165 Denmark 10.7 % 2021 down 20.7% falling
166 Portugal 10.5 % 2021 down 15.3% falling
167 Colombia 10.3 % 2021 down 10.4% falling
167 New Zealand 10.3 % 2021 down 12.7% falling
167 Singapore 10.3 % 2021 down 6.4% falling
170 France 10.2 % 2021 down 13.6% falling
171 Puerto Rico 10.1 % 2021 down 16.5% falling
172 Albania 10 % 2021 down 47.1% falling
173 Austria 9.9 % 2021 down 20.2% falling
173 Costa Rica 9.9 % 2021 down 9.2% falling
173 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 9.9 % 2021 down 21.4% falling
176 Malta 9.8 % 2021 down 16.9% falling
177 Canada 9.7 % 2021 down 12.6% falling
178 Finland 9.6 % 2021 down 20.0% falling
178 Ireland 9.6 % 2021 down 16.5% falling
180 Chile 9.4 % 2021 down 27.1% falling
181 Spain 9.3 % 2021 down 16.2% falling
181 Kuwait 9.3 % 2021 down 29.0% falling
183 Belgium 9.2 % 2021 down 29.2% falling
184 Italy 9.1 % 2021 down 12.5% falling
185 Maldives 9 % 2021 down 56.5% falling
186 Australia and New Zealand 8.6 % 2021 down 15.7% falling
187 Cyprus 8.5 % 2021 down 18.3% falling
187 Iceland 8.5 % 2021 down 14.1% falling
189 Australia 8.3 % 2021 down 16.2% falling
190 Japan 8 % 2021 down 16.7% falling
191 Sweden 7.9 % 2021 down 24.0% falling
192 Luxembourg 7.8 % 2021 down 32.2% falling
192 Norway 7.8 % 2021 down 30.4% falling
194 Israel 7.6 % 2021 down 26.9% falling
195 Switzerland 7.5 % 2021 down 22.7% falling
196 South Korea 6.9 % 2021 down 36.7% falling
196 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)
Unit
%
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
218 places, 1,526 data points, 2000–2021
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