Total disease burden who by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
566.94 million
India
Lowest
884.46
Niue
Median
2.92 million
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,263

What the numbers show

Total disease burden who is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 566.94 million in India; the lowest is 884.46 in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.92 million, and the mean is 14.85 million.

Over the past decade 160 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Kuwait (up 75.4%), and the largest decrease in Marshall Islands (down 17.1%).

Total disease burden who: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 566.94 million 2021 up 13.8% falling
2 China 386.91 million 2021 up 6.1% flat
3 Nigeria 129.70 million 2021 up 3.1% flat
4 United States 127.54 million 2021 up 33.2% rising
5 Indonesia 101.45 million 2021 up 24.4% rising
6 Pakistan 98.60 million 2021 down 1.1% flat
7 Brazil 78.07 million 2021 up 30.7% rising
8 Russia 73.79 million 2021 up 7.9% falling
9 Democratic Republic of Congo 55.50 million 2021 up 6.2% rising
10 Bangladesh 48.48 million 2021 up 3.7% falling
11 Mexico 45.30 million 2021 up 49.6% rising
12 Ethiopia 44.49 million 2021 down 3.3% falling
13 Philippines 42.98 million 2021 up 43.1% rising
14 Japan 37.41 million 2021 up 0.8% rising
15 Egypt 33.76 million 2021 up 25.1% rising
16 South Africa 33.13 million 2021 up 3.2% falling
17 Germany 28.68 million 2021 up 10.9% rising
18 Vietnam 28.54 million 2021 up 14.1% rising
19 Thailand 25.56 million 2021 up 23.9% rising
20 Iran 25.03 million 2021 up 33.3% rising
21 Tanzania 24.84 million 2021 up 1.0% falling
22 Turkey 23.11 million 2021 up 32.0% rising
23 Afghanistan 22.33 million 2021 up 27.8% rising
24 Ukraine 22.27 million 2021 up 4.3% falling
25 United Kingdom 20.95 million 2021 up 16.8% rising
26 Myanmar 20.81 million 2021 down 1.4% falling
27 Mozambique 19.32 million 2021 up 2.4% flat
28 France 19.27 million 2021 up 8.6% rising
29 Italy 18.96 million 2021 up 7.4% flat
30 Niger 18.63 million 2021 up 27.5% rising
31 Angola 18.12 million 2021 up 2.1% falling
32 Kenya 18.02 million 2021 down 7.7% falling
33 Sudan 17.78 million 2021 up 12.4% rising
34 Uganda 17.15 million 2021 down 7.1% falling
35 Poland 15.30 million 2021 up 18.7% rising
36 Colombia 15.06 million 2021 up 39.4% rising
37 Argentina 14.59 million 2021 up 21.7% rising
38 Cameroon 14.24 million 2021 down 2.7% flat
39 Madagascar 13.94 million 2021 up 25.3% rising
40 Somalia 13.56 million 2021 down 11.8% rising
41 Mali 13.53 million 2021 up 5.7% rising
42 Spain 13.46 million 2021 up 7.9% rising
43 Yemen 13.37 million 2021 up 33.5% rising
44 Cote d'Ivoire 13.25 million 2021 down 10.3% falling
45 Ghana 12.70 million 2021 down 2.0% flat
46 South Korea 12.45 million 2021 up 10.3% rising
47 Iraq 11.90 million 2021 up 17.2% rising
48 Chad 11.82 million 2021 up 6.6% rising
49 Burkina Faso 11.74 million 2021 down 2.7% falling
50 Morocco 11.55 million 2021 up 19.6% rising
51 Algeria 11.06 million 2021 up 20.8% rising
52 Peru 10.97 million 2021 up 60.3% rising
53 Canada 10.89 million 2021 up 22.2% rising
54 Nepal 9.87 million 2021 up 5.7% falling
55 Malaysia 9.77 million 2021 up 42.6% rising
56 Venezuela 9.71 million 2021 up 22.8% rising
57 Zambia 9.35 million 2021 up 7.4% falling
58 North Korea 9.31 million 2021 up 5.7% falling
59 Uzbekistan 9.28 million 2021 down 6.9% falling
60 Romania 8.96 million 2021 up 16.9% falling
61 Malawi 8.43 million 2021 down 10.8% falling
62 Zimbabwe 8.34 million 2021 down 10.1% falling
63 Guinea 7.96 million 2021 up 4.8% flat
64 Benin 6.86 million 2021 up 9.6% rising
65 Kazakhstan 6.82 million 2021 up 7.5% falling
66 South Sudan 6.59 million 2021 down 5.7% flat
67 Australia 6.49 million 2021 up 15.1% rising
68 Saudi Arabia 6.05 million 2021 up 14.1% rising
69 Sri Lanka 5.93 million 2021 up 3.6% falling
70 Senegal 5.85 million 2021 down 0.8% falling
71 Syria 5.81 million 2021 down 7.9% rising
72 Guatemala 5.80 million 2021 up 24.6% rising
73 Haiti 5.66 million 2021 up 4.8% falling
74 Cambodia 5.65 million 2021 up 8.3% falling
75 Burundi 5.51 million 2021 down 8.1% falling
76 Chile 5.45 million 2021 up 28.0% rising
77 Netherlands 5.13 million 2021 up 15.9% rising
78 Ecuador 5.10 million 2021 up 32.0% rising
79 Sierra Leone 5.00 million 2021 down 11.2% falling
80 Rwanda 4.84 million 2021 up 1.9% falling
81 Bolivia 4.67 million 2021 up 41.4% flat
82 Cuba 4.65 million 2021 up 48.8% rising
83 Central African Republic 4.39 million 2021 down 3.9% falling
84 Hungary 4.29 million 2021 up 9.4% falling
85 Belarus 4.27 million 2021 down 7.0% falling
86 Czechia 3.98 million 2021 up 15.4% flat
87 Togo 3.97 million 2021 down 2.6% flat
88 Bulgaria 3.91 million 2021 up 21.1% falling
89 Tunisia 3.82 million 2021 up 37.2% rising
90 Papua New Guinea 3.81 million 2021 up 18.8% rising
91 Greece 3.71 million 2021 up 9.3% flat
92 Serbia 3.65 million 2021 up 17.8% falling
93 Dominican Republic 3.49 million 2021 up 19.1% rising
94 Belgium 3.42 million 2021 up 3.0% flat
95 Portugal 3.38 million 2021 up 2.5% falling
96 Honduras 3.12 million 2021 up 33.6% rising
97 Azerbaijan 3.04 million 2021 up 2.3% falling
98 Sweden 2.80 million 2021 up 8.3% rising
99 Austria 2.71 million 2021 up 11.5% rising
100 Liberia 2.66 million 2021 down 0.6% falling
101 Tajikistan 2.62 million 2021 up 12.2% flat
102 Congo 2.51 million 2021 up 4.5% flat
103 Laos 2.50 million 2021 down 7.2% falling
104 Jordan 2.37 million 2021 up 60.7% rising
105 Switzerland 2.32 million 2021 up 10.6% rising
106 Turkmenistan 2.23 million 2021 up 19.8% rising
107 Paraguay 2.21 million 2021 up 43.9% rising
108 Slovakia 2.19 million 2021 up 23.3% flat
109 El Salvador 2.11 million 2021 up 20.0% rising
110 Libya 1.96 million 2021 up 1.6% rising
111 Israel 1.85 million 2021 up 20.6% rising
112 Lesotho 1.84 million 2021 up 2.8% falling
113 Lebanon 1.76 million 2021 up 52.8% rising
114 Denmark 1.72 million 2021 up 4.7% falling
115 Nicaragua 1.71 million 2021 up 24.3% rising
116 Kyrgyzstan 1.71 million 2021 down 2.5% falling
117 Finland 1.71 million 2021 up 4.2% flat
118 Georgia 1.68 million 2021 up 10.0% flat
119 Croatia 1.64 million 2021 up 7.1% falling
120 United Arab Emirates 1.54 million 2021 up 36.0% rising
121 Mauritania 1.54 million 2021 up 10.8% flat
122 Eritrea 1.50 million 2021 down 6.0% falling
123 Moldova 1.44 million 2021 down 5.6% falling
124 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.37 million 2021 up 13.4% flat
125 Norway 1.37 million 2021 up 4.2% flat
126 Costa Rica 1.36 million 2021 up 36.0% rising
127 New Zealand 1.32 million 2021 up 16.2% rising
128 Lithuania 1.30 million 2021 down 2.4% falling
129 Namibia 1.28 million 2021 up 18.5% falling
130 Botswana 1.27 million 2021 up 2.8% falling
131 Singapore 1.27 million 2021 up 26.8% rising
132 Uruguay 1.25 million 2021 up 17.8% rising
133 Ireland 1.25 million 2021 up 12.8% rising
134 Guinea-Bissau 1.15 million 2021 down 0.8% falling
135 Panama 1.13 million 2021 up 26.9% rising
136 Gambia 1.09 million 2021 up 4.5% flat
137 Mongolia 1.06 million 2021 up 10.1% rising
138 Armenia 1.04 million 2021 up 7.3% flat
139 Oman 999,413 2021 up 44.9% rising
140 Jamaica 988,591 2021 up 31.6% rising
141 Gabon 972,281 2021 up 6.2% rising
142 Albania 970,433 2021 up 15.3% flat
143 Latvia 925,364 2021 up 3.7% falling
144 Kuwait 907,666 2021 up 75.4% rising
145 Equatorial Guinea 890,888 2021 up 13.6% rising
146 North Macedonia 864,710 2021 up 31.6% rising
147 Eswatini 804,811 2021 down 16.4% falling
148 Slovenia 673,473 2021 up 8.8% flat
149 Trinidad and Tobago 601,564 2021 up 34.4% rising
150 Estonia 506,552 2021 up 4.3% falling
151 Mauritius 479,119 2021 up 19.2% rising
152 East Timor 477,502 2021 down 0.3% falling
153 Djibouti 473,308 2021 up 1.9% falling
154 Qatar 453,713 2021 up 42.9% rising
155 Fiji 386,508 2021 up 25.0% rising
156 Guyana 349,771 2021 up 14.6% flat
157 Bahrain 326,362 2021 up 38.6% rising
158 Comoros 311,803 2021 up 2.5% flat
159 Cyprus 298,229 2021 up 18.7% rising
160 Solomon Islands 252,377 2021 up 24.2% rising
161 Montenegro 242,605 2021 up 21.4% flat
162 Suriname 230,317 2021 up 36.4% rising
163 Bhutan 197,615 2021 down 6.4% falling
164 Bahamas 158,681 2021 up 35.9% rising
165 Cape Verde 157,063 2021 up 11.1% rising
166 Luxembourg 153,405 2021 up 18.6% rising
167 Malta 142,253 2021 up 23.7% rising
168 Maldives 109,153 2021 up 48.9% rising
169 Belize 107,823 2021 up 25.4% rising
170 Vanuatu 105,897 2021 up 22.2% rising
171 Brunei 101,459 2021 up 35.4% rising
172 Barbados 92,620 2021 up 8.9% rising
173 Iceland 85,654 2021 up 19.1% rising
174 Saint Lucia 67,382 2021 up 42.8% rising
175 Kiribati 65,295 2021 up 19.9% rising
176 Samoa 64,830 2021 up 15.1% rising
177 Sao Tome and Principe 56,412 2021 down 6.2% falling
178 Micronesia (country) 45,136 2021 up 8.8% flat
179 Grenada 42,510 2021 up 10.7% rising
180 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 38,618 2021 up 9.9% rising
181 Seychelles 31,410 2021 up 18.2% rising
182 Tonga 28,054 2021 down 0.7% flat
183 Dominica 26,820 2021 up 13.2% rising
184 Antigua and Barbuda 26,321 2021 up 15.4% rising
185 Andorra 20,397 2021 up 25.0% rising
186 Monaco 18,943 2021 up 30.7% rising
187 Marshall Islands 18,820 2021 down 17.1% falling
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,672 2021 up 25.1% rising
189 San Marino 8,763 2021 up 6.3% rising
190 Palau 8,206 2021 up 8.6% rising
191 Cook Islands 5,208 2021 up 7.2% rising
192 Nauru 5,138 2021 up 3.1% flat
193 Tuvalu 4,293 2021 up 2.8% falling
194 Niue 884.46 2021 up 10.9% flat

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Indicator
Total disease burden who
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,263 data points, 2000–2021
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