Total NCD Deaths by country
Countries reporting
184
Highest
10.45 million
China
Lowest
458
Antigua and Barbuda
Median
43,140
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,312
What the numbers show
Total NCD Deaths is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 10.45 million in China; the lowest is 458 in Antigua and Barbuda.
The median across all reporting countries is 43,140, and the mean is 234,645.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 22,820.
Over the past decade 164 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Philippines (up 95.2%), and the largest decrease in Azerbaijan (down 24.2%).
Total NCD Deaths: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 10.45 million | 2021 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 2 | India | 6.40 million | 2021 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 2.67 million | 2021 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 4 | Russia | 1.53 million | 2021 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 5 | Indonesia | 1.38 million | 2021 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 6 | Japan | 1.18 million | 2021 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 1.10 million | 2021 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 8 | Germany | 883,010 | 2021 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 9 | Pakistan | 871,645 | 2021 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 10 | Philippines | 622,232 | 2021 | up 95.2% | rising |
| 11 | Italy | 578,784 | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 578,585 | 2021 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 13 | Ukraine | 562,431 | 2021 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 14 | Mexico | 554,963 | 2021 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 15 | Vietnam | 550,202 | 2021 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 549,543 | 2021 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 17 | France | 511,753 | 2021 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 18 | Egypt | 479,399 | 2021 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 19 | Nigeria | 467,816 | 2021 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 20 | Turkey | 457,201 | 2021 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 21 | Thailand | 429,571 | 2021 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 22 | Spain | 377,695 | 2021 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 23 | Poland | 371,390 | 2021 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 24 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 296,469 | 2021 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 25 | Iran | 291,685 | 2021 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 26 | South Africa | 289,450 | 2021 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 27 | Myanmar | 276,825 | 2021 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 28 | Canada | 267,701 | 2021 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 29 | Ethiopia | 262,593 | 2021 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 30 | Argentina | 262,325 | 2021 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 31 | South Korea | 245,782 | 2021 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 32 | Romania | 238,770 | 2021 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 33 | North Korea | 209,833 | 2021 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 34 | Colombia | 208,862 | 2021 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 35 | Morocco | 186,713 | 2021 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | 173,859 | 2021 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 37 | Algeria | 162,463 | 2021 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 38 | Venezuela | 155,951 | 2021 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 39 | Australia | 155,629 | 2021 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 40 | Malaysia | 153,024 | 2021 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 41 | Tanzania | 143,547 | 2021 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 42 | Netherlands | 133,765 | 2021 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 43 | Hungary | 121,061 | 2021 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 44 | Peru | 121,004 | 2021 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 45 | Greece | 120,976 | 2021 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 46 | Sudan | 118,821 | 2021 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 47 | Iraq | 117,560 | 2021 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 48 | Afghanistan | 116,655 | 2021 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 49 | Kenya | 115,858 | 2021 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 50 | Bulgaria | 114,072 | 2021 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 111,944 | 2021 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 52 | Sri Lanka | 111,316 | 2021 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 53 | Nepal | 110,051 | 2021 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 54 | Chile | 107,013 | 2021 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 55 | Cuba | 102,635 | 2021 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 56 | Czechia | 102,290 | 2021 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 57 | Ghana | 101,835 | 2021 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 58 | Belarus | 101,006 | 2021 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 59 | Serbia | 99,456 | 2021 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 60 | Portugal | 98,725 | 2021 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 61 | Angola | 96,604 | 2021 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 62 | Yemen | 93,281 | 2021 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 63 | Uganda | 92,953 | 2021 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 64 | Madagascar | 91,621 | 2021 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 65 | Mozambique | 90,648 | 2021 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 66 | Belgium | 84,993 | 2021 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 67 | Syria | 80,291 | 2021 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 68 | Cambodia | 78,473 | 2021 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 69 | Austria | 78,440 | 2021 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 70 | Sweden | 77,642 | 2021 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 71 | Cameroon | 76,237 | 2021 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 72 | Cote d'Ivoire | 74,800 | 2021 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 73 | Ecuador | 72,302 | 2021 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 74 | Zimbabwe | 58,754 | 2021 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 75 | Switzerland | 58,662 | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 76 | Burkina Faso | 57,902 | 2021 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 77 | Saudi Arabia | 57,799 | 2021 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 78 | Malawi | 56,396 | 2021 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 79 | Haiti | 55,968 | 2021 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 80 | Niger | 55,149 | 2021 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 81 | Mali | 53,275 | 2021 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 82 | Finland | 53,217 | 2021 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 83 | Somalia | 52,702 | 2021 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 84 | Tunisia | 50,718 | 2021 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 85 | Denmark | 50,010 | 2021 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 86 | Slovakia | 49,048 | 2021 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 87 | Croatia | 48,516 | 2021 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 88 | Senegal | 47,913 | 2021 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 89 | Guatemala | 46,782 | 2021 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 90 | Zambia | 43,550 | 2021 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 91 | Georgia | 43,368 | 2021 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 92 | Bolivia | 43,338 | 2021 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 42,941 | 2021 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 42,501 | 2021 | down 24.2% | flat |
| 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42,062 | 2021 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 96 | Israel | 41,347 | 2021 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 97 | Guinea | 40,017 | 2021 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 98 | Rwanda | 39,976 | 2021 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 99 | Chad | 38,659 | 2021 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 100 | Lithuania | 37,505 | 2021 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 101 | Benin | 36,103 | 2021 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 102 | Norway | 36,053 | 2021 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 103 | Moldova | 35,378 | 2021 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 104 | Burundi | 32,360 | 2021 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 105 | Papua New Guinea | 31,821 | 2021 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 106 | New Zealand | 30,978 | 2021 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 107 | Laos | 29,873 | 2021 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 108 | Uruguay | 29,305 | 2021 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 109 | Ireland | 29,134 | 2021 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 110 | Honduras | 29,092 | 2021 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 111 | South Sudan | 29,007 | 2021 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 112 | Turkmenistan | 28,819 | 2021 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 113 | Latvia | 27,888 | 2021 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 114 | Togo | 27,494 | 2021 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 115 | Puerto Rico | 27,321 | 2021 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 116 | Armenia | 25,755 | 2021 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 117 | Tajikistan | 25,601 | 2021 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 118 | Libya | 25,514 | 2021 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 119 | El Salvador | 25,071 | 2021 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 120 | Sierra Leone | 23,973 | 2021 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 121 | Kyrgyzstan | 23,856 | 2021 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 122 | Paraguay | 23,804 | 2021 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 123 | Lebanon | 23,344 | 2021 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 124 | Albania | 22,535 | 2021 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 125 | Jordan | 21,322 | 2021 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 126 | Costa Rica | 20,889 | 2021 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 127 | North Macedonia | 19,677 | 2021 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 128 | Jamaica | 18,535 | 2021 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 129 | Singapore | 18,051 | 2021 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 130 | Slovenia | 17,165 | 2021 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 131 | Mongolia | 16,111 | 2021 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 132 | Panama | 15,948 | 2021 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 133 | Estonia | 15,318 | 2021 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 134 | Congo | 14,698 | 2021 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 135 | Nicaragua | 14,213 | 2021 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 136 | Eritrea | 14,131 | 2021 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 137 | Central African Republic | 13,911 | 2021 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 138 | Liberia | 13,768 | 2021 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 139 | Palestine | 13,176 | 2021 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 140 | Lesotho | 11,393 | 2021 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 141 | Mauritania | 10,994 | 2021 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 142 | Mauritius | 9,750 | 2021 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 143 | United Arab Emirates | 9,692 | 2021 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 144 | Oman | 9,082 | 2021 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8,895 | 2021 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 146 | Namibia | 8,171 | 2021 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 147 | Cyprus | 6,982 | 2021 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 148 | Gabon | 6,905 | 2021 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 149 | Kuwait | 6,732 | 2021 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 150 | Gambia | 6,675 | 2021 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 151 | Botswana | 6,436 | 2021 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 152 | Fiji | 6,336 | 2021 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 153 | Guinea-Bissau | 5,993 | 2021 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 154 | Montenegro | 5,652 | 2021 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 155 | Eswatini | 5,496 | 2021 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 4,944 | 2021 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 157 | East Timor | 4,767 | 2021 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 158 | Bahrain | 4,555 | 2021 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 159 | Djibouti | 4,129 | 2021 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | 3,967 | 2021 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 161 | Guyana | 3,642 | 2021 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 162 | Malta | 3,524 | 2021 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 163 | Luxembourg | 3,461 | 2021 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 164 | Qatar | 2,999 | 2021 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 165 | Comoros | 2,738 | 2021 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 166 | Bahamas | 2,725 | 2021 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 167 | Bhutan | 2,711 | 2021 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 168 | Maldives | 2,169 | 2021 | up 77.9% | rising |
| 169 | Iceland | 2,158 | 2021 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 170 | Cape Verde | 2,072 | 2021 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 171 | Barbados | 2,069 | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 172 | Vanuatu | 1,601 | 2021 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 173 | Brunei | 1,588 | 2021 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 174 | Samoa | 1,186 | 2021 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 175 | Belize | 1,044 | 2021 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 900 | 2021 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 177 | Kiribati | 839 | 2021 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 178 | Grenada | 779 | 2021 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 179 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 749 | 2021 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 180 | Micronesia (country) | 714 | 2021 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 181 | Sao Tome and Principe | 663 | 2021 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 182 | Seychelles | 641 | 2021 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 183 | Tonga | 561 | 2021 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 458 | 2021 | up 0.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 43.33 million
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 17.56 million
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 13.59 million
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 12.17 million
- High income (World Bank) 11.31 million
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 9.51 million
- Europe (WHO region) 8.27 million
- Americas (WHO region) 6.03 million
- Africa (WHO region) 3.14 million
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 2.64 million
- Low income (World Bank) 1.97 million