Countries by Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) (2021)

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) in 2021: highest in Chad (66.42%), lowest in Finland (2.56%), median 25.99% across the 185 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) (measured in %) across 229 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: %229 countries and regionsSource: World Bank

Data updated:8 Oct 2026Last checked:12 Nov 2026Frequency:AnnualCoverage:2000–2021

Highest Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total), 2021

1.Chad66.42%
2.Central African Republic66.31%
3.Niger65.71%
4.Somalia63.83%
5.Nigeria63.7%
6.Equatorial Guinea61.4%
7.Mali60.59%
8.South Sudan60.4%
9.Mozambique59.72%
10.Guinea-Bissau59.1%

Lowest Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total), 2021

176.Tonga9.99%
177.Japan9.94%
178.Denmark9.08%
179.Canada8.36%
180.Norway7.61%
181.New Zealand4.51%
182.Iceland4.24%
183.Australia4.19%
184.China3.2%
185.Finland2.56%

All 185 ranked countries, 2021— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

ChadRank 1 of 185 Central African RepublicRank 2 of 185 NigerRank 3 of 185 SomaliaRank 4 of 185 NigeriaRank 5 of 185 Equatorial GuineaRank 6 of 185 MaliRank 7 of 185 South SudanRank 8 of 185 MozambiqueRank 9 of 185 Guinea-BissauRank 10 of 185 ZambiaRank 11 of 185 BotswanaRank 12 of 185 Republic of the CongoRank 13 of 185 Sierra LeoneRank 14 of 185 LiberiaRank 15 of 185 GuineaRank 16 of 185 AngolaRank 17 of 185 NamibiaRank 18 of 185 DR CongoRank 19 of 185 GabonRank 20 of 185 CameroonRank 21 of 185 LesothoRank 22 of 185 PeruRank 23 of 185 BeninRank 24 of 185 Cote d'IvoireRank 25 of 185 EswatiniRank 26 of 185 TanzaniaRank 27 of 185 Burkina FasoRank 28 of 185 UgandaRank 29 of 185 MalawiRank 30 of 185 MadagascarRank 31 of 185 KenyaRank 32 of 185 The GambiaRank 33 of 185 BurundiRank 34 of 185 ZimbabweRank 35 of 185 EthiopiaRank 36 of 185 MauritaniaRank 37 of 185 South AfricaRank 38 of 185 TogoRank 39 of 185 BoliviaRank 40 of 185 ParaguayRank 41 of 185 SudanRank 42 of 185 GuyanaRank 43 of 185 NicaraguaRank 44 of 185 GhanaRank 45 of 185 DjiboutiRank 46 of 185 Papua New GuineaRank 47 of 185 Timor-LesteRank 48 of 185 AfghanistanRank 49 of 185 SenegalRank 50 of 185 RwandaRank 51 of 185 MexicoRank 52 of 185 IndiaRank 53 of 185 GuatemalaRank 54 of 185 ComorosRank 55 of 185 PakistanRank 56 of 185 SurinameRank 57 of 185 EritreaRank 58 of 185 GrenadaRank 59 of 185 ArgentinaRank 60 of 185 IndonesiaRank 61 of 185 CubaRank 62 of 185 YemenRank 63 of 185 LebanonRank 64 of 185 BrazilRank 65 of 185 OmanRank 66 of 185 ColombiaRank 67 of 185 St. LuciaRank 68 of 185 JordanRank 69 of 185 Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 70 of 185 TajikistanRank 71 of 185 NepalRank 72 of 185 TunisiaRank 73 of 185 KiribatiRank 74 of 185 SlovakiaRank 75 of 185 IranRank 76 of 185 AzerbaijanRank 77 of 185 HaitiRank 78 of 185 EcuadorRank 79 of 185 GeorgiaRank 80 of 185 MyanmarRank 81 of 185 North MacedoniaRank 82 of 185 HondurasRank 83 of 185 Antigua and BarbudaRank 84 of 185 BelizeRank 85 of 185 MontenegroRank 86 of 185 Lao PDRRank 87 of 185 KazakhstanRank 88 of 185 BangladeshRank 89 of 185 RussiaRank 90 of 185 TurkmenistanRank 91 of 185 KuwaitRank 92 of 185 PanamaRank 93 of 185 The BahamasRank 94 of 185 SerbiaRank 95 of 185 SeychellesRank 96 of 185 MalaysiaRank 97 of 185 Kyrgyz RepublicRank 98 of 185 West Bank and GazaRank 99 of 185 PhilippinesRank 100 of 185 EgyptRank 101 of 185 CambodiaRank 102 of 185 ArmeniaRank 103 of 185 Costa RicaRank 104 of 185 RomaniaRank 105 of 185 MoldovaRank 106 of 185 PolandRank 107 of 185 Solomon IslandsRank 108 of 185 Czech RepublicRank 109 of 185 Cabo VerdeRank 110 of 185 AlbaniaRank 111 of 185 FijiRank 112 of 185 TurkeyRank 113 of 185 Dominican RepublicRank 114 of 185 UruguayRank 115 of 185 Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 116 of 185 LibyaRank 117 of 185 SingaporeRank 118 of 185 BulgariaRank 119 of 185 El SalvadorRank 120 of 185 ChileRank 121 of 185 Trinidad and TobagoRank 122 of 185 IraqRank 123 of 185 GreeceRank 124 of 185 ThailandRank 125 of 185 St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 126 of 185 IsraelRank 127 of 185 BhutanRank 128 of 185 UkraineRank 129 of 185 QatarRank 130 of 185 HungaryRank 131 of 185 BelgiumRank 132 of 185 VanuatuRank 133 of 185 MaldivesRank 134 of 185 SloveniaRank 135 of 185 LithuaniaRank 136 of 185 BahrainRank 137 of 185 AlgeriaRank 138 of 185 United KingdomRank 139 of 185 MoroccoRank 140 of 185 United Arab EmiratesRank 141 of 185 JamaicaRank 142 of 185 United StatesRank 143 of 185 NetherlandsRank 144 of 185 Saudi ArabiaRank 145 of 185 BarbadosRank 146 of 185 BelarusRank 147 of 185 VenezuelaRank 148 of 185 PortugalRank 149 of 185 Sri LankaRank 150 of 185 CroatiaRank 151 of 185 MauritiusRank 152 of 185 MongoliaRank 153 of 185 ItalyRank 154 of 185 LuxembourgRank 155 of 185 LatviaRank 156 of 185 IrelandRank 157 of 185 FranceRank 158 of 185 South KoreaRank 159 of 185 Brunei DarussalamRank 160 of 185 MicronesiaRank 161 of 185 Syrian Arab RepublicRank 162 of 185 CyprusRank 163 of 185 MaltaRank 164 of 185 EstoniaRank 165 of 185 SpainRank 166 of 185 North KoreaRank 167 of 185 Puerto RicoRank 168 of 185 SwitzerlandRank 169 of 185 VietnamRank 170 of 185 UzbekistanRank 171 of 185 AustriaRank 172 of 185 SamoaRank 173 of 185 GermanyRank 174 of 185 SwedenRank 175 of 185 TongaRank 176 of 185 JapanRank 177 of 185 DenmarkRank 178 of 185 CanadaRank 179 of 185 NorwayRank 180 of 185 New ZealandRank 181 of 185 IcelandRank 182 of 185 AustraliaRank 183 of 185 ChinaRank 184 of 185 FinlandRank 185 of 185

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Countries by Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) (2021)

Highest Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total), 2021

Lowest Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total), 2021

All 185 ranked countries, 2021— select a country to view interactive chart

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