Countries by Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) (2021)

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) in 2021: highest in Finland (92.25%), lowest in Central African Republic (22.76%), median 63.72% across the 185 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% 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 non-communicable diseases (% of total), 2021

1.Finland92.25%
2.China90.68%
3.Iceland89.98%
4.Australia89.63%
5.New Zealand89.53%
6.Denmark87.7%
7.Norway86.56%
8.Canada86.14%
9.Japan85.34%
10.Germany85.03%

Lowest Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total), 2021

176.Mozambique30.58%
177.Namibia29.92%
178.Mali29.24%
179.South Sudan28.88%
180.Botswana28.35%
181.Nigeria27.7%
182.Somalia25.14%
183.Niger23.92%
184.Chad23.48%
185.Central African Republic22.76%

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 non-communicable diseases (% of total) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

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

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Countries by Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) (2021)

Highest Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total), 2021

Lowest Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total), 2021

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

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