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Deaths from Cardiovascular Disease

Share of all deaths in 2021 attributed to cardiovascular diseases, both sexes, all ages. WHO Global Health Estimates — modelled where death registration is incomplete; each country carries WHO's data grade.

Source: WHO Global Health Estimates 2021 Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO Unit: % Parsed: 2026-09-28 Open source ↗

Period: 2021 estimates, published June 2024. Method: WHO estimate. Share of all deaths, both sexes, all ages. WHO grades each country's death-registration data from 1 (complete) to 4 (none, fully modelled); the grade is stored per country as "grade".

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Avg (2021)
26.4%
single period
Improving
0
of 185 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
185
±0.5pp band

Share of all deaths from cardiovascular diseases

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Deaths from Cardiovascular Disease — full ranking

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185 entities, 2021. Highest first.
#EntityShare of all deaths from cardiovascular diseases
1🇧🇬 Bulgaria54.9%
2🇺🇿 Uzbekistan53.5%
3🇺🇦 Ukraine52.8%
4🇱🇻 Latvia50.3%
5🇲🇩 Moldova50.2%
6🇱🇹 Lithuania49.7%
7🇧🇾 Belarus49.6%
8🇦🇲 Armenia46.9%
9🇪🇪 Estonia45.8%
10🇷🇴 Romania43.9%
11🇲🇦 Morocco43.8%
12🇦🇱 Albania43.7%
13🇨🇳 China43.7%
14🇬🇪 Georgia43.6%
15🇸🇾 Syria43.1%
16🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina42.3%
17🇭🇺 Hungary42.1%
18🇩🇿 Algeria41.3%
19🇷🇸 Serbia40.7%
20🇰🇵 North Korea39.2%
21🇲🇪 Montenegro39%
22🇻🇺 Vanuatu39%
23🇫🇲 Micronesia, Fed. Sts.38.9%
24🇹🇲 Turkmenistan38.8%
25🇲🇻 Maldives38.3%
26🇫🇮 Finland38.2%
27🇼🇸 Samoa37.8%
28🇸🇧 Solomon Islands37.8%
29🇷🇺 Russia37.1%
30🇻🇳 Vietnam37%
31🇵🇱 Poland36.9%
32🇻🇨 St. Vincent and the Grenadines36.9%
33🇭🇷 Croatia36.7%
34🇸🇰 Slovak Republic36.4%
35🇲🇰 North Macedonia35.6%
36🇮🇶 Iraq35.3%
37🇬🇷 Greece35.2%
38🇦🇹 Austria34.9%
39🇱🇰 Sri Lanka34.5%
40🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic34.4%
41🇨🇿 Czech Republic34.3%
42🇩🇪 Germany33.7%
43🇰🇿 Kazakhstan33.7%
44🇵🇭 Philippines33.5%
45🇸🇬 Singapore33.5%
46🇲🇳 Mongolia33.2%
47🇦🇿 Azerbaijan33.1%
48🇪🇬 Egypt33.1%
49🇲🇺 Mauritius33.1%
50🇹🇯 Tajikistan32.7%
51🇨🇻 Cape Verde31.6%
52🇲🇾 Malaysia31.2%
53🇦🇪 UAE31.2%
54🇸🇮 Slovenia31.1%
55🇧🇩 Bangladesh30.9%
56🇱🇾 Libya30.7%
57🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia30.7%
58🇵🇸 Palestine30.5%
59🇻🇪 Venezuela30.5%
60🇸🇪 Sweden30.2%
61🇹🇳 Tunisia30%
62🇮🇹 Italy29.9%
63🇩🇴 Dominican Republic29.5%
64🇰🇼 Kuwait29.5%
65🇱🇦 Lao29.5%
66🇲🇹 Malta29.5%
67🇨🇺 Cuba29.4%
68🇹🇷 Turkey29.1%
69🇧🇳 Brunei29%
70🇮🇸 Iceland28.9%
71🇧🇭 Bahrain28.7%
72🇹🇴 Tonga28.7%
73🇨🇭 Switzerland28.6%
74🇯🇲 Jamaica28.5%
75🇸🇨 Seychelles28.5%
76🇯🇵 Japan28.4%
77🇧🇹 Bhutan27.9%
78🇳🇿 New Zealand27.9%
79🇫🇯 Fiji27.8%
80🇹🇱 Timor-Leste27.5%
81🇰🇭 Cambodia27.4%
82🇮🇩 Indonesia27.3%
83🇭🇹 Haiti27.2%
84🇵🇹 Portugal26.7%
85🇧🇧 Barbados26.4%
86🇺🇸 USA26.4%
87🇰🇮 Kiribati26.3%
88🇪🇸 Spain26.2%
89🇨🇴 Colombia26.1%
90🇮🇷 Iran26.1%
91🇲🇲 Myanmar26%
92🇵🇦 Panama26%
93🇨🇾 Cyprus25.9%
94🇪🇨 Ecuador25.9%
95🇬🇩 Grenada25.8%
96🇴🇲 Oman25.8%
97🇦🇷 Argentina25.6%
98🇦🇺 Australia25.2%
99🇾🇪 Yemen25.2%
100🇳🇴 Norway25%
101🇮🇪 Ireland24.7%
102🇸🇩 Sudan24.6%
103🇧🇸 Bahamas24.4%
104🇨🇦 Canada24.4%
105🇱🇺 Luxembourg24.4%
106🇨🇱 Chile24.1%
107🇶🇦 Qatar24.1%
108🇵🇰 Pakistan24%
109🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe23.4%
110🇫🇷 France23.3%
111🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago23.1%
112🇧🇪 Belgium22.7%
113🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda22.6%
114🇩🇰 Denmark22.3%
115🇪🇷 Eritrea22.2%
116🇵🇷 Puerto Rico22.2%
117🇬🇾 Guyana22.1%
118🇰🇷 South Korea22.1%
119🇺🇾 Uruguay22.1%
120🇳🇵 Nepal21.8%
121🇮🇱 Israel21.7%
122🇧🇷 Brazil21.6%
123🇮🇳 India21.4%
124🇬🇧 UK21.4%
125🇨🇷 Costa Rica21.3%
126🇳🇱 Netherlands21.3%
127🇹🇭 Thailand21.3%
128🇸🇳 Senegal21.1%
129🇬🇭 Ghana21%
130🇯🇴 Jordan20.6%
131🇭🇳 Honduras19.8%
132🇱🇨 St. Lucia19.8%
133🇩🇯 Djibouti19.6%
134🇱🇧 Lebanon19.6%
135🇲🇬 Madagascar19.5%
136🇹🇬 Togo19.5%
137🇲🇷 Mauritania19.4%
138🇲🇽 Mexico19.3%
139🇵🇾 Paraguay19.3%
140🇰🇲 Comoros19.2%
141🇳🇮 Nicaragua19.2%
142🇸🇷 Suriname19.1%
143🇦🇫 Afghanistan18.5%
144🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea18.3%
145🇷🇼 Rwanda18.3%
146🇧🇿 Belize18%
147🇬🇲 Gambia17.9%
148🇸🇱 Sierra Leone17%
149🇸🇻 El Salvador16.9%
150🇨🇬 Congo, Rep.15.8%
151🇿🇼 Zimbabwe15.5%
152🇦🇴 Angola15.1%
153🇬🇦 Gabon15%
154🇱🇷 Liberia14.8%
155🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire14.7%
156🇬🇳 Guinea14.7%
157🇧🇯 Benin14.4%
158🇨🇩 Congo, Dem. Rep.14.4%
159🇱🇸 Lesotho14.4%
160🇹🇿 Tanzania14.3%
161🇧🇮 Burundi14.2%
162🇨🇲 Cameroon14%
163🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau14%
164🇲🇼 Malawi13.9%
165🇧🇫 Burkina Faso13.5%
166🇿🇦 South Africa13.1%
167🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea13%
168🇸🇿 Eswatini13%
169🇲🇿 Mozambique12.8%
170🇧🇴 Bolivia12.2%
171🇪🇹 Ethiopia12%
172🇰🇪 Kenya11.4%
173🇧🇼 Botswana11.2%
174🇺🇬 Uganda11.2%
175🇳🇦 Namibia11%
176🇳🇬 Nigeria11%
177🇿🇲 Zambia10.9%
178🇵🇪 Peru10.8%
179🇬🇹 Guatemala10.7%
180🇸🇸 South Sudan10.1%
181🇨🇫 Central African Republic9.5%
182🇹🇩 Chad9.2%
183🇳🇪 Niger9.2%
184🇲🇱 Mali9%
185🇸🇴 Somalia8.5%

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