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Deaths from Communicable Diseases

Share of all deaths in 2021 attributed to communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions, 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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30.0%
single period
Improving
0
of 185 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
185
±0.5pp band

Share of all deaths from communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions

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Deaths from Communicable Diseases — full ranking

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185 entities, 2021. Highest first.
#EntityShare of all deaths from communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions
1🇹🇩 Chad66.4%
2🇨🇫 Central African Republic66.3%
3🇳🇪 Niger65.7%
4🇸🇴 Somalia63.8%
5🇳🇬 Nigeria63.7%
6🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea61.4%
7🇲🇱 Mali60.6%
8🇸🇸 South Sudan60.4%
9🇲🇿 Mozambique59.7%
10🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau59.1%
11🇿🇲 Zambia58.8%
12🇧🇼 Botswana58.6%
13🇨🇬 Congo, Rep.58.6%
14🇸🇱 Sierra Leone57.6%
15🇱🇷 Liberia57%
16🇬🇳 Guinea56.9%
17🇦🇴 Angola56.4%
18🇳🇦 Namibia56.1%
19🇨🇩 Congo, Dem. Rep.56%
20🇬🇦 Gabon54.6%
21🇨🇲 Cameroon54.5%
22🇱🇸 Lesotho54.1%
23🇵🇪 Peru53.6%
24🇧🇯 Benin53.4%
25🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire53.2%
26🇸🇿 Eswatini51.6%
27🇹🇿 Tanzania51.4%
28🇧🇫 Burkina Faso51%
29🇺🇬 Uganda50.8%
30🇲🇼 Malawi50.7%
31🇲🇬 Madagascar50.4%
32🇰🇪 Kenya50.3%
33🇧🇮 Burundi50.2%
34🇬🇲 Gambia50.2%
35🇿🇼 Zimbabwe49.4%
36🇪🇹 Ethiopia48.1%
37🇲🇷 Mauritania46.8%
38🇿🇦 South Africa46.4%
39🇹🇬 Togo45.4%
40🇧🇴 Bolivia44.9%
41🇵🇾 Paraguay44.7%
42🇸🇩 Sudan44.4%
43🇬🇾 Guyana44%
44🇳🇮 Nicaragua43.3%
45🇬🇭 Ghana43.2%
46🇩🇯 Djibouti41.9%
47🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea41.1%
48🇹🇱 Timor-Leste39.4%
49🇦🇫 Afghanistan39.1%
50🇸🇳 Senegal39%
51🇷🇼 Rwanda38.9%
52🇲🇽 Mexico38.8%
53🇮🇳 India38.4%
54🇬🇹 Guatemala37.7%
55🇰🇲 Comoros37.6%
56🇵🇰 Pakistan37.3%
57🇪🇷 Eritrea37%
58🇬🇩 Grenada37%
59🇸🇷 Suriname37%
60🇦🇷 Argentina35.6%
61🇮🇩 Indonesia34.7%
62🇨🇺 Cuba34.6%
63🇾🇪 Yemen34.5%
64🇱🇧 Lebanon34.2%
65🇧🇷 Brazil34.1%
66🇴🇲 Oman33.5%
67🇨🇴 Colombia32.6%
68🇱🇨 St. Lucia32.6%
69🇯🇴 Jordan31.5%
70🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe31.5%
71🇹🇯 Tajikistan31.4%
72🇳🇵 Nepal31.3%
73🇹🇳 Tunisia30.2%
74🇰🇮 Kiribati30.1%
75🇸🇰 Slovak Republic29.6%
76🇮🇷 Iran29.5%
77🇦🇿 Azerbaijan29.1%
78🇭🇹 Haiti29%
79🇪🇨 Ecuador28.8%
80🇬🇪 Georgia28.1%
81🇲🇲 Myanmar27.7%
82🇲🇰 North Macedonia27.7%
83🇭🇳 Honduras27.6%
84🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda27.4%
85🇧🇿 Belize27.2%
86🇲🇪 Montenegro27.1%
87🇱🇦 Lao27%
88🇧🇩 Bangladesh26.9%
89🇰🇿 Kazakhstan26.9%
90🇷🇺 Russia26.9%
91🇹🇲 Turkmenistan26.3%
92🇰🇼 Kuwait26.2%
93🇵🇦 Panama26%
94🇧🇸 Bahamas25.9%
95🇷🇸 Serbia25.8%
96🇸🇨 Seychelles25.7%
97🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic25.6%
98🇲🇾 Malaysia25.6%
99🇵🇸 Palestine25.4%
100🇵🇭 Philippines25.4%
101🇪🇬 Egypt25.3%
102🇰🇭 Cambodia25.1%
103🇦🇲 Armenia24.6%
104🇨🇷 Costa Rica24.4%
105🇷🇴 Romania24.3%
106🇲🇩 Moldova23.8%
107🇵🇱 Poland23.7%
108🇨🇿 Czech Republic23.5%
109🇸🇧 Solomon Islands23.5%
110🇨🇻 Cape Verde23.3%
111🇦🇱 Albania23%
112🇫🇯 Fiji22.4%
113🇹🇷 Turkey22.3%
114🇩🇴 Dominican Republic22.1%
115🇺🇾 Uruguay22%
116🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina21.9%
117🇱🇾 Libya21.8%
118🇸🇬 Singapore21.7%
119🇧🇬 Bulgaria21.6%
120🇸🇻 El Salvador21.6%
121🇨🇱 Chile21.3%
122🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago21.1%
123🇮🇶 Iraq20.1%
124🇬🇷 Greece19.5%
125🇹🇭 Thailand19.2%
126🇮🇱 Israel19%
127🇻🇨 St. Vincent and the Grenadines19%
128🇧🇹 Bhutan18.4%
129🇺🇦 Ukraine18.3%
130🇧🇪 Belgium17.9%
131🇭🇺 Hungary17.9%
132🇶🇦 Qatar17.9%
133🇲🇻 Maldives17.6%
134🇻🇺 Vanuatu17.6%
135🇸🇮 Slovenia17.3%
136🇧🇭 Bahrain17.2%
137🇱🇹 Lithuania17.2%
138🇩🇿 Algeria17.1%
139🇲🇦 Morocco17%
140🇬🇧 UK17%
141🇦🇪 UAE16.8%
142🇯🇲 Jamaica16.7%
143🇳🇱 Netherlands16.5%
144🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia16.5%
145🇺🇸 USA16.5%
146🇧🇧 Barbados16.4%
147🇧🇾 Belarus16%
148🇻🇪 Venezuela16%
149🇵🇹 Portugal15.4%
150🇱🇰 Sri Lanka15.4%
151🇭🇷 Croatia15.3%
152🇲🇺 Mauritius15.3%
153🇲🇳 Mongolia15.2%
154🇮🇹 Italy15%
155🇱🇺 Luxembourg14.9%
156🇱🇻 Latvia14.8%
157🇫🇷 France14.7%
158🇮🇪 Ireland14.7%
159🇰🇷 South Korea14.7%
160🇧🇳 Brunei14.4%
161🇫🇲 Micronesia, Fed. Sts.14.1%
162🇸🇾 Syria13.2%
163🇨🇾 Cyprus13%
164🇪🇪 Estonia12.9%
165🇲🇹 Malta12.9%
166🇪🇸 Spain12.8%
167🇰🇵 North Korea12.6%
168🇵🇷 Puerto Rico12.4%
169🇨🇭 Switzerland12.4%
170🇺🇿 Uzbekistan12.4%
171🇻🇳 Vietnam12.4%
172🇦🇹 Austria11.3%
173🇼🇸 Samoa10.8%
174🇩🇪 Germany10.7%
175🇸🇪 Sweden10.7%
176🇹🇴 Tonga10%
177🇯🇵 Japan9.9%
178🇩🇰 Denmark9.1%
179🇨🇦 Canada8.4%
180🇳🇴 Norway7.6%
181🇳🇿 New Zealand4.5%
182🇦🇺 Australia4.2%
183🇮🇸 Iceland4.2%
184🇨🇳 China3.2%
185🇫🇮 Finland2.6%

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