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

Showing every country with available data for 2021 • World Bank: SH.DTH.COMM.ZS

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) data for 2021, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 185 countries reporting, the median value is 25.99, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Papua New Guinea

41.06

Europe & Central Asia

Tajikistan

31.37

Latin America & Caribbean

Peru

53.60

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Djibouti

41.94

North America

United States

16.55

South Asia

India

38.38

Sub-Saharan Africa

Chad

66.42

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Rank	Country	Region	Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
1	Chad	Sub-Saharan Africa	66.42
2	Central African Republic	Sub-Saharan Africa	66.31
3	Niger	Sub-Saharan Africa	65.71
4	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	63.83
5	Nigeria	Sub-Saharan Africa	63.70
6	Equatorial Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	61.40
7	Mali	Sub-Saharan Africa	60.59
8	South Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	60.40
9	Mozambique	Sub-Saharan Africa	59.72
10	Guinea-Bissau	Sub-Saharan Africa	59.10
11	Zambia	Sub-Saharan Africa	58.84
12	Botswana	Sub-Saharan Africa	58.65
13	Congo, Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	58.59
14	Sierra Leone	Sub-Saharan Africa	57.57
15	Liberia	Sub-Saharan Africa	56.97
16	Guinea	Sub-Saharan Africa	56.90
17	Angola	Sub-Saharan Africa	56.39
18	Namibia	Sub-Saharan Africa	56.15
19	Congo, Dem. Rep.	Sub-Saharan Africa	55.96
20	Gabon	Sub-Saharan Africa	54.62
21	Cameroon	Sub-Saharan Africa	54.49
22	Lesotho	Sub-Saharan Africa	54.14
23	Peru	Latin America & Caribbean	53.60
24	Benin	Sub-Saharan Africa	53.36
25	Cote d'Ivoire	Sub-Saharan Africa	53.15
26	Eswatini	Sub-Saharan Africa	51.61
27	Tanzania	Sub-Saharan Africa	51.40
28	Burkina Faso	Sub-Saharan Africa	51.05
29	Uganda	Sub-Saharan Africa	50.76
30	Malawi	Sub-Saharan Africa	50.69
31	Madagascar	Sub-Saharan Africa	50.41
32	Kenya	Sub-Saharan Africa	50.31
33	Gambia, The	Sub-Saharan Africa	50.22
34	Burundi	Sub-Saharan Africa	50.18
35	Zimbabwe	Sub-Saharan Africa	49.37
36	Ethiopia	Sub-Saharan Africa	48.10
37	Mauritania	Sub-Saharan Africa	46.76
38	South Africa	Sub-Saharan Africa	46.41
39	Togo	Sub-Saharan Africa	45.45
40	Bolivia	Latin America & Caribbean	44.92
41	Paraguay	Latin America & Caribbean	44.72
42	Sudan	Sub-Saharan Africa	44.35
43	Guyana	Latin America & Caribbean	44.02
44	Nicaragua	Latin America & Caribbean	43.34
45	Ghana	Sub-Saharan Africa	43.16
46	Djibouti	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	41.94
47	Papua New Guinea	East Asia & Pacific	41.06
48	Timor-Leste	East Asia & Pacific	39.44
49	Afghanistan	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	39.07
50	Senegal	Sub-Saharan Africa	38.95
51	Rwanda	Sub-Saharan Africa	38.86
52	Mexico	Latin America & Caribbean	38.82
53	India	South Asia	38.38
54	Guatemala	Latin America & Caribbean	37.72
55	Comoros	Sub-Saharan Africa	37.57
56	Pakistan	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	37.29
57	Suriname	Latin America & Caribbean	37.02
58	Eritrea	Sub-Saharan Africa	36.99
59	Grenada	Latin America & Caribbean	36.97
60	Argentina	Latin America & Caribbean	35.62
61	Indonesia	East Asia & Pacific	34.67
62	Cuba	Latin America & Caribbean	34.61
63	Yemen, Rep.	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	34.48
64	Lebanon	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	34.19
65	Brazil	Latin America & Caribbean	34.09
66	Oman	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	33.49
67	Colombia	Latin America & Caribbean	32.63
68	St. Lucia	Latin America & Caribbean	32.62
69	Jordan	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	31.50
70	Sao Tome and Principe	Sub-Saharan Africa	31.49
71	Tajikistan	Europe & Central Asia	31.37
72	Nepal	South Asia	31.25
73	Tunisia	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	30.24
74	Kiribati	East Asia & Pacific	30.12
75	Slovak Republic	Europe & Central Asia	29.60
76	Iran, Islamic Rep.	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	29.51
77	Azerbaijan	Europe & Central Asia	29.08
78	Haiti	Latin America & Caribbean	28.99
79	Ecuador	Latin America & Caribbean	28.78
80	Georgia	Europe & Central Asia	28.12
81	Myanmar	East Asia & Pacific	27.71
82	North Macedonia	Europe & Central Asia	27.69
83	Honduras	Latin America & Caribbean	27.55
84	Antigua and Barbuda	Latin America & Caribbean	27.37
85	Belize	Latin America & Caribbean	27.23
86	Montenegro	Europe & Central Asia	27.11
87	Lao PDR	East Asia & Pacific	26.95
88	Kazakhstan	Europe & Central Asia	26.92
89	Bangladesh	South Asia	26.88
90	Russian Federation	Europe & Central Asia	26.86
91	Turkmenistan	Europe & Central Asia	26.30
92	Kuwait	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	26.25
93	Panama	Latin America & Caribbean	25.99
94	Bahamas, The	Latin America & Caribbean	25.91
95	Serbia	Europe & Central Asia	25.81
96	Seychelles	Sub-Saharan Africa	25.67
97	Malaysia	East Asia & Pacific	25.64
98	Kyrgyz Republic	Europe & Central Asia	25.59
99	West Bank and Gaza	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	25.38
100	Philippines	East Asia & Pacific	25.38
101	Egypt, Arab Rep.	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	25.26
102	Cambodia	East Asia & Pacific	25.06
103	Armenia	Europe & Central Asia	24.57
104	Costa Rica	Latin America & Caribbean	24.44
105	Romania	Europe & Central Asia	24.27
106	Moldova	Europe & Central Asia	23.84
107	Poland	Europe & Central Asia	23.72
108	Solomon Islands	East Asia & Pacific	23.54
109	Czechia	Europe & Central Asia	23.46
110	Cabo Verde	Sub-Saharan Africa	23.25
111	Albania	Europe & Central Asia	23.01
112	Fiji	East Asia & Pacific	22.45
113	Turkiye	Europe & Central Asia	22.30
114	Dominican Republic	Latin America & Caribbean	22.08
115	Uruguay	Latin America & Caribbean	21.98
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe & Central Asia	21.90
117	Libya	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	21.81
118	Singapore	East Asia & Pacific	21.66
119	Bulgaria	Europe & Central Asia	21.64
120	El Salvador	Latin America & Caribbean	21.62
121	Chile	Latin America & Caribbean	21.34
122	Trinidad and Tobago	Latin America & Caribbean	21.08
123	Iraq	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	20.13
124	Greece	Europe & Central Asia	19.52
125	Thailand	East Asia & Pacific	19.17
126	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Latin America & Caribbean	18.99
127	Israel	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	18.95
128	Bhutan	South Asia	18.43
129	Ukraine	Europe & Central Asia	18.27
130	Qatar	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	17.93
131	Hungary	Europe & Central Asia	17.92
132	Belgium	Europe & Central Asia	17.90
133	Vanuatu	East Asia & Pacific	17.63
134	Maldives	South Asia	17.58
135	Slovenia	Europe & Central Asia	17.28
136	Lithuania	Europe & Central Asia	17.23
137	Bahrain	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	17.18
138	Algeria	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	17.11
139	United Kingdom	Europe & Central Asia	16.97
140	Morocco	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	16.96
141	United Arab Emirates	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	16.80
142	Jamaica	Latin America & Caribbean	16.70
143	United States	North America	16.55
144	Netherlands	Europe & Central Asia	16.46
145	Saudi Arabia	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	16.46
146	Barbados	Latin America & Caribbean	16.44
147	Belarus	Europe & Central Asia	16.01
148	Venezuela, RB	Latin America & Caribbean	15.96
149	Portugal	Europe & Central Asia	15.44
150	Sri Lanka	South Asia	15.44
151	Croatia	Europe & Central Asia	15.35
152	Mauritius	Sub-Saharan Africa	15.27
153	Mongolia	East Asia & Pacific	15.17
154	Italy	Europe & Central Asia	15.04
155	Luxembourg	Europe & Central Asia	14.93
156	Latvia	Europe & Central Asia	14.78
157	Ireland	Europe & Central Asia	14.72
158	France	Europe & Central Asia	14.68
159	Korea, Rep.	East Asia & Pacific	14.65
160	Brunei Darussalam	East Asia & Pacific	14.42
161	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	East Asia & Pacific	14.07
162	Syrian Arab Republic	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	13.24
163	Cyprus	Europe & Central Asia	12.97
164	Malta	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	12.91
165	Estonia	Europe & Central Asia	12.91
166	Spain	Europe & Central Asia	12.84
167	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	East Asia & Pacific	12.58
168	Puerto Rico (US)	Latin America & Caribbean	12.44
169	Switzerland	Europe & Central Asia	12.42
170	Viet Nam	East Asia & Pacific	12.40
171	Uzbekistan	Europe & Central Asia	12.36
172	Austria	Europe & Central Asia	11.30
173	Samoa	East Asia & Pacific	10.81
174	Germany	Europe & Central Asia	10.71
175	Sweden	Europe & Central Asia	10.70
176	Tonga	East Asia & Pacific	9.99
177	Japan	East Asia & Pacific	9.94
178	Denmark	Europe & Central Asia	9.08
179	Canada	North America	8.36
180	Norway	Europe & Central Asia	7.61
181	New Zealand	East Asia & Pacific	4.51
182	Iceland	Europe & Central Asia	4.24
183	Australia	East Asia & Pacific	4.19
184	China	East Asia & Pacific	3.20
185	Finland	Europe & Central Asia	2.56

Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.DTH.COMM.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2021; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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