ATLAS · HEART DISEASE DEATHS

Heart Disease Deaths by Country

The whole world, recoloured by heart disease deaths. Heart Disease Deaths worldwide (world figure): 99 / 100k (2021). On the map below, paler countries sit at the low end and the deepest green at the high end. Tap any nation to open its full profile. Deaths from ischaemic heart disease each year per 100,000 people, age-standardized so countries with different age structures can be compared, WHO Global Health Estimates. The world’s single leading cause of death.

HIGHEST (LEAST GOOD)

455 / 100k

LOWEST (BEST)

19 / 100k

WORLD

99 / 100k

192 countries with a figure

For heart disease deaths, a lower figure is the better outcome — so the deepest-green country on the map is the one with the most to improve.

Source: WHO Global Health Estimates 2021, via Our World in Data, 2021 · geometry: Natural Earth (public domain)

How the map is coloured

45 / 100k203 / 100k

No figure — the source has no value for this country (shown in words, never as zero).

The 25 highest

192 countries and territories have a heart disease deaths figure. Here are the highest — and since a lower figure is better for heart disease deaths, these are the countries with the furthest to go:

#	Country	Heart Disease Deaths
1	Nauru	455 / 100k
2	Uzbekistan	312 / 100k
3	Turkmenistan	294 / 100k
4	Ukraine	294 / 100k
5	Vanuatu	294 / 100k
6	Belarus	291 / 100k
7	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	286 / 100k
8	Syrian Arab Republic	281 / 100k
9	Moldova	277 / 100k
10	Philippines	272 / 100k
11	Marshall Islands	265 / 100k
12	Tuvalu	265 / 100k
13	Egypt, Arab Rep.	262 / 100k
14	Afghanistan	255 / 100k
15	Bulgaria	251 / 100k
16	Solomon Islands	249 / 100k
17	Armenia	246 / 100k
18	Maldives	232 / 100k
19	Morocco	219 / 100k
20	Fiji	216 / 100k
21	Iraq	211 / 100k
22	Tajikistan	209 / 100k
23	Yemen, Rep.	208 / 100k
24	Palau	204 / 100k
25	Sudan	203 / 100k

Nauru ranks 1st of 192.Every country’s full standing is on its profile.

Understand the number

ATLAS · FIELD GUIDE

Heart Disease Deaths: The World's Leading Cause of Death, Country by Country

The heart-disease map recolours every country by its age-standardized death rate from ischaemic heart disease, from the WHO Global Health Estimates. A plain-language guide to what the rate means, why it is age-standardized, and how to read the world map of it.

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