Death rate from cardiovascular diseases vs. GDP per capita, 2021

The estimated death rate from cardiovascular diseases per 100,000 people in the population, compared to the country's GDP per capita, adjusted for inflationand for differences in living costs between countries.

Country/area
Cardiovascular diseases death rate
deaths per 100,000 people 2021
GDP per capita In constant international-$ – World Bank
international-$ in 2021 prices 2021
Population (historical)
people 2021
World Bank's income classification
2021
Afghanistan495.5$2,14440,000,411Low-income countries
Albania256.6$16,3542,849,643Upper-middle-income countries
Algeria305.7$14,49744,761,101Lower-middle-income countries
American Samoa49,248Upper-middle-income countries
Andorra72.6$59,33278,375High-income countries
Angola333.0$7,40834,532,427Lower-middle-income countries
Anguilla14,503
Antigua and Barbuda123.5$25,73392,358High-income countries
Argentina157.7$26,30045,312,283Upper-middle-income countries
Armenia364.3$15,9222,870,339Upper-middle-income countries
Aruba$35,696107,565High-income countries
Australia71.4$57,32225,956,416High-income countries
Austria117.8$63,5768,967,053High-income countries
Azerbaijan266.5$20,11110,234,373Upper-middle-income countries
Bahamas203.2$29,340396,381High-income countries
Bahrain265.6$54,9551,501,762High-income countries
Bangladesh242.5$7,441167,658,855Lower-middle-income countries
Barbados136.0$15,684282,156High-income countries
Belarus368.0$27,6119,251,367Upper-middle-income countries
Belgium75.3$61,87411,570,842High-income countries
Belize146.5$11,677395,356Upper-middle-income countries
Benin274.2$3,46413,413,423Lower-middle-income countries
Bermuda$92,27664,672High-income countries
Bhutan179.7$13,459775,451Lower-middle-income countries
Bolivia168.3$9,45411,937,369Lower-middle-income countries
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba27,346
Bosnia and Herzegovina266.1$18,5443,244,909Upper-middle-income countries
Botswana212.2$17,9612,401,449Upper-middle-income countries
Brazil166.2$18,076209,550,291Upper-middle-income countries
British Virgin Islands37,833High-income countries
Brunei165.0$78,249451,723High-income countries
Bulgaria462.8$29,5376,877,222Upper-middle-income countries
Burkina Faso295.2$2,48621,995,249Low-income countries
Burundi286.3$83712,965,487Low-income countries
Cambodia305.1$6,22616,974,308Lower-middle-income countries
Cameroon295.9$4,79426,915,764Lower-middle-income countries
Canada80.1$55,78238,454,058High-income countries
Cape Verde251.2$7,685516,655Lower-middle-income countries
Cayman Islands$74,15170,126High-income countries
Central African Republic385.2$1,1295,112,102Low-income countries
Chad292.3$1,70017,828,274Low-income countries
Chile102.0$29,10519,456,323High-income countries
China234.1$20,4071,426,437,276Upper-middle-income countries
Colombia190.2$17,70051,188,174Upper-middle-income countries
Comoros242.9$3,441818,178Lower-middle-income countries
Congo319.6$6,2635,892,186Lower-middle-income countries
Cook Islands206.715,204
Costa Rica93.8$24,1405,059,992Upper-middle-income countries
Cote d'Ivoire288.5$6,04529,639,735Lower-middle-income countries
Croatia190.3$36,9143,924,607High-income countries
Cuba214.111,122,169Upper-middle-income countries
Curacao$25,164185,324High-income countries
Cyprus90.8$49,9301,317,312High-income countries
Czechia183.9$49,99610,530,683High-income countries
Czechoslovakia
Democratic Republic of Congo327.8$1,31499,148,931Low-income countries
Denmark80.0$70,3425,856,773High-income countries
Djibouti270.9$5,9481,121,251Lower-middle-income countries
Dominica216.9$15,59467,223Upper-middle-income countries
Dominican Republic202.5$21,91211,123,480Upper-middle-income countries
East Germany
East Timor313.3$6,8251,350,142Lower-middle-income countries
Ecuador183.3$13,54017,682,454Upper-middle-income countries
Egypt422.2$15,579110,957,004Lower-middle-income countries
El Salvador137.1$10,8106,255,781Lower-middle-income countries
Equatorial Guinea267.0$16,8211,758,796Upper-middle-income countries
Eritrea357.23,350,184Low-income countries
Estonia216.5$45,0641,331,750High-income countries
Eswatini329.0$9,8461,206,599Lower-middle-income countries
Ethiopia173.4$2,588122,138,590Low-income countries
Ethiopia (former)
Falkland Islands3,524
Faroe Islands53,324High-income countries
Fiji380.4$10,685916,717Upper-middle-income countries
Finland124.2$57,3515,541,068High-income countries
France70.0$53,90166,083,547High-income countries
French Guiana293,023
French Polynesia279,807High-income countries
Gabon231.0$18,5242,376,728Upper-middle-income countries
Gambia323.9$2,7782,576,014Low-income countries
Georgia376.7$18,9163,788,450Upper-middle-income countries
Germany120.7$62,95083,697,082High-income countries
Ghana303.1$6,60832,518,662Lower-middle-income countries
Gibraltar36,880High-income countries
Greece137.5$33,57810,579,561High-income countries
Greenland$68,08656,065High-income countries
Grenada197.2$15,298116,695Upper-middle-income countries
Guadeloupe399,156
Guam163,741High-income countries
Guatemala120.8$11,82817,598,654Upper-middle-income countries
Guernsey63,436
Guinea303.7$3,73913,710,516Low-income countries
Guinea-Bissau332.2$2,4512,058,842Low-income countries
Guyana262.2$22,866815,484Upper-middle-income countries
Haiti427.9$3,13511,374,592Lower-middle-income countries
Honduras256.9$6,20310,289,882Lower-middle-income countries
Hong Kong$65,8857,484,604High-income countries
Hungary271.2$38,6489,707,848High-income countries
Iceland88.8$62,032372,649High-income countries
India241.8$8,0501,414,203,889Lower-middle-income countries
Indonesia318.7$12,757276,758,056Lower-middle-income countries
Iran190.1$14,95288,455,491Lower-middle-income countries
Iraq386.6$12,73243,071,210Upper-middle-income countries
Ireland87.1$118,1035,028,430High-income countries
Isle of Man84,121High-income countries
Israel70.7$46,2388,942,925High-income countries
Italy88.5$50,46559,729,354High-income countries
Jamaica330.2$9,5772,837,682Upper-middle-income countries
Japan69.3$44,549125,679,341High-income countries
Jersey103,337
Jordan163.6$9,18211,066,358Upper-middle-income countries
Kazakhstan342.3$32,94619,743,607Upper-middle-income countries
Kenya173.3$5,33953,219,165Lower-middle-income countries
Kiribati450.3$3,049128,386Lower-middle-income countries
Kosovo$12,3621,741,449Upper-middle-income countries
Kuwait146.7$50,6894,360,749High-income countries
Kyrgyzstan318.9$5,7366,820,483Lower-middle-income countries
Laos344.7$8,0807,453,191Lower-middle-income countries
Latvia339.4$35,6051,885,592High-income countries
Lebanon132.6$11,6005,718,127Lower-middle-income countries
Lesotho422.7$2,5452,261,549Lower-middle-income countries
Liberia271.1$1,5395,259,326Low-income countries
Libya264.8$12,6427,135,180Upper-middle-income countries
Liechtenstein39,062High-income countries
Lithuania301.4$46,5762,794,489High-income countries
Luxembourg74.0$137,947640,276High-income countries
Macao$74,178694,404High-income countries
Madagascar363.1$1,59929,691,087Low-income countries
Malawi276.0$1,68820,047,263Low-income countries
Malaysia254.0$29,82334,282,405Upper-middle-income countries
Maldives416.6$19,053516,162Upper-middle-income countries
Mali233.3$2,34822,388,638Low-income countries
Malta101.3$58,199524,383High-income countries
Marshall Islands487.3$6,70641,386Upper-middle-income countries
Martinique353,285
Mauritania267.9$5,8374,734,875Lower-middle-income countries
Mauritius229.7$22,7381,279,627Upper-middle-income countries
Mayotte294,431
Mexico166.1$21,032127,648,152Upper-middle-income countries
Micronesia (country)500.6$3,922111,636Lower-middle-income countries
Moldova499.9$15,6823,023,780Upper-middle-income countries
Monaco113.938,548High-income countries
Mongolia344.6$14,7923,339,678Lower-middle-income countries
Montenegro266.6$24,510603,854Upper-middle-income countries
Montserrat4,505
Morocco370.8$8,62336,954,442Lower-middle-income countries
Mozambique355.8$1,45731,707,797Low-income countries
Myanmar281.1$5,17853,387,102Lower-middle-income countries
Namibia228.6$9,7092,810,553Upper-middle-income countries
Nauru694.3$12,19711,726High-income countries
Nepal215.3$4,54629,475,018Lower-middle-income countries
Netherlands77.0$69,32317,730,564High-income countries
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia285,226High-income countries
New Zealand89.4$48,1945,107,696High-income countries
Nicaragua129.9$7,0876,644,745Lower-middle-income countries
Niger270.9$1,58624,502,144Low-income countries
Nigeria230.1$5,492218,529,285Lower-middle-income countries
Niue369.21,836
North Korea287.426,232,531Low-income countries
North Macedonia288.6$22,3711,851,109Upper-middle-income countries
Northern Mariana Islands47,003High-income countries
Norway74.6$89,2095,408,081High-income countries
Oman293.0$38,7194,500,427High-income countries
Pakistan325.4$5,367239,477,805Lower-middle-income countries
Palau376.3$15,66317,809Upper-middle-income countries
Palestine$5,6635,185,341Lower-middle-income countries
Panama131.8$30,9334,345,410High-income countries
Papua New Guinea258.3$3,97710,012,899Lower-middle-income countries
Paraguay189.4$15,4066,684,184Upper-middle-income countries
Peru85.2$15,28233,155,883Upper-middle-income countries
Philippines448.4$8,858113,100,946Lower-middle-income countries
Poland211.2$41,77538,040,304High-income countries
Portugal90.5$38,86210,390,956High-income countries
Puerto Rico$40,5603,253,210High-income countries
Qatar202.5$116,8332,814,989High-income countries
Reunion868,084
Romania317.4$38,07119,248,159High-income countries
Russia333.3$38,938145,836,172Upper-middle-income countries
Rwanda251.3$2,73113,355,260Low-income countries
Saint Barthelemy10,790
Saint Helena5,415
Saint Kitts and Nevis230.1$26,89746,786High-income countries
Saint Lucia177.6$19,101178,540Upper-middle-income countries
Saint Martin (French part)29,986High-income countries
Saint Pierre and Miquelon5,802
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines258.0$15,901102,848Upper-middle-income countries
Samoa364.1$6,214213,792Lower-middle-income countries
San Marino60.1$64,74534,599High-income countries
Sao Tome and Principe235.9$5,733221,975Lower-middle-income countries
Saudi Arabia195.4$55,76831,328,374High-income countries
Senegal292.9$4,17417,220,866Lower-middle-income countries
Serbia321.2$23,6696,835,434Upper-middle-income countries
Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles204.4$29,980123,000High-income countries
Sierra Leone350.7$2,8498,094,603Low-income countries
Singapore99.6$131,8645,546,292High-income countries
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)$40,50741,590High-income countries
Slovakia244.8$38,4375,442,767High-income countries
Slovenia114.7$46,2742,113,495High-income countries
Solomon Islands566.1$2,518762,594Lower-middle-income countries
Somalia302.0$1,39217,271,435Low-income countries
South Africa204.4$13,71161,502,601Upper-middle-income countries
South Korea60.4$48,57151,848,401High-income countries
South Sudan244.010,865,786Low-income countries
Spain77.1$44,09147,735,670High-income countries
Sri Lanka186.8$14,31622,700,377Lower-middle-income countries
Sudan370.0$3,24948,066,927Low-income countries
Suriname175.0$18,458617,905Upper-middle-income countries
Sweden90.4$63,12510,416,136High-income countries
Switzerland76.2$81,6038,707,018High-income countries
Syria417.4$4,59321,628,840Low-income countries
Taiwan23,558,330High-income countries
Tajikistan359.4$3,9869,966,912Lower-middle-income countries
Tanzania225.7$3,49362,830,413Lower-middle-income countries
Thailand118.9$20,24571,727,340Upper-middle-income countries
Togo352.1$2,5778,878,384Low-income countries
Tokelau2,225
Tonga226.6$7,035105,504Upper-middle-income countries
Trinidad and Tobago181.6$30,8261,487,715High-income countries
Tunisia232.6$12,37512,048,625Lower-middle-income countries
Turkey198.4$31,63886,686,255Upper-middle-income countries
Turkmenistan451.4$16,4347,092,041Upper-middle-income countries
Turks and Caicos Islands$21,19245,260High-income countries
Tuvalu449.7$5,35310,214Upper-middle-income countries
USSR
Uganda206.7$2,68545,910,932Low-income countries
Ukraine425.9$17,84644,298,641Lower-middle-income countries
United Arab Emirates160.0$67,4019,789,054High-income countries
United Kingdom87.4$52,87267,668,789High-income countries
United States135.2$71,318340,161,441High-income countries
United States Virgin Islands$46,89487,238High-income countries
Uruguay128.0$29,4413,396,692High-income countries
Uzbekistan512.9$9,24834,243,696Lower-middle-income countries
Vanuatu512.0$3,136305,883Lower-middle-income countries
Vatican527
Venezuela257.128,237,831
Vietnam262.2$12,04998,935,101Lower-middle-income countries
Wallis and Futuna11,590
West Germany
Western Sahara558,625
Yemen444.737,140,233Low-income countries
Yemen Arab Republic
Yemen People's Republic
Yugoslavia
Zambia291.1$3,50319,603,610Low-income countries
Zimbabwe354.6$3,18515,797,220Lower-middle-income countries
Other
Africa287.11,413,753,270
Africa (UN)1,413,753,053
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Americas (UN)1,029,207,261
Asia228.54,716,999,175
Asia (UN)4,718,316,356
Asia (excl. China and India)1,806,393,856
Channel IslandsHigh-income countries
East Asia and Pacific (WB)$21,175
Europe178.1749,931,027
Europe (UN)748,613,503
Europe (excl. Russia)607,809,728
Europe and Central Asia (WB)$42,726
European Union (27)$52,529447,705,923
Faeroe Islands$67,758
High-income countries$55,5821,246,789,058
Latin America and Caribbean (WB)$18,734
Latin America and the Caribbean (UN)650,465,295
Low-income countries$2,313698,215,270
Lower-middle-income countries$7,6503,180,608,875
Middle East and North Africa (WB)$18,013
Middle-income countries$13,260
North America140.1600,876,352
North America (WB)$69,718
Northern America (UN)378,741,971
Oceania103.044,558,538
Oceania (UN)44,558,212
South America162.0428,331,420
South America (excl. Brazil)220,974,576
South Asia (WB)$7,561
Sub-Saharan Africa (WB)$4,243
Svalbard and Jan Mayen2,400
Upper-middle-income countries$19,2602,826,094,366

Data source: World Health Organization (2024); World Bank (2024); Data compiled from multiple sources by World Bank (2025)Learn more about this data

Note: To allow for comparisons between countries and over time, the death rate metric is age-standardized. GDP per capita is expressed in international-$ at 2021 prices.

Death rate from cardiovascular diseases vs. GDP per capita

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