social2023
High cholesterol
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
6,369.5deaths
Median: 820.8deaths
Countries Covered
204
with available data
Highest
India
267,459.9deaths
Lowest
Tokelau
0.4deaths
Top 5 Countries
1India267,459.9deaths
2People's Republic of China227,793.2deaths
3Russian Federation86,558.8deaths
4Indonesia67,384.8deaths
5United States of America51,214.3deaths
By Region
Asia28,805.8deaths(26 countries)
North America18,174.3deaths(4 countries)
Africa10,719.8deaths(9 countries)
South America6,072.1deaths(7 countries)
Europe3,099.1deaths(32 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.4deaths)High (267,459.9deaths)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 6,369.5deaths)
Asia (26)
North America (4)
Africa (9)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
Other (124)
Oceania (2)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 267,459.9deaths |
| 2 | People's Republic of China | 227,793.2deaths |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 86,558.8deaths |
| 4 | Indonesia | 67,384.8deaths |
| 5 | United States of America | 51,214.3deaths |
| 6 | Egypt | 41,773.6deaths |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 36,004.1deaths |
| 8 | Pakistan | 32,517.0deaths |
| 9 | Brazil | 27,837.2deaths |
| 10 | Ukraine | 26,363.6deaths |
| 11 | Philippines | 24,472.6deaths |
| 12 | Nigeria | 17,296.5deaths |
| 13 | Mexico | 16,688.4deaths |
| 14 | Myanmar | 14,394.4deaths |
| 15 | Vietnam | 12,994.5deaths |
| 16 | Germany | 12,447.7deaths |
| 17 | Türkiye | 12,336.4deaths |
| 18 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 12,002.8deaths |
| 19 | Uzbekistan | 11,898.5deaths |
| 20 | Iraq | 11,615.0deaths |
| 21 | Morocco | 11,360.8deaths |
| 22 | Algeria | 9,392.8deaths |
| 23 | Sudan | 9,137.4deaths |
| 24 | Thailand | 9,022.1deaths |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 8,678.4deaths |
| 26 | Poland | 8,157.8deaths |
| 27 | Malaysia | 8,041.1deaths |
| 28 | Japan | 8,040.2deaths |
| 29 | North Korea | 7,109.6deaths |
| 30 | Belarus | 6,963.0deaths |
| 31 | Venezuela | 6,740.9deaths |
| 32 | Romania | 6,122.5deaths |
| 33 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5,753.2deaths |
| 34 | South Africa | 5,579.0deaths |
| 35 | Colombia | 5,150.3deaths |
| 36 | Sri Lanka | 5,124.9deaths |
| 37 | Yemen | 5,060.2deaths |
| 38 | Kazakhstan | 4,996.7deaths |
| 39 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4,883.0deaths |
| 40 | Argentina | 4,718.2deaths |
| 41 | Ghana | 4,537.9deaths |
| 42 | Italy | 4,264.2deaths |
| 43 | France | 4,248.3deaths |
| 44 | Saudi Arabia | 3,986.1deaths |
| 45 | Azerbaijan | 3,903.0deaths |
| 46 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3,869.2deaths |
| 47 | Canada | 3,832.4deaths |
| 48 | Afghanistan | 3,800.0deaths |
| 49 | Spain | 3,589.9deaths |
| 50 | Hungary | 3,337.3deaths |
| 51 | Ethiopia | 3,307.9deaths |
| 52 | Serbia | 3,270.7deaths |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 3,120.8deaths |
| 54 | Nepal | 3,026.1deaths |
| 55 | Haiti | 2,692.5deaths |
| 56 | Cuba | 2,449.2deaths |
| 57 | Cambodia | 2,268.5deaths |
| 58 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2,217.7deaths |
| 59 | Dominican Republic | 2,206.5deaths |
| 60 | Turkmenistan | 2,184.8deaths |
| 61 | Tajikistan | 2,095.0deaths |
| 62 | South Korea | 2,081.2deaths |
| 63 | Papua New Guinea | 2,046.4deaths |
| 64 | Czech Republic | 2,016.2deaths |
| 65 | Taiwan, Province of China | 1,963.5deaths |
| 66 | Angola | 1,935.8deaths |
| 67 | Libya | 1,833.1deaths |
| 68 | Australia | 1,687.9deaths |
| 69 | Greece | 1,619.4deaths |
| 70 | Tunisia | 1,570.4deaths |
| 71 | Peru | 1,565.7deaths |
| 72 | Madagascar | 1,535.4deaths |
| 73 | Jordan | 1,485.2deaths |
| 74 | Moldova, Republic of | 1,479.6deaths |
| 75 | Cameroon | 1,464.1deaths |
| 76 | Slovakia | 1,453.4deaths |
| 77 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,450.4deaths |
| 78 | Chile | 1,445.9deaths |
| 79 | Ecuador | 1,366.9deaths |
| 80 | Kenya | 1,293.9deaths |
| 81 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,218.1deaths |
| 82 | Mali | 1,204.2deaths |
| 83 | Uganda | 1,177.6deaths |
| 84 | Lithuania | 1,147.0deaths |
| 85 | Mozambique | 1,142.7deaths |
| 86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,122.0deaths |
| 87 | Netherlands | 1,082.3deaths |
| 88 | Niger | 1,052.9deaths |
| 89 | Chad | 1,048.8deaths |
| 90 | Zambia | 1,030.1deaths |
| 91 | Guinea | 1,022.4deaths |
| 92 | Senegal | 1,014.7deaths |
| 93 | Austria | 1,007.9deaths |
| 94 | Georgia | 989.7deaths |
| 95 | Guatemala | 962.1deaths |
| 96 | Portugal | 957.6deaths |
| 97 | Malawi | 939.9deaths |
| 98 | Sweden | 870.5deaths |
| 99 | Croatia | 858.0deaths |
| 100 | Bolivia | 857.4deaths |
| 101 | El Salvador | 843.1deaths |
| 102 | Paraguay | 830.1deaths |
| 103 | Armenia | 811.5deaths |
| 104 | Latvia | 801.8deaths |
| 105 | Belgium | 794.9deaths |
| 106 | Togo | 744.6deaths |
| 107 | Rwanda | 702.6deaths |
| 108 | Finland | 688.5deaths |
| 109 | Honduras | 680.1deaths |
| 110 | United Arab Emirates | 676.4deaths |
| 111 | Kuwait | 663.3deaths |
| 112 | Zimbabwe | 650.8deaths |
| 113 | Singapore | 650.5deaths |
| 114 | Lebanon | 646.9deaths |
| 115 | State of Palestine | 641.5deaths |
| 116 | Burundi | 629.8deaths |
| 117 | South Sudan | 601.4deaths |
| 118 | Sierra Leone | 580.0deaths |
| 119 | Nicaragua | 551.6deaths |
| 120 | Mongolia | 536.2deaths |
| 121 | Burkina Faso | 515.5deaths |
| 122 | Republic of the Congo | 514.5deaths |
| 123 | Benin | 507.6deaths |
| 124 | Liberia | 501.6deaths |
| 125 | New Zealand | 492.6deaths |
| 126 | Costa Rica | 492.5deaths |
| 127 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 490.1deaths |
| 128 | Switzerland | 484.7deaths |
| 129 | Albania | 461.4deaths |
| 130 | Mauritania | 453.8deaths |
| 131 | Oman | 430.5deaths |
| 132 | Denmark | 425.4deaths |
| 133 | Uruguay | 420.2deaths |
| 134 | Eritrea | 409.9deaths |
| 135 | Puerto Rico | 407.6deaths |
| 136 | Fiji | 406.7deaths |
| 137 | Central African Republic | 406.3deaths |
| 138 | Ireland | 386.2deaths |
| 139 | Panama | 378.5deaths |
| 140 | Mauritius | 361.5deaths |
| 141 | Trinidad and Tobago | 349.2deaths |
| 142 | Norway | 343.7deaths |
| 143 | Israel | 334.1deaths |
| 144 | Solomon Islands | 302.6deaths |
| 145 | Somalia | 296.6deaths |
| 146 | Jamaica | 246.2deaths |
| 147 | Estonia | 232.5deaths |
| 148 | Slovenia | 204.3deaths |
| 149 | Montenegro | 197.0deaths |
| 150 | Bahrain | 185.0deaths |
| 151 | Gabon | 176.2deaths |
| 152 | Guyana | 176.2deaths |
| 153 | Guinea-Bissau | 161.0deaths |
| 154 | Republic of The Gambia | 147.1deaths |
| 155 | Namibia | 136.0deaths |
| 156 | Qatar | 135.8deaths |
| 157 | Cyprus | 120.8deaths |
| 158 | Timor-Leste | 113.2deaths |
| 159 | Equatorial Guinea | 112.9deaths |
| 160 | Suriname | 108.2deaths |
| 161 | Botswana | 105.0deaths |
| 162 | Lesotho | 93.3deaths |
| 163 | Vanuatu | 93.2deaths |
| 164 | Bhutan | 77.4deaths |
| 165 | Guam | 68.2deaths |
| 166 | Djibouti | 63.1deaths |
| 167 | Bahamas | 61.4deaths |
| 168 | Eswatini | 57.1deaths |
| 169 | Samoa | 56.6deaths |
| 170 | Malta | 54.3deaths |
| 171 | Brunei Darussalam | 49.4deaths |
| 172 | Maldives | 41.7deaths |
| 173 | Barbados | 41.3deaths |
| 174 | Luxembourg | 40.5deaths |
| 175 | Cape Verde | 39.2deaths |
| 176 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 33.4deaths |
| 177 | Iceland | 33.1deaths |
| 178 | Belize | 29.8deaths |
| 179 | Comoros | 29.6deaths |
| 180 | Tonga | 28.0deaths |
| 181 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 20.6deaths |
| 182 | Sao Tome and Principe | 19.9deaths |
| 183 | Grenada | 17.7deaths |
| 184 | Marshall Islands | 17.0deaths |
| 185 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 16.9deaths |
| 186 | Seychelles | 16.5deaths |
| 187 | Northern Mariana Islands | 15.4deaths |
| 188 | American Samoa | 14.4deaths |
| 189 | Kiribati | 13.7deaths |
| 190 | Saint Lucia | 13.0deaths |
| 191 | Bermuda | 10.2deaths |
| 192 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.6deaths |
| 193 | Dominica | 8.2deaths |
| 194 | Greenland | 8.1deaths |
| 195 | Palau | 7.0deaths |
| 196 | Andorra | 7.0deaths |
| 197 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.7deaths |
| 198 | Tuvalu | 4.7deaths |
| 199 | Nauru | 4.7deaths |
| 200 | Cook Islands | 4.6deaths |
| 201 | Monaco | 2.1deaths |
| 202 | San Marino | 1.9deaths |
| 203 | Niue | 0.7deaths |
| 204 | Tokelau | 0.4deaths |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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