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Percentage of total deaths due to NCDs overall and percentage of total deaths due to 7 main categories (5 different NCD categories plus 2 non-NCD categories which together total all deaths) by country

Countries reporting
184
Highest
67.88
Chad
Lowest
1.26
Montenegro
Median
20.79
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,086

What the numbers show

Percentage of total deaths due to NCDs overall and percentage of total deaths due to 7 main categories (5 different NCD categories plus 2 non-NCD categories which together total all deaths) is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 67.88 in Chad; the lowest is 1.26 in Montenegro.

The median across all reporting countries is 20.79, and the mean is 25.62.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 54.

Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in North Macedonia (up 1,345.3%), and the largest decrease in Morocco (down 47.2%).

Percentage of total deaths due to NCDs overall and percentage of: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Chad 67.88 2019 down 7.4% falling
2 Nigeria 67.71 2019 down 6.7% falling
3 Niger 66.6 2019 down 10.0% falling
4 Central African Republic 65.89 2019 down 8.7% falling
5 Zambia 63.56 2019 down 13.2% falling
6 Somalia 62.17 2019 down 10.6% falling
7 Equatorial Guinea 61.79 2019 down 8.6% falling
8 South Sudan 61.51 2019 down 13.5% falling
9 Mali 60.79 2019 down 10.1% falling
10 Guinea-Bissau 59 2019 down 10.1% falling
11 Guinea 58.53 2019 down 8.2% falling
12 Sierra Leone 57.74 2019 down 16.7% falling
13 Democratic Republic of Congo 57.51 2019 down 12.3% falling
14 Angola 57.18 2019 down 16.4% falling
15 Mozambique 56.49 2019 down 20.3% falling
16 Liberia 55.81 2019 down 13.2% falling
17 Congo 55.69 2019 down 3.7% falling
18 Benin 54.71 2019 down 10.7% falling
19 Cameroon 54.13 2019 down 16.4% falling
20 Tanzania 54.02 2019 down 22.5% falling
21 Cote d'Ivoire 53.94 2019 down 23.5% falling
22 Peru 53.6 2021 up 83.6% flat
23 Uganda 52.78 2019 down 23.3% falling
24 Burkina Faso 52.33 2019 down 20.8% falling
25 Botswana 52.14 2019 down 13.3% falling
26 Lesotho 52.12 2019 down 23.2% falling
27 Burundi 52.07 2019 down 19.1% falling
28 Namibia 51.14 2019 down 12.9% falling
29 Ethiopia 49.24 2019 down 24.1% falling
30 Gambia 49.03 2019 down 17.0% falling
31 Malawi 49.01 2019 down 26.8% falling
32 Eswatini 47.88 2019 down 32.9% falling
33 Madagascar 47.8 2019 down 9.7% falling
34 Gabon 47.79 2019 down 11.4% falling
35 Kenya 47.72 2019 down 30.9% falling
36 Zimbabwe 47.47 2019 down 31.2% falling
37 Togo 46.12 2019 down 21.9% falling
38 Ghana 45.06 2019 down 18.7% falling
39 Paraguay 44.72 2021 up 149.2% falling
40 Mauritania 44.22 2019 down 17.1% falling
41 Guyana 44.02 2021 up 91.3% falling
42 Nicaragua 43.34 2021 up 161.2% falling
43 Djibouti 39.55 2019 down 28.7% falling
44 Rwanda 38.95 2019 down 27.3% falling
45 Sudan 38.93 2019 down 19.7% falling
46 Mexico 38.82 2021 up 240.4% volatile
47 East Timor 38.59 2019 down 18.3% falling
48 Eritrea 36.98 2019 down 18.6% falling
49 Grenada 36.97 2021 up 231.9% rising
50 Senegal 36.23 2019 down 24.7% falling
51 South Africa 36.01 2019 down 40.4% falling
52 Argentina 35.62 2021 up 139.5% rising
53 Comoros 35.22 2019 down 18.7% falling
54 Papua New Guinea 34.88 2019 down 27.9% falling
55 Afghanistan 34.7 2019 down 31.8% falling
56 Cuba 34.61 2021 up 339.9% volatile
57 Pakistan 34.34 2019 down 22.3% falling
58 Brazil 34.09 2021 up 142.2% rising
59 Colombia 32.63 2021 up 200.1% rising
60 Kiribati 30.12 2021 up 1.3% falling
61 Slovakia 29.6 2021 up 504.3% volatile
62 Yemen 29.38 2019 down 26.2% falling
63 Ecuador 28.78 2021 up 86.2% rising
64 Georgia 28.12 2021 up 715.8% volatile
65 North Macedonia 27.69 2021 up 1,345.3% volatile
66 Antigua and Barbuda 27.37 2021 up 96.2% rising
67 Sao Tome and Principe 27 2019 down 37.3% falling
68 Haiti 26.54 2019 down 29.4% falling
69 Panama 25.99 2021 up 51.7% flat
70 Serbia 25.81 2021 up 1,239.3% volatile
71 Seychelles 25.67 2021 up 96.4% rising
72 Philippines 25.38 2021 down 8.9% falling
73 Laos 25.37 2019 down 36.1% falling
74 Nepal 25.18 2019 down 38.3% falling
75 Turkmenistan 25.16 2019 up 9.7% rising
76 Armenia 24.57 2021 up 532.0% volatile
77 Costa Rica 24.44 2021 up 266.6% rising
78 Romania 24.27 2021 up 615.4% volatile
79 Moldova 23.84 2021 up 407.3% volatile
80 Poland 23.72 2021 up 465.5% volatile
81 Solomon Islands 23.54 2021 down 0.9% falling
82 Czechia 23.46 2021 up 484.0% volatile
83 Tajikistan 23.12 2019 down 9.0% falling
84 Uruguay 21.98 2021 up 191.1% rising
85 Bolivia 21.98 2019 down 25.9% falling
86 India 21.76 2019 down 44.2% falling
87 Bangladesh 21.71 2019 down 37.0% falling
88 Singapore 21.66 2021 up 17.1% rising
89 Bulgaria 21.64 2021 up 849.7% volatile
90 Guatemala 21.61 2019 down 28.7% falling
91 Cambodia 21.51 2019 down 36.5% falling
92 Chile 21.34 2021 up 187.0% rising
93 Myanmar 20.23 2019 down 39.0% falling
94 Greece 19.52 2021 up 229.6% rising
95 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18.99 2021 up 25.1% falling
96 Israel 18.95 2021 up 112.2% rising
97 Bhutan 18.43 2021 down 28.9% falling
98 Hungary 17.92 2021 up 1,008.0% volatile
99 Belgium 17.9 2021 up 149.6% rising
100 Dominican Republic 17.6 2019 down 29.4% falling
101 Slovenia 17.28 2021 up 338.8% volatile
102 Lithuania 17.23 2021 up 532.8% volatile
103 Indonesia 17.21 2019 down 29.6% falling
104 United Kingdom 16.97 2021 up 129.4% rising
105 Cape Verde 16.78 2019 down 35.2% falling
106 Belize 16.68 2019 down 16.2% falling
107 United States 16.55 2021 up 182.2% rising
108 Netherlands 16.46 2021 up 156.3% rising
109 Malaysia 16.25 2019 down 5.8% rising
110 Portugal 15.44 2021 up 59.2% rising
111 Croatia 15.35 2021 up 876.6% volatile
112 Iraq 15.29 2019 down 35.3% falling
113 Mauritius 15.27 2021 up 69.6% rising
114 Italy 15.04 2021 up 263.9% volatile
115 Luxembourg 14.93 2021 up 162.1% rising
116 Latvia 14.78 2021 up 453.1% volatile
117 Ireland 14.72 2021 up 153.9% falling
118 France 14.68 2021 up 137.7% rising
119 South Korea 14.65 2021 up 92.9% rising
120 Thailand 14.6 2019 down 26.8% falling
121 Brunei 14.42 2021 up 42.0% rising
122 Micronesia (country) 14.07 2021 down 20.9% falling
123 Palestine 13.75 2019 up 7.5% falling
124 Vanuatu 13.63 2019 down 25.1% falling
125 Honduras 13.49 2019 down 36.4% falling
126 Cyprus 12.97 2021 up 204.9% rising
127 Malta 12.91 2021 up 131.4% rising
128 Estonia 12.91 2021 up 473.7% volatile
129 Spain 12.84 2021 up 169.5% volatile
130 Algeria 12.77 2019 down 21.5% falling
131 Puerto Rico 12.44 2021 up 34.4% falling
132 Switzerland 12.42 2021 up 219.2% volatile
133 Venezuela 11.61 2019 up 5.8% falling
134 North Korea 11.53 2019 down 31.8% volatile
135 Austria 11.3 2021 up 313.4% volatile
136 Jordan 11.14 2019 down 25.2% falling
137 Samoa 10.81 2021 down 11.4% falling
138 Germany 10.71 2021 up 121.8% rising
139 Sweden 10.7 2021 up 103.0% rising
140 Tonga 9.99 2021 down 12.7% falling
141 Japan 9.94 2021 down 27.7% falling
142 Oman 9.93 2019 up 16.7% falling
143 Fiji 9.87 2019 down 2.8% falling
144 Kyrgyzstan 9.86 2019 down 25.2% falling
145 Jamaica 9.83 2019 down 27.5% falling
146 Lebanon 9.5 2019 down 2.0% falling
147 El Salvador 9.37 2019 down 21.8% falling
148 Egypt 9.19 2019 down 38.2% falling
149 Vietnam 9.13 2019 down 31.2% falling
150 Denmark 9.08 2021 up 43.1% rising
151 Morocco 8.55 2019 down 47.2% falling
152 Saudi Arabia 8.44 2019 down 29.6% falling
153 Barbados 8.36 2019 down 11.7% falling
154 Canada 8.36 2021 up 49.2% rising
155 Libya 8.25 2019 down 19.3% falling
156 United Arab Emirates 8.24 2019 down 19.2% falling
157 Kuwait 7.94 2019 down 17.4% flat
158 Saint Lucia 7.87 2019 up 0.8% falling
159 Norway 7.61 2021 up 5.7% rising
160 Maldives 7.4 2019 down 28.6% falling
161 Mongolia 7.24 2019 down 31.1% falling
162 Trinidad and Tobago 7 2019 down 38.6% falling
163 Bahamas 6.94 2019 down 37.1% falling
164 Tunisia 6.76 2019 down 19.4% falling
165 Uzbekistan 6.69 2019 down 37.5% falling
166 Syria 6.65 2019 down 43.8% falling
167 Azerbaijan 6.26 2019 down 41.7% falling
168 Sri Lanka 6.24 2019 down 17.3% falling
169 Iran 6.2 2019 down 36.3% falling
170 Qatar 6.06 2019 up 5.5% falling
171 Turkey 5.47 2019 down 14.7% falling
172 Bahrain 5.03 2019 down 18.2% falling
173 Kazakhstan 5.02 2019 down 31.3% falling
174 New Zealand 4.51 2021 up 13.7% rising
175 Iceland 4.24 2021 down 9.8% flat
176 Australia 4.19 2021 up 2.7% flat
177 Russia 4.01 2019 down 9.2% falling
178 China 3.47 2019 down 33.7% falling
179 Albania 3.32 2019 down 18.5% falling
180 Ukraine 3.16 2019 down 41.4% falling
181 Finland 2.56 2021 up 35.0% volatile
182 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.89 2019 down 19.2% falling
183 Belarus 1.53 2019 down 26.2% falling
184 Montenegro 1.26 2019 down 30.1% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Percentage of total deaths due to NCDs overall and percentage of total deaths due to 7 main categories (5 different NCD categories plus 2 non-NCD categories which together total all deaths)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
197 places, 4,086 data points, 2000–2021
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