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Premature deaths due to noncommunicable diseases (NCD) as a proportion of all NCD deaths by country

Countries reporting
184
Highest
75.58
Central African Republic
Lowest
13.85
Japan
Median
47.99
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,334

What the numbers show

Premature deaths due to noncommunicable diseases (NCD) as a proportion of all NCD deaths is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 75.58 in Central African Republic; the lowest is 13.85 in Japan.

The median across all reporting countries is 47.99, and the mean is 46.42.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 112 fell. The largest increase was in Azerbaijan (up 30.0%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 59.1%).

Premature deaths due to noncommunicable diseases (NCD) as a: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Central African Republic 75.58 2021 up 0.5% rising
2 Zambia 75.56 2021 up 7.1% rising
3 Chad 74.13 2021 up 6.5% rising
4 Somalia 72.86 2021 up 2.1% flat
5 Burkina Faso 71.2 2021 up 2.1% flat
6 Niger 70.99 2021 down 3.2% falling
7 Togo 70.45 2021 down 1.7% flat
8 South Sudan 70.09 2021 up 10.2% flat
9 Cameroon 69.68 2021 up 6.3% rising
10 Mali 69.45 2021 up 1.5% flat
11 Kiribati 69.43 2021 down 1.0% flat
12 Côte d'Ivoire 69.32 2021 up 7.7% flat
13 Mozambique 69 2021 up 0.2% rising
14 Burundi 68.7 2021 down 1.7% flat
15 Papua New Guinea 68.61 2021 up 1.2% flat
16 Eswatini 68.35 2021 up 0.2% flat
17 Guinea-Bissau 68.1 2021 up 6.1% rising
18 Micronesia, Federated States of 68.08 2021 down 4.7% flat
19 Sierra Leone 67.81 2021 up 3.3% flat
20 Turkmenistan 66.82 2021 up 16.6% rising
21 Uganda 66.54 2021 up 4.1% rising
22 Angola 66.19 2021 down 0.6% falling
23 Liberia 65.33 2021 up 1.5% flat
24 Afghanistan 65.22 2021 down 1.0% falling
25 Benin 65.1 2021 up 0.1% flat
26 Madagascar 65.08 2021 up 0.3% flat
27 Nigeria 64.98 2021 up 0.2% flat
28 Guyana 64.96 2021 up 11.9% flat
29 Qatar 64.89 2021 down 5.1% flat
30 Gambia 64.82 2021 up 2.3% rising
31 Lesotho 63.96 2021 up 18.8% rising
32 Malawi 63.39 2021 up 14.6% rising
33 Philippines 63.17 2021 down 5.7% flat
34 Solomon Islands 63.16 2021 up 2.7% rising
35 Haiti 63.12 2021 down 0.1% flat
36 Kuwait 62.79 2021 down 11.2% falling
37 Vanuatu 62.78 2021 up 4.1% flat
38 Ghana 62.7 2021 up 0.5% falling
39 Rwanda 62.65 2021 down 1.3% falling
40 Ethiopia 62.65 2021 down 6.1% falling
41 Sudan 62.44 2021 up 1.3% rising
42 Fiji 62.39 2021 down 2.6% flat
43 Equatorial Guinea 62.34 2021 up 3.1% flat
44 Namibia 62.17 2021 up 10.7% flat
45 Mongolia 62.1 2021 down 0.9% flat
46 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 61.79 2021 down 2.7% falling
47 United Arab Emirates 61.73 2021 down 12.9% rising
48 Pakistan 61.37 2021 down 0.8% falling
49 Congo 61.3 2021 up 4.7% flat
50 Zimbabwe 60.77 2021 up 7.8% rising
51 Nicaragua 60.68 2021 up 9.7% flat
52 Yemen 60.48 2021 up 2.7% falling
53 Djibouti 60.47 2021 down 5.0% falling
54 Guinea 60.36 2021 up 1.6% flat
55 Guatemala 60.18 2021 up 2.5% falling
56 Tanzania, United Republic of 59.69 2021 down 5.6% falling
57 Lao People's Democratic Republic 59.67 2021 up 5.2% falling
58 Botswana 58.84 2021 up 0.4% flat
59 South Africa 58.74 2021 up 13.2% flat
60 Eritrea 58.51 2021 down 8.8% falling
61 Belize 58.36 2021 up 4.1% rising
62 Senegal 58.2 2021 down 2.1% falling
63 Tajikistan 56.97 2021 up 19.6% rising
64 Kenya 56.92 2021 down 15.4% falling
65 Myanmar 56.87 2021 down 1.9% falling
66 Egypt 56.54 2021 down 6.8% flat
67 Samoa 55.87 2021 up 9.0% rising
68 Cambodia 55.85 2021 down 9.2% falling
69 Trinidad and Tobago 55.53 2021 down 7.1% flat
70 Comoros 55.45 2021 up 1.7% flat
71 Kyrgyzstan 55.42 2021 up 12.0% rising
72 Mauritania 55.27 2021 up 9.9% falling
73 India 55.2 2021 down 3.7% falling
74 Iraq 55.04 2021 down 9.2% falling
75 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 54.74 2021 up 16.8% falling
76 Brunei Darussalam 54.04 2021 up 1.6% flat
77 Saudi Arabia 53.92 2021 down 7.5% falling
78 Honduras 53.76 2021 down 0.3% falling
79 Libya 53.73 2021 up 1.1% falling
80 Gabon 53.09 2021 up 8.9% rising
81 Azerbaijan 51.91 2021 up 30.0% falling
82 Sao Tome and Principe 51.48 2021 up 7.8% flat
83 Dominican Republic 51.13 2021 up 7.3% rising
84 Indonesia 50.76 2021 down 4.6% falling
85 Malaysia 50.46 2021 up 1.6% flat
86 Mexico 49.54 2021 up 2.8% flat
87 Oman 49.22 2021 down 14.7% falling
88 Nepal 49.07 2021 down 11.1% falling
89 Uzbekistan 48.76 2021 up 4.9% falling
90 Tonga 48.46 2021 down 0.4% falling
91 Bangladesh 48.44 2021 down 17.8% falling
92 Morocco 48.14 2021 down 5.6% falling
93 Mauritius 47.85 2021 down 5.8% flat
94 Paraguay 47.6 2021 down 8.7% falling
95 Syrian Arab Republic 47.57 2021 down 3.5% falling
96 Kazakhstan 47.11 2021 down 0.8% falling
97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 46.89 2021 up 16.3% rising
98 Jordan 46.63 2021 down 16.2% falling
99 Palestine, State of 46.34 2021 down 6.0% falling
100 Iran, Islamic Republic of 46.17 2021 down 1.4% falling
101 Bhutan 46.04 2021 down 3.3% falling
102 Bahamas 45.48 2021 down 1.9% falling
103 Thailand 45.27 2021 down 0.6% falling
104 Viet Nam 44.9 2021 up 11.9% rising
105 El Salvador 44.66 2021 up 0.0% falling
106 Timor-Leste 44.46 2021 down 26.4% falling
107 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 44 2021 down 4.2% falling
108 Peru 43.63 2021 up 0.7% falling
109 Saint Lucia 43.23 2021 down 13.0% rising
110 Cape Verde 42.94 2021 down 4.0% falling
111 Bahrain 42.68 2021 down 0.1% falling
112 Singapore 41.27 2021 up 1.7% falling
113 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 41.02 2021 down 10.3% falling
114 Brazil 40.5 2021 down 13.4% falling
115 Seychelles 40.5 2021 down 6.7% rising
116 Ecuador 40.01 2021 down 8.7% falling
117 Antigua and Barbuda 39.56 2021 up 3.5% rising
118 Republic of Moldova 38.89 2021 down 3.5% flat
119 Russian Federation 38.79 2021 down 2.5% falling
120 Belarus 37.9 2021 down 0.0% falling
121 Panama 37.83 2021 down 11.0% falling
122 Costa Rica 37.78 2021 down 2.1% falling
123 Algeria 37.68 2021 down 4.5% falling
124 Sri Lanka 37.61 2021 down 14.3% falling
125 Tunisia 36.48 2021 down 8.7% falling
126 Jamaica 35.93 2021 up 5.7% rising
127 Ukraine 35.75 2021 up 6.1% falling
128 Armenia 34.89 2021 up 11.1% falling
129 Grenada 34.69 2021 up 15.0% rising
130 United States of America 34.53 2021 up 6.2% rising
131 Lebanon 34.18 2021 down 14.9% falling
132 Türkiye 33.39 2021 down 17.6% falling
133 Slovakia 33.39 2021 down 6.3% falling
134 Colombia 33.18 2021 down 10.0% falling
135 Poland 32.71 2021 down 6.5% falling
136 China 32.11 2021 down 5.8% falling
137 North Macedonia 31.93 2021 down 1.7% falling
138 Cuba 31.64 2021 down 8.8% falling
139 Romania 31.35 2021 up 4.4% falling
140 Barbados 31.35 2021 down 9.6% rising
141 Hungary 31.32 2021 down 12.5% falling
142 Georgia 30.46 2021 up 6.9% falling
143 Argentina 29.78 2021 down 15.9% falling
144 Montenegro 29.15 2021 down 2.6% falling
145 Uruguay 28.9 2021 up 0.2% falling
146 Latvia 28.57 2021 down 10.8% falling
147 Chile 27.96 2021 down 19.8% falling
148 Bulgaria 27.84 2021 down 9.2% falling
149 Lithuania 27.52 2021 down 15.0% falling
150 Serbia 27.3 2021 down 3.1% falling
151 Korea 27.28 2021 down 20.1% falling
152 Canada 26.99 2021 up 0.6% flat
153 Puerto Rico 26.81 2021 up 7.3% falling
154 Slovenia 26.35 2021 down 4.4% falling
155 Estonia 25.75 2021 down 13.1% falling
156 Czechia 25.39 2021 down 18.7% falling
157 New Zealand 24.66 2021 down 6.2% falling
158 Croatia 24.27 2021 down 8.4% falling
159 Ireland 24.15 2021 down 12.3% falling
160 Bosnia and Herzegovina 24.11 2021 down 17.6% falling
161 Cyprus 23.04 2021 down 8.4% falling
162 Luxembourg 22.71 2021 down 6.0% falling
163 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 22.69 2021 down 5.3% falling
164 France 22.68 2021 down 8.1% falling
165 Iceland 22.33 2021 up 1.7% flat
166 Netherlands 22.18 2021 down 13.0% falling
167 Malta 21.94 2021 down 16.2% falling
168 Australia 21.71 2021 down 8.7% falling
169 Belgium 21.46 2021 down 7.8% falling
170 Denmark 20.9 2021 down 22.9% falling
171 Germany 20.63 2021 down 7.0% falling
172 Austria 20 2021 down 13.0% falling
173 Israel 19.98 2021 down 19.8% falling
174 Spain 19.65 2021 down 5.2% falling
175 Portugal 19.49 2021 down 14.9% falling
176 Finland 18.9 2021 down 26.0% falling
177 Norway 18.46 2021 down 17.8% falling
178 Switzerland 18.15 2021 down 12.6% falling
179 Albania 17.99 2021 down 52.6% falling
180 Greece 17.65 2021 down 11.2% falling
181 Italy 16.5 2021 down 7.5% falling
182 Sweden 16.24 2021 down 15.4% falling
183 Maldives 15.54 2021 down 59.1% falling
184 Japan 13.85 2021 down 36.6% 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
Premature deaths due to noncommunicable diseases (NCD) as a proportion of all NCD deaths
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
197 places, 4,334 data points, 2000–2021
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