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Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

World Bank code: SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS • Data available for 185 countries • Latest year: 2021

In , Finland led Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) at 92.25.

The world median across 185 reporting countries was 63.72.

What this measures: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

How "Health & Population" indicators are measured

Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.

Distribution — 2021

Reporting
185 countries
Median
63.72
Mean
60.74
25th percentile
47.21
75th percentile
75.33
Range
22.76 – 92.25

World at a Glance — 2021

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAustralia: 89.63AUBrunei Darussalam: 80.78BNCambodia: 63.62KHChina: 90.68CNFiji: 67.31FJIndonesia: 52.22IDJapan: 85.34JPKiribati: 65.53KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 79.08KPKorea, Rep.: 77.18KRLao PDR: 62.89LAMalaysia: 65.00MYMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 78.29FMMongolia: 73.59MNMyanmar: 61.57MMNew Zealand: 89.53NZPapua New Guinea: 47.61PGPhilippines: 68.46PHSamoa: 83.11WSSingapore: 74.89SGSolomon Islands: 68.22SBThailand: 67.84THTimor-Leste: 51.10TLTonga: 84.61TOVanuatu: 71.69VUViet Nam: 78.21VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 66.88ALArmenia: 71.94AMAustria: 83.53ATAzerbaijan: 58.76AZBelarus: 75.33BYBelgium: 75.85BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 74.45BABulgaria: 76.61BGCroatia: 80.45HRCyprus: 82.76CYCzechia: 72.97CZDenmark: 87.70DKEstonia: 82.85EEFinland: 92.25FIFrance: 78.90FRGeorgia: 68.65GEGermany: 85.03DEGreece: 77.17GRHungary: 78.77HUIceland: 89.98ISIreland: 81.73IEItaly: 81.49ITKazakhstan: 59.88KZKyrgyz Republic: 61.43KGLatvia: 81.08LVLithuania: 78.10LTLuxembourg: 79.83LUMoldova: 72.66MDMontenegro: 65.29MENetherlands: 78.16NLNorth Macedonia: 69.72MKNorway: 86.56NOPoland: 72.33PLPortugal: 80.25PTRomania: 72.82RORussian Federation: 62.34RUSerbia: 72.16RSSlovak Republic: 66.86SKSlovenia: 75.79SISpain: 83.61ESSweden: 84.29SESwitzerland: 82.05CHTajikistan: 57.16TJTurkiye: 68.76TRTurkmenistan: 67.18TMUkraine: 72.88UAUnited Kingdom: 79.68GBUzbekistan: 80.09UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 69.56AGArgentina: 60.51ARBahamas, The: 59.82BSBarbados: 79.18BBBelize: 53.95BZBolivia: 37.55BOBrazil: 57.45BRChile: 73.24CLColombia: 57.67COCosta Rica: 66.85CRCuba: 61.05CUDominican Republic: 63.72DOEcuador: 62.21ECEl Salvador: 53.92SVGrenada: 59.11GDGuatemala: 42.71GTGuyana: 47.21GYHaiti: 54.76HTHonduras: 47.66HNJamaica: 68.68JMMexico: 53.58MXNicaragua: 48.84NIPanama: 66.66PAParaguay: 48.39PYPeru: 41.59PEPuerto Rico (US): 81.32PRSt. Lucia: 52.78LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 74.49VCSuriname: 49.97SRTrinidad and Tobago: 65.54TTUruguay: 71.90UYVenezuela, RB: 68.67VEMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 34.26AFAlgeria: 73.89DZBahrain: 74.38BHDjibouti: 46.55DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 64.22EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 56.62IRIraq: 63.43IQIsrael: 76.94ILJordan: 54.05JOKuwait: 58.97KWLebanon: 53.19LBLibya: 62.70LYMalta: 83.62MTMorocco: 74.04MAOman: 52.10OMPakistan: 52.03PKQatar: 62.40QASaudi Arabia: 67.63SASyrian Arab Republic: 73.69SYTunisia: 56.93TNUnited Arab Emirates: 68.09AEWest Bank and Gaza: 64.84PSYemen, Rep.: 41.53YENorth AmericaCanada: 86.14CAUnited States: 77.39USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 63.07BDBhutan: 71.62BTIndia: 49.08INMaldives: 77.49MVNepal: 55.34NPSri Lanka: 74.76LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 35.30AOBenin: 36.23BJBotswana: 28.35BWBurkina Faso: 35.62BFBurundi: 38.85BICabo Verde: 64.12CVCameroon: 35.72CMCentral African Republic: 22.76CFChad: 23.48TDComoros: 49.70KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 34.56CDCongo, Rep.: 34.01CGCote d'Ivoire: 35.67CIEquatorial Guinea: 31.85GQEritrea: 51.56EREswatini: 34.82SZEthiopia: 38.28ETGabon: 37.59GAGambia, The: 38.55GMGhana: 46.79GHGuinea: 33.01GNGuinea-Bissau: 30.83GWKenya: 37.79KELesotho: 34.07LSLiberia: 34.98LRMadagascar: 39.96MGMalawi: 39.59MWMali: 29.24MLMauritania: 42.70MRMauritius: 80.90MUMozambique: 30.58MZNamibia: 29.92NANiger: 23.92NENigeria: 27.70NGRwanda: 50.29RWSao Tome and Principe: 59.26STSenegal: 47.69SNSeychelles: 69.01SCSierra Leone: 34.46SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 25.14SOSouth Africa: 37.16ZASouth Sudan: 28.88SSSudan: 42.93SDTanzania: 38.75TZTogo: 43.48TGUganda: 36.94UGZambia: 31.19ZMZimbabwe: 38.35ZW

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Highest Values — 2021

# Country Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
1 Finland Europe & Central Asia 92.25
2 China East Asia & Pacific 90.68
3 Iceland Europe & Central Asia 89.98
4 Australia East Asia & Pacific 89.63
5 New Zealand East Asia & Pacific 89.53
6 Denmark Europe & Central Asia 87.70
7 Norway Europe & Central Asia 86.56
8 Canada North America 86.14
9 Japan East Asia & Pacific 85.34
10 Germany Europe & Central Asia 85.03

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 58 76.33
Upper middle income 50 62.50
Lower middle income 50 52.26
Low income 25 38.61
Not classified 2 53.48

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 26 72.23
Europe & Central Asia 48 75.73
Latin America & Caribbean 32 59.39
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 61.57
North America 2 81.76
South Asia 6 65.22
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 38.59

Lowest Values — 2021

# Country Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
1 Central African Republic 22.76
2 Chad 23.48
3 Niger 23.92
4 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 25.14
5 Nigeria 27.70
6 Botswana 28.35
7 South Sudan 28.88
8 Mali 29.24
9 Namibia 29.92
10 Mozambique 30.58
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2021.