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Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Afghanistan

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Afghanistan in 2021 — 32.7%. Ranked 179 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 10.5 pp.

2021 32.7% −2.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 179of 185
Period maximum 43.5%2001
Period minimum 32.7%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Afghanistan, 2000–202130354045200020032006200920122015201820212000: 43.2%2001: 43.5%2002: 43.1%2003: 42.5%2004: 42.3%2005: 41.9%2006: 41.1%2007: 40.5%2008: 39.6%2009: 38.3%2010: 37.6%2011: 37.2%2012: 36.5%2013: 36%2014: 35.4%2015: 35%2016: 34.9%2017: 35%2018: 34.6%2019: 34.4%2020: 34.8%2021: 32.7%
Change over the period: −10.5 pp Annual average: -0.5 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan 32.7%
World 18.3%
South Asia 22.9%
Southern Asia computed 22.9%
Low-income countries computed 23.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 32.7 −2.1 pp
2020 34.8 +0.4 pp
2019 34.4 −0.2 pp
2018 34.6 −0.4 pp
2017 35 +0.1 pp
2016 34.9 −0.1 pp
2015 35 −0.4 pp
2014 35.4 −0.6 pp
2013 36 −0.5 pp
2012 36.5 −0.7 pp
2011 37.2 −0.4 pp
2010 37.6 −0.7 pp
2009 38.3 −1.3 pp
2008 39.6 −0.9 pp
2007 40.5 −0.6 pp
2006 41.1 −0.8 pp
2005 41.9 −0.4 pp
2004 42.3 −0.2 pp
2003 42.5 −0.6 pp
2002 43.1 −0.4 pp
2001 43.5 +0.3 pp
2000 43.2 —

Southern Asia, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MV Maldives 9 IR Iran 13.9 LK Sri Lanka 13.9 BT Bhutan 15.9 BD Bangladesh 18.1 NP Nepal 19.4 IN India 23.6 PK Pakistan 25.5 AF Afghanistan 32.7
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About the indicator

The probability that a person who has reached the age of 30 will die before 70 from one of four groups of noncommunicable diseases: cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease. This is not the share of those who died but a calculated risk based on current age-specific mortality rates. The indicator belongs to the Sustainable Development Goals as the principal measure of the burden of noncommunicable diseases, because it takes precisely premature mortality — death before the age that is considered expected.

Important: Four groups of diseases, not all noncommunicable ones: that is how SDG target 3.4 is set. The age range 30–70 is chosen in order to separate premature mortality from mortality in old age.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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The share of people aged 15–49 living with HIV.

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How many people in a country live with HIV — the UNAIDS and WHO estimate in absolute numbers.

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