Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Democratic Republic of the Congo

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2021 — 25.1%. Ranked 156 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.7 pp.

2021 25.1% −0.4 pp vs 2020
World rank 156of 185
Period maximum 27%2003
Period minimum 24.7%2019

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2000–202124252627200020032006200920122015201820212000: 26.8%2001: 26.9%2002: 26.6%2003: 27%2004: 26.9%2005: 26.5%2006: 26.2%2007: 26.4%2008: 26.5%2009: 26.1%2010: 26%2011: 25.7%2012: 25.5%2013: 25.3%2014: 25.2%2015: 25.2%2016: 25.1%2017: 25.2%2018: 25.1%2019: 24.7%2020: 25.5%2021: 25.1%
Change over the period: −1.7 pp Annual average: -0.08 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo 25.1%
World 18.3%
Middle Africa computed 24.7%
Low-income countries computed 23.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Democratic Republic of the Congo, by year Democratic Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 25.1 −0.4 pp
2020 25.5 +0.8 pp
2019 24.7 −0.4 pp
2018 25.1 −0.1 pp
2017 25.2 +0.1 pp
2016 25.1 −0.1 pp
2015 25.2 +0 pp
2014 25.2 −0.1 pp
2013 25.3 −0.2 pp
2012 25.5 −0.2 pp
2011 25.7 −0.3 pp
2010 26 −0.1 pp
2009 26.1 −0.4 pp
2008 26.5 +0.1 pp
2007 26.4 +0.2 pp
2006 26.2 −0.3 pp
2005 26.5 −0.4 pp
2004 26.9 −0.1 pp
2003 27 +0.4 pp
2002 26.6 −0.3 pp
2001 26.9 +0.1 pp
2000 26.8

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.