Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Ethiopia

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Ethiopia in 2021 — 16.8%. Ranked 72 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 8.5 pp.

2021 16.8% −0.5 pp vs 2020
World rank 72of 185
Period maximum 25.3%2000
Period minimum 16.8%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Ethiopia, 2000–20211517.52022.52527.5200020032006200920122015201820212000: 25.3%2001: 24.4%2002: 23.7%2003: 23%2004: 22.5%2005: 21.8%2006: 21%2007: 20.3%2008: 19.9%2009: 19.3%2010: 18.8%2011: 18.4%2012: 17.9%2013: 17.2%2014: 16.9%2015: 17.2%2016: 17.1%2017: 17.1%2018: 17.1%2019: 17.2%2020: 17.3%2021: 16.8%
Change over the period: −8.5 pp Annual average: -0.4 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Ethiopia 16.8%
World 18.3%
Eastern Africa computed 21%
Low-income countries computed 23.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 16.8 −0.5 pp
2020 17.3 +0.1 pp
2019 17.2 +0.1 pp
2018 17.1 +0 pp
2017 17.1 +0 pp
2016 17.1 −0.1 pp
2015 17.2 +0.3 pp
2014 16.9 −0.3 pp
2013 17.2 −0.7 pp
2012 17.9 −0.5 pp
2011 18.4 −0.4 pp
2010 18.8 −0.5 pp
2009 19.3 −0.6 pp
2008 19.9 −0.4 pp
2007 20.3 −0.7 pp
2006 21 −0.8 pp
2005 21.8 −0.7 pp
2004 22.5 −0.5 pp
2003 23 −0.7 pp
2002 23.7 −0.7 pp
2001 24.4 −0.9 pp
2000 25.3

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.