Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Namibia

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Namibia in 2021 — 23.1%. Ranked 138 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.6 pp.

2021 23.1% −0.5 pp vs 2020
World rank 138of 185
Period maximum 26.3%2003
Period minimum 22.1%2012

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Namibia, 2000–202122242628200020032006200920122015201820212000: 25.7%2001: 25.7%2002: 26.2%2003: 26.3%2004: 25.9%2005: 25.3%2006: 24.2%2007: 23.4%2008: 23.1%2009: 24.2%2010: 23.9%2011: 22.5%2012: 22.1%2013: 22.1%2014: 22.8%2015: 23.7%2016: 23.4%2017: 23.2%2018: 23.1%2019: 22.8%2020: 23.6%2021: 23.1%
Change over the period: −2.6 pp Annual average: -0.12 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Namibia 23.1%
World 18.3%
Southern Africa computed 23.2%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Namibia, by year Namibia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 23.1 −0.5 pp
2020 23.6 +0.8 pp
2019 22.8 −0.3 pp
2018 23.1 −0.1 pp
2017 23.2 −0.2 pp
2016 23.4 −0.3 pp
2015 23.7 +0.9 pp
2014 22.8 +0.7 pp
2013 22.1 +0 pp
2012 22.1 −0.4 pp
2011 22.5 −1.4 pp
2010 23.9 −0.3 pp
2009 24.2 +1.1 pp
2008 23.1 −0.3 pp
2007 23.4 −0.8 pp
2006 24.2 −1.1 pp
2005 25.3 −0.6 pp
2004 25.9 −0.4 pp
2003 26.3 +0.1 pp
2002 26.2 +0.5 pp
2001 25.7 +0 pp
2000 25.7

Southern Africa, 2021

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

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.