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Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Saudi Arabia

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Saudi Arabia in 2021 — 13.6%. Ranked 49 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.9 pp.

2021 13.6% +0.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 49of 185
Period maximum 19.5%2000
Period minimum 12.5%2013

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Saudi Arabia, 2000–20211214161820200020032006200920122015201820212000: 19.5%2001: 19.2%2002: 18.9%2003: 18.7%2004: 18.6%2005: 18.5%2006: 18.7%2007: 18.7%2008: 18.1%2009: 17.1%2010: 15.9%2011: 14.1%2012: 12.9%2013: 12.5%2014: 12.7%2015: 12.9%2016: 13.1%2017: 13.8%2018: 14.2%2019: 14.3%2020: 13.5%2021: 13.6%
Change over the period: −5.9 pp Annual average: -0.28 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Saudi Arabia 13.6%
World 18.3%
Middle East & North Africa 20.7%
Western Asia computed 17.6%
High-income countries computed 12.7%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 13.6 +0.1 pp
2020 13.5 −0.8 pp
2019 14.3 +0.1 pp
2018 14.2 +0.4 pp
2017 13.8 +0.7 pp
2016 13.1 +0.2 pp
2015 12.9 +0.2 pp
2014 12.7 +0.2 pp
2013 12.5 −0.4 pp
2012 12.9 −1.2 pp
2011 14.1 −1.8 pp
2010 15.9 −1.2 pp
2009 17.1 −1 pp
2008 18.1 −0.6 pp
2007 18.7 +0 pp
2006 18.7 +0.2 pp
2005 18.5 −0.1 pp
2004 18.6 −0.1 pp
2003 18.7 −0.2 pp
2002 18.9 −0.3 pp
2001 19.2 −0.3 pp
2000 19.5 —

Western Asia, 2021

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

IL Israel 7.6 CY Cyprus 8.5 KW Kuwait 9.3 JO Jordan 11.6 AE United Arab Emirates 11.6 LB Lebanon 11.9 QA Qatar 12.1 SA Saudi Arabia 13.6 OM Oman 14.6 BH Bahrain 14.8 TR Türkiye 15.4 AZ Azerbaijan 17.4 PS Palestine 18.3 AM Armenia 20.6 SY Syria 21.3 GE Georgia 22.1 IQ Iraq 22.7 YE Yemen 25.8
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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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