Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Sri Lanka

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Sri Lanka in 2021 — 13.9%. Ranked 51 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 8.6 pp.

2021 13.9% +1.9 pp vs 2020
World rank 51of 185
Period maximum 22.5%2000
Period minimum 12%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Sri Lanka, 2000–202110152025200020032006200920122015201820212000: 22.5%2001: 21.2%2002: 20.5%2003: 20.7%2004: 20.1%2005: 20.9%2006: 20.1%2007: 19.3%2008: 19.2%2009: 18.7%2010: 18.2%2011: 18.3%2012: 17.6%2013: 17.5%2014: 17.2%2015: 16.9%2016: 16.4%2017: 16.2%2018: 16%2019: 15.6%2020: 12%2021: 13.9%
Change over the period: −8.6 pp Annual average: -0.41 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Sri Lanka 13.9%
World 18.3%
South Asia 22.9%
Southern Asia computed 22.9%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Sri Lanka, by year Sri Lanka All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 13.9 +1.9 pp
2020 12 −3.6 pp
2019 15.6 −0.4 pp
2018 16 −0.2 pp
2017 16.2 −0.2 pp
2016 16.4 −0.5 pp
2015 16.9 −0.3 pp
2014 17.2 −0.3 pp
2013 17.5 −0.1 pp
2012 17.6 −0.7 pp
2011 18.3 +0.1 pp
2010 18.2 −0.5 pp
2009 18.7 −0.5 pp
2008 19.2 −0.1 pp
2007 19.3 −0.8 pp
2006 20.1 −0.8 pp
2005 20.9 +0.8 pp
2004 20.1 −0.6 pp
2003 20.7 +0.2 pp
2002 20.5 −0.7 pp
2001 21.2 −1.3 pp
2000 22.5

Southern Asia, 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.