Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Benin

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Benin in 2021 — 36.2%. Ranked 160 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 9.7 pp.

2021 36.2% −1.5 pp vs 2020
World rank 160of 185
Period maximum 37.7%2020
Period minimum 26.5%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Benin, 2000–202125303540200020032006200920122015201820212000: 26.5%2010: 32.2%2015: 34.7%2019: 36.7%2020: 37.7%2021: 36.2%
Change over the period: +9.7 pp Annual average: 0.46 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Benin 36.2%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 36.2 −1.5 pp
2020 37.7 +1 pp
2019 36.7
2015 34.7
2010 32.2
2000 26.5

About the indicator

The share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in the total number of deaths during a year. This group takes in cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and the remaining conditions that do not pass from person to person. The three shares — noncommunicable diseases, infections and injuries — together make up a hundred percent, so they have to be read only together: a rise in one share means a fall in the other two and does not by itself say that people started dying of that cause more often.

Important: There are no aggregates by country group: the correct weight is the total number of deaths, and all we have is the death rate, not the absolute number. A share, not a level: in countries with high life expectancy it is close to 90% because infections have been beaten.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.