Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Bhutan

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Bhutan in 2021 — 71.6%. Ranked 67 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 26.6 pp.

2021 71.6% −0.5 pp vs 2020
World rank 67of 185
Period maximum 72.1%2020
Period minimum 45%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Bhutan, 2000–20214050607080200020032006200920122015201820212000: 45%2010: 61.4%2015: 68.8%2019: 70.6%2020: 72.1%2021: 71.6%
Change over the period: +26.6 pp Annual average: 1.27 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Bhutan 71.6%
World 63.4%
South Asia 50.3%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Bhutan, by year Bhutan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 71.6 −0.5 pp
2020 72.1 +1.5 pp
2019 70.6
2015 68.8
2010 61.4
2000 45

Southern Asia, 2021

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

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.