Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Bolivia

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Bolivia in 2021 — 37.5%. Ranked 157 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 14.9 pp.

2021 37.5% −6.8 pp vs 2020
World rank 157of 185
Period maximum 68.3%2019
Period minimum 37.5%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Bolivia, 2000–20213040506070200020032006200920122015201820212000: 52.4%2010: 61%2015: 65.6%2019: 68.3%2020: 44.3%2021: 37.5%
Change over the period: −14.9 pp Annual average: -0.71 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Bolivia 37.5%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Bolivia, by year Bolivia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 37.5 −6.8 pp
2020 44.3 −24 pp
2019 68.3
2015 65.6
2010 61
2000 52.4

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.