Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Bulgaria

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Bulgaria in 2021 — 76.6%. Ranked 44 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 16.2 pp.

2021 76.6% −11.3 pp vs 2020
World rank 44of 185
Period maximum 95.4%2019
Period minimum 76.6%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Bulgaria, 2000–20217580859095100200020032006200920122015201820212000: 92.8%2010: 94.9%2015: 95.2%2019: 95.4%2020: 87.9%2021: 76.6%
Change over the period: −16.2 pp Annual average: -0.77 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Bulgaria 76.6%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 76.6 −11.3 pp
2020 87.9 −7.5 pp
2019 95.4
2015 95.2
2010 94.9
2000 92.8

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.