Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Burundi

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Burundi in 2021 — 38.8%. Ranked 150 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 20.1 pp.

2021 38.8% +1.3 pp vs 2020
World rank 150of 185
Period maximum 38.8%2021
Period minimum 18.7%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Burundi, 2000–202110203040200020032006200920122015201820212000: 18.7%2010: 28.1%2015: 32.9%2019: 36.9%2020: 37.6%2021: 38.8%
Change over the period: +20.1 pp Annual average: 0.96 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Burundi 38.8%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Burundi, by year Burundi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 38.8 +1.3 pp
2020 37.6 +0.7 pp
2019 36.9
2015 32.9
2010 28.1
2000 18.7

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.