Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Colombia

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Colombia in 2021 — 57.7%. Ranked 112 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.2 pp.

2021 57.7% −6.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 112of 185
Period maximum 75.7%2019
Period minimum 57.7%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Colombia, 2000–2021556065707580200020032006200920122015201820212000: 58.8%2010: 68.9%2015: 73.6%2019: 75.7%2020: 63.8%2021: 57.7%
Change over the period: −1.2 pp Annual average: -0.06 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Colombia 57.7%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Colombia, by year Colombia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 57.7 −6.1 pp
2020 63.8 −11.9 pp
2019 75.7
2015 73.6
2010 68.9
2000 58.8

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.