Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Croatia

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Croatia in 2021 — 80.5%. Ranked 26 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 10.4 pp.

2021 80.5% −6 pp vs 2020
World rank 26of 185
Period maximum 93.5%2019
Period minimum 80.5%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Croatia, 2000–202180859095200020032006200920122015201820212000: 90.8%2010: 92.8%2015: 92.7%2019: 93.5%2020: 86.4%2021: 80.5%
Change over the period: −10.4 pp Annual average: -0.49 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Croatia 80.5%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Croatia, by year Croatia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 80.5 −6 pp
2020 86.4 −7.1 pp
2019 93.5
2015 92.7
2010 92.8
2000 90.8

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.