Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Ecuador

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Ecuador in 2021 — 62.2%. Ranked 101 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.2 pp.

2021 62.2% +6.4 pp vs 2020
World rank 101of 185
Period maximum 75.1%2019
Period minimum 55.8%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Ecuador, 2000–2021556065707580200020032006200920122015201820212000: 64.4%2010: 67.8%2015: 73.6%2019: 75.1%2020: 55.8%2021: 62.2%
Change over the period: −2.2 pp Annual average: -0.1 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Ecuador 62.2%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 62.2 +6.4 pp
2020 55.8 −19.3 pp
2019 75.1
2015 73.6
2010 67.8
2000 64.4

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.