Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — El Salvador

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in El Salvador in 2021 — 53.9%. Ranked 121 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.5 pp.

2021 53.9% −3.6 pp vs 2020
World rank 121of 185
Period maximum 67.6%2019
Period minimum 53.9%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — El Salvador, 2000–20215055606570200020032006200920122015201820212000: 54.4%2010: 66.1%2015: 67.5%2019: 67.6%2020: 57.5%2021: 53.9%
Change over the period: −0.5 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

El Salvador 53.9%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 53.9 −3.6 pp
2020 57.5 −10.1 pp
2019 67.6
2015 67.5
2010 66.1
2000 54.4

Central America, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.