Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Eritrea

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Eritrea in 2021 — 51.6%. Ranked 128 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 14.5 pp.

2021 51.6% −1.2 pp vs 2020
World rank 128of 185
Period maximum 52.8%2020
Period minimum 37%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Eritrea, 2000–20213540455055200020032006200920122015201820212000: 37%2010: 45.4%2015: 49.6%2019: 52.7%2020: 52.8%2021: 51.6%
Change over the period: +14.5 pp Annual average: 0.69 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Eritrea 51.6%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Eritrea, by year Eritrea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 51.6 −1.2 pp
2020 52.8 +0.1 pp
2019 52.7
2015 49.6
2010 45.4
2000 37

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.