Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Ethiopia

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Ethiopia in 2021 — 38.3%. Ranked 154 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 19.2 pp.

2021 38.3% −2.6 pp vs 2020
World rank 154of 185
Period maximum 40.9%2020
Period minimum 19%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Ethiopia, 2000–20211020304050200020032006200920122015201820212000: 19%2010: 28.5%2015: 34.4%2019: 40.3%2020: 40.9%2021: 38.3%
Change over the period: +19.2 pp Annual average: 0.92 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Ethiopia 38.3%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 38.3 −2.6 pp
2020 40.9 +0.6 pp
2019 40.3
2015 34.4
2010 28.5
2000 19

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.