Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Finland

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Finland in 2021 — 92.3%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 6.6 pp.

2021 92.3% −0.7 pp vs 2020
World rank 1of 185
Period maximum 93.5%2019
Period minimum 85.6%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Finland, 2000–2021848688909294200020032006200920122015201820212000: 85.6%2010: 91.3%2015: 93.2%2019: 93.5%2020: 92.9%2021: 92.3%
Change over the period: +6.6 pp Annual average: 0.32 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Finland 92.3%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Finland, by year Finland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 92.3 −0.7 pp
2020 92.9 −0.6 pp
2019 93.5
2015 93.2
2010 91.3
2000 85.6

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.