Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Greece

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Greece in 2021 — 77.2%. Ranked 42 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 15.1 pp.

2021 77.2% −6.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 42of 185
Period maximum 92.3%2000
Period minimum 77.2%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Greece, 2000–20217580859095200020032006200920122015201820212000: 92.3%2010: 91.3%2015: 86.4%2019: 85.7%2020: 83.3%2021: 77.2%
Change over the period: −15.1 pp Annual average: -0.72 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Greece 77.2%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Greece, by year Greece All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 77.2 −6.1 pp
2020 83.3 −2.5 pp
2019 85.7
2015 86.4
2010 91.3
2000 92.3

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.