Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Guatemala

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Guatemala in 2021 — 42.7%. Ranked 144 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.4 pp.

2021 42.7% −13.8 pp vs 2020
World rank 144of 185
Period maximum 63.5%2019
Period minimum 41.3%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Guatemala, 2000–202140506070200020032006200920122015201820212000: 41.3%2010: 52.9%2015: 60.1%2019: 63.5%2020: 56.5%2021: 42.7%
Change over the period: +1.4 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Guatemala 42.7%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Guatemala, by year Guatemala All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 42.7 −13.8 pp
2020 56.5 −7 pp
2019 63.5
2015 60.1
2010 52.9
2000 41.3

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.