Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Guyana

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Guyana in 2021 — 47.2%. Ranked 139 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 12.3 pp.

2021 47.2% −16.8 pp vs 2020
World rank 139of 185
Period maximum 69.5%2019
Period minimum 47.2%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Guyana, 2000–202140506070200020032006200920122015201820212000: 59.5%2010: 64.3%2015: 66.9%2019: 69.5%2020: 64.1%2021: 47.2%
Change over the period: −12.3 pp Annual average: -0.58 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Guyana 47.2%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Guyana, by year Guyana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 47.2 −16.8 pp
2020 64.1 −5.4 pp
2019 69.5
2015 66.9
2010 64.3
2000 59.5

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.