Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — India

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in India in 2021 — 49.1%. Ranked 133 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 10.9 pp.

2021 49.1% −14.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 133of 185
Period maximum 67.8%2019
Period minimum 38.2%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — India, 2000–20213040506070200020032006200920122015201820212000: 38.2%2010: 52.5%2015: 62.1%2019: 67.8%2020: 63.2%2021: 49.1%
Change over the period: +10.9 pp Annual average: 0.52 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

India 49.1%
World 63.4%
South Asia 50.3%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — India, by year India All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 49.1 −14.1 pp
2020 63.2 −4.7 pp
2019 67.8
2015 62.1
2010 52.5
2000 38.2

Southern Asia, 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.