Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Iran

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Iran in 2021 — 56.6%. Ranked 116 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 13.8 pp.

2021 56.6% −8 pp vs 2020
World rank 116of 185
Period maximum 84.1%2019
Period minimum 56.6%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Iran, 2000–20215060708090200020032006200920122015201820212000: 70.4%2010: 75.5%2015: 81.1%2019: 84.1%2020: 64.6%2021: 56.6%
Change over the period: −13.8 pp Annual average: -0.66 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Iran 56.6%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Iran, by year Iran All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 56.6 −8 pp
2020 64.6 −19.5 pp
2019 84.1
2015 81.1
2010 75.5
2000 70.4

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.