Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Madagascar

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Madagascar in 2021 — 40%. Ranked 148 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 8.8 pp.

2021 40% −1.9 pp vs 2020
World rank 148of 185
Period maximum 42.7%2019
Period minimum 31.1%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Madagascar, 2000–202130354045200020032006200920122015201820212000: 31.1%2010: 39.3%2015: 41.1%2019: 42.7%2020: 41.9%2021: 40%
Change over the period: +8.8 pp Annual average: 0.42 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Madagascar 40%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 40 −1.9 pp
2020 41.9 −0.8 pp
2019 42.7
2015 41.1
2010 39.3
2000 31.1

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.