Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Malawi

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Malawi in 2021 — 39.6%. Ranked 149 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 21.3 pp.

2021 39.6% −3.8 pp vs 2020
World rank 149of 185
Period maximum 43.4%2020
Period minimum 18.3%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Malawi, 2000–20211020304050200020032006200920122015201820212000: 18.3%2010: 28.7%2015: 36.6%2019: 43.2%2020: 43.4%2021: 39.6%
Change over the period: +21.3 pp Annual average: 1.01 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Malawi 39.6%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 39.6 −3.8 pp
2020 43.4 +0.1 pp
2019 43.2
2015 36.6
2010 28.7
2000 18.3

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.