Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Maldives

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in the Maldives in 2021 — 77.5%. Ranked 39 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.7 pp.

2021 77.5% −6.7 pp vs 2020
World rank 39of 185
Period maximum 88.7%2019
Period minimum 73.7%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Maldives, 2000–20217075808590200020032006200920122015201820212000: 73.7%2010: 84%2015: 85%2019: 88.7%2020: 84.2%2021: 77.5%
Change over the period: +3.7 pp Annual average: 0.18 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Maldives 77.5%
World 63.4%
South Asia 50.3%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Maldives, by year Maldives All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 77.5 −6.7 pp
2020 84.2 −4.5 pp
2019 88.7
2015 85
2010 84
2000 73.7

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.