Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Mauritania

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Mauritania in 2021 — 42.7%. Ranked 145 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.1 pp.

2021 42.7% −0.9 pp vs 2020
World rank 145of 185
Period maximum 46.5%2019
Period minimum 29.6%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Mauritania, 2000–2021253035404550200020032006200920122015201820212000: 29.6%2010: 39.3%2015: 43.7%2019: 46.5%2020: 43.6%2021: 42.7%
Change over the period: +13.1 pp Annual average: 0.63 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Mauritania 42.7%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 42.7 −0.9 pp
2020 43.6 −2.9 pp
2019 46.5
2015 43.7
2010 39.3
2000 29.6

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.