Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Mozambique

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Mozambique in 2021 — 30.6%. Ranked 176 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.8 pp.

2021 30.6% −4 pp vs 2020
World rank 176of 185
Period maximum 35.1%2019
Period minimum 16.8%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Mozambique, 2000–2021152025303540200020032006200920122015201820212000: 16.8%2010: 24.4%2015: 30.6%2019: 35.1%2020: 34.5%2021: 30.6%
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: Mozambique

Mozambique 30.6%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 30.6 −4 pp
2020 34.5 −0.5 pp
2019 35.1
2015 30.6
2010 24.4
2000 16.8

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.