Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Nepal

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Nepal in 2021 — 55.3%. Ranked 117 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 19.8 pp.

2021 55.3% −6.4 pp vs 2020
World rank 117of 185
Period maximum 64.6%2019
Period minimum 35.5%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Nepal, 2000–20213040506070200020032006200920122015201820212000: 35.5%2010: 50.2%2015: 57.2%2019: 64.6%2020: 61.7%2021: 55.3%
Change over the period: +19.8 pp Annual average: 0.94 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Nepal 55.3%
World 63.4%
South Asia 50.3%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Nepal, by year Nepal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 55.3 −6.4 pp
2020 61.7 −2.9 pp
2019 64.6
2015 57.2
2010 50.2
2000 35.5

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.