Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — New Zealand

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in New Zealand in 2021 — 89.5%. Ranked 5 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.7 pp.

2021 89.5% +0 pp vs 2020
World rank 5of 185
Period maximum 91.2%2000
Period minimum 89.4%2019

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — New Zealand, 2000–20218989.59090.59191.5200020032006200920122015201820212000: 91.2%2010: 89.8%2015: 89.9%2019: 89.4%2020: 89.5%2021: 89.5%
Change over the period: −1.7 pp Annual average: -0.08 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

New Zealand 89.5%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — New Zealand, by year New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 89.5 +0 pp
2020 89.5 +0.1 pp
2019 89.4
2015 89.9
2010 89.8
2000 91.2

Australia and New Zealand, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

AU Australia 89.6 NZ New Zealand 89.5

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.