Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Nicaragua

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Nicaragua in 2021 — 48.8%. Ranked 134 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.4 pp.

2021 48.8% −3.8 pp vs 2020
World rank 134of 185
Period maximum 76.7%2019
Period minimum 48.8%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Nicaragua, 2000–20214050607080200020032006200920122015201820212000: 54.3%2010: 68.8%2015: 73.9%2019: 76.7%2020: 52.6%2021: 48.8%
Change over the period: −5.4 pp Annual average: -0.26 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Nicaragua 48.8%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 48.8 −3.8 pp
2020 52.6 −24.1 pp
2019 76.7
2015 73.9
2010 68.8
2000 54.3

Central America, 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.