Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Niger

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Niger in 2021 — 23.9%. Ranked 183 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 11 pp.

2021 23.9% −0.3 pp vs 2020
World rank 183of 185
Period maximum 24.3%2019
Period minimum 13%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Niger, 2000–202110152025200020032006200920122015201820212000: 13%2010: 19.2%2015: 22.6%2019: 24.3%2020: 24.2%2021: 23.9%
Change over the period: +11 pp Annual average: 0.52 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Niger 23.9%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Niger, by year Niger All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 23.9 −0.3 pp
2020 24.2 −0.1 pp
2019 24.3
2015 22.6
2010 19.2
2000 13

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.