Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Norway

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Norway in 2021 — 86.6%. Ranked 7 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.7 pp.

2021 86.6% −0.2 pp vs 2020
World rank 7of 185
Period maximum 87.8%2010
Period minimum 86.6%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Norway, 2000–202186.58787.588200020032006200920122015201820212000: 87.2%2010: 87.8%2015: 87.3%2019: 86.8%2020: 86.8%2021: 86.6%
Change over the period: −0.7 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Norway 86.6%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Norway, by year Norway All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 86.6 −0.2 pp
2020 86.8 +0 pp
2019 86.8
2015 87.3
2010 87.8
2000 87.2

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.