Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Pakistan

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Pakistan in 2021 — 52%. Ranked 127 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 10.4 pp.

2021 52% −1 pp vs 2020
World rank 127of 185
Period maximum 57.2%2019
Period minimum 41.6%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Pakistan, 2000–20214045505560200020032006200920122015201820212000: 41.6%2010: 47.3%2015: 53.2%2019: 57.2%2020: 53%2021: 52%
Change over the period: +10.4 pp Annual average: 0.5 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Pakistan 52%
World 63.4%
South Asia 50.3%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Pakistan, by year Pakistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 52 −1 pp
2020 53 −4.2 pp
2019 57.2
2015 53.2
2010 47.3
2000 41.6

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.