Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Palestine

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Palestine in 2021 — 64.8%. Ranked 90 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 9 pp.

2021 64.8% −8.8 pp vs 2020
World rank 90of 185
Period maximum 78.9%2019
Period minimum 55.9%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Palestine, 2000–202150607080200020032006200920122015201820212000: 55.9%2010: 72.9%2015: 76.5%2019: 78.9%2020: 73.6%2021: 64.8%
Change over the period: +9 pp Annual average: 0.43 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Palestine 64.8%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Palestine, by year Palestine All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 64.8 −8.8 pp
2020 73.6 −5.3 pp
2019 78.9
2015 76.5
2010 72.9
2000 55.9

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.