Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Paraguay

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Paraguay in 2021 — 48.4%. Ranked 135 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 11.3 pp.

2021 48.4% −20 pp vs 2020
World rank 135of 185
Period maximum 73.7%2019
Period minimum 48.4%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Paraguay, 2000–20214050607080200020032006200920122015201820212000: 59.7%2010: 69.4%2015: 73.2%2019: 73.7%2020: 68.3%2021: 48.4%
Change over the period: −11.3 pp Annual average: -0.54 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Paraguay 48.4%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 48.4 −20 pp
2020 68.3 −5.4 pp
2019 73.7
2015 73.2
2010 69.4
2000 59.7

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.