Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Peru

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Peru in 2021 — 41.6%. Ranked 146 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 9.7 pp.

2021 41.6% −5.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 146of 185
Period maximum 68.1%2019
Period minimum 41.6%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Peru, 2000–202140506070200020032006200920122015201820212000: 51.3%2010: 61.4%2015: 63.2%2019: 68.1%2020: 46.6%2021: 41.6%
Change over the period: −9.7 pp Annual average: -0.46 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Peru 41.6%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Peru, by year Peru All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 41.6 −5.1 pp
2020 46.6 −21.4 pp
2019 68.1
2015 63.2
2010 61.4
2000 51.3

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.