Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Samoa

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Samoa in 2021 — 83.1%. Ranked 16 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.4 pp.

2021 83.1% −0 pp vs 2020
World rank 16of 185
Period maximum 83.1%2020
Period minimum 77.7%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Samoa, 2000–20217678808284200020032006200920122015201820212000: 77.7%2010: 80.4%2015: 81.7%2019: 82.3%2020: 83.1%2021: 83.1%
Change over the period: +5.4 pp Annual average: 0.26 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Samoa 83.1%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 83.1 −0 pp
2020 83.1 +0.9 pp
2019 82.3
2015 81.7
2010 80.4
2000 77.7

Polynesia, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TO Tonga 84.6 WS Samoa 83.1

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.