Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Saudi Arabia

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Saudi Arabia in 2021 — 67.6%. Ranked 79 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.8 pp.

2021 67.6% +2.7 pp vs 2020
World rank 79of 185
Period maximum 76.1%2019
Period minimum 64.9%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Saudi Arabia, 2000–20216065707580200020032006200920122015201820212000: 64.9%2010: 69.1%2015: 67.3%2019: 76.1%2020: 64.9%2021: 67.6%
Change over the period: +2.8 pp Annual average: 0.13 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Saudi Arabia 67.6%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 67.6 +2.7 pp
2020 64.9 −11.2 pp
2019 76.1
2015 67.3
2010 69.1
2000 64.9

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.