Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Senegal

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Senegal in 2021 — 47.7%. Ranked 136 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 18.9 pp.

2021 47.7% −4 pp vs 2020
World rank 136of 185
Period maximum 52.7%2019
Period minimum 28.8%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Senegal, 2000–20212030405060200020032006200920122015201820212000: 28.8%2010: 42.5%2015: 47.8%2019: 52.7%2020: 51.7%2021: 47.7%
Change over the period: +18.9 pp Annual average: 0.9 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Senegal 47.7%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 47.7 −4 pp
2020 51.7 −1 pp
2019 52.7
2015 47.8
2010 42.5
2000 28.8

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.