Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Serbia

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Serbia in 2021 — 72.2%. Ranked 63 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 21.1 pp.

2021 72.2% −11.9 pp vs 2020
World rank 63of 185
Period maximum 95.2%2010
Period minimum 72.2%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Serbia, 2000–2021708090100200020032006200920122015201820212000: 93.3%2010: 95.2%2015: 94.5%2019: 93.8%2020: 84.1%2021: 72.2%
Change over the period: −21.1 pp Annual average: -1.01 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Serbia 72.2%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Serbia, by year Serbia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 72.2 −11.9 pp
2020 84.1 −9.7 pp
2019 93.8
2015 94.5
2010 95.2
2000 93.3

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.