Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Sierra Leone

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Sierra Leone in 2021 — 34.5%. Ranked 168 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 16.7 pp.

2021 34.5% +2.2 pp vs 2020
World rank 168of 185
Period maximum 34.5%2021
Period minimum 17.8%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Sierra Leone, 2000–20211520253035200020032006200920122015201820212000: 17.8%2010: 25.8%2015: 27.1%2019: 34%2020: 32.3%2021: 34.5%
Change over the period: +16.7 pp Annual average: 0.79 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Sierra Leone 34.5%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 34.5 +2.2 pp
2020 32.3 −1.6 pp
2019 34
2015 27.1
2010 25.8
2000 17.8

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.