Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Singapore

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Singapore in 2021 — 74.9%. Ranked 48 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.6 pp.

2021 74.9% −1.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 48of 185
Period maximum 79.5%2000
Period minimum 73.6%2019

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Singapore, 2000–20217274767880200020032006200920122015201820212000: 79.5%2010: 76.3%2015: 74.4%2019: 73.6%2020: 76%2021: 74.9%
Change over the period: −4.6 pp Annual average: -0.22 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Singapore 74.9%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Singapore, by year Singapore All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 74.9 −1.1 pp
2020 76 +2.4 pp
2019 73.6
2015 74.4
2010 76.3
2000 79.5

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.