Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — South Sudan

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in South Sudan in 2021 — 28.9%. Ranked 179 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 14.6 pp.

2021 28.9% −0.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 179of 185
Period maximum 29%2020
Period minimum 14.3%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — South Sudan, 2000–20211015202530200020032006200920122015201820212000: 14.3%2010: 19.8%2015: 22.7%2019: 28.2%2020: 29%2021: 28.9%
Change over the period: +14.6 pp Annual average: 0.7 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

South Sudan 28.9%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — South Sudan, by year South Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 28.9 −0.1 pp
2020 29 +0.8 pp
2019 28.2
2015 22.7
2010 19.8
2000 14.3

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.