Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Spain

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Spain in 2021 — 83.6%. Ranked 14 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 6.9 pp.

2021 83.6% +6.3 pp vs 2020
World rank 14of 185
Period maximum 91.8%2010
Period minimum 77.3%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Spain, 2000–20217580859095200020032006200920122015201820212000: 90.5%2010: 91.8%2015: 91.2%2019: 91.1%2020: 77.3%2021: 83.6%
Change over the period: −6.9 pp Annual average: -0.33 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Spain 83.6%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Spain, by year Spain All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 83.6 +6.3 pp
2020 77.3 −13.8 pp
2019 91.1
2015 91.2
2010 91.8
2000 90.5

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.