Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Switzerland

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Switzerland in 2021 — 82.1%. Ranked 19 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 6.4 pp.

2021 82.1% +3.5 pp vs 2020
World rank 19of 185
Period maximum 90.7%2010
Period minimum 78.5%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Switzerland, 2000–20217580859095200020032006200920122015201820212000: 88.5%2010: 90.7%2015: 89.7%2019: 90%2020: 78.5%2021: 82.1%
Change over the period: −6.4 pp Annual average: -0.3 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Switzerland 82.1%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Switzerland, by year Switzerland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 82.1 +3.5 pp
2020 78.5 −11.5 pp
2019 90
2015 89.7
2010 90.7
2000 88.5

Western Europe, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.