Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — United Arab Emirates

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in the United Arab Emirates in 2021 — 68.1%. Ranked 77 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 9 pp.

2021 68.1% +2.8 pp vs 2020
World rank 77of 185
Period maximum 74.4%2019
Period minimum 59.1%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — United Arab Emirates, 2000–20215560657075200020032006200920122015201820212000: 59.1%2010: 64.5%2015: 70.1%2019: 74.4%2020: 65.2%2021: 68.1%
Change over the period: +9 pp Annual average: 0.43 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates 68.1%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — United Arab Emirates, by year United Arab Emirates All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 68.1 +2.8 pp
2020 65.2 −9.2 pp
2019 74.4
2015 70.1
2010 64.5
2000 59.1

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.