Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Vietnam

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Vietnam in 2021 — 78.2%. Ranked 36 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 10.1 pp.

2021 78.2% −3 pp vs 2020
World rank 36of 185
Period maximum 81.2%2020
Period minimum 68.1%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Vietnam, 2000–20216570758085200020032006200920122015201820212000: 68.1%2010: 75.8%2015: 78.6%2019: 81.1%2020: 81.2%2021: 78.2%
Change over the period: +10.1 pp Annual average: 0.48 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Vietnam 78.2%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Vietnam, by year Vietnam All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 78.2 −3 pp
2020 81.2 +0.2 pp
2019 81.1
2015 78.6
2010 75.8
2000 68.1

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.