Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Zimbabwe

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Zimbabwe in 2021 — 38.3%. Ranked 153 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 20.6 pp.

2021 38.3% −4.9 pp vs 2020
World rank 153of 185
Period maximum 43.2%2020
Period minimum 17.7%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Zimbabwe, 2000–20211020304050200020032006200920122015201820212000: 17.7%2010: 29.5%2015: 39.2%2019: 42.7%2020: 43.2%2021: 38.3%
Change over the period: +20.6 pp Annual average: 0.98 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Zimbabwe 38.3%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 38.3 −4.9 pp
2020 43.2 +0.5 pp
2019 42.7
2015 39.2
2010 29.5
2000 17.7

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.