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Premature NCD Mortality by African country

2021

Probability of dying between ages 30 and 70 from cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease.

Africa, 202154 of 54 countries
21.4%population-weighted average
Highest in 2021Lesotho · 36.3%Lowest in 2021Tunisia · 13.0%Reported in 20210 of 54 countries surveyed
Click a country to pin it — pinned countries are named on the map. Hatching means no record.
Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — 18.8%Democratic Republic of the Congo — 25.1%Somalia — 27.6%Kenya — 18.0%Sudan — 21.2%Chad — 23.4%South Africa — 22.7%Lesotho — 36.3%Zimbabwe — 31.2%Botswana — 19.0%Namibia — 23.1%Senegal — 21.4%Mali — 23.0%Mauritania — 18.7%Benin — 20.8%Niger — 20.2%Nigeria — 17.7%Cameroon — 24.3%Togo — 25.4%Ghana — 22.2%Cote d'Ivoire — 22.7%Guinea — 23.6%Guinea-Bissau — 25.3%Liberia — 22.0%Sierra Leone — 23.9%Burkina Faso — 23.4%Central African Republic — 30.8%Republic of the Congo — 21.2%Gabon — 18.1%Equatorial Guinea — 20.3%Zambia — 23.6%Malawi — 24.9%Mozambique — 26.6%Eswatini — 32.3%Angola — 24.7%Burundi — 24.8%Madagascar — 25.9%Gambia — 21.8%Tunisia — 13.0%Algeria — 13.3%Eritrea — 27.3%Morocco — 22.0%Egypt — 26.0%Libya — 19.8%Ethiopia — 16.8%Djibouti — 20.6%Uganda — 21.5%Rwanda — 20.0%South Sudan — 22.4%Nigeria 17.7%Nigeria 17.7%Ethiopia 16.8%Ethiopia 16.8%Kenya 18.0%Kenya 18.0%South Africa 22.7%South Africa 22.7%2021HIGHEST IN 2021Lesotho36.3%Eswatini32.3%Zimbabwe31.2%Central African Republic30.8%Somalia27.6%LOWEST IN 2021Tunisia13.0%Algeria13.3%Seychellesnot drawn15.6%Ethiopia16.8%Cabo Verdenot drawn17.2%PINNEDKenya18.0%48 of 54Nigeria17.7%49 of 54South Africa22.7%25 of 54OTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNComorosnot drawn20.2%Mauritiusnot drawn21.7%Sao Tome and Principenot drawn19.5%% of population · quintiles of the observed range13%19%21.4%23%25.1%36.3%no record
20142024
WHO · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Middle Africa9 of 9 countries24.7%
Southern Africa5 of 5 countries23.2%
Northern Africa6 of 6 countries21.6%
Eastern Africa18 of 18 countries21.0%
Western Africa16 of 16 countries19.9%
Africaall 54 countries · 54 with a 2021 figure21.4%

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
54 countries have no usable 2024 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 49 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2024 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Premature NCD MortalityProbability of dying between ages 30 and 70 from cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease.
SourceWHO, with processing by Africa API
Unit% of population
Last updated8 Aug 2026
Next expected updateAug 2027
Date range2000–2021
Coverage54 of 54 countries · 0 reported, 54 modelled, 0 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 0 countries did so for 2021 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2021 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Premature NCD Mortality". Data adapted from WHO. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/ncd-mortality
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=ncd_premature_mortality_pct&year=2021&limit=100

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Premature NCD Mortality, country by country

54 countries carry a figure

Each country has its own page for this indicator, with the full history, the source and the API request.

AlgeriaAngolaBeninBotswanaBurkina FasoBurundiCabo VerdeCameroonCentral African RepublicChadComorosCote d'IvoireDemocratic Republic of the CongoDjiboutiEgyptEquatorial GuineaEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauKenyaLesothoLiberiaLibyaMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritaniaMauritiusMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaRepublic of the CongoRwandaSao Tome and PrincipeSenegalSeychellesSierra LeoneSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth SudanSudanTanzaniaTogoTunisiaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe

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