Libya: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Libya's mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) fell 0.9 percentage points on 2020 (from 20.7% to 19.8%).

Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2020), the average change was +0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.61 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.2 percentage points in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.1 percentage points in 2012. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 29% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2021, Libya had the 87th highest value of the 185 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Libya in the 2021 ranking

• Rwanda — 84th of 185: 20%
• Bolivia — 85th of 185: 19.9%
• Malaysia — 86th of 185: 19.9%
• Lithuania — 88th of 185: 19.8%
• North Macedonia — 89th of 185: 19.6%
• São Tomé and Principe — 90th of 185: 19.5%

What this measures

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Limitations: Due to changes in input data and methods, the revisions of the data are not comparable to previously published estimates.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 22 values

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 32.7% (2021)
• Algeria — 13.3% (2021)
• Bahrain — 14.8% (2021)
• Djibouti — 20.6% (2021)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 26% (2021)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 13.9% (2021)
• Iraq — 22.7% (2021)
• Israel — 7.6% (2021)

More health data for Libya

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 8.23% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 8.4% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 974,357 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 26.57% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 1.03 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 27.11% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 2 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 26.85% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 8.96% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)

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Questions people ask

What is Libya's mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)?

19.8% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is down 0.2 percentage points from 20% in 2000. The highest value was 21.4% in 2003 and the lowest 18.7% in 2013.

How does Libya rank?

87th highest of 185 economies with data for 2021.

Is the latest change in mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) unusual for Libya?

In 2021, Libya's mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) fell 0.9 percentage points on 2020 (from 20.7% to 19.8%). Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2020), the average change was +0.03 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.61 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DYN.NCOM.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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