Brazil vs Peru: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Brazil
10.66 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Peru
10.39 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Brazil rank
110th
Peru rank
113th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Brazil
- Peru
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 10.66 deaths per 1,000 people against 10.39 deaths per 1,000 people in Peru, a difference of 0.27 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 110th and Peru ranks 113th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 3 and Peru in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 146.55 deaths per 1,000 people | 150.44 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.89 deaths per 1,000 people | Peru |
| 1960s | 114.76 deaths per 1,000 people | 123.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.25 deaths per 1,000 people | Peru |
| 1970s | 88.88 deaths per 1,000 people | 96.51 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.63 deaths per 1,000 people | Peru |
| 1980s | 61.61 deaths per 1,000 people | 71.58 deaths per 1,000 people | 9.97 deaths per 1,000 people | Peru |
| 1990s | 38.43 deaths per 1,000 people | 42.49 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.06 deaths per 1,000 people | Peru |
| 2000s | 20.39 deaths per 1,000 people | 20.24 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1583 deaths per 1,000 people | Brazil |
| 2010s | 12.73 deaths per 1,000 people | 12.61 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1179 deaths per 1,000 people | Brazil |
| 2020s | 10.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 10.7 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2468 deaths per 1,000 people | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex, Brazil or Peru?
- Brazil, at 10.66 deaths per 1,000 people against 10.39 deaths per 1,000 people in Peru as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Brazil and Peru?
- 0.27 deaths per 1,000 people, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Peru?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Peru rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Brazil ranks 110th and Peru ranks 113th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.