Cape Verde vs Malta: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex

Cape Verde
8.84 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Malta
8.93 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Cape Verde rank
126th
Malta rank
125th

Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Malta
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How they compare

Malta currently reports 8.93 deaths per 1,000 people against 8.84 deaths per 1,000 people in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.09 deaths per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cape Verde ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 126th and Malta ranks 125th of 236 countries.

Cape Verde has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cape Verde Malta Difference Ahead
1950s 134.04 deaths per 1,000 people 52.83 deaths per 1,000 people 81.21 deaths per 1,000 people Cape Verde
1960s 112.14 deaths per 1,000 people 28.4 deaths per 1,000 people 83.74 deaths per 1,000 people Cape Verde
1970s 76.63 deaths per 1,000 people 16.87 deaths per 1,000 people 59.76 deaths per 1,000 people Cape Verde
1980s 54.52 deaths per 1,000 people 10.41 deaths per 1,000 people 44.11 deaths per 1,000 people Cape Verde
1990s 38.51 deaths per 1,000 people 8.11 deaths per 1,000 people 30.4 deaths per 1,000 people Cape Verde
2000s 21.82 deaths per 1,000 people 4.89 deaths per 1,000 people 16.93 deaths per 1,000 people Cape Verde
2010s 14.47 deaths per 1,000 people 5.7 deaths per 1,000 people 8.78 deaths per 1,000 people Cape Verde
2020s 9.48 deaths per 1,000 people 6.88 deaths per 1,000 people 2.6 deaths per 1,000 people Cape Verde

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, Cape Verde or Malta?
Malta, at 8.93 deaths per 1,000 people against 8.84 deaths per 1,000 people in Cape Verde as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Cape Verde and Malta?
0.09 deaths per 1,000 people, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Malta?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cape Verde and Malta rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
Cape Verde ranks 126th and Malta ranks 125th 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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Indicator
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Unit
deaths per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
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Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.