Eritrea vs Tajikistan: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex

Eritrea
23.9 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Tajikistan
21.49 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Eritrea rank
56th
Tajikistan rank
59th

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

  • Eritrea
  • Tajikistan
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How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 23.9 deaths per 1,000 people against 21.49 deaths per 1,000 people in Tajikistan, a difference of 2.41 deaths per 1,000 people.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.1 times Tajikistan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Eritrea ahead.

Eritrea ranks 56th and Tajikistan ranks 59th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 6 and Tajikistan in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Tajikistan Difference Ahead
1950s 203.75 deaths per 1,000 people 144.38 deaths per 1,000 people 59.37 deaths per 1,000 people Eritrea
1960s 154.79 deaths per 1,000 people 126.46 deaths per 1,000 people 28.34 deaths per 1,000 people Eritrea
1970s 129.21 deaths per 1,000 people 103.98 deaths per 1,000 people 25.23 deaths per 1,000 people Eritrea
1980s 122.61 deaths per 1,000 people 85.68 deaths per 1,000 people 36.93 deaths per 1,000 people Eritrea
1990s 70.94 deaths per 1,000 people 74.18 deaths per 1,000 people 3.24 deaths per 1,000 people Tajikistan
2000s 43.69 deaths per 1,000 people 44.2 deaths per 1,000 people 0.5111 deaths per 1,000 people Tajikistan
2010s 31.18 deaths per 1,000 people 27.64 deaths per 1,000 people 3.54 deaths per 1,000 people Eritrea
2020s 25.23 deaths per 1,000 people 22.51 deaths per 1,000 people 2.72 deaths per 1,000 people Eritrea

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, Eritrea or Tajikistan?
Eritrea, at 23.9 deaths per 1,000 people against 21.49 deaths per 1,000 people in Tajikistan as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Eritrea and Tajikistan?
2.41 deaths per 1,000 people, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Tajikistan?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Eritrea and Tajikistan rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
Eritrea ranks 56th and Tajikistan ranks 59th 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.