Israel vs Italy: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Israel
2.35 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Italy
2.09 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Israel rank
216th
Italy rank
219th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Israel
- Italy
How they compare
Israel currently reports 2.35 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.09 deaths per 1,000 people in Italy, a difference of 0.26 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Israel's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Italy ahead.
Israel ranks 216th and Italy ranks 219th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 5 and Italy in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 42.28 deaths per 1,000 people | 52.39 deaths per 1,000 people | 10.11 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 1960s | 30.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 34.3 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.18 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 1970s | 19.13 deaths per 1,000 people | 20.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9301 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 1980s | 11.84 deaths per 1,000 people | 10.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.79 deaths per 1,000 people | Israel |
| 1990s | 7.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.07 deaths per 1,000 people | Israel |
| 2000s | 4.38 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8511 deaths per 1,000 people | Israel |
| 2010s | 2.99 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.65 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3454 deaths per 1,000 people | Israel |
| 2020s | 2.33 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0836 deaths per 1,000 people | Israel |
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, Israel or Italy?
- Israel, at 2.35 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.09 deaths per 1,000 people in Italy as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Israel and Italy?
- 0.26 deaths per 1,000 people, with Israel ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Italy?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Israel and Italy rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Israel ranks 216th and Italy ranks 219th 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.