Italy vs Spain: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Italy
2.09 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Spain
2.17 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Italy rank
219th
Spain rank
218th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Italy
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 2.17 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.09 deaths per 1,000 people in Italy, a difference of 0.08 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 25 times across 116 shared years of data; in 1908 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 219th and Spain ranks 218th of 236 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 6 and Spain in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 169.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 162.17 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.79 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 1910s | 155.28 deaths per 1,000 people | 163.76 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.48 deaths per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 1920s | 128.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 145.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 16.94 deaths per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 1930s | 103.54 deaths per 1,000 people | 122.83 deaths per 1,000 people | 19.29 deaths per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 1940s | 95.96 deaths per 1,000 people | 102.18 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.22 deaths per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 1950s | 52.39 deaths per 1,000 people | 55.05 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.66 deaths per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 1960s | 34.3 deaths per 1,000 people | 34.79 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.488 deaths per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 1970s | 20.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 17.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.35 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 1980s | 10.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.62 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.42 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 1990s | 6.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.36 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.656 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 2000s | 3.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.41 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.12 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 2010s | 2.65 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.57 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.077 deaths per 1,000 people | Italy |
| 2020s | 2.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.34 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0948 deaths per 1,000 people | Spain |
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, Italy or Spain?
- Spain, at 2.17 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 Italy and Spain?
- 0.08 deaths per 1,000 people, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Spain?
- 116 years are reported by both, from 1908 to 2023.
- How do Italy and Spain rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Italy ranks 219th and Spain ranks 218th 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.