Suriname vs Viet Nam: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Suriname
12.44 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Viet Nam
12.33 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Suriname rank
96th
Viet Nam rank
97th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Suriname
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 12.44 deaths per 1,000 people against 12.33 deaths per 1,000 people in Viet Nam, a difference of 0.11 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Suriname ahead.
Suriname ranks 96th and Viet Nam ranks 97th of 236 countries.
Suriname has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Suriname | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 85.05 deaths per 1,000 people | 75.91 deaths per 1,000 people | 9.13 deaths per 1,000 people | Suriname |
| 1960s | 64.67 deaths per 1,000 people | 58.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.58 deaths per 1,000 people | Suriname |
| 1970s | 53.4 deaths per 1,000 people | 51.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.2 deaths per 1,000 people | Suriname |
| 1980s | 42.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 37.29 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.79 deaths per 1,000 people | Suriname |
| 1990s | 29.72 deaths per 1,000 people | 24.69 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.03 deaths per 1,000 people | Suriname |
| 2000s | 20.92 deaths per 1,000 people | 15.84 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.08 deaths per 1,000 people | Suriname |
| 2010s | 15.93 deaths per 1,000 people | 13.42 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.51 deaths per 1,000 people | Suriname |
| 2020s | 13.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 12.54 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5057 deaths per 1,000 people | Suriname |
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, Suriname or Viet Nam?
- Suriname, at 12.44 deaths per 1,000 people against 12.33 deaths per 1,000 people in Viet Nam as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Suriname and Viet Nam?
- 0.11 deaths per 1,000 people, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Suriname and Viet Nam?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Suriname and Viet Nam rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Suriname ranks 96th and Viet Nam ranks 97th 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.