Belgium vs Bulgaria: Causes of mortality

Belgium
110,377 Deaths
in 2023
Bulgaria
101,006 Deaths
in 2023
Belgium rank
23rd
Bulgaria rank
24th

Causes of mortality over time

  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
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How they compare

Belgium currently reports 110,377 Deaths against 101,006 Deaths in Bulgaria, a difference of 9,371 Deaths.

That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 23rd and Bulgaria ranks 24th of 36 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 3 and Bulgaria in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium Bulgaria Difference Ahead
1960s 116,364 Deaths 71,145 Deaths 45,219 Deaths Belgium
1970s 116,810 Deaths 87,032 Deaths 29,779 Deaths Belgium
1980s 110,637 Deaths 103,031 Deaths 7,606 Deaths Belgium
1990s 104,517 Deaths 113,192 Deaths 8,675 Deaths Bulgaria
2000s 103,256 Deaths 112,052 Deaths 8,795 Deaths Bulgaria
2010s 108,062 Deaths 108,510 Deaths 447.8 Deaths Bulgaria
2020s 116,507 Deaths 123,388 Deaths 6,880 Deaths Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Belgium or Bulgaria?
Belgium, at 110,377 Deaths against 101,006 Deaths in Bulgaria as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Belgium and Bulgaria?
9,371 Deaths, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Bulgaria?
60 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2023.
How do Belgium and Bulgaria rank globally for causes of mortality?
Belgium ranks 23rd and Bulgaria ranks 24th of 36 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Causes of mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Causes of mortality
Unit
Deaths
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
46 places, 2,503 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.