Belgium vs Sweden: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Belgium
- Sweden
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 110,377 Deaths against 91,364 Deaths in Sweden, a difference of 19,013 Deaths.
That makes Belgium's figure about 1.2 times Sweden's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Belgium has been ahead every year.
Belgium ranks 23rd and Sweden ranks 25th of 36 countries.
Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 114,858 Deaths | 78,082 Deaths | 36,777 Deaths | Belgium |
| 1970s | 116,810 Deaths | 86,653 Deaths | 30,157 Deaths | Belgium |
| 1980s | 110,637 Deaths | 92,519 Deaths | 18,119 Deaths | Belgium |
| 1990s | 104,517 Deaths | 94,192 Deaths | 10,325 Deaths | Belgium |
| 2000s | 103,256 Deaths | 92,306 Deaths | 10,950 Deaths | Belgium |
| 2010s | 108,062 Deaths | 90,762 Deaths | 17,300 Deaths | Belgium |
| 2020s | 116,507 Deaths | 95,000 Deaths | 21,507 Deaths | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Belgium or Sweden?
- Belgium, at 110,377 Deaths against 91,364 Deaths in Sweden as of 2023.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Belgium and Sweden?
- 19,013 Deaths, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Sweden?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Belgium and Sweden rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Belgium ranks 23rd and Sweden ranks 25th 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
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.