What is the difference in causes of mortality between Brazil and Italy?

798,949 Deaths, with Brazil ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Italy?

45 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2023.

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.

Brazil vs Italy: Causes of mortality

Brazil

1.47 million Deaths

in 2023

Italy

666,131 Deaths

in 2023

Brazil rank

4th

Italy rank

7th

Causes of mortality over time

Brazil
Italy

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 1.47 million Deaths against 666,131 Deaths in Italy, a difference of 798,949 Deaths.

That makes Brazil's figure about 2.2 times Italy's.

Across all 45 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 4th and Italy ranks 7th of 36 countries.

Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Italy	Difference	Ahead
1970s	710,702 Deaths	538,352 Deaths	172,350 Deaths	Brazil
1980s	786,460 Deaths	542,972 Deaths	243,489 Deaths	Brazil
1990s	876,908 Deaths	556,737 Deaths	320,172 Deaths	Brazil
2000s	1.02 million Deaths	568,108 Deaths	449,430 Deaths	Brazil
2010s	1.25 million Deaths	617,980 Deaths	629,350 Deaths	Brazil
2020s	1.60 million Deaths	710,350 Deaths	888,870 Deaths	Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Brazil or Italy?: Brazil, at 1.47 million Deaths against 666,131 Deaths in Italy as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Brazil and Italy?: 798,949 Deaths, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Italy?: 45 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2023.
How do Brazil and Italy rank globally for causes of mortality?: Brazil ranks 4th and Italy ranks 7th 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: 19 August 2026

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.