Bulgaria vs Sweden: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Bulgaria
- Sweden
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 101,006 Deaths against 91,364 Deaths in Sweden, a difference of 9,642 Deaths.
That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Sweden ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 24th and Sweden ranks 25th of 36 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 6 and Sweden in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71,145 Deaths | 79,819 Deaths | 8,674 Deaths | Sweden |
| 1970s | 87,032 Deaths | 86,653 Deaths | 378.4 Deaths | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 103,031 Deaths | 92,519 Deaths | 10,512 Deaths | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 113,192 Deaths | 94,192 Deaths | 19,000 Deaths | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 112,052 Deaths | 92,306 Deaths | 19,745 Deaths | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 108,510 Deaths | 90,762 Deaths | 17,748 Deaths | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 123,388 Deaths | 95,000 Deaths | 28,388 Deaths | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Bulgaria or Sweden?
- Bulgaria, at 101,006 Deaths against 91,364 Deaths in Sweden as of 2023.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Bulgaria and Sweden?
- 9,642 Deaths, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Sweden?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2023.
- How do Bulgaria and Sweden rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Bulgaria ranks 24th 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.