Bulgaria vs Switzerland: Causes of mortality

Bulgaria
101,006 Deaths
in 2023
Switzerland
71,822 Deaths
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
24th
Switzerland rank
27th

Causes of mortality over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 101,006 Deaths against 71,822 Deaths in Switzerland, a difference of 29,184 Deaths.

That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.4 times Switzerland's.

Across all 60 years both countries report, Bulgaria has been ahead every year.

Bulgaria ranks 24th and Switzerland ranks 27th of 36 countries.

Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Switzerland Difference Ahead
1960s 71,145 Deaths 55,913 Deaths 15,232 Deaths Bulgaria
1970s 87,032 Deaths 56,868 Deaths 30,164 Deaths Bulgaria
1980s 103,031 Deaths 59,815 Deaths 43,216 Deaths Bulgaria
1990s 113,192 Deaths 62,715 Deaths 50,477 Deaths Bulgaria
2000s 112,052 Deaths 61,501 Deaths 50,551 Deaths Bulgaria
2010s 108,510 Deaths 65,214 Deaths 43,295 Deaths Bulgaria
2020s 123,388 Deaths 73,408 Deaths 49,979 Deaths Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Bulgaria or Switzerland?
Bulgaria, at 101,006 Deaths against 71,822 Deaths in Switzerland as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Bulgaria and Switzerland?
29,184 Deaths, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Switzerland?
60 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2023.
How do Bulgaria and Switzerland rank globally for causes of mortality?
Bulgaria ranks 24th and Switzerland ranks 27th 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.