Which has higher causes of mortality, Chile or Peru?

Peru, at 158,798 Deaths against 122,010 Deaths in Chile as of 2022.

What is the difference in causes of mortality between Chile and Peru?

36,788 Deaths, with Peru ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Peru?

39 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2022.

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.

Chile vs Peru: Causes of mortality

Chile

122,010 Deaths

in 2023

Peru

158,798 Deaths

in 2022

Chile rank

20th

Peru rank

17th

Causes of mortality over time

Chile
Peru

How they compare

Peru currently reports 158,798 Deaths against 122,010 Deaths in Chile, a difference of 36,788 Deaths.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.3 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Peru ahead.

Chile ranks 20th and Peru ranks 17th of 36 countries.

Peru has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chile	Peru	Difference	Ahead
1980s	72,309 Deaths	91,771 Deaths	19,462 Deaths	Peru
1990s	77,911 Deaths	84,893 Deaths	6,982 Deaths	Peru
2000s	85,162 Deaths	87,014 Deaths	1,852 Deaths	Peru
2010s	102,341 Deaths	106,215 Deaths	3,874 Deaths	Peru
2020s	133,579 Deaths	217,316 Deaths	83,737 Deaths	Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Chile or Peru?: Peru, at 158,798 Deaths against 122,010 Deaths in Chile as of 2022.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Chile and Peru?: 36,788 Deaths, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Peru?: 39 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2022.
How do Chile and Peru rank globally for causes of mortality?: Chile ranks 20th and Peru ranks 17th 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.