Colombia vs Peru: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Colombia
- Peru
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 268,371 Deaths against 158,798 Deaths in Peru, a difference of 109,573 Deaths.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.7 times Peru's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Colombia has been ahead every year.
Colombia ranks 14th and Peru ranks 17th of 36 countries.
Colombia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 151,516 Deaths | 86,831 Deaths | 64,686 Deaths | Colombia |
| 1990s | 169,714 Deaths | 84,893 Deaths | 84,821 Deaths | Colombia |
| 2000s | 191,578 Deaths | 87,014 Deaths | 104,563 Deaths | Colombia |
| 2010s | 216,027 Deaths | 106,215 Deaths | 109,812 Deaths | Colombia |
| 2020s | 316,998 Deaths | 217,316 Deaths | 99,682 Deaths | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Colombia or Peru?
- Colombia, at 268,371 Deaths against 158,798 Deaths in Peru as of 2023.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Colombia and Peru?
- 109,573 Deaths, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Peru?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1986 to 2022.
- How do Colombia and Peru rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Colombia ranks 14th 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
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.