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

614,856 Deaths, with Italy ahead.

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

38 years are reported by both, from 1985 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.

Croatia vs Italy: Causes of mortality

Croatia

51,275 Deaths

in 2023

Italy

666,131 Deaths

in 2023

Croatia rank

3rd

Italy rank

7th

Causes of mortality over time

Croatia
Italy

How they compare

Italy currently reports 666,131 Deaths against 51,275 Deaths in Croatia, a difference of 614,856 Deaths.

That makes Italy's figure about 13.0 times Croatia's.

Across all 38 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.

Croatia ranks 3rd and Italy ranks 7th of 3 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Croatia	Italy	Difference	Ahead
1980s	52,428 Deaths	539,195 Deaths	486,767 Deaths	Italy
1990s	51,655 Deaths	556,737 Deaths	505,081 Deaths	Italy
2000s	51,180 Deaths	568,108 Deaths	516,928 Deaths	Italy
2010s	51,977 Deaths	617,980 Deaths	566,002 Deaths	Italy
2020s	57,003 Deaths	706,475 Deaths	649,471 Deaths	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Croatia or Italy?: Italy, at 666,131 Deaths against 51,275 Deaths in Croatia as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Croatia and Italy?: 614,856 Deaths, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Italy?: 38 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
How do Croatia and Italy rank globally for causes of mortality?: Croatia ranks 3rd and Italy ranks 7th of 3 groups.
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.