Which has higher causes of mortality, Denmark or Finland?

Denmark, at 58,240 Deaths against 58,214 Deaths in Finland as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Finland?

64 years are reported by both, from 1960 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.

Denmark vs Finland: Causes of mortality

Denmark

58,240 Deaths

in 2023

Finland

58,214 Deaths

in 2024

Denmark rank

28th

Finland rank

29th

Causes of mortality over time

Denmark
Finland

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 58,240 Deaths against 58,214 Deaths in Finland, a difference of 26 Deaths.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 28th and Finland ranks 29th of 36 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 6 and Finland in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Denmark	Finland	Difference	Ahead
1960s	46,521 Deaths	43,061 Deaths	3,459 Deaths	Denmark
1970s	51,071 Deaths	44,271 Deaths	6,800 Deaths	Denmark
1980s	57,226 Deaths	46,513 Deaths	10,712 Deaths	Denmark
1990s	60,402 Deaths	49,444 Deaths	10,957 Deaths	Denmark
2000s	56,010 Deaths	48,794 Deaths	7,215 Deaths	Denmark
2010s	52,750 Deaths	52,552 Deaths	197.9 Deaths	Denmark
2020s	57,157 Deaths	59,401 Deaths	2,244 Deaths	Finland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Denmark or Finland?: Denmark, at 58,240 Deaths against 58,214 Deaths in Finland as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Denmark and Finland?: 26 Deaths, with Denmark ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Finland?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Denmark and Finland rank globally for causes of mortality?: Denmark ranks 28th and Finland ranks 29th 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.