Estonia vs South Africa: Causes of mortality

Estonia
15,530 Deaths
in 2024
South Africa
487,682 Deaths
in 2020
Estonia rank
7th
South Africa rank
10th

Causes of mortality over time

  • Estonia
  • South Africa
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How they compare

South Africa currently reports 487,682 Deaths against 15,530 Deaths in Estonia, a difference of 472,152 Deaths.

That makes South Africa's figure about 31.4 times Estonia's.

Across all 28 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.

Estonia ranks 7th and South Africa ranks 10th of 7 countries.

South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Estonia South Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 23,014 Deaths 308,060 Deaths 285,046 Deaths South Africa
2000s 17,593 Deaths 543,585 Deaths 525,992 Deaths South Africa
2010s 15,416 Deaths 475,084 Deaths 459,668 Deaths South Africa
2020s 15,686 Deaths 487,682 Deaths 471,996 Deaths South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Estonia or South Africa?
South Africa, at 487,682 Deaths against 15,530 Deaths in Estonia as of 2020.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Estonia and South Africa?
472,152 Deaths, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and South Africa?
28 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2020.
How do Estonia and South Africa rank globally for causes of mortality?
Estonia ranks 7th and South Africa ranks 10th of 7 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.