Finland vs Ireland: Causes of mortality

Finland
58,214 Deaths
in 2024
Ireland
35,598 Deaths
in 2023
Finland rank
29th
Ireland rank
32nd

Causes of mortality over time

  • Finland
  • Ireland
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How they compare

Finland currently reports 58,214 Deaths against 35,598 Deaths in Ireland, a difference of 22,616 Deaths.

That makes Finland's figure about 1.6 times Ireland's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Finland has been ahead every year.

Finland ranks 29th and Ireland ranks 32nd of 36 countries.

Finland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Finland Ireland Difference Ahead
1960s 43,061 Deaths 33,411 Deaths 9,650 Deaths Finland
1970s 44,271 Deaths 33,748 Deaths 10,522 Deaths Finland
1980s 46,513 Deaths 32,592 Deaths 13,921 Deaths Finland
1990s 49,444 Deaths 31,643 Deaths 17,801 Deaths Finland
2000s 48,794 Deaths 29,106 Deaths 19,689 Deaths Finland
2010s 52,552 Deaths 29,706 Deaths 22,847 Deaths Finland
2020s 59,401 Deaths 34,776 Deaths 24,625 Deaths Finland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Finland or Ireland?
Finland, at 58,214 Deaths against 35,598 Deaths in Ireland as of 2024.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Finland and Ireland?
22,616 Deaths, with Finland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Ireland?
64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Finland and Ireland rank globally for causes of mortality?
Finland ranks 29th and Ireland ranks 32nd 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

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.