Finland vs Norway: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Finland
- Norway
How they compare
Finland currently reports 58,214 Deaths against 43,233 Deaths in Norway, a difference of 14,981 Deaths.
That makes Finland's figure about 1.3 times Norway's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Finland has been ahead every year.
Finland ranks 29th and Norway ranks 31st of 36 countries.
Finland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43,061 Deaths | 35,640 Deaths | 7,421 Deaths | Finland |
| 1970s | 44,271 Deaths | 39,892 Deaths | 4,379 Deaths | Finland |
| 1980s | 46,513 Deaths | 43,316 Deaths | 3,197 Deaths | Finland |
| 1990s | 49,444 Deaths | 44,943 Deaths | 4,502 Deaths | Finland |
| 2000s | 48,794 Deaths | 42,362 Deaths | 6,432 Deaths | Finland |
| 2010s | 52,552 Deaths | 40,830 Deaths | 11,722 Deaths | Finland |
| 2020s | 59,401 Deaths | 42,355 Deaths | 17,046 Deaths | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Finland or Norway?
- Finland, at 58,214 Deaths against 43,233 Deaths in Norway as of 2024.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Finland and Norway?
- 14,981 Deaths, with Finland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Norway?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Finland and Norway rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Finland ranks 29th and Norway ranks 31st 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.