Finland vs Switzerland: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Finland
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 71,822 Deaths against 58,214 Deaths in Finland, a difference of 13,608 Deaths.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.2 times Finland's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.
Finland ranks 29th and Switzerland ranks 27th of 36 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43,061 Deaths | 55,069 Deaths | 12,008 Deaths | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 44,271 Deaths | 56,868 Deaths | 12,597 Deaths | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 46,513 Deaths | 59,815 Deaths | 13,302 Deaths | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 49,444 Deaths | 62,715 Deaths | 13,271 Deaths | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 48,794 Deaths | 61,501 Deaths | 12,706 Deaths | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 52,552 Deaths | 65,214 Deaths | 12,662 Deaths | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 59,401 Deaths | 73,408 Deaths | 14,008 Deaths | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Finland or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 71,822 Deaths against 58,214 Deaths in Finland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Finland and Switzerland?
- 13,608 Deaths, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Switzerland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Finland and Switzerland rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Finland ranks 29th and Switzerland ranks 27th 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.