France vs South Africa: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- France
- South Africa
How they compare
France currently reports 621,705 Deaths against 487,682 Deaths in South Africa, a difference of 134,023 Deaths.
That makes France's figure about 1.3 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1993 it was France ahead.
France ranks 9th and South Africa ranks 10th of 36 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, France averaged higher in 3 and South Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 531,629 Deaths | 308,060 Deaths | 223,569 Deaths | France |
| 2000s | 529,249 Deaths | 543,585 Deaths | 14,336 Deaths | South Africa |
| 2010s | 567,965 Deaths | 475,084 Deaths | 92,881 Deaths | France |
| 2020s | 652,857 Deaths | 487,682 Deaths | 165,175 Deaths | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, France or South Africa?
- France, at 621,705 Deaths against 487,682 Deaths in South Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between France and South Africa?
- 134,023 Deaths, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and South Africa?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2020.
- How do France and South Africa rank globally for causes of mortality?
- France ranks 9th and South Africa ranks 10th 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.