France vs Spain: Causes of mortality

France
621,705 Deaths
in 2023
Spain
433,311 Deaths
in 2024
France rank
9th
Spain rank
11th

Causes of mortality over time

  • France
  • Spain
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How they compare

France currently reports 621,705 Deaths against 433,311 Deaths in Spain, a difference of 188,394 Deaths.

That makes France's figure about 1.4 times Spain's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.

France ranks 9th and Spain ranks 11th of 36 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade France Spain Difference Ahead
1960s 534,972 Deaths 271,826 Deaths 263,145 Deaths France
1970s 549,182 Deaths 294,867 Deaths 254,315 Deaths France
1980s 542,795 Deaths 304,861 Deaths 237,934 Deaths France
1990s 529,382 Deaths 345,906 Deaths 183,476 Deaths France
2000s 529,249 Deaths 376,135 Deaths 153,114 Deaths France
2010s 567,965 Deaths 406,328 Deaths 161,637 Deaths France
2020s 643,304 Deaths 461,265 Deaths 182,039 Deaths France

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, France or Spain?
France, at 621,705 Deaths against 433,311 Deaths in Spain as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between France and Spain?
188,394 Deaths, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Spain?
63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do France and Spain rank globally for causes of mortality?
France ranks 9th and Spain ranks 11th 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.