What is the difference in causes of mortality between Germany and Korea?

679,609 Deaths, with Germany ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Korea?

34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.

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.

Germany vs Korea: Causes of mortality

Germany

1.03 million Deaths

in 2023

Korea

352,511 Deaths

in 2023

Germany rank

5th

Korea rank

2nd

Causes of mortality over time

Germany
Korea

How they compare

Germany currently reports 1.03 million Deaths against 352,511 Deaths in Korea, a difference of 679,609 Deaths.

That makes Germany's figure about 2.9 times Korea's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.

Germany ranks 5th and Korea ranks 2nd of 36 countries.

Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Germany	Korea	Difference	Ahead
1990s	882,660 Deaths	226,907 Deaths	655,753 Deaths	Germany
2000s	835,923 Deaths	246,233 Deaths	589,690 Deaths	Germany
2010s	900,562 Deaths	275,016 Deaths	625,546 Deaths	Germany
2020s	1.03 million Deaths	337,020 Deaths	689,911 Deaths	Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Germany or Korea?: Germany, at 1.03 million Deaths against 352,511 Deaths in Korea as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Germany and Korea?: 679,609 Deaths, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Korea?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Germany and Korea rank globally for causes of mortality?: Germany ranks 5th and Korea ranks 2nd 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: 19 August 2026

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.