Hungary vs Romania: Causes of mortality

Hungary
127,470 Deaths
in 2024
Romania
244,061 Deaths
in 2023
Hungary rank
18th
Romania rank
15th

Causes of mortality over time

  • Hungary
  • Romania
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How they compare

Romania currently reports 244,061 Deaths against 127,470 Deaths in Hungary, a difference of 116,591 Deaths.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.9 times Hungary's.

Across all 55 years both countries report, Romania has been ahead every year.

Hungary ranks 18th and Romania ranks 15th of 36 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Hungary Romania Difference Ahead
1960s 108,265 Deaths 178,496 Deaths 70,231 Deaths Romania
1970s 127,430 Deaths 199,460 Deaths 72,030 Deaths Romania
1980s 145,182 Deaths 253,143 Deaths 107,961 Deaths Romania
1990s 144,846 Deaths 266,363 Deaths 121,517 Deaths Romania
2000s 132,965 Deaths 259,313 Deaths 126,348 Deaths Romania
2010s 129,285 Deaths 257,601 Deaths 128,316 Deaths Romania
2020s 140,311 Deaths 288,260 Deaths 147,949 Deaths Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Hungary or Romania?
Romania, at 244,061 Deaths against 127,470 Deaths in Hungary as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Hungary and Romania?
116,591 Deaths, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hungary and Romania?
55 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2023.
How do Hungary and Romania rank globally for causes of mortality?
Hungary ranks 18th and Romania ranks 15th 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.