Iceland vs New Zealand: Causes of mortality

Iceland
2,613 Deaths
in 2024
New Zealand
32,787 Deaths
in 2020
Iceland rank
36th
New Zealand rank
33rd

Causes of mortality over time

  • Iceland
  • New Zealand
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How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 32,787 Deaths against 2,613 Deaths in Iceland, a difference of 30,174 Deaths.

That makes New Zealand's figure about 12.5 times Iceland's.

Across all 61 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.

Iceland ranks 36th and New Zealand ranks 33rd of 36 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Iceland New Zealand Difference Ahead
1960s 1,319 Deaths 22,842 Deaths 21,523 Deaths New Zealand
1970s 1,447 Deaths 25,107 Deaths 23,660 Deaths New Zealand
1980s 1,652 Deaths 26,519 Deaths 24,867 Deaths New Zealand
1990s 1,806 Deaths 27,320 Deaths 25,514 Deaths New Zealand
2000s 1,870 Deaths 28,256 Deaths 26,386 Deaths New Zealand
2010s 2,144 Deaths 31,463 Deaths 29,319 Deaths New Zealand
2020s 2,309 Deaths 32,787 Deaths 30,478 Deaths New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Iceland or New Zealand?
New Zealand, at 32,787 Deaths against 2,613 Deaths in Iceland as of 2020.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Iceland and New Zealand?
30,174 Deaths, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and New Zealand?
61 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2020.
How do Iceland and New Zealand rank globally for causes of mortality?
Iceland ranks 36th and New Zealand ranks 33rd 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.