Israel vs Switzerland: Causes of mortality

Israel
49,654 Deaths
in 2023
Switzerland
71,822 Deaths
in 2023
Israel rank
30th
Switzerland rank
27th

Causes of mortality over time

  • Israel
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 71,822 Deaths against 49,654 Deaths in Israel, a difference of 22,168 Deaths.

That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.4 times Israel's.

Across all 49 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.

Israel ranks 30th and Switzerland ranks 27th of 36 countries.

Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Israel Switzerland Difference Ahead
1970s 24,883 Deaths 56,770 Deaths 31,887 Deaths Switzerland
1980s 27,971 Deaths 59,815 Deaths 31,844 Deaths Switzerland
1990s 34,022 Deaths 62,715 Deaths 28,693 Deaths Switzerland
2000s 38,454 Deaths 61,501 Deaths 23,047 Deaths Switzerland
2010s 42,898 Deaths 65,214 Deaths 22,316 Deaths Switzerland
2020s 50,246 Deaths 73,408 Deaths 23,162 Deaths Switzerland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Israel or Switzerland?
Switzerland, at 71,822 Deaths against 49,654 Deaths in Israel as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Israel and Switzerland?
22,168 Deaths, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Switzerland?
49 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2023.
How do Israel and Switzerland rank globally for causes of mortality?
Israel ranks 30th and Switzerland ranks 27th 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.