Korea vs Netherlands: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Korea
- Netherlands
How they compare
Korea currently reports 352,511 Deaths against 172,165 Deaths in Netherlands, a difference of 180,346 Deaths.
That makes Korea's figure about 2.0 times Netherlands's.
Across all 39 years both countries report, Korea has been ahead every year.
Korea ranks 1st and Netherlands ranks 3rd of 3 groups.
Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 192,997 Deaths | 124,656 Deaths | 68,341 Deaths | Korea |
| 1990s | 226,907 Deaths | 134,692 Deaths | 92,215 Deaths | Korea |
| 2000s | 246,233 Deaths | 137,592 Deaths | 108,642 Deaths | Korea |
| 2010s | 275,016 Deaths | 144,467 Deaths | 130,548 Deaths | Korea |
| 2020s | 337,020 Deaths | 169,821 Deaths | 167,199 Deaths | Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Korea or Netherlands?
- Korea, at 352,511 Deaths against 172,165 Deaths in Netherlands as of 2023.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Korea and Netherlands?
- 180,346 Deaths, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Netherlands?
- 39 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
- How do Korea and Netherlands rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Korea ranks 1st and Netherlands ranks 3rd of 3 groups.
- 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
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.