Which has higher causes of mortality, Korea or Türkiye?

Türkiye, at 525,814 Deaths against 352,511 Deaths in Korea as of 2023.

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

173,303 Deaths, with Türkiye ahead.

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

15 years are reported by both, from 2009 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.

Korea vs Türkiye: Causes of mortality

Korea

352,511 Deaths

in 2023

Türkiye

525,814 Deaths

in 2023

Korea rank

1st

Türkiye rank

1st

Causes of mortality over time

Korea
Türkiye

How they compare

Türkiye currently reports 525,814 Deaths against 352,511 Deaths in Korea, a difference of 173,303 Deaths.

That makes Türkiye's figure about 1.5 times Korea's.

Across all 15 years both countries report, Türkiye has been ahead every year.

Korea ranks 1st and Türkiye ranks 1st of 3 groups.

Türkiye has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Korea	Türkiye	Difference	Ahead
2000s	246,942 Deaths	281,504 Deaths	34,562 Deaths	Türkiye
2010s	275,016 Deaths	377,216 Deaths	102,200 Deaths	Türkiye
2020s	337,020 Deaths	526,546 Deaths	189,527 Deaths	Türkiye

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Korea or Türkiye?: Türkiye, at 525,814 Deaths against 352,511 Deaths in Korea as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Korea and Türkiye?: 173,303 Deaths, with Türkiye ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Türkiye?: 15 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2023.
How do Korea and Türkiye rank globally for causes of mortality?: Korea ranks 1st and Türkiye ranks 1st 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

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.