New Zealand vs Norway: Causes of mortality

New Zealand
32,787 Deaths
in 2020
Norway
43,233 Deaths
in 2023
New Zealand rank
33rd
Norway rank
31st

Causes of mortality over time

  • New Zealand
  • Norway
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How they compare

Norway currently reports 43,233 Deaths against 32,787 Deaths in New Zealand, a difference of 10,446 Deaths.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.3 times New Zealand's.

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

New Zealand ranks 33rd and Norway ranks 31st of 36 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade New Zealand Norway Difference Ahead
1960s 22,842 Deaths 35,640 Deaths 12,798 Deaths Norway
1970s 25,107 Deaths 39,892 Deaths 14,785 Deaths Norway
1980s 26,519 Deaths 43,316 Deaths 16,798 Deaths Norway
1990s 27,320 Deaths 44,943 Deaths 17,623 Deaths Norway
2000s 28,256 Deaths 42,362 Deaths 14,106 Deaths Norway
2010s 31,463 Deaths 40,830 Deaths 9,367 Deaths Norway
2020s 32,787 Deaths 39,961 Deaths 7,174 Deaths Norway

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, New Zealand or Norway?
Norway, at 43,233 Deaths against 32,787 Deaths in New Zealand as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between New Zealand and Norway?
10,446 Deaths, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Norway?
61 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2020.
How do New Zealand and Norway rank globally for causes of mortality?
New Zealand ranks 33rd and Norway ranks 31st 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.