Slovenia vs South Africa: Causes of mortality

Slovenia
21,506 Deaths
in 2024
South Africa
487,682 Deaths
in 2020
Slovenia rank
6th
South Africa rank
10th

Causes of mortality over time

  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
0200.0k400.0k600.0k198520042024

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 487,682 Deaths against 21,506 Deaths in Slovenia, a difference of 466,176 Deaths.

That makes South Africa's figure about 22.7 times Slovenia's.

Across all 28 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.

Slovenia ranks 6th and South Africa ranks 10th of 7 countries.

South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Slovenia South Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 19,116 Deaths 308,060 Deaths 288,944 Deaths South Africa
2000s 18,642 Deaths 543,585 Deaths 524,943 Deaths South Africa
2010s 19,589 Deaths 475,084 Deaths 455,495 Deaths South Africa
2020s 24,016 Deaths 487,682 Deaths 463,666 Deaths South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Slovenia or South Africa?
South Africa, at 487,682 Deaths against 21,506 Deaths in Slovenia as of 2020.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Slovenia and South Africa?
466,176 Deaths, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Slovenia and South Africa?
28 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2020.
How do Slovenia and South Africa rank globally for causes of mortality?
Slovenia ranks 6th and South Africa ranks 10th of 7 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.