South Africa vs Spain: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- South Africa
- Spain
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 487,682 Deaths against 433,311 Deaths in Spain, a difference of 54,371 Deaths.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Spain ahead.
South Africa ranks 10th and Spain ranks 11th of 36 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, South Africa averaged higher in 2 and Spain in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 308,060 Deaths | 350,959 Deaths | 42,899 Deaths | Spain |
| 2000s | 543,585 Deaths | 376,135 Deaths | 167,449 Deaths | South Africa |
| 2010s | 475,084 Deaths | 406,328 Deaths | 68,756 Deaths | South Africa |
| 2020s | 487,682 Deaths | 493,776 Deaths | 6,094 Deaths | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, South Africa or Spain?
- South Africa, at 487,682 Deaths against 433,311 Deaths in Spain as of 2020.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between South Africa and Spain?
- 54,371 Deaths, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Spain?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2020.
- How do South Africa and Spain rank globally for causes of mortality?
- South Africa ranks 10th and Spain ranks 11th 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
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.