Spain vs United Kingdom: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Spain
- United Kingdom
How they compare
United Kingdom currently reports 647,699 Deaths against 433,311 Deaths in Spain, a difference of 214,388 Deaths.
That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.5 times Spain's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.
Spain ranks 11th and United Kingdom ranks 8th of 36 countries.
United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | United Kingdom | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 271,826 Deaths | 634,038 Deaths | 362,212 Deaths | United Kingdom |
| 1970s | 294,867 Deaths | 666,360 Deaths | 371,492 Deaths | United Kingdom |
| 1980s | 304,861 Deaths | 656,896 Deaths | 352,034 Deaths | United Kingdom |
| 1990s | 345,906 Deaths | 638,082 Deaths | 292,176 Deaths | United Kingdom |
| 2000s | 377,885 Deaths | 586,500 Deaths | 208,616 Deaths | United Kingdom |
| 2010s | 406,328 Deaths | 585,386 Deaths | 179,058 Deaths | United Kingdom |
| 2020s | 455,674 Deaths | 664,014 Deaths | 208,339 Deaths | United Kingdom |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Spain or United Kingdom?
- United Kingdom, at 647,699 Deaths against 433,311 Deaths in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Spain and United Kingdom?
- 214,388 Deaths, with United Kingdom ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and United Kingdom?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Spain and United Kingdom rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Spain ranks 11th and United Kingdom ranks 8th 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.