Sweden vs Switzerland: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Sweden
- Switzerland
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 91,364 Deaths against 71,822 Deaths in Switzerland, a difference of 19,542 Deaths.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.3 times Switzerland's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
Sweden ranks 25th and Switzerland ranks 27th of 36 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78,082 Deaths | 55,069 Deaths | 23,012 Deaths | Sweden |
| 1970s | 86,653 Deaths | 56,868 Deaths | 29,785 Deaths | Sweden |
| 1980s | 92,519 Deaths | 59,815 Deaths | 32,704 Deaths | Sweden |
| 1990s | 94,192 Deaths | 62,715 Deaths | 31,477 Deaths | Sweden |
| 2000s | 92,306 Deaths | 61,501 Deaths | 30,806 Deaths | Sweden |
| 2010s | 90,762 Deaths | 65,214 Deaths | 25,547 Deaths | Sweden |
| 2020s | 95,000 Deaths | 73,408 Deaths | 21,592 Deaths | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Sweden or Switzerland?
- Sweden, at 91,364 Deaths against 71,822 Deaths in Switzerland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Sweden and Switzerland?
- 19,542 Deaths, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Switzerland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Sweden and Switzerland rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Sweden ranks 25th and Switzerland ranks 27th 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.