Cape Verde vs Iraq: Mortality rates at age 25
Cape Verde
0.1249 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Iraq
0.1264 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Cape Verde rank
122nd
Iraq rank
119th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Cape Verde
- Iraq
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 0.1264 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.1249 deaths per 1,000 people in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.0015 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iraq ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 122nd and Iraq ranks 119th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 3 and Iraq in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.8252 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8141 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0111 deaths per 1,000 people | Cape Verde |
| 1960s | 0.556 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5398 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0163 deaths per 1,000 people | Cape Verde |
| 1970s | 0.4043 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3763 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.028 deaths per 1,000 people | Cape Verde |
| 1980s | 0.4067 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.4 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9886 deaths per 1,000 people | Iraq |
| 1990s | 0.4026 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4812 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0785 deaths per 1,000 people | Iraq |
| 2000s | 0.1874 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5255 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3381 deaths per 1,000 people | Iraq |
| 2010s | 0.1416 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2415 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0999 deaths per 1,000 people | Iraq |
| 2020s | 0.122 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1332 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0113 deaths per 1,000 people | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Cape Verde or Iraq?
- Iraq, at 0.1264 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.1249 deaths per 1,000 people in Cape Verde as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Cape Verde and Iraq?
- 0.0015 deaths per 1,000 people, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Iraq?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Cape Verde and Iraq rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Cape Verde ranks 122nd and Iraq ranks 119th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 25. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.