Austria vs Faroe Islands: Mortality rates at age 65
Austria
1.34 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Faroe Islands
1.36 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Austria rank
184th
Faroe Islands rank
181st
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Austria
- Faroe Islands
How they compare
Faroe Islands currently reports 1.36 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.34 deaths per 1,000 people in Austria, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Faroe Islands ahead.
Austria ranks 184th and Faroe Islands ranks 181st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 5 and Faroe Islands in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Faroe Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.54 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3876 deaths per 1,000 people | Austria |
| 1960s | 3.75 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.44 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.3 deaths per 1,000 people | Austria |
| 1970s | 3.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.27 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9776 deaths per 1,000 people | Austria |
| 1980s | 2.68 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4724 deaths per 1,000 people | Austria |
| 1990s | 2.31 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.92 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3893 deaths per 1,000 people | Austria |
| 2000s | 1.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.74 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1102 deaths per 1,000 people | Faroe Islands |
| 2010s | 1.47 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.54 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0646 deaths per 1,000 people | Faroe Islands |
| 2020s | 1.38 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.42 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0417 deaths per 1,000 people | Faroe Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Austria or Faroe Islands?
- Faroe Islands, at 1.36 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.34 deaths per 1,000 people in Austria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Austria and Faroe Islands?
- 0.02 deaths per 1,000 people, with Faroe Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Faroe Islands?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Austria and Faroe Islands rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Austria ranks 184th and Faroe Islands ranks 181st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 65. 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.