Cook Islands vs Eritrea: Mortality rates at age 65

Cook Islands
2.5 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Eritrea
2.54 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Cook Islands rank
114th
Eritrea rank
111th

Mortality rates at age 65 over time

  • Cook Islands
  • Eritrea
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How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 2.54 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.5 deaths per 1,000 people in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.04 deaths per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cook Islands ahead.

Cook Islands ranks 114th and Eritrea ranks 111th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 2 and Eritrea in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cook Islands Eritrea Difference Ahead
1950s 5.78 deaths per 1,000 people 5.86 deaths per 1,000 people 0.0756 deaths per 1,000 people Eritrea
1960s 4.42 deaths per 1,000 people 5.35 deaths per 1,000 people 0.9259 deaths per 1,000 people Eritrea
1970s 4.05 deaths per 1,000 people 5.27 deaths per 1,000 people 1.22 deaths per 1,000 people Eritrea
1980s 4.09 deaths per 1,000 people 5.1 deaths per 1,000 people 1.01 deaths per 1,000 people Eritrea
1990s 3.81 deaths per 1,000 people 4.03 deaths per 1,000 people 0.218 deaths per 1,000 people Eritrea
2000s 3.39 deaths per 1,000 people 3.3 deaths per 1,000 people 0.0892 deaths per 1,000 people Cook Islands
2010s 2.83 deaths per 1,000 people 2.81 deaths per 1,000 people 0.024 deaths per 1,000 people Cook Islands
2020s 2.59 deaths per 1,000 people 2.81 deaths per 1,000 people 0.2195 deaths per 1,000 people Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Cook Islands or Eritrea?
Eritrea, at 2.54 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.5 deaths per 1,000 people in Cook Islands as of 2023.
What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Cook Islands and Eritrea?
0.04 deaths per 1,000 people, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Eritrea?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cook Islands and Eritrea rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
Cook Islands ranks 114th and Eritrea ranks 111th 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 65. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mortality rates at age 65
Unit
deaths per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
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Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.