Gibraltar vs Iceland: Mortality rates at age 65
Gibraltar
0.9201 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Iceland
0.9166 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Gibraltar rank
223rd
Iceland rank
224th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Gibraltar
- Iceland
How they compare
Gibraltar currently reports 0.9201 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.9166 deaths per 1,000 people in Iceland, a difference of 0.0035 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 26 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Gibraltar ahead.
Gibraltar ranks 223rd and Iceland ranks 224th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Gibraltar averaged higher in 4 and Iceland in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gibraltar | Iceland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.66 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.603 deaths per 1,000 people | Gibraltar |
| 1960s | 2.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.24 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0118 deaths per 1,000 people | Gibraltar |
| 1970s | 2.11 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.139 deaths per 1,000 people | Iceland |
| 1980s | 1.88 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.1 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2203 deaths per 1,000 people | Iceland |
| 1990s | 1.46 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.64 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1835 deaths per 1,000 people | Iceland |
| 2000s | 1.14 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0753 deaths per 1,000 people | Gibraltar |
| 2010s | 1.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.068 deaths per 1,000 people | Iceland |
| 2020s | 1.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9229 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1328 deaths per 1,000 people | Gibraltar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Gibraltar or Iceland?
- Gibraltar, at 0.9201 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.9166 deaths per 1,000 people in Iceland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Gibraltar and Iceland?
- 0.0035 deaths per 1,000 people, with Gibraltar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gibraltar and Iceland?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Gibraltar and Iceland rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Gibraltar ranks 223rd and Iceland ranks 224th 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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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.