Iceland vs Luxembourg: Mortality rates at age 65
Iceland
0.9166 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Luxembourg
0.8917 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Iceland rank
224th
Luxembourg rank
227th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Iceland
- Luxembourg
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 0.9166 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.8917 deaths per 1,000 people in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.0249 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Luxembourg ahead.
Iceland ranks 224th and Luxembourg ranks 227th of 236 countries.
Luxembourg has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Luxembourg | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.42 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.36 deaths per 1,000 people | Luxembourg |
| 1960s | 2.24 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.62 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.38 deaths per 1,000 people | Luxembourg |
| 1970s | 2.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.64 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.4 deaths per 1,000 people | Luxembourg |
| 1980s | 2.1 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9647 deaths per 1,000 people | Luxembourg |
| 1990s | 1.64 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5578 deaths per 1,000 people | Luxembourg |
| 2000s | 1.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.61 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5504 deaths per 1,000 people | Luxembourg |
| 2010s | 1.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.26 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.181 deaths per 1,000 people | Luxembourg |
| 2020s | 0.9229 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1708 deaths per 1,000 people | Luxembourg |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Iceland or Luxembourg?
- Iceland, at 0.9166 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.8917 deaths per 1,000 people in Luxembourg as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Iceland and Luxembourg?
- 0.0249 deaths per 1,000 people, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Luxembourg?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Iceland and Luxembourg rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Iceland ranks 224th and Luxembourg ranks 227th 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.