Japan vs Malta: Mortality rates at age 65
Japan
0.9657 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Malta
0.9955 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Japan rank
218th
Malta rank
215th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Japan
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 0.9955 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.9657 deaths per 1,000 people in Japan, a difference of 0.0298 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 218th and Malta ranks 215th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Malta in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.85 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.81 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0326 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 1960s | 3.3 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.49 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.188 deaths per 1,000 people | Malta |
| 1970s | 2.46 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.27 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8077 deaths per 1,000 people | Malta |
| 1980s | 1.8 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.62 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8253 deaths per 1,000 people | Malta |
| 1990s | 1.67 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5373 deaths per 1,000 people | Malta |
| 2000s | 1.32 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3066 deaths per 1,000 people | Malta |
| 2010s | 1.14 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.13 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0049 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 2020s | 1.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9694 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0426 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Japan or Malta?
- Malta, at 0.9955 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.9657 deaths per 1,000 people in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Japan and Malta?
- 0.0298 deaths per 1,000 people, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Malta?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Malta rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Japan ranks 218th and Malta ranks 215th 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.