Japan vs Switzerland: Mortality rates at age 65
Japan
0.9657 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Switzerland
0.9572 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Japan rank
218th
Switzerland rank
219th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Japan
- Switzerland
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.9657 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.9572 deaths per 1,000 people in Switzerland, a difference of 0.0085 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 218th and Switzerland ranks 219th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 4 and Switzerland in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.85 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.752 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 1960s | 3.3 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.07 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.235 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 1970s | 2.46 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.65 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1881 deaths per 1,000 people | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 1.8 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4599 deaths per 1,000 people | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 1.67 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.76 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0931 deaths per 1,000 people | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 1.32 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.31 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0057 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 2010s | 1.14 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0763 deaths per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 2020s | 1.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.03 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0178 deaths per 1,000 people | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Japan or Switzerland?
- Japan, at 0.9657 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.9572 deaths per 1,000 people in Switzerland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Japan and Switzerland?
- 0.0085 deaths per 1,000 people, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Switzerland?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Switzerland rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Japan ranks 218th and Switzerland ranks 219th 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.