Korea vs New Zealand: Mortality rates at age 65
Korea
1.06 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
New Zealand
1.01 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Korea rank
210th
New Zealand rank
212th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Korea
- New Zealand
How they compare
Korea currently reports 1.06 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.01 deaths per 1,000 people in New Zealand, a difference of 0.05 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Korea ahead.
Korea ranks 210th and New Zealand ranks 212th of 236 countries.
Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.22 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.7 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 1960s | 5.41 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.46 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.95 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 1970s | 4.66 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.39 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.27 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 1980s | 4.18 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.77 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.42 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 1990s | 3.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9615 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 2000s | 2.01 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.44 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5736 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 2010s | 1.52 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4592 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
| 2020s | 1.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9971 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0671 deaths per 1,000 people | Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Korea or New Zealand?
- Korea, at 1.06 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.01 deaths per 1,000 people in New Zealand as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Korea and New Zealand?
- 0.05 deaths per 1,000 people, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and New Zealand?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Korea and New Zealand rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Korea ranks 210th and New Zealand ranks 212th 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.