Malta vs Vatican: Mortality rates at age 65
Malta
0.9955 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Vatican
1.01 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Malta rank
215th
Vatican rank
214th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Malta
- Vatican
How they compare
Vatican currently reports 1.01 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.9955 deaths per 1,000 people in Malta, a difference of 0.0145 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malta ahead.
Malta ranks 215th and Vatican ranks 214th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 7 and Vatican in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Vatican | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.81 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.19 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6267 deaths per 1,000 people | Malta |
| 1960s | 3.49 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5403 deaths per 1,000 people | Malta |
| 1970s | 3.27 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.7 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5709 deaths per 1,000 people | Malta |
| 1980s | 2.62 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.35 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2701 deaths per 1,000 people | Malta |
| 1990s | 2.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.96 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2453 deaths per 1,000 people | Malta |
| 2000s | 1.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.43 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1963 deaths per 1,000 people | Malta |
| 2010s | 1.13 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0511 deaths per 1,000 people | Malta |
| 2020s | 0.9694 deaths per 1,000 people | 1 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0318 deaths per 1,000 people | Vatican |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Malta or Vatican?
- Vatican, at 1.01 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.9955 deaths per 1,000 people in Malta as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Malta and Vatican?
- 0.0145 deaths per 1,000 people, with Vatican ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Vatican?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Malta and Vatican rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Malta ranks 215th and Vatican ranks 214th 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.