Morocco vs Sri Lanka: Mortality rates at age 65

Morocco
2.17 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sri Lanka
2.25 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Morocco rank
130th
Sri Lanka rank
127th

Mortality rates at age 65 over time

  • Morocco
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 2.25 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.17 deaths per 1,000 people in Morocco, a difference of 0.08 deaths per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Morocco ahead.

Morocco ranks 130th and Sri Lanka ranks 127th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Morocco averaged higher in 6 and Sri Lanka in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Morocco Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1950s 5.64 deaths per 1,000 people 4.33 deaths per 1,000 people 1.31 deaths per 1,000 people Morocco
1960s 5.03 deaths per 1,000 people 3.59 deaths per 1,000 people 1.43 deaths per 1,000 people Morocco
1970s 4.45 deaths per 1,000 people 3.22 deaths per 1,000 people 1.22 deaths per 1,000 people Morocco
1980s 3.85 deaths per 1,000 people 3.16 deaths per 1,000 people 0.6923 deaths per 1,000 people Morocco
1990s 3.38 deaths per 1,000 people 3.42 deaths per 1,000 people 0.0414 deaths per 1,000 people Sri Lanka
2000s 3 deaths per 1,000 people 3.04 deaths per 1,000 people 0.0442 deaths per 1,000 people Sri Lanka
2010s 2.53 deaths per 1,000 people 2.51 deaths per 1,000 people 0.0219 deaths per 1,000 people Morocco
2020s 2.49 deaths per 1,000 people 2.34 deaths per 1,000 people 0.1445 deaths per 1,000 people Morocco

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Morocco or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 2.25 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.17 deaths per 1,000 people in Morocco as of 2023.
What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Morocco and Sri Lanka?
0.08 deaths per 1,000 people, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Sri Lanka?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Morocco and Sri Lanka rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
Morocco ranks 130th and Sri Lanka ranks 127th 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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Indicator
Mortality rates at age 65
Unit
deaths per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
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Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.