Causes of death - potential years of life lost by treatable and preventable diseases by country
Countries reporting
44
Highest
7,158
Latvia
Lowest
1,965
Switzerland
Median
3,074
Years covered
13
2011–2023
Data points
583
What the numbers show
Causes of death - potential years of life lost by treatable and preventable diseases is currently reported for 44 countries. The highest value is 7,158 in Latvia; the lowest is 1,965 in Switzerland.
The median across all reporting countries is 3,074, and the mean is 3,787.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Türkiye (up 31.7%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 62.2%).
Causes of death: potential years of life lost … treatable: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvia | 7,158 | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 1 | Latvia | 7,158 | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 3 | Romania | 6,138 | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 4 | Lithuania | 6,038 | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 4 | Lithuania | 6,038 | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 6 | Türkiye | 5,829 | 2023 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 7 | Hungary | 5,591 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 5,531 | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 9 | Estonia | 5,124 | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 9 | Estonia | 5,124 | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 11 | Serbia | 4,933 | 2023 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 11 | Serbia | 4,933 | 2023 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 13 | Slovakia | 4,867 | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 13 | Slovakia | 4,867 | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 15 | Poland | 4,684 | 2023 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 15 | Poland | 4,684 | 2023 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 17 | Croatia | 4,483 | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 17 | Croatia | 4,483 | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 19 | Czechia | 3,577 | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 3,399 | 2018 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 3,399 | 2018 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 22 | Finland | 3,133 | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 23 | Germany | 3,016 | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 24 | Slovenia | 2,992 | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 24 | Slovenia | 2,992 | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 26 | Greece | 2,957 | 2023 | down 62.2% | falling |
| 27 | Portugal | 2,893 | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 28 | Austria | 2,863 | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 29 | Iceland | 2,849 | 2023 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 30 | France | 2,777 | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 31 | Ireland | 2,703 | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 32 | Belgium | 2,683 | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 33 | Denmark | 2,502 | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 34 | Netherlands | 2,426 | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 34 | Netherlands | 2,426 | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 36 | Norway | 2,361 | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 37 | Malta | 2,284 | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 38 | Spain | 2,270 | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 39 | Cyprus | 2,231 | 2023 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 40 | Sweden | 2,210 | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 41 | Italy | 2,074 | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 42 | Liechtenstein | 1,999 | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 43 | Luxembourg | 1,974 | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 44 | Switzerland | 1,965 | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.