Causes of mortality in Finland
Finland: Causes of mortality was 58,214 Deaths in 2024. ▲ Rising
Causes of mortality in Finland, 1960–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.
Analysis
Finland recorded 58,214 Deaths for causes of mortality in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.0% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Finland peaked at 63,172 Deaths in 2022 and was at its lowest, 39,797 Deaths, in 1960.
Finland ranks 29th of 36 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Causes of mortality in Finland, year by year
| Year | Deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 39,797 Deaths | — |
| 1961 | 40,616 Deaths | +2.1% |
| 1962 | 42,889 Deaths | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 42,010 Deaths | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 42,512 Deaths | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 44,473 Deaths | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 43,548 Deaths | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 43,790 Deaths | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 45,013 Deaths | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 45,966 Deaths | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 44,119 Deaths | -4.0% |
| 1971 | 45,875 Deaths | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 43,959 Deaths | -4.2% |
| 1973 | 43,410 Deaths | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 44,676 Deaths | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 43,853 Deaths | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 44,863 Deaths | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 44,276 Deaths | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 43,818 Deaths | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 43,859 Deaths | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 44,513 Deaths | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 44,528 Deaths | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 43,582 Deaths | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 45,519 Deaths | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 45,131 Deaths | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 48,345 Deaths | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 47,308 Deaths | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 47,985 Deaths | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 49,090 Deaths | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 49,129 Deaths | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 50,087 Deaths | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 49,306 Deaths | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 49,852 Deaths | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 51,028 Deaths | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 47,938 Deaths | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 49,325 Deaths | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 49,161 Deaths | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 49,143 Deaths | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 49,237 Deaths | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 49,368 Deaths | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 49,316 Deaths | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 48,504 Deaths | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 49,389 Deaths | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 49,033 Deaths | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 47,757 Deaths | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 47,751 Deaths | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 48,106 Deaths | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 49,093 Deaths | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 49,090 Deaths | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 49,904 Deaths | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 50,910 Deaths | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 50,568 Deaths | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 51,737 Deaths | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 51,478 Deaths | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 52,409 Deaths | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 52,302 Deaths | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 53,964 Deaths | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 53,670 Deaths | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 54,523 Deaths | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 53,962 Deaths | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 55,498 Deaths | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 57,632 Deaths | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 63,172 Deaths | +9.6% |
| 2023 | 61,301 Deaths | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 58,214 Deaths | -5.0% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 58,214 Deaths is below the median for high income countries, which is 115,390 Deaths, 50% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Finland's 58,214 Deaths is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 111,294 Deaths, 52% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43,061 Deaths | 39,797 Deaths | 45,966 Deaths | 10 |
| 1970s | 44,271 Deaths | 43,410 Deaths | 45,875 Deaths | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,513 Deaths | 43,582 Deaths | 49,129 Deaths | 10 |
| 1990s | 49,444 Deaths | 47,938 Deaths | 51,028 Deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,794 Deaths | 47,751 Deaths | 49,904 Deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 52,552 Deaths | 50,568 Deaths | 54,523 Deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 59,163 Deaths | 55,498 Deaths | 63,172 Deaths | 5 |
Countries ranked near Finland
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Frequently asked questions
- What is causes of mortality in Finland?
- Causes of mortality in Finland was 58,214 Deaths in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 63,172 Deaths in 2022.
- What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 39,797 Deaths in 1960.
- How does Finland rank for causes of mortality?
- Finland ranks 29th out of 36 countries with data for 2024.
- Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Causes of mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.