Causes of mortality in Greece
Greece: Causes of mortality was 127,294 Deaths in 2023. ▲ Rising
Causes of mortality in Greece, 1961–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.
Analysis
In 2023, causes of mortality in Greece stood at 127,294 Deaths.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.7% on the previous year and up 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Greece peaked at 143,982 Deaths in 2021 and was at its lowest, 63,955 Deaths, in 1961.
Greece ranks 19th of 36 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Causes of mortality in Greece, year by year
| Year | Deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,955 Deaths | — |
| 1962 | 66,554 Deaths | +4.1% |
| 1963 | 66,813 Deaths | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 69,429 Deaths | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 67,269 Deaths | -3.1% |
| 1966 | 67,912 Deaths | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 71,975 Deaths | +6.0% |
| 1968 | 73,309 Deaths | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 71,825 Deaths | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 74,009 Deaths | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 73,819 Deaths | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 76,859 Deaths | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 77,648 Deaths | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 76,303 Deaths | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 80,077 Deaths | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 81,818 Deaths | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 83,750 Deaths | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 81,615 Deaths | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 82,338 Deaths | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 87,282 Deaths | +6.0% |
| 1981 | 86,261 Deaths | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 86,345 Deaths | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 90,586 Deaths | +4.9% |
| 1984 | 88,397 Deaths | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 92,886 Deaths | +5.1% |
| 1986 | 91,783 Deaths | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 95,656 Deaths | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 92,407 Deaths | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 92,720 Deaths | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 94,152 Deaths | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 95,498 Deaths | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 98,231 Deaths | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 97,419 Deaths | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 97,807 Deaths | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 100,158 Deaths | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 100,740 Deaths | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 99,738 Deaths | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 102,668 Deaths | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 103,304 Deaths | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 105,170 Deaths | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 102,559 Deaths | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 103,915 Deaths | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 105,529 Deaths | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 104,942 Deaths | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 105,091 Deaths | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 104,968 Deaths | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 109,895 Deaths | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 107,979 Deaths | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 108,316 Deaths | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 109,084 Deaths | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 111,099 Deaths | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 116,668 Deaths | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 111,794 Deaths | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 113,740 Deaths | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 121,485 Deaths | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 118,952 Deaths | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 124,522 Deaths | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 120,363 Deaths | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 125,016 Deaths | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 131,077 Deaths | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 143,982 Deaths | +9.8% |
| 2022 | 140,911 Deaths | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 127,294 Deaths | -9.7% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 127,294 Deaths is above the median for high income countries, which is 115,390 Deaths, 1.1× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Greece's 127,294 Deaths is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 111,294 Deaths, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68,782 Deaths | 63,955 Deaths | 73,309 Deaths | 9 |
| 1970s | 78,824 Deaths | 73,819 Deaths | 83,750 Deaths | 10 |
| 1980s | 90,432 Deaths | 86,261 Deaths | 95,656 Deaths | 10 |
| 1990s | 98,972 Deaths | 94,152 Deaths | 103,304 Deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 105,836 Deaths | 102,559 Deaths | 109,895 Deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 117,272 Deaths | 109,084 Deaths | 125,016 Deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 135,816 Deaths | 127,294 Deaths | 143,982 Deaths | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is causes of mortality in Greece?
- Causes of mortality in Greece was 127,294 Deaths in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 143,982 Deaths in 2021.
- What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 63,955 Deaths in 1961.
- How does Greece rank for causes of mortality?
- Greece ranks 19th out of 36 countries with data for 2023.
- Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.