Causes of mortality in Greece

Greece: Causes of mortality was 127,294 Deaths in 2023. β–² Rising

Latest (2023)
127,294 Deaths
Change on year
down 9.7%
World rank
19th
of 36 countries
All-time high
143,982 Deaths
in 2021
All-time low
63,955 Deaths
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Causes of mortality in Greece, 1961–2023

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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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Greece

  1. 16 Australia 187,268 Deaths compare
  2. 17 Peru 158,798 Deaths compare
  3. 18 Hungary 127,470 Deaths compare
  4. 20 Chile 122,010 Deaths compare
  5. 21 Portugal 118,570 Deaths compare
  6. 22 Czechia 112,211 Deaths compare

See the full ranking of 46 places β†’

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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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Indicator
Causes of mortality
Unit
Deaths
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
46 places, 2,503 data points, 1960–2024
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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.