Causes of mortality in Iceland
Iceland: Causes of mortality was 2,613 Deaths in 2024. ▲ Rising
Causes of mortality in Iceland, 1960–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.
Analysis
In 2024, causes of mortality in Iceland stood at 2,613 Deaths.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Iceland peaked at 2,695 Deaths in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,167 Deaths, in 1960.
That places Iceland 36th out of 36 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Causes of mortality in Iceland, year by year
| Year | Deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1,167 Deaths | — |
| 1961 | 1,248 Deaths | +6.9% |
| 1962 | 1,236 Deaths | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 1,327 Deaths | +7.4% |
| 1964 | 1,308 Deaths | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 1,291 Deaths | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 1,391 Deaths | +7.7% |
| 1967 | 1,385 Deaths | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 1,387 Deaths | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 1,450 Deaths | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 1,457 Deaths | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 1,501 Deaths | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 1,447 Deaths | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 1,475 Deaths | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 1,495 Deaths | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 1,412 Deaths | -5.6% |
| 1976 | 1,343 Deaths | -4.9% |
| 1977 | 1,435 Deaths | +6.9% |
| 1978 | 1,421 Deaths | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 1,482 Deaths | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 1,538 Deaths | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 1,656 Deaths | +7.7% |
| 1982 | 1,583 Deaths | -4.4% |
| 1983 | 1,653 Deaths | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 1,584 Deaths | -4.2% |
| 1985 | 1,654 Deaths | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 1,598 Deaths | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 1,724 Deaths | +7.9% |
| 1988 | 1,818 Deaths | +5.5% |
| 1989 | 1,715 Deaths | -5.7% |
| 1990 | 1,704 Deaths | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 1,796 Deaths | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 1,719 Deaths | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 1,753 Deaths | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 1,717 Deaths | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 1,923 Deaths | +12.0% |
| 1996 | 1,879 Deaths | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 1,843 Deaths | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 1,821 Deaths | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 1,901 Deaths | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 1,828 Deaths | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 1,725 Deaths | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 1,822 Deaths | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 1,826 Deaths | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,824 Deaths | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,837 Deaths | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 1,903 Deaths | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 1,943 Deaths | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 1,987 Deaths | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 2,002 Deaths | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 2,019 Deaths | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 1,988 Deaths | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 1,955 Deaths | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 2,158 Deaths | +10.4% |
| 2014 | 2,048 Deaths | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 2,182 Deaths | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 2,310 Deaths | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 2,239 Deaths | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 2,259 Deaths | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 2,279 Deaths | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 2,309 Deaths | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 2,339 Deaths | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 2,695 Deaths | +15.2% |
| 2023 | 2,574 Deaths | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 2,613 Deaths | +1.5% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 2,613 Deaths is below the median for high income countries, which is 115,390 Deaths, 2% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 2,613 Deaths is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 111,294 Deaths, 2% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,319 Deaths | 1,167 Deaths | 1,450 Deaths | 10 |
| 1970s | 1,447 Deaths | 1,343 Deaths | 1,501 Deaths | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,652 Deaths | 1,538 Deaths | 1,818 Deaths | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,806 Deaths | 1,704 Deaths | 1,923 Deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,870 Deaths | 1,725 Deaths | 2,002 Deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,144 Deaths | 1,955 Deaths | 2,310 Deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,506 Deaths | 2,309 Deaths | 2,695 Deaths | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 33 New Zealand 32,787 Deaths compare
- 34 Costa Rica 28,995 Deaths compare
- 35 Luxembourg 4,153 Deaths compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is causes of mortality in Iceland?
- Causes of mortality in Iceland was 2,613 Deaths in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 2,695 Deaths in 2022.
- What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,167 Deaths in 1960.
- How does Iceland rank for causes of mortality?
- Iceland ranks 36th out of 36 countries with data for 2024.
- Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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.