Causes of mortality in Lithuania
Lithuania: Causes of mortality was 37,453 Deaths in 2024. ▼ Falling
Causes of mortality in Lithuania, 1981–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.
Analysis
In 2024, causes of mortality in Lithuania stood at 37,453 Deaths.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Lithuania peaked at 82,910 Deaths in 1992 and was at its lowest, 37,006 Deaths, in 2023.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 42 years of available data.
Causes of mortality in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | Deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 71,158 Deaths | — |
| 1982 | 70,080 Deaths | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 78,338 Deaths | +11.8% |
| 1986 | 71,576 Deaths | -8.6% |
| 1987 | 73,834 Deaths | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 75,298 Deaths | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 76,300 Deaths | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 79,520 Deaths | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 82,026 Deaths | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 82,910 Deaths | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 46,107 Deaths | -44.4% |
| 1994 | 46,486 Deaths | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 45,306 Deaths | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 42,896 Deaths | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 41,143 Deaths | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 40,757 Deaths | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 40,003 Deaths | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 38,919 Deaths | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 40,399 Deaths | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 41,072 Deaths | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 40,990 Deaths | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 41,340 Deaths | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 43,799 Deaths | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 44,813 Deaths | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 45,624 Deaths | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 43,832 Deaths | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 42,032 Deaths | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 42,120 Deaths | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 41,037 Deaths | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 40,938 Deaths | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 41,511 Deaths | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 40,252 Deaths | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 41,776 Deaths | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 41,106 Deaths | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 40,142 Deaths | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 39,574 Deaths | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 38,281 Deaths | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 43,547 Deaths | +13.8% |
| 2021 | 47,746 Deaths | +9.6% |
| 2022 | 42,884 Deaths | -10.2% |
| 2023 | 37,006 Deaths | -13.7% |
| 2024 | 37,453 Deaths | +1.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Causes of mortality in Lithuania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | -44.4% | 82,910 Deaths | 46,107 Deaths |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 73,798 Deaths | 70,080 Deaths | 78,338 Deaths | 7 |
| 1990s | 54,715 Deaths | 40,003 Deaths | 82,910 Deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,282 Deaths | 38,919 Deaths | 45,624 Deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 40,674 Deaths | 38,281 Deaths | 42,120 Deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,727 Deaths | 37,006 Deaths | 47,746 Deaths | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
- 1 United States 3.09 million Deaths compare
- 1 Türkiye 525,814 Deaths compare
- 2 Russia 1.80 million Deaths compare
- 2 Poland 408,504 Deaths compare
- 3 Croatia 51,275 Deaths compare
- 3 Japan 1.58 million Deaths compare
- 3 Netherlands 172,165 Deaths compare
- 4 Brazil 1.47 million Deaths compare
- 5 Germany 1.03 million Deaths compare
- 5 Latvia 26,316 Deaths compare
- 6 Slovenia 21,506 Deaths compare
- 6 Mexico 778,865 Deaths compare
- 7 Estonia 15,530 Deaths compare
- 7 Italy 666,131 Deaths compare
More health data for Lithuania
- Mortality, morbidity and welfare cost from exposure to 0.458 Per 1 000 inhabitants (2019)
- Available beds in hospitals by NUTS 2 region 15,468 Number (2024)
- Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region 2.9 Rate (2024)
- Life expectancy by age, sex and NUTS 2 region 77.5 Year (2024)
- Infant mortality by NUTS 2 region 56 Number (2024)
- Life expectancy — Life expectancy difference -8.6 Years (2024)
- Infant health: low birthweight 4.3 Percentage of live births (2024)
- Life expectancy — Life expectancy difference 8.6 Years (2024)
- Life expectancy 77.5 Years (2024)
- Health personnel by NUTS 2 region - historical data 12,529 Number (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is causes of mortality in Lithuania?
- Causes of mortality in Lithuania was 37,453 Deaths in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 82,910 Deaths in 1992.
- What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 37,006 Deaths in 2023.
- How does Lithuania rank for causes of mortality?
- Lithuania ranks 4th out of 7 countries with data for 2024.
- Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.