Causes of mortality in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Causes of mortality was 4,153 Deaths in 2024. ▼ Falling
Causes of mortality in Luxembourg, 1967–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.
Analysis
In 2024, causes of mortality in Luxembourg stood at 4,153 Deaths.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Luxembourg peaked at 4,493 Deaths in 1976 and was at its lowest, 3,424 Deaths, in 2004.
Luxembourg ranks 35th of 36 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 58 years of available data.
Causes of mortality in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | Deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 4,154 Deaths | — |
| 1968 | 4,112 Deaths | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 4,178 Deaths | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 4,156 Deaths | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 4,402 Deaths | +5.9% |
| 1972 | 4,122 Deaths | -6.4% |
| 1973 | 4,178 Deaths | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 4,288 Deaths | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 4,375 Deaths | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 4,493 Deaths | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 4,063 Deaths | -9.6% |
| 1978 | 4,183 Deaths | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 3,995 Deaths | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 4,134 Deaths | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 4,160 Deaths | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 4,145 Deaths | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 4,163 Deaths | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 4,098 Deaths | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 4,080 Deaths | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 4,014 Deaths | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 4,065 Deaths | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 3,907 Deaths | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 4,018 Deaths | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 3,833 Deaths | -4.6% |
| 1991 | 3,830 Deaths | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 3,880 Deaths | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 3,916 Deaths | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 3,727 Deaths | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 3,700 Deaths | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 3,839 Deaths | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 3,766 Deaths | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 3,743 Deaths | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 3,612 Deaths | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 3,623 Deaths | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 3,587 Deaths | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 3,603 Deaths | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 3,930 Deaths | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 3,424 Deaths | -12.9% |
| 2005 | 3,481 Deaths | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 3,623 Deaths | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 3,691 Deaths | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 3,434 Deaths | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 3,530 Deaths | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 3,621 Deaths | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 3,722 Deaths | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 3,721 Deaths | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 3,671 Deaths | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 3,705 Deaths | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 3,839 Deaths | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 3,858 Deaths | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 4,012 Deaths | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 4,003 Deaths | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 4,008 Deaths | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 4,348 Deaths | +8.5% |
| 2021 | 4,217 Deaths | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 4,153 Deaths | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 4,115 Deaths | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 4,153 Deaths | +0.9% |
Luxembourg compared with similar countries
- Luxembourg's 4,153 Deaths is below the median for high income countries, which is 115,390 Deaths, 4% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Luxembourg's 4,153 Deaths is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 111,294 Deaths, 4% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,148 Deaths | 4,112 Deaths | 4,178 Deaths | 3 |
| 1970s | 4,226 Deaths | 3,995 Deaths | 4,493 Deaths | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,078 Deaths | 3,907 Deaths | 4,163 Deaths | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,785 Deaths | 3,612 Deaths | 3,916 Deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,593 Deaths | 3,424 Deaths | 3,930 Deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,816 Deaths | 3,621 Deaths | 4,012 Deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,197 Deaths | 4,115 Deaths | 4,348 Deaths | 5 |
Countries ranked near Luxembourg
- 32 Ireland 35,598 Deaths compare
- 33 New Zealand 32,787 Deaths compare
- 34 Costa Rica 28,995 Deaths compare
- 36 Iceland 2,613 Deaths compare
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- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0253 units per person (2025)
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- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is causes of mortality in Luxembourg?
- Causes of mortality in Luxembourg was 4,153 Deaths in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 4,493 Deaths in 1976.
- What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,424 Deaths in 2004.
- How does Luxembourg rank for causes of mortality?
- Luxembourg ranks 35th out of 36 countries with data for 2024.
- Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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.