Causes of mortality in Switzerland
Switzerland: Causes of mortality was 71,822 Deaths in 2023. β² Rising
Causes of mortality in Switzerland, 1960β2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.
Analysis
In 2023, causes of mortality in Switzerland stood at 71,822 Deaths.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Switzerland peaked at 76,195 Deaths in 2020 and was at its lowest, 51,004 Deaths, in 1961.
Switzerland ranks 27th of 36 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,069 Deaths | 51,004 Deaths | 58,002 Deaths | 10 |
| 1970s | 56,868 Deaths | 55,658 Deaths | 57,856 Deaths | 10 |
| 1980s | 59,815 Deaths | 58,602 Deaths | 60,882 Deaths | 10 |
| 1990s | 62,715 Deaths | 61,987 Deaths | 63,739 Deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 61,501 Deaths | 60,180 Deaths | 63,070 Deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,214 Deaths | 62,089 Deaths | 67,780 Deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 73,408 Deaths | 71,192 Deaths | 76,195 Deaths | 4 |
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- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 50,404 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 46,962 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 48,830 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 45,585 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is causes of mortality in Switzerland?
- Causes of mortality in Switzerland was 71,822 Deaths in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 76,195 Deaths in 2020.
- What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 51,004 Deaths in 1961.
- How does Switzerland rank for causes of mortality?
- Switzerland ranks 27th out of 36 countries with data for 2023.
- Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.