Austria vs Iceland: Autopsy rate

Austria

8.6%

in 2020

Iceland

12.0%

in 2020

Austria rank

17th

Iceland rank

14th

Autopsy rate over time

Austria
Iceland

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 12.0% against 8.6% in Austria, a difference of 3.4%.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.4 times Austria's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Iceland ahead.

Austria ranks 17th and Iceland ranks 14th of 39 countries.

Individual pages

Autopsy rate in Austria
Autopsy rate in Iceland
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Autopsy rate
Unit: %
Source: Paratz et al. (2023); World Health Organization (2022) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 39 places, 1,121 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The share of all deaths for which an autopsy was performed. Autopsies may be used to determine the cause of sudden deaths; when there is a lack of doctors and nurses, medical records, or death certificate training; or for other legal or cultural reasons.