Bulgaria vs Switzerland: Autopsy rate

Bulgaria
2.9%
in 2020
Switzerland
3.5%
in 2019
Bulgaria rank
30th
Switzerland rank
29th

Autopsy rate over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Switzerland
510152025198020002020

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 3.5% against 2.9% in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.6%.

That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.2 times Bulgaria's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Switzerland ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 30th and Switzerland ranks 29th of 39 countries.

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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
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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.