Croatia vs Portugal: Autopsy rate

Croatia

5.6%

in 2019

Portugal

7.0%

in 2019

Croatia rank

24th

Portugal rank

22nd

Autopsy rate over time

Croatia
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 7.0% against 5.6% in Croatia, a difference of 1.4%.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.2 times Croatia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 18 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Croatia ahead.

Croatia ranks 24th and Portugal ranks 22nd of 39 countries.

Individual pages

Autopsy rate in Croatia
Autopsy rate in Portugal
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.