Czechia vs Iceland: Autopsy rate

Czechia

13.7%

in 2020

Iceland

12.0%

in 2020

Czechia rank

11th

Iceland rank

14th

Autopsy rate over time

Czechia
Iceland

How they compare

Czechia currently reports 13.7% against 12.0% in Iceland, a difference of 1.7%.

That makes Czechia's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Czechia ahead.

Czechia ranks 11th and Iceland ranks 14th of 39 countries.

Individual pages

Autopsy rate in Czechia
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.