Iceland vs Sweden: Autopsy rate

Iceland

12.0%

in 2020

Sweden

8.9%

in 2020

Iceland rank

14th

Sweden rank

16th

Autopsy rate over time

Iceland
Sweden

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 12.0% against 8.9% in Sweden, a difference of 3.1%.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.3 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Sweden ahead.

Iceland ranks 14th and Sweden ranks 16th of 39 countries.

Individual pages

Autopsy rate in Iceland
Autopsy rate in Sweden
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.