Statizoid

Norway vs Slovakia: Autopsy rate

Norway
8.0%
in 2020
Slovakia
8.6%
in 2021
Norway rank
19th
Slovakia rank
17th

Autopsy rate over time

  • Norway
  • Slovakia
510152025198020002021

How they compare

Slovakia currently reports 8.6% against 8.0% in Norway, a difference of 0.6%.

That makes Slovakia's figure about 1.1 times Norway's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Slovakia ahead.

Norway ranks 19th and Slovakia ranks 17th 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
Last refreshed

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.