Australia vs Italy: Potential years of life lost
Potential years of life lost over time
- Australia
- Italy
How they compare
Australia currently reports 3,438 Years per 100 000 persons against 3,080 Years per 100 000 persons in Italy, a difference of 358 Years per 100 000 persons.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Italy ahead.
Australia ranks 28th and Italy ranks 31st of 36 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Italy in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,666 Years per 100 000 persons | 12,603 Years per 100 000 persons | 937.48 Years per 100 000 persons | Italy |
| 1970s | 10,360 Years per 100 000 persons | 9,653 Years per 100 000 persons | 706.98 Years per 100 000 persons | Australia |
| 1980s | 7,638 Years per 100 000 persons | 7,283 Years per 100 000 persons | 355.12 Years per 100 000 persons | Australia |
| 1990s | 5,783 Years per 100 000 persons | 5,858 Years per 100 000 persons | 75.8 Years per 100 000 persons | Italy |
| 2000s | 4,416 Years per 100 000 persons | 4,286 Years per 100 000 persons | 130.77 Years per 100 000 persons | Australia |
| 2010s | 3,684 Years per 100 000 persons | 3,337 Years per 100 000 persons | 346.32 Years per 100 000 persons | Australia |
| 2020s | 3,477 Years per 100 000 persons | 3,212 Years per 100 000 persons | 265.55 Years per 100 000 persons | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potential years of life lost, Australia or Italy?
- Australia, at 3,438 Years per 100 000 persons against 3,080 Years per 100 000 persons in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potential years of life lost between Australia and Italy?
- 358 Years per 100 000 persons, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Italy?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Italy rank globally for potential years of life lost?
- Australia ranks 28th and Italy ranks 31st of 36 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Potential years of life lost. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) is a summary measure of premature mortality which provides an explicit way of weighting deaths occurring at younger ages, which are, a priori, preventable. The calculation of PYLL involves summing up deaths occurring at each age and multiplying this with the number of remaining years to live up to a selected age limit. The limit of 75 years has been chosen for the calculations in OECD Health Statistics. The selected ICD categories presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.