Hungary vs Romania: Potential years of life lost

Hungary
6,412 Years per 100 000 persons
in 2024
Romania
7,250 Years per 100 000 persons
in 2023
Hungary rank
9th
Romania rank
6th

Potential years of life lost over time

  • Hungary
  • Romania
05.0k10.0k15.0k196019922024

How they compare

Romania currently reports 7,250 Years per 100 000 persons against 6,412 Years per 100 000 persons in Hungary, a difference of 838 Years per 100 000 persons.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.1 times Hungary's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Romania ahead.

Hungary ranks 9th and Romania ranks 6th of 36 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Hungary averaged higher in 1 and Romania in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Hungary Romania Difference Ahead
1960s 13,230 Years per 100 000 persons 15,722 Years per 100 000 persons 2,492 Years per 100 000 persons Romania
1970s 13,062 Years per 100 000 persons 13,231 Years per 100 000 persons 168.43 Years per 100 000 persons Romania
1980s 13,476 Years per 100 000 persons 15,034 Years per 100 000 persons 1,558 Years per 100 000 persons Romania
1990s 13,325 Years per 100 000 persons 13,314 Years per 100 000 persons 10.8 Years per 100 000 persons Hungary
2000s 10,241 Years per 100 000 persons 10,783 Years per 100 000 persons 542.53 Years per 100 000 persons Romania
2010s 7,591 Years per 100 000 persons 8,370 Years per 100 000 persons 778.62 Years per 100 000 persons Romania
2020s 7,274 Years per 100 000 persons 8,427 Years per 100 000 persons 1,153 Years per 100 000 persons Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher potential years of life lost, Hungary or Romania?
Romania, at 7,250 Years per 100 000 persons against 6,412 Years per 100 000 persons in Hungary as of 2023.
What is the difference in potential years of life lost between Hungary and Romania?
838 Years per 100 000 persons, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hungary and Romania?
55 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2023.
How do Hungary and Romania rank globally for potential years of life lost?
Hungary ranks 9th and Romania ranks 6th 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

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Hungary vs Romania: Potential years of life lost. Statizoid, drawing on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/potential-years-of-life-lost/hungary/romania/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/potential-years-of-life-lost/hungary/romania/">Hungary vs Romania: Potential years of life lost</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Potential years of life lost
Unit
Years per 100 000 persons
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
46 places, 2,490 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.