WORLDHEALTHRANKINGS
live longer live better
Learn Think Feel Do
WorldHealthRankings
<

World Health Review

Norway
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
NORWAY VS SURINAME

Compare Norway and Suriname health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Suriname
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Norway Population Pyramid
6,600,338
Choose Year
Play
Pause
Suriname Population Pyramid
680,234
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Suriname SURINAME
  Norway NORWAY   Suriname SURINAME
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
71.3
75.9
73.6
2
1
1
  
58.0
61.7
59.8
64
63
63
1970
71.0
77.3
74.1
2
1
2
  
61.2
65.7
63.4
66
66
65
1980
72.3
79.2
75.7
5
2
4
  
64.0
69.0
66.4
71
73
74
1990
73.4
79.8
76.5
13
10
13
  
65.9
71.0
68.4
79
85
84
2000
75.7
81.3
78.5
12
10
12
  
64.2
70.8
67.4
109
105
107
2010
78.8
83.1
81.0
12
13
12
  
67.1
73.6
70.3
105
104
104
2019
81.1
84.1
82.6
5
14
10
  
68.5
74.6
71.5
117
107
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Suriname SURINAME
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.1
84.1
5
14
68.5
74.6
117
107
Age
81.1
84.1
5
14
68.5
74.6
117
107
Age 5
81.3
84.3
5
16
69.9
75.8
124
110
Age 10
81.3
84.3
5
16
70.0
75.9
124
111
Age 15
81.4
84.4
5
16
70.1
76.0
128
110
Age 20
81.4
84.4
5
16
70.3
76.2
129
110
Age 25
81.5
84.5
5
16
70.6
76.3
130
110
Age 30
81.7
84.5
4
17
71.2
76.6
128
109
Age 35
81.9
84.6
6
16
71.7
77.1
125
106
Age 40
82.0
84.7
6
18
72.2
77.5
128
106
Age 45
82.2
84.8
7
18
72.8
77.9
129
105
Age 50
82.5
85.0
8
18
73.6
78.6
134
101
Age 55
82.9
85.3
10
21
74.6
79.2
141
102
Age 60
83.5
85.8
11
22
76.4
80.5
137
101
Age 65
84.2
86.3
13
24
78.2
81.7
138
100
Age 70
85.3
87.1
13
25
80.3
83.0
141
102
Age 75
86.6
88.1
19
28
82.6
85.0
161
100
Age 80
88.3
89.4
28
28
85.5
87.1
165
115
Age 85
90.5
91.2
51
49
89.1
89.8
161
147
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Suriname SURINAME
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40.10
172
123.28
75
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
28.94
12
23.53
21
3. Lung Cancers
22.09
40
18.83
60
4. Lung Disease
21.82
92
18.00
115
5. Prostate Cancer
20.99
58
39.62
15
6. Stroke
18.16
178
117.53
47
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.79
21
13.75
35
8. Breast Cancer
12.94
132
18.46
72
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.78
150
32.82
81
10. Suicide
9.91
71
25.89
6
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.20
41
4.88
66
12. Ovary Cancer
6.01
31
4.45
92
13. Lymphomas
5.70
56
4.23
110
14. Falls
5.70
88
6.60
76
15. Diabetes Mellitus
4.85
170
53.75
34
16. Other Injuries
4.72
137
13.07
35
17. Drug Use
4.45
11
1.30
86
18. Kidney Disease
4.28
175
52.54
9
19. Parkinson's Disease
4.23
84
5.52
34
20. Skin Cancers
3.96
14
0.19
175
21. Leukemia
3.34
107
3.60
91
22. Endocrine Disorders
3.19
105
6.72
43
23. Stomach Cancer
3.15
152
4.64
121
24. Bladder Cancer
2.80
62
1.06
154
25. Liver Cancer
2.59
176
8.43
44
26. Cervical Cancer
2.52
157
16.24
50
27. Other Neoplasms
2.47
43
0.52
87
28. Congenital Anomalies
2.44
169
5.78
93
29. Liver Disease
2.41
179
24.32
79
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2.37
94
0.42
179
31. Alcohol
2.35
51
2.81
41
32. Uterin Cancer
2.29
94
1.81
120
33. Inflammatory/Heart
2.10
162
6.86
52
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.76
179
15.53
92
35. Oral Cancer
1.64
151
2.80
90
36. Hypertension
1.54
181
25.66
56
37. Epilepsy
1.48
100
3.21
25
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.30
139
5.41
54
39. Multiple Sclerosis
1.29
2
0.18
104
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.92
138
5.98
77
41. Drownings
0.90
152
4.80
29
42. Malnutrition
0.87
105
2.50
80
43. Skin Disease
0.85
116
10.27
2
44. Asthma
0.64
151
2.86
101
45. Low Birth Weight
0.57
179
6.28
74
46. Violence
0.56
175
5.85
82
47. Fires
0.54
136
2.29
68
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.50
52
0.24
109
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.47
158
1.15
108
50. Anemia
0.45
28
0.00
163
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Norway NORWAY   Suriname SURINAME
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,321
15.60
650
16.05
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,464
13.09
117
2.89
3. Lung Disease
2,723
7.98
93
2.30
4. Stroke
2,475
7.26
615
15.19
5. Lung Cancers
2,320
6.80
102
2.52
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,797
5.27
171
4.22
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,787
5.24
72
1.78
8. Prostate Cancer
1,172
3.44
78
1.93
9. Falls
777
2.28
34
0.84
10. Pancreas Cancer
770
2.26
26
0.64
11. Breast Cancer
698
2.05
55
1.36
12. Lymphomas
646
1.89
23
0.57
13. Suicide
633
1.86
148
3.65
14. Kidney Disease
611
1.79
281
6.94
15. Other Injuries
583
1.71
73
1.80
16. Diabetes Mellitus
560
1.64
286
7.06
17. Parkinson's Disease
554
1.62
28
0.69
18. Skin Cancers
407
1.19
1
0.02
19. Endocrine Disorders
359
1.05
37
0.91
20. Bladder Cancer
356
1.04
5
0.12
21. Leukemia
354
1.04
20
0.49
22. Stomach Cancer
343
1.01
25
0.62
23. Other Neoplasms
324
0.95
3
0.07
24. Ovary Cancer
309
0.91
14
0.35
25. Drug Use
264
0.77
7
0.17
26. Liver Cancer
259
0.76
45
1.11
27. Oesophagus Cancer
248
0.73
2
0.05
28. Hypertension
230
0.67
134
3.31
29. Inflammatory/Heart
221
0.65
37
0.91
30. Liver Disease
214
0.63
134
3.31
31. Alcohol
205
0.60
16
0.40
32. Oral Cancer
168
0.49
16
0.40
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
160
0.47
29
0.72
34. Congenital Anomalies
136
0.40
40
0.99
35. Malnutrition
135
0.40
13
0.32
36. Uterin Cancer
134
0.39
5
0.12
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
128
0.38
31
0.77
38. Skin Disease
128
0.38
53
1.31
39. Cervical Cancer
125
0.37
48
1.19
40. Epilepsy
119
0.35
18
0.44
41. Multiple Sclerosis
119
0.35
1
0.02
42. Road Traffic Accidents
114
0.33
89
2.20
43. Asthma
85
0.25
16
0.40
44. Anemia
75
0.22
0
0.00
45. Drownings
65
0.19
28
0.69
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
61
0.18
6
0.15
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
60
0.18
1
0.02
48. Fires
45
0.13
13
0.32
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
32
0.09
0
0.00
50. Violence
32
0.09
34
0.84
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Norway NORWAY   Suriname SURINAME
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
22.09
40
18.83
60
2. Prostate Cancer
20.99
58
39.62
15
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.79
21
13.75
35
4. Breast Cancer
12.94
132
18.46
72
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.20
41
4.88
66
6. Ovary Cancer
6.01
31
4.45
92
7. Lymphomas
5.70
56
4.23
110
8. Skin Cancers
3.96
14
0.19
175
9. Leukemia
3.34
107
3.60
91
10. Stomach Cancer
3.15
152
4.64
121
11. Bladder Cancer
2.80
62
1.06
154
12. Liver Cancer
2.59
176
8.43
44
13. Cervical Cancer
2.52
157
16.24
50
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.37
94
0.42
179
15. Uterin Cancer
2.29
94
1.81
120
16. Oral Cancer
1.64
151
2.80
90
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.