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Saudi Arabia
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

Compare Saudi Arabia and Greece 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.

Greece
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
Saudi Arabia Population Pyramid
44,562,484
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Greece Population Pyramid
9,029,254
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Greece GREECE
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Greece GREECE
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
43.6
45.8
44.7
120
122
119
 
67.3
70.5
68.9
15
32
24
1970
50.9
53.8
52.3
112
113
114
 
70.1
73.6
71.8
5
24
12
1980
60.2
62.6
61.4
91
101
95
 
72.3
76.5
74.4
7
17
9
1990
66.4
69.7
68.0
72
94
90
 
74.5
79.5
76.9
5
11
6
2000
71.0
74.4
72.6
46
73
58
 
75.4
81.1
78.2
15
12
14
2010
72.4
75.1
73.7
56
94
74
 
77.7
82.9
80.3
19
17
19
2019
73.1
76.1
74.3
68
96
84
 
78.6
83.6
81.1
27
23
28
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Greece GREECE
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.1
76.1
68
96
78.6
83.6
27
23
Age 5
73.6
76.6
73
101
79.0
83.9
30
25
Age 10
73.7
76.7
73
101
79.0
83.9
30
25
Age 15
73.7
76.8
75
101
79.0
83.9
30
25
Age 20
73.9
76.9
75
101
79.1
84.0
30
26
Age 25
74.3
77.0
74
103
79.3
84.0
30
26
Age 30
74.7
77.3
74
102
79.4
84.1
31
26
Age 35
75.1
77.5
74
101
79.6
84.2
32
26
Age 40
75.6
77.9
75
101
79.8
84.3
32
27
Age 45
76.2
78.3
75
99
80.1
84.4
33
27
Age 50
77.0
78.9
73
99
80.5
84.7
32
27
Age 55
78.0
79.8
69
98
81.1
85.0
33
27
Age 60
79.3
80.8
66
96
82.1
85.5
33
28
Age 65
80.8
82.0
68
95
83.4
86.1
31
27
Age 70
82.6
83.5
65
92
84.8
86.8
25
29
Age 75
84.8
85.4
63
89
86.7
87.9
18
32
Age 80
87.4
87.7
62
90
88.7
89.1
14
41
Age 85
90.2
90.3
65
96
91.2
90.9
14
59
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Greece GREECE
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
200.97
29
63.02
148
2. Stroke
95.93
76
35.72
144
3. Kidney Disease
50.63
11
12.11
134
4. Road Traffic Accidents
36.13
34
6.68
140
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
30.87
82
18.43
121
6. Liver Disease
26.88
69
3.87
173
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.52
41
9.74
156
8. Diabetes Mellitus
20.15
108
4.49
173
9. Falls
18.92
3
3.05
146
10. Lung Disease
17.85
118
13.43
149
11. Other Injuries
11.16
53
6.19
117
12. Breast Cancer
8.30
174
18.29
75
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.19
116
11.20
59
14. Congenital Anomalies
6.23
82
2.37
171
15. Inflammatory/Heart
6.16
64
3.67
117
16. Parkinson's Disease
5.96
25
6.56
16
17. Asthma
5.94
80
0.09
183
18. Endocrine Disorders
5.93
55
2.60
127
19. Suicide
5.43
133
3.63
156
20. Liver Cancer
4.82
104
5.75
83
21. Uterin Cancer
4.67
22
2.71
72
22. Hypertension
4.28
160
7.48
146
23. Lung Cancers
4.27
144
30.95
12
24. Skin Disease
3.68
23
0.17
172
25. Lymphomas
3.45
135
4.87
84
26. Leukemia
3.26
112
5.01
18
27. Ovary Cancer
2.77
152
4.63
80
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.55
98
0.21
175
29. Fires
2.54
65
0.54
137
30. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
130
7.43
32
31. Tuberculosis
2.44
101
0.25
154
32. Prostate Cancer
2.36
179
12.42
122
33. Low Birth Weight
2.33
140
2.25
143
34. Drownings
2.28
101
2.08
114
35. Violence
2.14
130
0.86
160
36. Epilepsy
2.13
57
0.99
136
37. Drug Use
2.02
44
1.95
47
38. Stomach Cancer
1.90
176
5.85
95
39. Oral Cancer
1.85
142
1.84
143
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.68
128
1.60
129
41. Cervical Cancer
1.58
177
2.16
164
42. Oesophagus Cancer
1.28
142
1.06
153
43. Bladder Cancer
1.17
145
5.01
9
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.01
119
0.29
171
45. Meningitis
0.94
83
0.21
155
46. Encephalitis
0.83
38
0.01
162
47. Birth Trauma
0.81
132
0.28
174
48. Poisonings
0.74
78
0.14
161
49. Malnutrition
0.50
115
0.00
180
50. HIV/AIDS
0.50
124
0.38
129
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Greece GREECE
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
39,037
29.13
21,124
20.92
2. Stroke
16,793
12.53
14,077
13.94
3. Road Traffic Accidents
12,317
9.19
870
0.86
4. Kidney Disease
9,051
6.75
4,759
4.71
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,132
4.58
8,282
8.20
6. Falls
5,340
3.99
1,245
1.23
7. Liver Disease
4,931
3.68
809
0.80
8. Other Injuries
4,004
2.99
1,453
1.44
9. Diabetes Mellitus
3,890
2.90
1,266
1.25
10. Lung Disease
2,842
2.12
5,526
5.47
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,442
1.82
3,940
3.90
12. Congenital Anomalies
2,307
1.72
174
0.17
13. Suicide
2,046
1.53
533
0.53
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,630
1.22
3,264
3.23
15. Endocrine Disorders
1,447
1.08
526
0.52
16. Inflammatory/Heart
1,342
1.00
725
0.72
17. Asthma
1,168
0.87
27
0.03
18. Low Birth Weight
989
0.74
127
0.13
19. Leukemia
925
0.69
1,354
1.34
20. Breast Cancer
908
0.68
2,520
2.50
21. Liver Cancer
845
0.63
1,566
1.55
22. Hypertension
834
0.62
2,922
2.89
23. Fires
825
0.62
146
0.14
24. Drownings
821
0.61
435
0.43
25. Parkinson's Disease
776
0.58
2,646
2.62
26. Lung Cancers
775
0.58
7,355
7.28
27. Tuberculosis
752
0.56
66
0.07
28. Lymphomas
716
0.53
1,268
1.26
29. Epilepsy
694
0.52
249
0.25
30. Violence
646
0.48
104
0.10
31. Pancreas Cancer
526
0.39
1,904
1.89
32. Skin Disease
516
0.39
56
0.06
33. Drug Use
491
0.37
193
0.19
34. Oral Cancer
465
0.35
440
0.44
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
457
0.34
95
0.09
36. Stomach Cancer
389
0.29
1,535
1.52
37. Birth Trauma
343
0.26
17
0.02
38. Uterin Cancer
323
0.24
373
0.37
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
280
0.21
100
0.10
40. Poisonings
279
0.21
19
0.02
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
275
0.21
611
0.61
42. Ovary Cancer
247
0.18
557
0.55
43. Encephalitis
234
0.17
1
0.00
44. Oesophagus Cancer
229
0.17
246
0.24
45. Meningitis
227
0.17
33
0.03
46. Bladder Cancer
214
0.16
1,551
1.54
47. HIV/AIDS
192
0.14
47
0.05
48. Maternal Conditions
172
0.13
2
0.00
49. Cervical Cancer
157
0.12
243
0.24
50. Prostate Cancer
148
0.11
2,023
2.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Saudi Arabia SAUDI ARABIA   Greece GREECE
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
8.30
174
18.29
75
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.19
116
11.20
59
3. Liver Cancer
4.82
104
5.75
83
4. Uterin Cancer
4.67
22
2.71
72
5. Lung Cancers
4.27
144
30.95
12
6. Lymphomas
3.45
135
4.87
84
7. Leukemia
3.26
112
5.01
18
8. Ovary Cancer
2.77
152
4.63
80
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.49
130
7.43
32
10. Prostate Cancer
2.36
179
12.42
122
11. Stomach Cancer
1.90
176
5.85
95
12. Oral Cancer
1.85
142
1.84
143
13. Cervical Cancer
1.58
177
2.16
164
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.28
142
1.06
153
15. Bladder Cancer
1.17
145
5.01
9
16. Skin Cancers
0.27
169
1.61
110
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.