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Countries by Death Rate

Deaths per 1,000 people per year.

213 of 240 countries and territories have a published value for this indicator.

#1 Monaco
20.1 per 1,000
Europe
World Bank, 2024
#2 Bulgaria
15.6 per 1,000
Europe
World Bank, 2024
#3 Serbia
14.9 per 1,000
Europe
World Bank, 2024
Median country
7.2 per 1,000
Across 213 ranked countries

Full Ranking (213 Countries)

Countries with no published value are excluded rather than ranked last. Sort any column, filter by continent, or export as CSV.

213 countries
Values are the most recent published observation per country, so the year varies. The trend column shows each country's population from 1950 to 2025 (top 25 rows only, to keep the page light) — it is context, not the ranked measure.
1Monaco20.1 per 1,000
2Bulgaria15.6 per 1,000
3Serbia14.9 per 1,000
4Latvia14.3 per 1,000
5Moldova13.8 per 1,000
6Ukraine13.6 per 1,000
7Bosnia and Herzegovina13.5 per 1,000
8Hungary13.4 per 1,000
9Japan13.3 per 1,000
10Croatia13.2 per 1,000
11Belarus13.1 per 1,000
12Lithuania13.0 per 1,000
13Romania12.8 per 1,000
14Dominica12.6 per 1,000
15Russia12.4 per 1,000
16Germany12.1 per 1,000
16Greece12.1 per 1,000
18Georgia11.8 per 1,000
19Palau11.7 per 1,000
20Nigeria11.6 per 1,000
21Saint Vincent11.5 per 1,000
22Estonia11.5 per 1,000
23Poland11.2 per 1,000
24Portugal11.1 per 1,000
24North Macedonia11.1 per 1,000
26Chad11.1 per 1,000
27Italy11.0 per 1,000
28Isle of Man10.6 per 1,000
29Lesotho10.5 per 1,000
30Finland10.4 per 1,000
31Cuba10.4 per 1,000
32Czech Republic10.3 per 1,000
32Puerto Rico10.3 per 1,000
34Barbados10.2 per 1,000
35Montenegro10.2 per 1,000
36Slovenia10.1 per 1,000
36Curaçao10.1 per 1,000
38Mauritius10.0 per 1,000
39Uruguay9.9 per 1,000
40Slovakia9.9 per 1,000
41North Korea9.9 per 1,000
42South Sudan9.8 per 1,000
43Somalia9.7 per 1,000
44United Kingdom9.7 per 1,000
45Netherlands9.6 per 1,000
45Austria9.6 per 1,000
47Fiji9.5 per 1,000
48Belgium9.5 per 1,000
48Denmark9.5 per 1,000
50France9.4 per 1,000
51Central African Republic9.4 per 1,000
52Greenland9.3 per 1,000
53Tuvalu9.3 per 1,000
54South Africa9.2 per 1,000
55U.S. Virgin Islands9.2 per 1,000
56Myanmar9.2 per 1,000
57Thailand9.0 per 1,000
58Guinea9.0 per 1,000
59Bermuda9.0 per 1,000
60United States9.0 per 1,000
61Grenada8.9 per 1,000
62Spain8.9 per 1,000
63Bahamas8.8 per 1,000
64Trinidad and Tobago8.7 per 1,000
65Niger8.7 per 1,000
66Saint Lucia8.7 per 1,000
67Benin8.7 per 1,000
68Sweden8.6 per 1,000
69Mali8.5 per 1,000
70Togo8.5 per 1,000
71Albania8.5 per 1,000
72DR Congo8.4 per 1,000
73Armenia8.4 per 1,000
74Sint Maarten8.3 per 1,000
75Sierra Leone8.2 per 1,000
76Jamaica8.2 per 1,000
77Faroe Islands8.2 per 1,000
78Liberia8.0 per 1,000
79Switzerland8.0 per 1,000
80Burkina Faso7.9 per 1,000
81Canada7.9 per 1,000
81Norway7.9 per 1,000
83Equatorial Guinea7.9 per 1,000
84Haiti7.8 per 1,000
85Sri Lanka7.8 per 1,000
86Aruba7.8 per 1,000
87China7.8 per 1,000
88Argentina7.7 per 1,000
89Eswatini7.7 per 1,000
90Micronesia7.7 per 1,000
91Venezuela7.7 per 1,000
92Indonesia7.6 per 1,000
93Ivory Coast7.6 per 1,000
94Nauru7.6 per 1,000
95Liechtenstein7.5 per 1,000
95San Marino7.5 per 1,000
97Zimbabwe7.5 per 1,000
98Djibouti7.5 per 1,000
99Guyana7.5 per 1,000
100Madagascar7.5 per 1,000
101El Salvador7.5 per 1,000
102Turks and Caicos7.4 per 1,000
103Malta7.3 per 1,000
104American Samoa7.3 per 1,000
105Timor-Leste7.2 per 1,000
106Kenya7.2 per 1,000
107Bolivia7.2 per 1,000
108Marshall Islands7.1 per 1,000
109New Zealand7.1 per 1,000
110Comoros7.1 per 1,000
111Brazil7.1 per 1,000
112Kiribati7.1 per 1,000
113Cameroon7.0 per 1,000
114Antigua and Barbuda7.0 per 1,000
115Cyprus7.0 per 1,000
116Ghana7.0 per 1,000
116Guinea-Bissau7.0 per 1,000
118South Korea7.0 per 1,000
118Hong Kong7.0 per 1,000
118Seychelles7.0 per 1,000
121Nepal7.0 per 1,000
122Guam6.9 per 1,000
123Mozambique6.9 per 1,000
124Australia6.9 per 1,000
125Suriname6.8 per 1,000
126Angola6.8 per 1,000
127Iceland6.8 per 1,000
128Kazakhstan6.7 per 1,000
129Burundi6.7 per 1,000
130Vietnam6.6 per 1,000
131Luxembourg6.6 per 1,000
132Gibraltar6.6 per 1,000
133India6.6 per 1,000
134Chile6.6 per 1,000
135Papua New Guinea6.6 per 1,000
136Libya6.5 per 1,000
137Ireland6.5 per 1,000
138Cambodia6.5 per 1,000
139Pakistan6.4 per 1,000
140Tonga6.4 per 1,000
141Philippines6.4 per 1,000
142Sudan6.3 per 1,000
143New Caledonia6.3 per 1,000
144Dominican Republic6.2 per 1,000
144Gambia6.2 per 1,000
146Congo6.2 per 1,000
147Gabon6.2 per 1,000
148Mexico6.2 per 1,000
149Laos6.2 per 1,000
150Namibia6.2 per 1,000
151Samoa6.2 per 1,000
152Andorra6.1 per 1,000
153Tunisia6.1 per 1,000
154Bhutan6.1 per 1,000
155British Virgin Islands6.0 per 1,000
156Lebanon6.0 per 1,000
157Uzbekistan6.0 per 1,000
158Singapore6.0 per 1,000
159Eritrea6.0 per 1,000
160Rwanda5.9 per 1,000
161Ethiopia5.9 per 1,000
162State of Palestine5.9 per 1,000
163Turkmenistan5.8 per 1,000
164Azerbaijan5.8 per 1,000
165Botswana5.7 per 1,000
166Morocco5.7 per 1,000
167Tanzania5.7 per 1,000
168Afghanistan5.7 per 1,000
169Turkey5.7 per 1,000
170Paraguay5.7 per 1,000
171Peru5.6 per 1,000
172Costa Rica5.6 per 1,000
173Sao Tome and Principe5.5 per 1,000
174Egypt5.5 per 1,000
175Senegal5.5 per 1,000
176Mongolia5.5 per 1,000
177Colombia5.5 per 1,000
178Mauritania5.4 per 1,000
179Brunei5.3 per 1,000
180Israel5.3 per 1,000
181Malawi5.3 per 1,000
182Malaysia5.3 per 1,000
183Ecuador5.2 per 1,000
184Zambia5.2 per 1,000
185Bangladesh5.1 per 1,000
186Cape Verde5.1 per 1,000
187Solomon Islands5.1 per 1,000
188Vanuatu5.0 per 1,000
189Northern Mariana Islands5.0 per 1,000
190Belize5.0 per 1,000
191Syria4.9 per 1,000
192Panama4.9 per 1,000
193Cayman Islands4.9 per 1,000
194Guatemala4.9 per 1,000
195Uganda4.8 per 1,000
196Iran4.8 per 1,000
197Yemen4.7 per 1,000
198Nicaragua4.6 per 1,000
199Algeria4.6 per 1,000
200Tajikistan4.6 per 1,000
201Honduras4.5 per 1,000
202Kyrgyzstan4.4 per 1,000
203Iraq4.2 per 1,000
204French Polynesia3.8 per 1,000
205Macao3.6 per 1,000
206Jordan3.1 per 1,000
207Maldives2.4 per 1,000
208Saudi Arabia2.3 per 1,000
209Bahrain2.2 per 1,000
210Oman1.9 per 1,000
211Kuwait1.5 per 1,000
212Qatar1.1 per 1,000
213United Arab Emirates1.0 per 1,000

Top 10

The ten highest-ranked countries by death rate.

Top ten countries by death rate
NameDeath Rate
Monaco20.1
Bulgaria15.6
Serbia14.9
Latvia14.3
Moldova13.8
Ukraine13.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina13.5
Hungary13.4
Japan13.3
Croatia13.2

By Continent

Mean of country values within each continent — an unweighted average, so a small country counts the same as a large one.

Average death rate by continent
NameValueShare
Europe1123.2%
North America7.917.4%
Africa7.316.0%
Oceania7.015.4%
South America6.915.2%
Asia5.812.8%

Average by continent

About This Data

Definition

Deaths per 1,000 people per year.

Coverage and vintage

213 of 240 countries and territories report this indicator. Each value is the latest published observation for that country — the year column shows which. The leading value is World Bank, 2024.