Death Rate by Country

Death Rate by country, shown on a world map with full country rankings. Data covers 217 countries for 2024, sourced from World Bank Open Data.

HighestMonaco20.1

LowestUnited Arab Emirates0.97

Average7.7217 countries

Year2024latest available

💡 Higher crude death rates often reflect older populations rather than poorer health systems.

Top 10 countries

Monaco20.1

Bulgaria15.6

Serbia14.9

Latvia14.3

Moldova13.8

Ukraine13.6

Bosnia and Herzegovina13.5

Hungary13.4

Japan13.3

Croatia13.2

Death Rate: full country ranking (2024)

#	Country	Death Rate
1	Monaco	20.1
2	Bulgaria	15.6
3	Serbia	14.9
4	Latvia	14.3
5	Moldova	13.8
6	Ukraine	13.6
7	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13.5
8	Hungary	13.4
9	Japan	13.3
10	Croatia	13.2
11	Belarus	13.1
12	Lithuania	13
13	Romania	12.8
14	Dominica	12.6
15	Russian Federation	12.4
16	Germany	12.1
17	Greece	12.1
18	Georgia	11.8
19	Palau	11.7
20	Nigeria	11.6
21	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	11.5
22	Estonia	11.5
23	Poland	11.2
24	North Macedonia	11.1
25	Portugal	11.1
26	Chad	11.1
27	Italy	11
28	Isle of Man	10.6
29	Lesotho	10.5
30	Channel Islands	10.4
31	Finland	10.4
32	Cuba	10.4
33	Czechia	10.3
34	Puerto Rico (US)	10.3
35	Barbados	10.2
36	Montenegro	10.2
37	Curacao	10.1
38	Slovenia	10.1
39	Mauritius	10
40	St. Kitts and Nevis	10
41	Uruguay	9.9
42	Slovak Republic	9.9
43	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	9.9
44	South Sudan	9.8
45	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	9.7
46	United Kingdom	9.7
47	St. Martin (French part)	9.7
48	Austria	9.6
49	Netherlands	9.6
50	Fiji	9.5
51	Belgium	9.5
52	Denmark	9.5
53	France	9.4
54	Central African Republic	9.4
55	Greenland	9.3
56	Tuvalu	9.3
57	South Africa	9.2
58	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	9.2
59	Myanmar	9.2
60	Thailand	9
61	Guinea	9
62	Bermuda	9
63	United States	9
64	Grenada	8.9
65	Spain	8.9
66	Bahamas, The	8.8
67	Trinidad and Tobago	8.7
68	Niger	8.7
69	St. Lucia	8.7
70	Benin	8.7
71	Sweden	8.6
72	Mali	8.5
73	Togo	8.5
74	Albania	8.5
75	Congo, Dem. Rep.	8.4
76	Armenia	8.4
77	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	8.3
78	Sierra Leone	8.2
79	Jamaica	8.2
80	Faroe Islands	8.2
81	Liberia	8
82	Switzerland	8
83	Burkina Faso	7.9
84	Canada	7.9
85	Norway	7.9
86	Equatorial Guinea	7.9
87	Haiti	7.8
88	Sri Lanka	7.8
89	Aruba	7.8
90	China	7.8
91	Argentina	7.7
92	Eswatini	7.7
93	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	7.7
94	Venezuela, RB	7.7
95	Indonesia	7.6
96	Cote d'Ivoire	7.6
97	Nauru	7.6
98	Liechtenstein	7.5
99	San Marino	7.5
100	Zimbabwe	7.5
101	Djibouti	7.5
102	Guyana	7.5
103	Madagascar	7.5
104	El Salvador	7.5
105	Turks and Caicos Islands	7.4
106	Malta	7.3
107	American Samoa	7.3
108	Timor-Leste	7.2
109	Kenya	7.2
110	Bolivia	7.2
111	Marshall Islands	7.1
112	New Zealand	7.1
113	Comoros	7.1
114	Brazil	7.1
115	Kiribati	7.1
116	Cameroon	7
117	Antigua and Barbuda	7
118	Cyprus	7
119	Ghana	7
120	Guinea-Bissau	7
121	Hong Kong SAR, China	7
122	Korea, Rep.	7
123	Seychelles	7
124	Nepal	7
125	Guam	6.9
126	Mozambique	6.9
127	Australia	6.9
128	Suriname	6.8
129	Angola	6.8
130	Iceland	6.8
131	Kazakhstan	6.7
132	Burundi	6.7
133	Viet Nam	6.6
134	Luxembourg	6.6
135	Gibraltar	6.6
136	India	6.6
137	Chile	6.6
138	Papua New Guinea	6.6
139	Libya	6.5
140	Ireland	6.5
141	Cambodia	6.5
142	Pakistan	6.4
143	Tonga	6.4
144	Philippines	6.4
145	Sudan	6.3
146	New Caledonia	6.3
147	Dominican Republic	6.2
148	Gambia, The	6.2
149	Congo, Rep.	6.2
150	Gabon	6.2
151	Mexico	6.2
152	Lao PDR	6.2
153	Namibia	6.2
154	Samoa	6.2
155	Andorra	6.1
156	Tunisia	6.1
157	Bhutan	6.1
158	British Virgin Islands	6
159	Lebanon	6
160	Uzbekistan	6
161	Singapore	6
162	Eritrea	6
163	Kosovo	6
164	Rwanda	5.9
165	Ethiopia	5.9
166	West Bank and Gaza	5.9
167	Turkmenistan	5.8
168	Azerbaijan	5.8
169	Botswana	5.7
170	Morocco	5.7
171	Tanzania	5.7
172	Afghanistan	5.7
173	Turkiye	5.7
174	Paraguay	5.7
175	Peru	5.6
176	Costa Rica	5.6
177	Sao Tome and Principe	5.5
178	Egypt, Arab Rep.	5.5
179	Senegal	5.5
180	Mongolia	5.5
181	Colombia	5.5
182	Mauritania	5.4
183	Brunei Darussalam	5.3
184	Israel	5.3
185	Malawi	5.3
186	Malaysia	5.3
187	Ecuador	5.2
188	Zambia	5.2
189	Bangladesh	5.1
190	Cabo Verde	5.1
191	Solomon Islands	5.1
192	Vanuatu	5
193	Northern Mariana Islands	5
194	Belize	5
195	Syrian Arab Republic	4.9
196	Panama	4.9
197	Cayman Islands	4.9
198	Guatemala	4.9
199	Uganda	4.8
200	Iran, Islamic Rep.	4.8
201	Yemen, Rep.	4.7
202	Nicaragua	4.6
203	Algeria	4.6
204	Tajikistan	4.6
205	Honduras	4.5
206	Kyrgyz Republic	4.4
207	Iraq	4.2
208	French Polynesia	3.8
209	Macao SAR, China	3.6
210	Jordan	3.1
211	Maldives	2.4
212	Saudi Arabia	2.3
213	Bahrain	2.2
214	Oman	1.9
215	Kuwait	1.5
216	Qatar	1.1
217	United Arab Emirates	0.97

Source: World Bank Open Data. Latest available year: 2024. Values shown are the most recent reported figure per country.

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