Bulgaria vs Euro area: Death rate, crude

Bulgaria
15.6 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Euro area
10.56 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
2nd
Euro area rank
3rd

Death rate, crude over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Euro area
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How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 15.6 per 1,000 people against 10.56 per 1,000 people in Euro area, a difference of 5.04 per 1,000 people.

That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.5 times Euro area's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Euro area ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 2nd and Euro area ranks 3rd of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 5 and Euro area in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Euro area Difference Ahead
1960s 8.44 per 1,000 people 10.45 per 1,000 people 2.01 per 1,000 people Euro area
1970s 10.02 per 1,000 people 10.45 per 1,000 people 0.433 per 1,000 people Euro area
1980s 11.53 per 1,000 people 10.15 per 1,000 people 1.38 per 1,000 people Bulgaria
1990s 13.42 per 1,000 people 9.96 per 1,000 people 3.46 per 1,000 people Bulgaria
2000s 14.52 per 1,000 people 9.58 per 1,000 people 4.94 per 1,000 people Bulgaria
2010s 15.46 per 1,000 people 9.93 per 1,000 people 5.53 per 1,000 people Bulgaria
2020s 18.32 per 1,000 people 11.05 per 1,000 people 7.27 per 1,000 people Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher death rate, crude, Bulgaria or Euro area?
Bulgaria, at 15.6 per 1,000 people against 10.56 per 1,000 people in Euro area as of 2024.
What is the difference in death rate, crude between Bulgaria and Euro area?
5.04 per 1,000 people, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Euro area?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Bulgaria and Euro area rank globally for death rate, crude?
Bulgaria ranks 2nd and Euro area ranks 3rd of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,260 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.