European Union vs Serbia: Death rate, crude

European Union
10.7 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Serbia
14.9 per 1,000 people
in 2024
European Union rank
2nd
Serbia rank
3rd

Death rate, crude over time

  • European Union
  • Serbia
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How they compare

Serbia currently reports 14.9 per 1,000 people against 10.7 per 1,000 people in European Union, a difference of 4.2 per 1,000 people.

That makes Serbia's figure about 1.4 times European Union's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was European Union ahead.

European Union ranks 2nd and Serbia ranks 3rd of 47 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, European Union averaged higher in 3 and Serbia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade European Union Serbia Difference Ahead
1960s 10.12 per 1,000 people 8.45 per 1,000 people 1.68 per 1,000 people European Union
1970s 10.35 per 1,000 people 8.88 per 1,000 people 1.46 per 1,000 people European Union
1980s 10.33 per 1,000 people 10.31 per 1,000 people 0.0173 per 1,000 people European Union
1990s 10.23 per 1,000 people 12.01 per 1,000 people 1.77 per 1,000 people Serbia
2000s 9.84 per 1,000 people 13.89 per 1,000 people 4.05 per 1,000 people Serbia
2010s 10.16 per 1,000 people 14.37 per 1,000 people 4.21 per 1,000 people Serbia
2020s 11.31 per 1,000 people 16.56 per 1,000 people 5.25 per 1,000 people Serbia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher death rate, crude, European Union or Serbia?
Serbia, at 14.9 per 1,000 people against 10.7 per 1,000 people in European Union as of 2024.
What is the difference in death rate, crude between European Union and Serbia?
4.2 per 1,000 people, with Serbia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for European Union and Serbia?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do European Union and Serbia rank globally for death rate, crude?
European Union ranks 2nd and Serbia ranks 3rd of 47 groups.
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.