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Completeness of death registration with cause-of-death information (%) by country

Completeness of death registration is the estimated percentage of deaths that are registered with their cause of death information in the vital registration system of a country.

Countries reporting
88
Highest
100.0%
Mexico
Lowest
50.0%
Qatar
Median
100.0%
Years covered
26
1992–2017
Data points
507

What the numbers show

Completeness of death registration with cause-of-death information (%) is currently reported for 88 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Mexico; the lowest is 50.0% in Qatar.

The median across all reporting countries is 100.0%, and the mean is 91.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 49.5%), and the largest decrease in Kuwait (down 40.6%).

Completeness of death registration with cause-of-death information: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mexico 100.0% 2016 up 6.5% rising
1 France 100.0% 2015 unchanged flat
1 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Greece 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Grenada 100.0% 2017 unchanged rising
1 Guatemala 100.0% 2016 up 17.2% flat
1 Croatia 100.0% 2016 up 2.8% flat
1 Hungary 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Ireland 100.0% 2015 unchanged flat
1 Iceland 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Israel 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Italy 100.0% 2015 up 2.6% flat
1 Japan 100.0% 2016 up 0.8% flat
1 Korea 100.0% 2016 up 1.5% rising
1 Luxembourg 100.0% 2016 up 0.7% flat
1 Latvia 100.0% 2015 up 1.1% flat
1 Argentina 100.0% 2016 up 0.8% flat
1 Malta 100.0% 2015 up 1.2% flat
1 Mauritius 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Netherlands 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Norway 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 New Zealand 100.0% 2014 up 0.2% flat
1 Poland 100.0% 2016 up 0.6% flat
1 Portugal 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Romania 100.0% 2017 up 0.4% flat
1 Russian Federation 100.0% 2015 up 0.1% flat
1 Slovakia 100.0% 2014 unchanged flat
1 Slovenia 100.0% 2015 unchanged flat
1 Sweden 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Uruguay 100.0% 2016 up 0.9% flat
1 United States of America 100.0% 2016 up 2.0% flat
1 Australia 100.0% 2016 up 0.9% flat
1 Brunei Darussalam 100.0% 2016 unchanged falling
1 Canada 100.0% 2015 unchanged flat
1 Switzerland 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Belarus 100.0% 2014 up 0.3% flat
1 Bulgaria 100.0% 2015 up 0.1% flat
1 Belgium 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Austria 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Cuba 100.0% 2016 up 0.2% flat
1 Czechia 100.0% 2017 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Dominica 100.0% 2015 up 0.7% flat
1 Finland 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Denmark 100.0% 2015 unchanged flat
1 Spain 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
1 Armenia 100.0% 2016 up 34.4% rising
1 Germany 100.0% 2016 unchanged flat
49 Brazil 99.0% 2016 up 6.5% rising
49 Lithuania 99.0% 2017 down 1.0% flat
51 Saint Lucia 97.0% 2014 up 1.1% rising
52 Chile 95.0% 2016 down 2.8% flat
53 Uzbekistan 93.0% 2016 up 15.1% rising
53 El Salvador 93.0% 2014 up 28.6% rising
55 Panama 92.0% 2016 up 1.9% rising
55 Ukraine 92.0% 2017 down 7.1% falling
55 South Africa 92.0% 2015 up 30.7% volatile
55 Türkiye 92.0% 2016 up 28.9% rising
59 Kyrgyzstan 91.0% 2016 down 6.8% rising
60 Georgia 90.0% 2015 up 11.4% rising
60 Guyana 90.0% 2014 up 49.5% rising
62 Belize 89.0% 2016 down 11.0% rising
62 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 89.0% 2013 down 7.2% flat
62 Philippines 89.0% 2011 down 3.2% rising
62 Bahamas 89.0% 2014 down 5.2% falling
66 Paraguay 88.0% 2016 up 7.6% rising
66 Saint Kitts and Nevis 88.0% 2013 up 2.1% falling
68 Tajikistan 87.0% 2016 up 28.7% rising
68 Thailand 87.0% 2016 up 2.5% rising
68 Costa Rica 87.0% 2014 down 6.7% falling
68 Kazakhstan 87.0% 2017 down 5.0% rising
72 Trinidad and Tobago 83.0% 2012 down 16.2% falling
72 Antigua and Barbuda 83.0% 2016 up 3.5% falling
74 Ecuador 82.0% 2016 down 3.9% rising
75 Suriname 80.0% 2014 down 2.4% rising
75 Republic of Moldova 80.0% 2017 down 12.5% falling
75 Colombia 80.0% 2015 down 14.1% rising
78 Barbados 79.0% 2013 down 17.5% falling
78 Nicaragua 79.0% 2017 up 16.9% rising
80 Cyprus 68.0% 2016 down 17.9% falling
81 Singapore 66.0% 2016 down 15.9% falling
82 China 62.0% 2015 — volatile
83 Kuwait 59.0% 2014 down 40.6% falling
84 Dominican Republic 58.0% 2013 up 6.0% rising
85 Peru 57.0% 2015 down 13.0% rising
86 Albania 53.0% 2010 down 21.8% falling
87 Malaysia 52.0% 2014 up 4.8% rising
88 Qatar 50.0% 2017 down 38.8% falling

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Indicator
Completeness of death registration with cause-of-death information (%)
Unit
%
Source
Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
88 places, 507 data points, 1992–2017
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Completeness of death registration is the estimated percentage of deaths that are registered with their cause of death information in the vital registration system of a country.