Crude death rate by country
The death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the year.
What the numbers show
Crude death rate is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 21.49 deaths per 1,000 people in Bulgaria; the lowest is 5.16 deaths per 1,000 people in Israel.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.73 deaths per 1,000 people, and the mean is 10.42 deaths per 1,000 people.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 48.0%), and the largest decrease in Russia (down 17.8%).
Crude death rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgaria | 21.49 deaths per 1,000 people | 2021 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 2 | Ukraine | 14.51 deaths per 1,000 people | 2013 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 3 | Hungary | 14.4 deaths per 1,000 people | 2020 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 4 | Latvia | 14.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 5 | Croatia | 14.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 2020 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 6 | Czechia | 13.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 2021 | up 30.4% | flat |
| 7 | Russia | 12.97 deaths per 1,000 people | 2014 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 8 | Lithuania | 12.96 deaths per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 9 | Japan | 12.93 deaths per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 10 | Belarus | 12.62 deaths per 1,000 people | 2018 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 11 | Italy | 12.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 20.1% | falling |
| 12 | Germany | 11.82 deaths per 1,000 people | 2020 | up 11.0% | flat |
| 13 | Greece | 11.62 deaths per 1,000 people | 2019 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 14 | Estonia | 11.61 deaths per 1,000 people | 2019 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 15 | Portugal | 11.23 deaths per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 11.0% | flat |
| 16 | Poland | 10.8 deaths per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 17 | Finland | 10.36 deaths per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 18 | Slovenia | 9.87 deaths per 1,000 people | 2019 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 19 | Austria | 9.83 deaths per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 9.73 deaths per 1,000 people | 2022 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 21 | Slovakia | 9.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 2019 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 22 | Denmark | 9.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 23 | Netherlands | 9.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 24 | Belgium | 9.45 deaths per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 25 | France | 9.42 deaths per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 26 | United States | 9.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 27 | Spain | 9 deaths per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 28 | Taiwan | 8.8 deaths per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 29 | Sweden | 8.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 30 | Canada | 8.22 deaths per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 31 | Switzerland | 8.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 32 | Norway | 7.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 33 | Hong Kong | 7.35 deaths per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 34 | Chile | 7 deaths per 1,000 people | 2020 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 36 | South Korea | 6.87 deaths per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 37 | Iceland | 6.83 deaths per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 38 | New Zealand | 6.79 deaths per 1,000 people | 2021 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 40 | Australia | 6.66 deaths per 1,000 people | 2021 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 41 | Israel | 5.16 deaths per 1,000 people | 2016 | down 4.9% | falling |
About this data
The death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the year.