Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
3.13
Monaco
Lowest
0.1454
United Arab Emirates
Median
0.8019
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 3.13 in Monaco; the lowest is 0.1454 in United Arab Emirates.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8019, and the mean is 0.883.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 22.

Over the past decade 132 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Kuwait (up 97.1%), and the largest decrease in Somalia (down 38.5%).

Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 3.13 2021 up 52.5% rising
2 Bulgaria 2.28 2021 up 50.3% rising
3 Serbia 1.99 2021 up 42.7% rising
4 Latvia 1.9 2021 up 34.1% rising
5 Lithuania 1.79 2021 up 30.2% rising
6 Ukraine 1.71 2021 up 17.4% falling
7 Romania 1.7 2021 up 37.3% rising
8 Russia 1.68 2021 up 24.8% falling
9 Lesotho 1.6 2021 down 5.3% falling
10 Georgia 1.59 2021 up 22.4% rising
11 Hungary 1.59 2021 up 24.4% rising
12 Croatia 1.54 2021 up 31.7% rising
13 Belarus 1.51 2021 up 3.1% falling
14 Cuba 1.51 2021 up 95.6% rising
15 Moldova 1.5 2021 up 22.9% falling
16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.48 2021 up 59.2% rising
17 Niue 1.45 2021 up 18.7% rising
18 Estonia 1.38 2021 up 20.7% falling
19 Greece 1.38 2021 up 36.6% rising
20 Montenegro 1.38 2021 up 44.4% rising
21 Poland 1.37 2021 up 40.1% rising
22 Slovakia 1.36 2021 up 41.4% rising
23 North Macedonia 1.35 2021 up 45.4% rising
24 Czechia 1.33 2021 up 30.3% rising
25 Eswatini 1.3 2021 down 15.6% falling
26 Germany 1.25 2021 up 22.4% rising
27 Central African Republic 1.23 2021 down 14.0% falling
28 Armenia 1.23 2021 up 28.7% rising
29 Albania 1.23 2021 up 64.8% rising
30 Somalia 1.22 2021 down 38.5% falling
31 South Africa 1.21 2021 up 5.1% falling
32 Uruguay 1.2 2021 up 24.8% rising
33 Italy 1.19 2021 up 19.4% rising
34 Japan 1.16 2021 up 18.1% rising
35 Portugal 1.15 2021 up 16.6% rising
36 Palau 1.15 2021 up 16.7% rising
37 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.13 2021 up 31.7% rising
38 Slovenia 1.08 2021 up 21.5% rising
39 United Kingdom 1.04 2021 up 20.8% flat
40 Finland 1.04 2021 up 11.0% rising
41 Austria 1.03 2021 up 13.3% rising
42 United States 1.03 2021 up 28.2% rising
43 North Korea 1.03 2021 up 12.2% rising
44 Namibia 1.01 2021 up 14.6% falling
45 France 0.9953 2021 up 16.5% rising
46 Grenada 0.988 2021 up 1.6% flat
47 Fiji 0.9856 2021 up 36.6% rising
48 Saint Lucia 0.9834 2021 up 86.4% rising
49 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.9796 2021 up 24.4% rising
50 Netherlands 0.9744 2021 up 19.9% flat
51 Denmark 0.974 2021 up 3.8% falling
52 Trinidad and Tobago 0.972 2021 up 57.7% rising
53 Niger 0.9672 2021 down 10.6% falling
54 Belgium 0.9665 2021 up 0.3% flat
55 Mauritius 0.9657 2021 up 30.2% rising
56 Indonesia 0.963 2021 up 36.2% rising
57 Guyana 0.962 2021 up 20.9% rising
58 Argentina 0.9619 2021 up 26.2% rising
59 Zimbabwe 0.952 2021 down 21.7% falling
60 Kiribati 0.9502 2021 up 8.9% flat
61 Spain 0.95 2021 up 12.9% rising
62 Bahamas 0.9494 2021 up 51.7% rising
63 India 0.949 2021 up 35.7% falling
64 Barbados 0.9457 2021 up 13.6% rising
65 Botswana 0.9431 2021 down 4.5% falling
66 Mozambique 0.9419 2021 down 21.6% falling
67 Dominica 0.9375 2021 down 9.8% falling
68 Thailand 0.9353 2021 up 42.4% rising
69 Kazakhstan 0.9304 2021 up 8.3% falling
70 Jamaica 0.9301 2021 up 51.9% rising
71 South Sudan 0.9233 2021 down 2.4% falling
72 Chad 0.9232 2021 down 21.3% falling
73 Guinea-Bissau 0.9162 2021 down 16.7% falling
74 Marshall Islands 0.9074 2021 up 22.3% rising
75 Haiti 0.9039 2021 up 0.9% falling
76 Bolivia 0.884 2021 up 58.2% falling
77 Philippines 0.8833 2021 up 48.1% rising
78 Tuvalu 0.8807 2021 down 0.4% falling
79 Sweden 0.8804 2021 down 7.3% falling
80 Micronesia (country) 0.8787 2021 up 20.3% rising
81 Guinea 0.8762 2021 down 17.7% falling
82 Mexico 0.8683 2021 up 69.8% rising
83 Afghanistan 0.8583 2021 up 0.8% falling
84 Sierra Leone 0.8579 2021 down 27.9% falling
85 Suriname 0.8577 2021 up 51.4% rising
86 Brazil 0.8572 2021 up 45.2% rising
87 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.8537 2021 down 21.2% falling
88 Equatorial Guinea 0.8467 2021 down 16.0% falling
89 Myanmar 0.838 2021 up 1.2% falling
90 Malta 0.8299 2021 up 2.4% flat
91 Switzerland 0.8198 2021 up 4.8% flat
92 Mali 0.8197 2021 down 21.5% falling
93 Peru 0.8151 2021 up 82.3% rising
94 Canada 0.8072 2021 up 14.4% rising
95 Eritrea 0.8065 2021 down 7.8% falling
96 China 0.8063 2021 up 8.3% rising
97 Nigeria 0.8025 2021 down 19.7% falling
98 El Salvador 0.8013 2021 up 43.5% rising
99 Cameroon 0.7938 2021 down 24.4% falling
100 Tunisia 0.7933 2021 up 57.4% rising
101 Lebanon 0.7914 2021 up 87.6% rising
102 Djibouti 0.7891 2021 down 3.4% falling
103 Madagascar 0.7785 2021 up 2.5% falling
104 Angola 0.7776 2021 down 22.6% falling
105 Norway 0.7711 2021 down 7.7% falling
106 Venezuela 0.7698 2021 up 57.4% rising
107 Cook Islands 0.7632 2021 up 23.8% rising
108 Gabon 0.7593 2021 down 16.5% falling
109 Benin 0.7573 2021 down 15.3% falling
110 San Marino 0.7571 2021 up 5.7% rising
111 Vietnam 0.756 2021 up 9.2% rising
112 Liberia 0.7557 2021 down 17.6% falling
113 Burkina Faso 0.7541 2021 down 23.2% falling
114 Nauru 0.7499 2021 down 10.5% falling
115 Paraguay 0.7488 2021 up 66.7% rising
116 Cambodia 0.7416 2021 up 14.7% falling
117 Seychelles 0.739 2021 up 11.2% rising
118 Solomon Islands 0.7311 2021 up 1.9% falling
119 Chile 0.7308 2021 up 32.1% rising
120 Malawi 0.7243 2021 down 30.7% falling
121 Congo 0.7193 2021 down 12.8% falling
122 Antigua and Barbuda 0.7123 2021 up 11.5% rising
123 Togo 0.7122 2021 down 20.4% falling
124 Colombia 0.7121 2021 up 61.3% rising
125 Pakistan 0.7064 2021 down 5.8% falling
126 Zambia 0.706 2021 down 17.4% falling
127 Malaysia 0.7052 2021 up 39.1% rising
128 Vanuatu 0.7032 2021 down 4.0% falling
129 Ireland 0.7012 2021 up 11.7% falling
130 Cote d'Ivoire 0.696 2021 down 29.9% falling
131 Egypt 0.6955 2021 up 21.0% flat
132 Morocco 0.6937 2021 up 30.9% rising
133 Andorra 0.6881 2021 up 22.5% flat
134 East Timor 0.6784 2021 down 4.8% falling
135 Guatemala 0.6781 2021 up 32.9% flat
136 Turkey 0.6768 2021 up 47.4% rising
137 Luxembourg 0.6766 2021 down 3.5% falling
138 New Zealand 0.6758 2021 down 0.3% flat
139 Azerbaijan 0.6744 2021 down 4.4% falling
140 Nepal 0.6704 2021 up 14.9% falling
141 Ecuador 0.668 2021 up 35.1% rising
142 Australia 0.6655 2021 up 1.4% flat
143 Maldives 0.6654 2021 up 70.7% rising
144 Cyprus 0.6633 2021 up 20.6% flat
145 Comoros 0.6615 2021 down 8.6% falling
146 Papua New Guinea 0.6607 2021 up 4.7% falling
147 Ghana 0.6594 2021 down 16.2% falling
148 Turkmenistan 0.658 2021 up 8.9% falling
149 Sri Lanka 0.655 2021 up 4.2% falling
150 Mongolia 0.6536 2021 down 3.6% falling
151 Gambia 0.6491 2021 down 15.5% falling
152 Iceland 0.644 2021 up 2.1% flat
153 Burundi 0.6434 2021 down 25.9% falling
154 Laos 0.6424 2021 down 13.7% falling
155 Samoa 0.6327 2021 up 6.6% rising
156 Cape Verde 0.6317 2021 up 15.8% rising
157 Dominican Republic 0.6281 2021 up 22.4% rising
158 Tonga 0.6185 2021 up 5.9% flat
159 South Korea 0.613 2021 up 17.1% rising
160 Honduras 0.6109 2021 up 34.6% rising
161 Israel 0.5992 2021 up 12.2% falling
162 Tanzania 0.597 2021 down 24.4% falling
163 Yemen 0.595 2021 up 13.0% falling
164 Iran 0.5899 2021 up 55.3% rising
165 Sudan 0.5841 2021 down 4.5% falling
166 Costa Rica 0.5824 2021 up 47.7% rising
167 Libya 0.5805 2021 up 13.9% rising
168 Uzbekistan 0.5791 2021 down 25.5% falling
169 Kenya 0.5772 2021 down 18.4% falling
170 Rwanda 0.5704 2021 down 19.8% falling
171 Panama 0.5683 2021 up 26.7% rising
172 Ethiopia 0.5611 2021 down 20.2% falling
173 Senegal 0.5515 2021 down 16.1% falling
174 Bangladesh 0.538 2021 up 4.1% falling
175 Mauritania 0.5379 2021 down 11.3% falling
176 Belize 0.5181 2021 up 21.3% flat
177 Syria 0.5082 2021 up 11.9% rising
178 Kyrgyzstan 0.5078 2021 down 18.1% falling
179 Algeria 0.5044 2021 up 15.0% rising
180 Uganda 0.4999 2021 down 32.0% falling
181 Sao Tome and Principe 0.4985 2021 down 9.8% falling
182 Bhutan 0.4865 2021 down 6.5% falling
183 Singapore 0.4783 2021 up 23.4% rising
184 Tajikistan 0.4477 2021 down 9.7% falling
185 Nicaragua 0.4373 2021 up 33.6% rising
186 Iraq 0.4348 2021 down 2.0% falling
187 Brunei 0.4263 2021 up 37.4% rising
188 Bahrain 0.4078 2021 up 28.4% falling
189 Oman 0.3913 2021 up 18.0% flat
190 Jordan 0.343 2021 up 18.7% falling
191 Kuwait 0.3052 2021 up 97.1% rising
192 Saudi Arabia 0.2728 2021 up 2.7% falling
193 Qatar 0.1806 2021 down 6.4% falling
194 United Arab Emirates 0.1454 2021 up 13.7% falling

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Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
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Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
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