Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Czechia
Czechia: Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year was 1.33 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021. ▲ Rising
Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Czechia, 2000–2021
Source: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100,000 people.
Analysis
Czechia recorded 1.33 deaths per 100,000 people for crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in 2021. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 9.4% on the previous year and up 30.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Czechia peaked at 1.33 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people, in 2014.
That places Czechia 24th out of 194 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Czechia, year by year
| Year | deaths per 100,000 people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.05 deaths per 100,000 people | — |
| 2001 | 1.05 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 1.06 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 1.09 deaths per 100,000 people | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 1.04 deaths per 100,000 people | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 1.05 deaths per 100,000 people | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 1.03 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 1.02 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 1.02 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.03 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 1.04 deaths per 100,000 people | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 1.06 deaths per 100,000 people | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 1.02 deaths per 100,000 people | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 1.06 deaths per 100,000 people | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 1.07 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 1.06 deaths per 100,000 people | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 1.21 deaths per 100,000 people | +15.0% |
| 2021 | 1.33 deaths per 100,000 people | +9.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.09 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
- 21 Poland 1.37 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 22 Slovakia 1.36 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 23 North Macedonia 1.35 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 25 Eswatini 1.3 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 26 Germany 1.25 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 27 Central African Republic 1.23 deaths per 100,000 people compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Czechia?
- Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Czechia was 1.33 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021, according to World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.33 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021.
- What is the lowest crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people in 2014.
- How does Czechia rank for crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year?
- Czechia ranks 24th out of 194 countries with data for 2021.
- Is crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Czechia data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Estimated number of deaths from all causes in both sexes, per 100,000 people.