Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who in India
India: Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who was 0.949 in 2021. ▼ Falling
Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who in India, 2000–2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
India recorded 0.949 for crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who in 2021. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 28.2% on the previous year and up 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who in India peaked at 0.949 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.6818, in 2016.
India ranks 63rd of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who in India, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.8411 | — |
| 2001 | 0.8255 | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.8069 | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 0.7926 | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 0.7751 | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 0.7581 | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.7474 | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 0.7451 | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.7376 | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.7164 | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.7055 | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.6995 | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.6927 | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.6954 | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.6962 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.687 | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.6818 | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.6837 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.6867 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6862 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.7402 | +7.9% |
| 2021 | 0.949 | +28.2% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 0.949 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.7062, 1.3× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- India's 0.949 is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.6602, 1.4× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who in India changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +28.2% | 0.7402 | 0.949 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7746 | 0.7164 | 0.8411 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6915 | 0.6818 | 0.7055 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8446 | 0.7402 | 0.949 | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who in India?
- Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who in India was 0.949 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.949 in 2021.
- What is the lowest crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6818 in 2016.
- How does India rank for crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who?
- India ranks 63rd out of 194 countries with data for 2021.
- Is crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Crude death rate the share of the population that dies each year who. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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