Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Philippines
Philippines: Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year was 0.8833 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021. ▲ Rising
Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Philippines, 2000–2021
Source: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100,000 people.
Analysis
Philippines recorded 0.8833 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.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 33.3% on the previous year and up 48.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Philippines peaked at 0.8833 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.5388 deaths per 100,000 people, in 2000.
Philippines ranks 77th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Philippines, year by year
| Year | deaths per 100,000 people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.5388 deaths per 100,000 people | — |
| 2001 | 0.5531 deaths per 100,000 people | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 0.5633 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 0.5607 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.5786 deaths per 100,000 people | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 0.5771 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.5832 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.5749 deaths per 100,000 people | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.5846 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 0.5982 deaths per 100,000 people | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.594 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.5964 deaths per 100,000 people | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.6163 deaths per 100,000 people | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 0.6295 deaths per 100,000 people | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 0.6164 deaths per 100,000 people | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 0.6504 deaths per 100,000 people | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 0.6531 deaths per 100,000 people | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.6389 deaths per 100,000 people | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 0.6453 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6664 deaths per 100,000 people | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 0.6626 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.8833 deaths per 100,000 people | +33.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5712 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5388 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5982 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6307 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.594 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.6664 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.773 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.6626 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.8833 deaths per 100,000 people | 2 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
- 74 Marshall Islands 0.9074 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 75 Haiti 0.9039 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 76 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.884 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 78 Tuvalu 0.8807 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 79 Sweden 0.8804 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 80 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.8787 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 Philippines?
- Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Philippines was 0.8833 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 Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8833 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 Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5388 deaths per 100,000 people in 2000.
- How does Philippines rank for crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year?
- Philippines ranks 77th 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 Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Philippines 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.