Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Thailand
Thailand: Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year was 0.9353 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021. ▲ Rising
Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Thailand, 2000–2021
Source: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100,000 people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Thailand is 0.9353 deaths per 100,000 people, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.3% on the previous year and up 42.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Thailand peaked at 0.9353 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.6399 deaths per 100,000 people, in 2001.
Thailand ranks 68th 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | deaths per 100,000 people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.6535 deaths per 100,000 people | — |
| 2001 | 0.6399 deaths per 100,000 people | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.6592 deaths per 100,000 people | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 0.6628 deaths per 100,000 people | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.681 deaths per 100,000 people | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 0.6672 deaths per 100,000 people | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.6611 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.6574 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.6535 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.6459 deaths per 100,000 people | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.6563 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 0.6567 deaths per 100,000 people | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.6551 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.6581 deaths per 100,000 people | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.6695 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.6811 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.7031 deaths per 100,000 people | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 0.7144 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 0.745 deaths per 100,000 people | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 0.786 deaths per 100,000 people | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 0.8252 deaths per 100,000 people | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9353 deaths per 100,000 people | +13.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6582 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.6399 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.681 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6925 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.6551 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.786 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8802 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.8252 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.9353 deaths per 100,000 people | 2 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 65 Botswana 0.9431 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 66 Mozambique 0.9419 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 67 Dominica 0.9375 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 69 Kazakhstan 0.9304 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 70 Jamaica 0.9301 deaths per 100,000 people compare
- 71 South Sudan 0.9233 deaths per 100,000 people compare
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- Number of infants who die before age 1 677 deaths (2100)
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- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0201 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Thailand?
- Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year in Thailand was 0.9353 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9353 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 Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6399 deaths per 100,000 people in 2001.
- How does Thailand rank for crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year?
- Thailand ranks 68th 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 Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.