Crude death rate by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
25.58
Vatican
Lowest
0.93
Qatar
Median
7.39
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Crude death rate is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 25.58 in Vatican; the lowest is 0.93 in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.39, and the mean is 7.98.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 28.
Over the past decade 138 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Martin (French Part) (up 141.7%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 40.4%).
Crude death rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vatican | 25.58 | 2023 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 2 | Monaco | 20.97 | 2023 | up 29.1% | flat |
| 3 | Saint Helena | 16.84 | 2023 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 4 | United States Virgin Islands | 15.41 | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 15.15 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 6 | Niue | 14.72 | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 7 | Latvia | 14.67 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 8 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 14.39 | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 9 | Lithuania | 14.34 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 10 | Croatia | 14.12 | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 11 | Serbia | 13.87 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 12 | Montserrat | 13.69 | 2023 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 13 | Moldova | 13.61 | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 14 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.46 | 2023 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 15 | Romania | 13.45 | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 16 | Belarus | 13.34 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 17 | Hungary | 13.22 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 18 | Ukraine | 13.13 | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 19 | Dominica | 12.76 | 2023 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 20 | Greece | 12.4 | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 21 | Russia | 12.34 | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 22 | Japan | 12.26 | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 23 | Germany | 12.23 | 2023 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 24 | Estonia | 12.21 | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 25 | Georgia | 11.84 | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 26 | Nigeria | 11.74 | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 27 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.5 | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 28 | Palau | 11.49 | 2023 | up 27.0% | falling |
| 29 | Montenegro | 11.38 | 2023 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 30 | Italy | 11.15 | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 31 | Portugal | 11.11 | 2023 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 32 | Jersey | 11.09 | 2023 | up 30.7% | falling |
| 33 | Chad | 11.03 | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 34 | North Macedonia | 10.84 | 2023 | up 16.9% | falling |
| 35 | Finland | 10.71 | 2023 | up 13.3% | flat |
| 36 | Puerto Rico | 10.69 | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 37 | Lesotho | 10.65 | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 38 | Poland | 10.64 | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 39 | Barbados | 10.61 | 2023 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 40 | Czechia | 10.5 | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 41 | Isle of Man | 10.48 | 2023 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 42 | Faroe Islands | 10.31 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 43 | Austria | 10.21 | 2023 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 44 | Slovenia | 10.19 | 2023 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 45 | Cuba | 10.15 | 2023 | up 19.2% | flat |
| 46 | Martinique | 10.12 | 2023 | up 31.3% | falling |
| 47 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9.96 | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 48 | Curacao | 9.94 | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 49 | Greenland | 9.85 | 2023 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 50 | Somalia | 9.84 | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 51 | Slovakia | 9.82 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 52 | Uruguay | 9.78 | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 53 | Belgium | 9.71 | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 54 | North Korea | 9.68 | 2023 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Denmark | 9.63 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 56 | South Sudan | 9.61 | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 57 | Aruba | 9.58 | 2023 | up 27.5% | falling |
| 58 | United Kingdom | 9.52 | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 59 | Guadeloupe | 9.46 | 2023 | up 29.9% | falling |
| 60 | Central African Republic | 9.42 | 2023 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 61 | Armenia | 9.37 | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 62 | Spain | 9.34 | 2023 | up 12.7% | flat |
| 63 | Guernsey | 9.3 | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 64 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 9.28 | 2023 | up 141.7% | falling |
| 65 | France | 9.27 | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 66 | Cook Islands | 9.27 | 2023 | up 23.5% | falling |
| 67 | Fiji | 9.26 | 2023 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 68 | South Africa | 9.24 | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 69 | Netherlands | 9.19 | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 70 | Myanmar | 9.15 | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 71 | Tuvalu | 9.14 | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 72 | Guinea | 9.12 | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 73 | Sweden | 8.9 | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 74 | Thailand | 8.89 | 2023 | up 32.4% | falling |
| 75 | Grenada | 8.86 | 2023 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 75 | Niger | 8.86 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 77 | Bermuda | 8.86 | 2023 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 78 | Taiwan | 8.81 | 2023 | up 29.3% | falling |
| 79 | Benin | 8.8 | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 80 | Mauritius | 8.73 | 2023 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 81 | Togo | 8.73 | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 82 | Bahamas | 8.71 | 2023 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 83 | United States | 8.66 | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 84 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 8.63 | 2023 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 85 | Mali | 8.63 | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 86 | Saint Lucia | 8.61 | 2023 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 87 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 8.53 | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 88 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.37 | 2023 | up 23.4% | falling |
| 89 | Albania | 8.33 | 2023 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Switzerland | 8.32 | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 91 | Sierra Leone | 8.29 | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 92 | Seychelles | 8.22 | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 93 | China | 8.21 | 2023 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 8.13 | 2023 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Jamaica | 8.08 | 2023 | up 25.8% | falling |
| 96 | Liberia | 8.07 | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 97 | San Marino | 8.01 | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 98 | Norway | 8 | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 99 | Burkina Faso | 7.96 | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 100 | Canada | 7.93 | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 101 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.88 | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 102 | Falkland Islands | 7.85 | 2023 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 103 | Haiti | 7.82 | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 104 | Wallis and Futuna | 7.78 | 2023 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 105 | Eswatini | 7.7 | 2023 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 106 | Hong Kong | 7.68 | 2023 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 107 | Argentina | 7.67 | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 108 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.66 | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 109 | Micronesia (country) | 7.64 | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 110 | Zimbabwe | 7.61 | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 111 | Liechtenstein | 7.58 | 2023 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 112 | Venezuela | 7.56 | 2023 | up 30.3% | falling |
| 113 | Indonesia | 7.53 | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 114 | Madagascar | 7.53 | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 115 | Nauru | 7.52 | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 115 | El Salvador | 7.52 | 2023 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 117 | Djibouti | 7.46 | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 118 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 7.4 | 2023 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Malta | 7.37 | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 120 | Guyana | 7.32 | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 121 | New Zealand | 7.29 | 2023 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 122 | East Timor | 7.27 | 2023 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Kenya | 7.21 | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 124 | Palestine | 7.2 | 2023 | up 115.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Comoros | 7.2 | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 126 | Bolivia | 7.17 | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 127 | Cameroon | 7.15 | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 128 | Brazil | 7.08 | 2023 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 129 | Sri Lanka | 7.07 | 2023 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 130 | Cyprus | 7.06 | 2023 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.05 | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 132 | Kiribati | 7.05 | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 133 | Ghana | 7.04 | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 134 | American Samoa | 7.02 | 2023 | up 35.3% | falling |
| 135 | Mozambique | 7 | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 136 | Luxembourg | 6.98 | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 137 | Marshall Islands | 6.97 | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 138 | Australia | 6.95 | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 139 | Nepal | 6.93 | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 140 | Angola | 6.92 | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 141 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.89 | 2023 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 142 | Guam | 6.87 | 2023 | up 22.8% | flat |
| 143 | Ireland | 6.84 | 2023 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 144 | Iceland | 6.74 | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 145 | Burundi | 6.72 | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 146 | Kazakhstan | 6.71 | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 147 | Anguilla | 6.68 | 2023 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 148 | South Korea | 6.68 | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Libya | 6.65 | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Suriname | 6.65 | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 151 | India | 6.61 | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 152 | Vietnam | 6.58 | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 153 | Azerbaijan | 6.58 | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 154 | Papua New Guinea | 6.52 | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 155 | Gibraltar | 6.51 | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 156 | Chile | 6.5 | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 157 | Pakistan | 6.47 | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 158 | Tonga | 6.44 | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 159 | Sudan | 6.4 | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 160 | Cambodia | 6.39 | 2023 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Saint Barthelemy | 6.36 | 2023 | up 36.7% | falling |
| 162 | Western Sahara | 6.34 | 2023 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Turkey | 6.32 | 2023 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 164 | Gambia | 6.29 | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 165 | Congo | 6.29 | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 166 | New Caledonia | 6.27 | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Gabon | 6.27 | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 168 | Dominican Republic | 6.25 | 2023 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Philippines | 6.24 | 2023 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 170 | Laos | 6.22 | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 171 | Uzbekistan | 6.21 | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 172 | Namibia | 6.17 | 2023 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 173 | Mexico | 6.16 | 2023 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 174 | Samoa | 6.16 | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 175 | Bhutan | 6.11 | 2023 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Andorra | 6.08 | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 177 | Tunisia | 6.07 | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 178 | Eritrea | 6.05 | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 179 | British Virgin Islands | 5.97 | 2023 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 180 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.97 | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 181 | Lebanon | 5.96 | 2023 | up 47.2% | falling |
| 182 | Ethiopia | 5.96 | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 183 | Rwanda | 5.93 | 2023 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Mongolia | 5.93 | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 185 | Afghanistan | 5.8 | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 186 | Tanzania | 5.79 | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 187 | Turkmenistan | 5.78 | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 188 | Botswana | 5.72 | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 189 | Paraguay | 5.7 | 2023 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 190 | Tokelau | 5.7 | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 191 | Morocco | 5.64 | 2023 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Senegal | 5.58 | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 193 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.57 | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 194 | Israel | 5.54 | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 195 | Mauritania | 5.52 | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 196 | Peru | 5.49 | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 197 | Reunion | 5.48 | 2023 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 198 | Egypt | 5.46 | 2023 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 199 | Costa Rica | 5.46 | 2023 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 200 | Colombia | 5.4 | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 201 | Malawi | 5.36 | 2023 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 202 | Brunei | 5.23 | 2023 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 203 | Zambia | 5.21 | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 204 | Malaysia | 5.16 | 2023 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 205 | Solomon Islands | 5.14 | 2023 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 206 | Ecuador | 5.13 | 2023 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 207 | Vanuatu | 5.08 | 2023 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 208 | Cape Verde | 5.06 | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 209 | Syria | 5.04 | 2023 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 210 | Bangladesh | 5.01 | 2023 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 211 | French Guiana | 4.95 | 2023 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 212 | Belize | 4.92 | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 213 | Uganda | 4.84 | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 214 | Guatemala | 4.83 | 2023 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 215 | Cayman Islands | 4.8 | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 216 | Macao | 4.79 | 2023 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 217 | Yemen | 4.79 | 2023 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 218 | Singapore | 4.79 | 2023 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 219 | Panama | 4.77 | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 220 | Northern Mariana Islands | 4.7 | 2023 | up 36.5% | falling |
| 221 | Iran | 4.67 | 2023 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 222 | Algeria | 4.64 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 223 | Nicaragua | 4.59 | 2023 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 224 | Tajikistan | 4.58 | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 225 | Honduras | 4.48 | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 226 | Iraq | 4.13 | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 227 | French Polynesia | 3.65 | 2023 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 228 | Jordan | 3.05 | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 229 | Mayotte | 2.7 | 2023 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 230 | Saudi Arabia | 2.34 | 2023 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 231 | Maldives | 2.34 | 2023 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 232 | Bahrain | 2.09 | 2023 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 233 | Oman | 1.9 | 2023 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 234 | Kuwait | 1.78 | 2023 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 235 | United Arab Emirates | 0.932 | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 236 | Qatar | 0.93 | 2023 | down 15.8% | volatile |