Excess mortality by month by country
Countries reporting
39
Highest
22.4%
Netherlands
Lowest
-26.2%
Liechtenstein
Median
2.6%
Years covered
7
2020–2026
Data points
280
What the numbers show
Excess mortality by month is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 22.4% in Netherlands; the lowest is -26.2% in Liechtenstein.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.6%, and the mean is 1.6%.
Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Norway (up 655.0%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 150.3%).
Excess mortality by month: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 22.4% | 2026 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 2 | Belgium | 18.9% | 2026 | unchanged | volatile |
| 3 | Germany | 16.8% | 2026 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 4 | France | 16.5% | 2026 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 5 | Slovenia | 11.4% | 2026 | down 85.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Switzerland | 11.3% | 2026 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Norway | 11.1% | 2026 | up 655.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Ireland | 9.8% | 2026 | up 230.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Malta | 9.2% | 2026 | down 78.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Austria | 8.7% | 2026 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Slovakia | 8.5% | 2026 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Denmark | 8.4% | 2026 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 13 | Netherlands | 7.6% | 2026 | down 67.0% | falling |
| 14 | Cyprus | 7.3% | 2026 | down 72.0% | falling |
| 15 | Finland | 6.7% | 2026 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Portugal | 6.1% | 2026 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 5.6% | 2026 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Czechia | 5.2% | 2026 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Spain | 4.6% | 2026 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 20 | Poland | 2.6% | 2026 | down 94.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Sweden | 1.7% | 2026 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Italy | 0.9% | 2026 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Greece | 0.2% | 2026 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Estonia | -0.3% | 2026 | down 102.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Iceland | -0.8% | 2026 | down 114.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Estonia | -3.0% | 2026 | down 120.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Croatia | -5.0% | 2026 | down 108.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Hungary | -5.4% | 2026 | down 111.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Poland | -5.5% | 2026 | down 111.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Lithuania | -7.4% | 2026 | down 110.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Slovakia | -7.5% | 2026 | down 112.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Romania | -9.3% | 2026 | down 120.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Slovenia | -9.8% | 2026 | down 112.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Lithuania | -10.0% | 2026 | down 114.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Bulgaria | -10.1% | 2026 | down 113.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Croatia | -11.4% | 2026 | down 118.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Latvia | -11.9% | 2026 | down 139.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Latvia | -15.0% | 2026 | down 150.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Liechtenstein | -26.2% | 2026 | down 122.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.