demographic2021
Crude death rate: the share of the population that dies each year
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2021; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
883.0deaths per 100,000 people
Median: 801.9deaths per 100,000 people
Countries Covered
194
with available data
Highest
Monaco
3,128.8deaths per 100,000 people
Lowest
United Arab Emirates
145.4deaths per 100,000 people
Top 5 Countries
1Monaco3,128.8deaths per 100,000 people
2Bulgaria2,280.4deaths per 100,000 people
3Serbia1,988.9deaths per 100,000 people
4Latvia1,901.0deaths per 100,000 people
5Lithuania1,785.9deaths per 100,000 people
By Region
Europe1,222.4deaths per 100,000 people(32 countries)
Other859.5deaths per 100,000 people(115 countries)
South America849.6deaths per 100,000 people(7 countries)
North America845.5deaths per 100,000 people(4 countries)
Africa720.7deaths per 100,000 people(9 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (145.4deaths per 100,000 people)High (3,128.8deaths per 100,000 people)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 883.0deaths per 100,000 people)
Europe (32)
Other (115)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Africa (9)
Oceania (2)
Asia (25)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2021; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 3,128.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 2,280.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 3 | Serbia | 1,988.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 4 | Latvia | 1,901.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 5 | Lithuania | 1,785.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 6 | Ukraine | 1,709.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 7 | Romania | 1,696.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 1,676.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 9 | Lesotho | 1,598.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 10 | Georgia | 1,594.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 11 | Hungary | 1,587.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 12 | Croatia | 1,544.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 13 | Belarus | 1,510.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 14 | Cuba | 1,506.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 15 | Moldova, Republic of | 1,501.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 16 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,483.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 17 | Niue | 1,447.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 18 | Estonia | 1,382.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 19 | Greece | 1,378.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 20 | Montenegro | 1,378.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 21 | Poland | 1,365.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 22 | Slovakia | 1,362.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 23 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 1,348.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 24 | Czech Republic | 1,326.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 25 | Eswatini | 1,299.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 26 | Germany | 1,250.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 27 | Central African Republic | 1,234.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 28 | Armenia | 1,233.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 29 | Albania | 1,226.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 30 | Somalia | 1,216.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 31 | South Africa | 1,214.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 32 | Uruguay | 1,202.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 33 | Italy | 1,191.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 34 | Japan | 1,155.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 35 | Portugal | 1,155.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 36 | Palau | 1,146.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 37 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,127.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 38 | Slovenia | 1,079.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 39 | United Kingdom | 1,041.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 40 | Finland | 1,040.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 41 | Austria | 1,031.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 42 | United States of America | 1,028.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 43 | North Korea | 1,027.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 44 | Namibia | 1,014.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 45 | France | 995.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 46 | Grenada | 988.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 47 | Fiji | 985.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 48 | Saint Lucia | 983.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 49 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 979.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 50 | Netherlands | 974.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 51 | Denmark | 974.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | 972.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 53 | Niger | 967.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 54 | Belgium | 966.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 55 | Mauritius | 965.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 56 | Indonesia | 963.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 57 | Guyana | 962.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 58 | Argentina | 961.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 952.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 60 | Kiribati | 950.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 61 | Spain | 950.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 62 | Bahamas | 949.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 63 | India | 949.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 64 | Barbados | 945.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 65 | Botswana | 943.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 66 | Mozambique | 941.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 67 | Dominica | 937.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 68 | Thailand | 935.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 69 | Kazakhstan | 930.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 70 | Jamaica | 930.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 71 | South Sudan | 923.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 72 | Chad | 923.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 73 | Guinea-Bissau | 916.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 74 | Marshall Islands | 907.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 75 | Haiti | 903.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 76 | Bolivia | 884.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 77 | Philippines | 883.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 78 | Tuvalu | 880.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 79 | Sweden | 880.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 80 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 878.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 81 | Guinea | 876.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 82 | Mexico | 868.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 83 | Afghanistan | 858.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 84 | Sierra Leone | 857.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 85 | Suriname | 857.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 86 | Brazil | 857.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 87 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 853.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 88 | Equatorial Guinea | 846.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 89 | Myanmar | 838.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 90 | Malta | 829.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 91 | Switzerland | 819.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 92 | Mali | 819.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 93 | Peru | 815.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 94 | Canada | 807.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 95 | Eritrea | 806.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 96 | People's Republic of China | 806.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 97 | Nigeria | 802.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 98 | El Salvador | 801.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 99 | Cameroon | 793.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 100 | Tunisia | 793.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 101 | Lebanon | 791.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 102 | Djibouti | 789.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 103 | Madagascar | 778.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 104 | Angola | 777.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 105 | Norway | 771.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 106 | Venezuela | 769.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 107 | Cook Islands | 763.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 108 | Gabon | 759.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 109 | Benin | 757.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 110 | San Marino | 757.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 111 | Vietnam | 756.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 112 | Liberia | 755.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 113 | Burkina Faso | 754.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 114 | Nauru | 749.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 115 | Paraguay | 748.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 116 | Cambodia | 741.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 117 | Seychelles | 739.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 118 | Solomon Islands | 731.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 119 | Chile | 730.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 120 | Malawi | 724.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 121 | Republic of the Congo | 719.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 122 | Antigua and Barbuda | 712.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 123 | Togo | 712.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 124 | Colombia | 712.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 125 | Pakistan | 706.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 126 | Zambia | 706.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 127 | Malaysia | 705.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 128 | Vanuatu | 703.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 129 | Ireland | 701.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 130 | Cote d'Ivoire | 696.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 131 | Egypt | 695.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 132 | Morocco | 693.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 133 | Andorra | 688.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 134 | Timor-Leste | 678.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 135 | Guatemala | 678.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 136 | Türkiye | 676.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 137 | Luxembourg | 676.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 138 | New Zealand | 675.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 139 | Azerbaijan | 674.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 140 | Nepal | 670.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 141 | Ecuador | 668.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 142 | Australia | 665.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 143 | Maldives | 665.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 144 | Cyprus | 663.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 145 | Comoros | 661.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 146 | Papua New Guinea | 660.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 147 | Ghana | 659.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 148 | Turkmenistan | 658.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 149 | Sri Lanka | 655.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 150 | Mongolia | 653.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 151 | Republic of The Gambia | 649.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 152 | Iceland | 644.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 153 | Burundi | 643.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 154 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 642.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 155 | Samoa | 632.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 156 | Cape Verde | 631.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 157 | Dominican Republic | 628.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 158 | Tonga | 618.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 159 | South Korea | 613.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 160 | Honduras | 610.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 161 | Israel | 599.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 162 | United Republic of Tanzania | 597.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 163 | Yemen | 595.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 164 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 589.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 165 | Sudan | 584.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 166 | Costa Rica | 582.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 167 | Libya | 580.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 168 | Uzbekistan | 579.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 169 | Kenya | 577.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 170 | Rwanda | 570.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 171 | Panama | 568.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 172 | Ethiopia | 561.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 173 | Senegal | 551.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 174 | Bangladesh | 538.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 175 | Mauritania | 537.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 176 | Belize | 518.1deaths per 100,000 people |
| 177 | Syrian Arab Republic | 508.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 178 | Kyrgyzstan | 507.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 179 | Algeria | 504.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 180 | Uganda | 499.9deaths per 100,000 people |
| 181 | Sao Tome and Principe | 498.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 182 | Bhutan | 486.5deaths per 100,000 people |
| 183 | Singapore | 478.4deaths per 100,000 people |
| 184 | Tajikistan | 447.7deaths per 100,000 people |
| 185 | Nicaragua | 437.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 186 | Iraq | 434.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 187 | Brunei Darussalam | 426.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 188 | Bahrain | 407.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 189 | Oman | 391.3deaths per 100,000 people |
| 190 | Jordan | 343.0deaths per 100,000 people |
| 191 | Kuwait | 305.2deaths per 100,000 people |
| 192 | Saudi Arabia | 272.8deaths per 100,000 people |
| 193 | Qatar | 180.6deaths per 100,000 people |
| 194 | United Arab Emirates | 145.4deaths per 100,000 people |
Showing 194 of 194 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2021).
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