Countries by death rate

Countries by death rate, World Bank, 2024

#	Country	Per 1,000 people	Region
1	Monaco	20.1	Western Europe
2	Bulgaria	15.6	Eastern Europe
3	Serbia	14.9	Southern Europe
4	Latvia	14.3	Northern Europe
5	Moldova	13.8	Eastern Europe
6	Ukraine	13.6	Eastern Europe
7	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13.5	Southern Europe
8	Hungary	13.4	Eastern Europe
9	Japan	13.3	Eastern Asia
10	Croatia	13.2	Southern Europe
11	Belarus	13.1	Eastern Europe
12	Lithuania	13.0	Northern Europe
13	Romania	12.8	Eastern Europe
14	Dominica	12.6	Caribbean
15	Russia	12.4	Eastern Europe
=16	Germany	12.1	Western Europe
=16	Greece	12.1	Southern Europe
18	Georgia	11.8	Western Asia
19	Palau	11.7	Micronesia
20	Nigeria	11.6	Western Africa
=21	Estonia	11.5	Northern Europe
=21	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	11.5	Caribbean
23	Poland	11.2	Eastern Europe
=24	Chad	11.1	Middle Africa
=24	North Macedonia	11.1	Southern Europe
=24	Portugal	11.1	Southern Europe
27	Italy	11.0	Southern Europe
28	Lesotho	10.5	Southern Africa
=29	Cuba	10.4	Caribbean
=29	Finland	10.4	Northern Europe
31	Czechia	10.3	Eastern Europe
=32	Barbados	10.2	Caribbean
=32	Montenegro	10.2	Southern Europe
34	Slovenia	10.1	Southern Europe
=35	Mauritius	10.0	Eastern Africa
=35	Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.0	Caribbean
=37	North Korea	9.9	Eastern Asia
=37	Slovakia	9.9	Eastern Europe
=37	Uruguay	9.9	South America
40	South Sudan	9.8	Eastern Africa
=41	Somalia	9.7	Eastern Africa
=41	United Kingdom	9.7	Northern Europe
=43	Austria	9.6	Western Europe
=43	Netherlands	9.6	Western Europe
=45	Belgium	9.5	Western Europe
=45	Denmark	9.5	Northern Europe
=45	Fiji	9.5	Melanesia
=48	Central African Republic	9.4	Middle Africa
=48	France	9.4	Western Europe
=50	Myanmar	9.2	South-Eastern Asia
=50	South Africa	9.2	Southern Africa
=52	Guinea	9.0	Western Africa
=52	Thailand	9.0	South-Eastern Asia
=52	United States	9.0	Northern America
=55	Grenada	8.9	Caribbean
=55	Spain	8.9	Southern Europe
57	Bahamas	8.8	Caribbean
=58	Benin	8.7	Western Africa
=58	Niger	8.7	Western Africa
=58	Saint Lucia	8.7	Caribbean
=58	Trinidad and Tobago	8.7	Caribbean
62	Sweden	8.6	Northern Europe
=63	Albania	8.5	Southern Europe
=63	Mali	8.5	Western Africa
=63	Togo	8.5	Western Africa
=66	Armenia	8.4	Western Asia
=66	DR Congo	8.4	Middle Africa
=68	Jamaica	8.2	Caribbean
=68	Sierra Leone	8.2	Western Africa
=70	Liberia	8.0	Western Africa
=70	Switzerland	8.0	Western Europe
=72	Burkina Faso	7.9	Western Africa
=72	Canada	7.9	Northern America
=72	Equatorial Guinea	7.9	Middle Africa
=72	Norway	7.9	Northern Europe
=76	China	7.8	Eastern Asia
=76	Haiti	7.8	Caribbean
=76	Sri Lanka	7.8	Southern Asia
=79	Argentina	7.7	South America
=79	Eswatini	7.7	Southern Africa
=79	Micronesia	7.7	Micronesia
=79	Venezuela	7.7	South America
=83	Côte d'Ivoire	7.6	Western Africa
=83	Indonesia	7.6	South-Eastern Asia
=83	Nauru	7.6	Micronesia
=86	Djibouti	7.5	Eastern Africa
=86	El Salvador	7.5	Central America
=86	Guyana	7.5	South America
=86	Liechtenstein	7.5	Western Europe
=86	Madagascar	7.5	Eastern Africa
=86	San Marino	7.5	Southern Europe
=86	Zimbabwe	7.5	Eastern Africa
93	Malta	7.3	Southern Europe
=94	Bolivia	7.2	South America
=94	Kenya	7.2	Eastern Africa
=94	Timor-Leste	7.2	South-Eastern Asia
=97	Brazil	7.1	South America
=97	Comoros	7.1	Eastern Africa
=97	Kiribati	7.1	Micronesia
=97	Marshall Islands	7.1	Micronesia
=97	New Zealand	7.1	Australia and New Zealand
=102	Antigua and Barbuda	7.0	Caribbean
=102	Cameroon	7.0	Middle Africa
=102	Cyprus	7.0	Western Asia
=102	Ghana	7.0	Western Africa
=102	Guinea-Bissau	7.0	Western Africa
=102	Nepal	7.0	Southern Asia
=102	Seychelles	7.0	Eastern Africa
=102	South Korea	7.0	Eastern Asia
=110	Australia	6.9	Australia and New Zealand
=110	Mozambique	6.9	Eastern Africa
=112	Angola	6.8	Middle Africa
=112	Iceland	6.8	Northern Europe
=112	Suriname	6.8	South America
=115	Burundi	6.7	Eastern Africa
=115	Kazakhstan	6.7	Central Asia
=117	Chile	6.6	South America
=117	India	6.6	Southern Asia
=117	Luxembourg	6.6	Western Europe
=117	Papua New Guinea	6.6	Melanesia
=117	Vietnam	6.6	South-Eastern Asia
=122	Cambodia	6.5	South-Eastern Asia
=122	Ireland	6.5	Northern Europe
=122	Libya	6.5	Northern Africa
=125	Pakistan	6.4	Southern Asia
=125	Philippines	6.4	South-Eastern Asia
=125	Tonga	6.4	Polynesia
128	Sudan	6.3	Northern Africa
=129	Congo	6.2	Middle Africa
=129	Dominican Republic	6.2	Caribbean
=129	Gabon	6.2	Middle Africa
=129	Gambia	6.2	Western Africa
=129	Laos	6.2	South-Eastern Asia
=129	Mexico	6.2	Central America
=129	Namibia	6.2	Southern Africa
=129	Samoa	6.2	Polynesia
=137	Andorra	6.1	Southern Europe
=137	Bhutan	6.1	Southern Asia
=137	Tunisia	6.1	Northern Africa
=140	Eritrea	6.0	Eastern Africa
=140	Lebanon	6.0	Western Asia
=140	Singapore	6.0	South-Eastern Asia
=140	Uzbekistan	6.0	Central Asia
=144	Ethiopia	5.9	Eastern Africa
=144	Rwanda	5.9	Eastern Africa
=146	Azerbaijan	5.8	Western Asia
=146	Turkmenistan	5.8	Central Asia
=148	Afghanistan	5.7	Southern Asia
=148	Botswana	5.7	Southern Africa
=148	Morocco	5.7	Northern Africa
=148	Paraguay	5.7	South America
=148	Tanzania	5.7	Eastern Africa
=148	Turkey	5.7	Western Asia
=154	Costa Rica	5.6	Central America
=154	Peru	5.6	South America
=156	Colombia	5.5	South America
=156	Egypt	5.5	Northern Africa
=156	Mongolia	5.5	Eastern Asia
=156	São Tomé and Principe	5.5	Middle Africa
=156	Senegal	5.5	Western Africa
161	Mauritania	5.4	Western Africa
=162	Brunei	5.3	South-Eastern Asia
=162	Israel	5.3	Western Asia
=162	Malawi	5.3	Eastern Africa
=162	Malaysia	5.3	South-Eastern Asia
=166	Ecuador	5.2	South America
=166	Zambia	5.2	Eastern Africa
=168	Bangladesh	5.1	Southern Asia
=168	Cabo Verde	5.1	Western Africa
=168	Solomon Islands	5.1	Melanesia
=171	Belize	5.0	Central America
=171	Vanuatu	5.0	Melanesia
=173	Guatemala	4.9	Central America
=173	Panama	4.9	Central America
=173	Syria	4.9	Western Asia
=176	Iran	4.8	Southern Asia
=176	Uganda	4.8	Eastern Africa
178	Yemen	4.7	Western Asia
=179	Algeria	4.6	Northern Africa
=179	Nicaragua	4.6	Central America
=179	Tajikistan	4.6	Central Asia
182	Honduras	4.5	Central America
183	Kyrgyzstan	4.4	Central Asia
184	Iraq	4.2	Western Asia
185	Jordan	3.1	Western Asia
186	Maldives	2.4	Southern Asia
187	Saudi Arabia	2.3	Western Asia
188	Bahrain	2.2	Western Asia
189	Oman	1.9	Western Asia
190	Kuwait	1.5	Western Asia
191	Qatar	1.1	Western Asia
192	United Arab Emirates	1.0	Western Asia

No World Bank figure for 2 countries: Taiwan, Vatican City.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed, and Antarctica. Highest first.

Place	Per 1,000 people	Status
Isle of Man	10.6	Territory of United Kingdom
Puerto Rico	10.3	Territory of United States of America
Curaçao	10.1	Territory of Netherlands
Saint Martin	9.7	Territory of France
Greenland	9.3	Territory of Denmark
US Virgin Islands	9.2	Territory of United States of America
Bermuda	9.0	Territory of United Kingdom
Sint Maarten	8.3	Territory of Netherlands
Faroe Islands	8.2	Territory of Denmark
Aruba	7.8	Territory of Netherlands
Turks and Caicos Islands	7.4	Territory of United Kingdom
American Samoa	7.3	Territory of United States of America
Hong Kong	7.0	Territory of China
Guam	6.9	Territory of United States of America
New Caledonia	6.3	Territory of France
British Virgin Islands	6.0	Territory of United Kingdom
Palestine	5.9	Status disputed
Northern Mariana Islands	5.0	Territory of United States of America
Cayman Islands	4.9	Territory of United Kingdom
French Polynesia	3.8	Territory of France
Macao	3.6	Territory of China

Questions

Which country has the highest death rate?

Monaco has the highest death rate: 20.1 deaths per 1,000 people (2024). Next come Bulgaria (15.6 deaths per 1,000 people) and Serbia (14.9 deaths per 1,000 people).

Which country has the lowest death rate?

The United Arab Emirates, with 1.0 deaths per 1,000 people (2024).

What is the typical death rate of a country?

The median of the 192 countries is 7.2 deaths per 1,000 people: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

Deaths in a year for every 1,000 people. An old population has a high death rate even where health care is good. Source: World Bank, 2024. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.