Which country in Europe has the highest death rate?

Monaco has the highest death rate in Europe: 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 in Europe has the lowest death rate?

Andorra, with 6.1 deaths per 1,000 people (2024).

What is the typical death rate of a country in Europe?

The median of the 43 countries in Europe is 10.3 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. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in Europe by death rate

Deaths in a year for every 1,000 people. An old population has a high death rate even where health care is good. 43 countries in Europe, highest first. World Bank, 2024

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Highest

20.1

Monaco

Median country

10.3

half above, half below

Lowest

6.1

Andorra

Countries in Europe 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	Croatia	13.2	Southern Europe
10	Belarus	13.1	Eastern Europe
11	Lithuania	13.0	Northern Europe
12	Romania	12.8	Eastern Europe
13	Russia	12.4	Eastern Europe
=14	Germany	12.1	Western Europe
=14	Greece	12.1	Southern Europe
16	Estonia	11.5	Northern Europe
17	Poland	11.2	Eastern Europe
=18	North Macedonia	11.1	Southern Europe
=18	Portugal	11.1	Southern Europe
20	Italy	11.0	Southern Europe
21	Finland	10.4	Northern Europe
22	Czechia	10.3	Eastern Europe
23	Montenegro	10.2	Southern Europe
24	Slovenia	10.1	Southern Europe
25	Slovakia	9.9	Eastern Europe
26	United Kingdom	9.7	Northern Europe
=27	Austria	9.6	Western Europe
=27	Netherlands	9.6	Western Europe
=29	Belgium	9.5	Western Europe
=29	Denmark	9.5	Northern Europe
31	France	9.4	Western Europe
32	Spain	8.9	Southern Europe
33	Sweden	8.6	Northern Europe
34	Albania	8.5	Southern Europe
35	Switzerland	8.0	Western Europe
36	Norway	7.9	Northern Europe
=37	Liechtenstein	7.5	Western Europe
=37	San Marino	7.5	Southern Europe
39	Malta	7.3	Southern Europe
40	Iceland	6.8	Northern Europe
41	Luxembourg	6.6	Western Europe
42	Ireland	6.5	Northern Europe
43	Andorra	6.1	Southern Europe

No World Bank figure for Vatican City.

Territories and other places

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

Place	Per 1,000 people	Status
Isle of Man	10.6	Territory of United Kingdom
Faroe Islands	8.2	Territory of Denmark

Questions

Which country in Europe has the highest death rate?: Monaco has the highest death rate in Europe: 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 in Europe has the lowest death rate?: Andorra, with 6.1 deaths per 1,000 people (2024).
What is the typical death rate of a country in Europe?: The median of the 43 countries in Europe is 10.3 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. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

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.