Which country in North America has the highest death rate?

Dominica has the highest death rate in North America: 12.6 deaths per 1,000 people (2024). Next come Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (11.5 deaths per 1,000 people) and Cuba (10.4 deaths per 1,000 people).

Which country in North America has the lowest death rate?

Honduras, with 4.5 deaths per 1,000 people (2024).

What is the typical death rate of a country in North America?

The median of the 23 countries in North America is 7.9 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 North America 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. 23 countries in North America, highest first. World Bank, 2024

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Highest

12.6

Dominica

Median country

7.9

half above, half below

Lowest

4.5

Honduras

Countries in North America by death rate, World Bank, 2024
#	Country	Per 1,000 people	Region
1	Dominica	12.6	Caribbean
2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	11.5	Caribbean
3	Cuba	10.4	Caribbean
4	Barbados	10.2	Caribbean
5	Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.0	Caribbean
6	United States	9.0	Northern America
7	Grenada	8.9	Caribbean
8	Bahamas	8.8	Caribbean
=9	Saint Lucia	8.7	Caribbean
=9	Trinidad and Tobago	8.7	Caribbean
11	Jamaica	8.2	Caribbean
12	Canada	7.9	Northern America
13	Haiti	7.8	Caribbean
14	El Salvador	7.5	Central America
15	Antigua and Barbuda	7.0	Caribbean
=16	Dominican Republic	6.2	Caribbean
=16	Mexico	6.2	Central America
18	Costa Rica	5.6	Central America
19	Belize	5.0	Central America
=20	Guatemala	4.9	Central America
=20	Panama	4.9	Central America
22	Nicaragua	4.6	Central America
23	Honduras	4.5	Central America

Territories and other places

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

Place	Per 1,000 people	Status
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
Aruba	7.8	Territory of Netherlands
Turks and Caicos Islands	7.4	Territory of United Kingdom
British Virgin Islands	6.0	Territory of United Kingdom
Cayman Islands	4.9	Territory of United Kingdom

Questions

Which country in North America has the highest death rate?: Dominica has the highest death rate in North America: 12.6 deaths per 1,000 people (2024). Next come Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (11.5 deaths per 1,000 people) and Cuba (10.4 deaths per 1,000 people).
Which country in North America has the lowest death rate?: Honduras, with 4.5 deaths per 1,000 people (2024).
What is the typical death rate of a country in North America?: The median of the 23 countries in North America is 7.9 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.