Death Rate (per 1,000) by Country
As of 2024, Monaco leads globally in death rate (per 1,000) at 20.1, followed by Bulgaria, Serbia, Latvia. At the lower end, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait rank among the lowest. The global median is 7.2 (Kenya). This indicator falls under the "People" category and is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators. Data is available for 217 countries.
All Countries Ranked
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| # | Country | Death Rate (per 1,000) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Monaco | 20.1 | 2024 |
| 2 |  Bulgaria | 15.6 | 2024 |
| 3 |  Serbia | 14.9 | 2024 |
| 4 |  Latvia | 14.3 | 2024 |
| 5 |  Moldova | 13.8 | 2024 |
| 6 |  Ukraine | 13.6 | 2024 |
| 7 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.5 | 2024 |
| 8 |  Hungary | 13.4 | 2024 |
| 9 |  Japan | 13.3 | 2024 |
| 10 |  Croatia | 13.2 | 2024 |
| 11 |  Belarus | 13.1 | 2024 |
| 12 |  Lithuania | 13 | 2024 |
| 13 |  Romania | 12.8 | 2024 |
| 14 |  Dominica | 12.6 | 2024 |
| 15 |  Russia | 12.4 | 2024 |
| 16 |  Greece | 12.1 | 2024 |
| 17 |  Germany | 12.1 | 2024 |
| 18 |  Georgia | 11.8 | 2024 |
| 19 |  Palau | 11.7 | 2024 |
| 20 |  Nigeria | 11.6 | 2024 |
| 21 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.5 | 2024 |
| 22 |  Estonia | 11.5 | 2024 |
| 23 |  Poland | 11.2 | 2024 |
| 24 |  Portugal | 11.1 | 2024 |
| 25 |  North Macedonia | 11.1 | 2024 |
| 26 |  Chad | 11.1 | 2024 |
| 27 |  Italy | 11 | 2024 |
| 28 |  Isle of Man | 10.6 | 2024 |
| 29 |  Lesotho | 10.5 | 2024 |
| 30 |  Finland | 10.4 | 2024 |
| 31 | Channel Islands | 10.4 | 2024 |
| 32 |  Cuba | 10.4 | 2024 |
| 33 |  Czechia | 10.3 | 2024 |
| 34 |  Puerto Rico | 10.3 | 2024 |
| 35 |  Barbados | 10.2 | 2024 |
| 36 |  Montenegro | 10.2 | 2024 |
| 37 |  Curaçao | 10.1 | 2024 |
| 38 |  Slovenia | 10.1 | 2024 |
| 39 |  Mauritius | 10 | 2024 |
| 40 |  St. Kitts and Nevis | 10 | 2024 |
| 41 |  Uruguay | 9.9 | 2024 |
| 42 |  Slovakia | 9.9 | 2024 |
| 43 |  North Korea | 9.9 | 2024 |
| 44 |  South Sudan | 9.8 | 2024 |
| 45 |  Somalia | 9.7 | 2024 |
| 46 |  United Kingdom | 9.7 | 2024 |
| 47 |  Saint Martin | 9.7 | 2024 |
| 48 |  Austria | 9.6 | 2024 |
| 49 |  Netherlands | 9.6 | 2024 |
| 50 |  Fiji | 9.5 | 2024 |
| 51 |  Belgium | 9.5 | 2024 |
| 52 |  Denmark | 9.5 | 2024 |
| 53 |  France | 9.4 | 2024 |
| 54 |  Central African Republic | 9.4 | 2024 |
| 55 |  Greenland | 9.3 | 2024 |
| 56 |  Tuvalu | 9.3 | 2024 |
| 57 |  South Africa | 9.2 | 2024 |
| 58 |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 9.2 | 2024 |
| 59 |  Myanmar | 9.2 | 2024 |
| 60 |  Thailand | 9 | 2024 |
| 61 |  Guinea | 9 | 2024 |
| 62 |  Bermuda | 9 | 2024 |
| 63 |  United States | 9 | 2024 |
| 64 |  Grenada | 8.9 | 2024 |
| 65 |  Spain | 8.9 | 2024 |
| 66 |  Bahamas | 8.8 | 2024 |
| 67 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 8.7 | 2024 |
| 68 |  Niger | 8.7 | 2024 |
| 69 |  St. Lucia | 8.7 | 2024 |
| 70 |  Benin | 8.7 | 2024 |
| 71 |  Sweden | 8.6 | 2024 |
| 72 |  Mali | 8.5 | 2024 |
| 73 |  Togo | 8.5 | 2024 |
| 74 |  Albania | 8.5 | 2024 |
| 75 |  DR Congo | 8.4 | 2024 |
| 76 |  Armenia | 8.4 | 2024 |
| 77 |  Sint Maarten | 8.3 | 2024 |
| 78 |  Sierra Leone | 8.2 | 2024 |
| 79 |  Jamaica | 8.2 | 2024 |
| 80 |  Faroe Islands | 8.2 | 2024 |
| 81 |  Liberia | 8 | 2024 |
| 82 |  Switzerland | 8 | 2024 |
| 83 |  Burkina Faso | 7.9 | 2024 |
| 84 |  Canada | 7.9 | 2024 |
| 85 |  Norway | 7.9 | 2024 |
| 86 |  Equatorial Guinea | 7.9 | 2024 |
| 87 |  Haiti | 7.8 | 2024 |
| 88 |  Sri Lanka | 7.8 | 2024 |
| 89 |  Aruba | 7.8 | 2024 |
| 90 |  China | 7.8 | 2024 |
| 91 |  Argentina | 7.7 | 2024 |
| 92 |  Eswatini | 7.7 | 2024 |
| 93 |  Micronesia | 7.7 | 2024 |
| 94 |  Venezuela | 7.7 | 2024 |
| 95 |  Indonesia | 7.6 | 2024 |
| 96 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 7.6 | 2024 |
| 97 |  Nauru | 7.6 | 2024 |
| 98 |  Liechtenstein | 7.5 | 2024 |
| 99 |  San Marino | 7.5 | 2024 |
| 100 |  Zimbabwe | 7.5 | 2024 |
| 101 |  Djibouti | 7.5 | 2024 |
| 102 |  Guyana | 7.5 | 2024 |
| 103 |  Madagascar | 7.5 | 2024 |
| 104 |  El Salvador | 7.5 | 2024 |
| 105 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 7.4 | 2024 |
| 106 |  Malta | 7.3 | 2024 |
| 107 |  American Samoa | 7.3 | 2024 |
| 108 |  Timor-Leste | 7.2 | 2024 |
| 109 |  Kenya | 7.2 | 2024 |
| 110 |  Bolivia | 7.2 | 2024 |
| 111 |  Marshall Islands | 7.1 | 2024 |
| 112 |  New Zealand | 7.1 | 2024 |
| 113 |  Comoros | 7.1 | 2024 |
| 114 |  Brazil | 7.1 | 2024 |
| 115 |  Kiribati | 7.1 | 2024 |
| 116 |  Cameroon | 7 | 2024 |
| 117 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 7 | 2024 |
| 118 |  Cyprus | 7 | 2024 |
| 119 |  Ghana | 7 | 2024 |
| 120 |  Guinea-Bissau | 7 | 2024 |
| 121 |  Seychelles | 7 | 2024 |
| 122 |  South Korea | 7 | 2024 |
| 123 |  Hong Kong | 7 | 2024 |
| 124 |  Nepal | 7 | 2024 |
| 125 |  Guam | 6.9 | 2024 |
| 126 |  Mozambique | 6.9 | 2024 |
| 127 |  Australia | 6.9 | 2024 |
| 128 |  Suriname | 6.8 | 2024 |
| 129 |  Angola | 6.8 | 2024 |
| 130 |  Iceland | 6.8 | 2024 |
| 131 |  Kazakhstan | 6.7 | 2024 |
| 132 |  Burundi | 6.7 | 2024 |
| 133 |  Vietnam | 6.6 | 2024 |
| 134 |  Luxembourg | 6.6 | 2024 |
| 135 |  Gibraltar | 6.6 | 2024 |
| 136 |  India | 6.6 | 2024 |
| 137 |  Chile | 6.6 | 2024 |
| 138 |  Papua New Guinea | 6.6 | 2024 |
| 139 |  Libya | 6.5 | 2024 |
| 140 |  Ireland | 6.5 | 2024 |
| 141 |  Cambodia | 6.5 | 2024 |
| 142 |  Pakistan | 6.4 | 2024 |
| 143 |  Tonga | 6.4 | 2024 |
| 144 |  Philippines | 6.3 | 2024 |
| 145 |  Sudan | 6.3 | 2024 |
| 146 |  New Caledonia | 6.3 | 2024 |
| 147 |  The Gambia | 6.2 | 2024 |
| 148 |  Dominican Republic | 6.2 | 2024 |
| 149 |  Republic of the Congo | 6.2 | 2024 |
| 150 |  Gabon | 6.2 | 2024 |
| 151 |  Mexico | 6.2 | 2024 |
| 152 |  Laos | 6.2 | 2024 |
| 153 |  Namibia | 6.2 | 2024 |
| 154 |  Samoa | 6.2 | 2024 |
| 155 |  Andorra | 6.1 | 2024 |
| 156 |  Tunisia | 6.1 | 2024 |
| 157 |  Bhutan | 6.1 | 2024 |
| 158 |  British Virgin Islands | 6 | 2024 |
| 159 |  Lebanon | 6 | 2024 |
| 160 |  Uzbekistan | 6 | 2024 |
| 161 |  Singapore | 6 | 2024 |
| 162 |  Eritrea | 6 | 2024 |
| 163 |  Kosovo | 6 | 2024 |
| 164 |  Rwanda | 5.9 | 2024 |
| 165 |  Ethiopia | 5.9 | 2024 |
| 166 |  West Bank and Gaza | 5.9 | 2024 |
| 167 |  Turkmenistan | 5.8 | 2024 |
| 168 |  Azerbaijan | 5.8 | 2024 |
| 169 |  Botswana | 5.7 | 2024 |
| 170 |  Morocco | 5.7 | 2024 |
| 171 |  Tanzania | 5.7 | 2024 |
| 172 |  Afghanistan | 5.7 | 2024 |
| 173 |  Türkiye | 5.7 | 2024 |
| 174 |  Paraguay | 5.7 | 2024 |
| 175 |  Peru | 5.6 | 2024 |
| 176 |  Costa Rica | 5.6 | 2024 |
| 177 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 5.5 | 2024 |
| 178 |  Egypt | 5.5 | 2024 |
| 179 |  Senegal | 5.5 | 2024 |
| 180 |  Mongolia | 5.5 | 2024 |
| 181 |  Colombia | 5.5 | 2024 |
| 182 |  Mauritania | 5.4 | 2024 |
| 183 |  Brunei | 5.3 | 2024 |
| 184 |  Israel | 5.3 | 2024 |
| 185 |  Malawi | 5.3 | 2024 |
| 186 |  Malaysia | 5.3 | 2024 |
| 187 |  Ecuador | 5.2 | 2024 |
| 188 |  Zambia | 5.2 | 2024 |
| 189 |  Bangladesh | 5.1 | 2024 |
| 190 |  Cabo Verde | 5.1 | 2024 |
| 191 |  Solomon Islands | 5.1 | 2024 |
| 192 |  Vanuatu | 5 | 2024 |
| 193 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 5 | 2024 |
| 194 |  Belize | 5 | 2024 |
| 195 |  Syria | 4.9 | 2024 |
| 196 |  Panama | 4.9 | 2024 |
| 197 |  Cayman Islands | 4.9 | 2024 |
| 198 |  Guatemala | 4.9 | 2024 |
| 199 |  Uganda | 4.8 | 2024 |
| 200 |  Iran | 4.8 | 2024 |
| 201 |  Yemen | 4.7 | 2024 |
| 202 |  Nicaragua | 4.6 | 2024 |
| 203 |  Algeria | 4.6 | 2024 |
| 204 |  Tajikistan | 4.6 | 2024 |
| 205 |  Honduras | 4.5 | 2024 |
| 206 |  Kyrgyzstan | 4.4 | 2024 |
| 207 |  Iraq | 4.2 | 2024 |
| 208 |  French Polynesia | 3.8 | 2024 |
| 209 |  Macao | 3.6 | 2024 |
| 210 |  Jordan | 3.1 | 2024 |
| 211 |  Maldives | 2.4 | 2024 |
| 212 |  Saudi Arabia | 2.3 | 2024 |
| 213 |  Bahrain | 2.2 | 2024 |
| 214 |  Oman | 1.9 | 2024 |
| 215 |  Kuwait | 1.5 | 2024 |
| 216 |  Qatar | 1.1 | 2024 |
| 217 |  United Arab Emirates | 1 | 2024 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country has the highest death rate (per 1,000) in 2024?
Monaco ranks #1 with death rate (per 1,000) of 20.1 as of 2024, based on data from the World Bank World Development Indicators.
Which country has the lowest death rate (per 1,000)?
United Arab Emirates ranks last (#217) with 1 as of 2024.
What is the global median for death rate (per 1,000)?
The median value is 7.2 (Kenya, ranked #109 out of 217 countries).
How many countries report data for death rate (per 1,000)?
217 countries have available data for death rate (per 1,000). Data is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators and updated regularly.
What category does death rate (per 1,000) belong to?
Death Rate (per 1,000) is classified under the "People" category. Statistics of the World tracks 337 indicators across 27 categories.