Death Rate

Crude death rate per 1,000 midyear population.

Latest available data

This page uses the latest available World Bank observation (2024). Country-level datasets often lag the current calendar year because they depend on official reporting and validation.

World Bank 2024

What is the global average Death Rate?

The global average Death Rate is 8.14 per 1,000 people as of 2024. Monaco has the highest at 20.14 per 1,000 people, while Cayman Islands has the lowest at 4.86 per 1,000 people. Data covers 195 countries. Source: World Bank.

World Average
8.14 per 1,000 people
Highest
Monaco
20.14 per 1,000 people
Lowest
Cayman Islands
4.86 per 1,000 people
Countries with Data
195
2024

Top Countries

#1 Monaco 20.14 per 1,000 people
#2 Bulgaria 15.6 per 1,000 people
#3 Serbia 14.9 per 1,000 people
#4 Latvia 14.3 per 1,000 people
#5 Moldova 13.82 per 1,000 people

Regional Averages

Europe
10.53 per 1,000 people
47 country
Americas
7.9 per 1,000 people
43 country
Africa
7.35 per 1,000 people
52 country
Oceania
7.15 per 1,000 people
18 country
Asia
6.94 per 1,000 people
35 country

Country Rankings

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Death Rate — Country Rankings (2024)
# Country Value
1 Monaco 20.14 per 1,000 people
2 Bulgaria 15.6 per 1,000 people
3 Serbia 14.9 per 1,000 people
4 Latvia 14.3 per 1,000 people
5 Moldova 13.82 per 1,000 people
6 Ukraine 13.6 per 1,000 people
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.52 per 1,000 people
8 Hungary 13.4 per 1,000 people
9 Japan 13.3 per 1,000 people
10 Croatia 13.2 per 1,000 people
11 Belarus 13.14 per 1,000 people
12 Lithuania 13 per 1,000 people
13 Romania 12.8 per 1,000 people
14 Dominica 12.62 per 1,000 people
15 Russia 12.4 per 1,000 people
16 Germany 12.1 per 1,000 people
17 Greece 12.1 per 1,000 people
18 Georgia 11.84 per 1,000 people
19 Palau 11.73 per 1,000 people
20 Nigeria 11.64 per 1,000 people
21 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.54 per 1,000 people
22 Estonia 11.5 per 1,000 people
23 Poland 11.2 per 1,000 people
24 North Macedonia 11.1 per 1,000 people
25 Portugal 11.1 per 1,000 people
26 Chad 11.08 per 1,000 people
27 Italy 11 per 1,000 people
28 Isle of Man 10.65 per 1,000 people
29 Lesotho 10.48 per 1,000 people
30 Finland 10.4 per 1,000 people
31 Cuba 10.38 per 1,000 people
32 Czechia 10.3 per 1,000 people
33 Puerto Rico 10.3 per 1,000 people
34 Barbados 10.23 per 1,000 people
35 Montenegro 10.2 per 1,000 people
36 Curaçao 10.1 per 1,000 people
37 Slovenia 10.1 per 1,000 people
38 Mauritius 10 per 1,000 people
39 Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.98 per 1,000 people
40 Uruguay 9.93 per 1,000 people
41 Slovakia 9.9 per 1,000 people
42 North Korea 9.86 per 1,000 people
43 South Sudan 9.82 per 1,000 people
44 Somalia 9.74 per 1,000 people
45 United Kingdom 9.7 per 1,000 people
46 Saint Martin 9.66 per 1,000 people
47 Austria 9.6 per 1,000 people
48 Netherlands 9.6 per 1,000 people
49 Fiji 9.51 per 1,000 people
50 Belgium 9.5 per 1,000 people
51 Denmark 9.5 per 1,000 people
52 France 9.4 per 1,000 people
53 Central African Republic 9.38 per 1,000 people
54 Greenland 9.3 per 1,000 people
55 Tuvalu 9.27 per 1,000 people
56 South Africa 9.24 per 1,000 people
57 United States Virgin Islands 9.2 per 1,000 people
58 Myanmar 9.18 per 1,000 people
59 Thailand 9.03 per 1,000 people
60 Guinea 9.03 per 1,000 people
61 Bermuda 9 per 1,000 people
62 United States 9 per 1,000 people
63 Grenada 8.92 per 1,000 people
64 Spain 8.9 per 1,000 people
65 Bahamas 8.77 per 1,000 people
66 Trinidad and Tobago 8.74 per 1,000 people
67 Niger 8.72 per 1,000 people
68 Saint Lucia 8.71 per 1,000 people
69 Benin 8.71 per 1,000 people
70 Sweden 8.6 per 1,000 people
71 Mali 8.51 per 1,000 people
72 Togo 8.49 per 1,000 people
73 Albania 8.46 per 1,000 people
74 DR Congo 8.42 per 1,000 people
75 Armenia 8.4 per 1,000 people
76 Sint Maarten 8.3 per 1,000 people
77 Sierra Leone 8.21 per 1,000 people
78 Jamaica 8.21 per 1,000 people
79 Faroe Islands 8.2 per 1,000 people
80 Liberia 8.02 per 1,000 people
81 Switzerland 8 per 1,000 people
82 Burkina Faso 7.92 per 1,000 people
83 Canada 7.9 per 1,000 people
84 Norway 7.9 per 1,000 people
85 Equatorial Guinea 7.85 per 1,000 people
86 Haiti 7.8 per 1,000 people
87 Sri Lanka 7.8 per 1,000 people
88 Aruba 7.78 per 1,000 people
89 China 7.76 per 1,000 people
90 Argentina 7.73 per 1,000 people
91 Eswatini 7.73 per 1,000 people
92 Micronesia 7.71 per 1,000 people
93 Venezuela 7.68 per 1,000 people
94 Indonesia 7.62 per 1,000 people
95 Ivory Coast 7.61 per 1,000 people
96 Nauru 7.57 per 1,000 people
97 Liechtenstein 7.5 per 1,000 people
98 San Marino 7.5 per 1,000 people
99 Zimbabwe 7.5 per 1,000 people
100 Djibouti 7.49 per 1,000 people
101 Guyana 7.48 per 1,000 people
102 Madagascar 7.47 per 1,000 people
103 El Salvador 7.47 per 1,000 people
104 Turks and Caicos Islands 7.39 per 1,000 people
105 Malta 7.3 per 1,000 people
106 American Samoa 7.29 per 1,000 people
107 Timor-Leste 7.22 per 1,000 people
108 Kenya 7.18 per 1,000 people
109 Bolivia 7.17 per 1,000 people
110 Marshall Islands 7.13 per 1,000 people
111 New Zealand 7.13 per 1,000 people
112 Comoros 7.12 per 1,000 people
113 Brazil 7.07 per 1,000 people
114 Kiribati 7.06 per 1,000 people
115 Cameroon 7.03 per 1,000 people
116 Antigua and Barbuda 7.03 per 1,000 people
117 Cyprus 7.02 per 1,000 people
118 Ghana 7.01 per 1,000 people
119 Guinea-Bissau 7.01 per 1,000 people
120 Hong Kong 7 per 1,000 people
121 South Korea 7 per 1,000 people
122 Seychelles 7 per 1,000 people
123 Nepal 6.97 per 1,000 people
124 Guam 6.92 per 1,000 people
125 Mozambique 6.91 per 1,000 people
126 Australia 6.88 per 1,000 people
127 Suriname 6.84 per 1,000 people
128 Angola 6.84 per 1,000 people
129 Iceland 6.8 per 1,000 people
130 Kazakhstan 6.7 per 1,000 people
131 Burundi 6.67 per 1,000 people
132 Vietnam 6.65 per 1,000 people
133 Luxembourg 6.6 per 1,000 people
134 Gibraltar 6.59 per 1,000 people
135 India 6.59 per 1,000 people
136 Chile 6.58 per 1,000 people
137 Papua New Guinea 6.55 per 1,000 people
138 Libya 6.53 per 1,000 people
139 Ireland 6.5 per 1,000 people
140 Cambodia 6.45 per 1,000 people
141 Pakistan 6.45 per 1,000 people
142 Tonga 6.44 per 1,000 people
143 Philippines 6.35 per 1,000 people
144 Sudan 6.34 per 1,000 people
145 New Caledonia 6.25 per 1,000 people
146 Dominican Republic 6.25 per 1,000 people
147 Gambia 6.25 per 1,000 people
148 Republic of the Congo 6.24 per 1,000 people
149 Gabon 6.23 per 1,000 people
150 Mexico 6.22 per 1,000 people
151 Laos 6.19 per 1,000 people
152 Namibia 6.18 per 1,000 people
153 Samoa 6.16 per 1,000 people
154 Andorra 6.14 per 1,000 people
155 Tunisia 6.13 per 1,000 people
156 Bhutan 6.07 per 1,000 people
157 British Virgin Islands 6.05 per 1,000 people
158 Lebanon 6.04 per 1,000 people
159 Uzbekistan 6.03 per 1,000 people
160 Singapore 6 per 1,000 people
161 Eritrea 6 per 1,000 people
162 Rwanda 5.9 per 1,000 people
163 Ethiopia 5.88 per 1,000 people
164 Palestine 5.87 per 1,000 people
165 Turkmenistan 5.84 per 1,000 people
166 Azerbaijan 5.8 per 1,000 people
167 Botswana 5.74 per 1,000 people
168 Morocco 5.73 per 1,000 people
169 Tanzania 5.72 per 1,000 people
170 Afghanistan 5.7 per 1,000 people
171 Turkey 5.7 per 1,000 people
172 Paraguay 5.7 per 1,000 people
173 Peru 5.6 per 1,000 people
174 Costa Rica 5.57 per 1,000 people
175 São Tomé and Príncipe 5.53 per 1,000 people
176 Egypt 5.51 per 1,000 people
177 Senegal 5.51 per 1,000 people
178 Mongolia 5.5 per 1,000 people
179 Colombia 5.47 per 1,000 people
180 Mauritania 5.41 per 1,000 people
181 Brunei 5.34 per 1,000 people
182 Israel 5.3 per 1,000 people
183 Malawi 5.29 per 1,000 people
184 Malaysia 5.27 per 1,000 people
185 Ecuador 5.21 per 1,000 people
186 Zambia 5.17 per 1,000 people
187 Bangladesh 5.11 per 1,000 people
188 Cape Verde 5.1 per 1,000 people
189 Solomon Islands 5.08 per 1,000 people
190 Vanuatu 5.02 per 1,000 people
191 Northern Mariana Islands 4.98 per 1,000 people
192 Belize 4.96 per 1,000 people
193 Syria 4.93 per 1,000 people
194 Panama 4.91 per 1,000 people
195 Cayman Islands 4.86 per 1,000 people

Definition

Death rate, often called the crude death rate, measures the annual number of deaths occurring per 1,000 people in a given population. It provides a general indicator of the mortality level within a country or region without adjusting for the age structure, reflecting the combined impact of health conditions and demographic composition.

How it is calculated

The indicator is calculated by dividing the total number of deaths recorded in a calendar year by the estimated midyear population of that same year. The resulting figure is then multiplied by 1,000 to express the rate as a standard frequency. Data is typically sourced from national vital registration systems or census estimates.

Interpretation

Higher values may reflect an aging population where natural mortality is more frequent, or they could indicate significant public health challenges. Conversely, exceptionally low values are often found in nations with very young populations and high immigration of working-age adults, even if individual health risks remain present.

Frequently Asked Questions

Death rate is a demographic measure representing the number of deaths per 1,000 individuals in a population during a specific period. It is considered 'crude' because it does not account for age distribution. This metric helps researchers and policymakers understand population trends, health outcomes, and the overall mortality burden within a specific country.

According to recent data covering 215 countries, Monaco has the highest death rate at 20.141 per 1,000 people. This high figure is largely attributed to the nation's unique demographic profile, which includes a significant proportion of elderly residents, rather than a lack of quality healthcare or poor living standards.

The United Arab Emirates currently records the lowest death rate in the world at 0.972 per 1,000 people. This extremely low rate is primarily driven by a youthful population and a large expatriate workforce of working-age adults, which statistically lowers the overall number of deaths relative to the total population size.

To calculate the crude death rate, the total number of deaths in a year is divided by the midyear population. This quotient is then multiplied by 1,000. This standardized format allows for direct comparisons between countries of different sizes, though it does not adjust for differences in the age-sex structure of those populations.

About this data
Source
World Bank SP.DYN.CDRT.IN
Definition
Crude death rate per 1,000 midyear population.
Coverage
Data for 195 countries (2024)
Limitations
Data may lag 1-2 years for some countries. Coverage varies by indicator.