Countries by death rate

Name: Countries by death rate, 2013
Creator: World Bank
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Monaco had the highest death rate of 215 countries in 2013, at 16.24 per 1,000 inhabitants. The United Arab Emirates had the lowest, at 1.03 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 7.5 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the World was 7.63 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the World Bank.

Highest16.24Monaco

Lowest1.03United Arab Emirates

Median7.5215 countries

World7.63History

Top 40 countries, 2013

CSV Chart (SVG)

per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2013 per 1,000 inhabitants	Change on 2012
1	Monaco	16.24	+1.82 pts
2	Lesotho	15.5	-0.96 pts
3	Bulgaria	14.6	-0.4 pts
4	Central African Republic	14.4	+1.08 pts
5	Latvia	14.3	0 pts
6	Chad	14.23	-0.32 pts
7	Lithuania	14	+0.3 pts
7	Serbia	14	-0.2 pts
9	Ukraine	13.98	-0.26 pts
10	Nigeria	13.86	-0.15 pts
11	Belarus	13.2	-0.2 pts
12	Russia	13	-0.3 pts
13	Eswatini	12.92	-0.74 pts
14	Somalia	12.89	-3.21 pts
15	Hungary	12.8	-0.2 pts
16	Sierra Leone	12.58	-0.63 pts
17	Moldova	12.56	+0.26 pts
18	Romania	12.4	-0.3 pts
19	Georgia	12.34	-0.22 pts
20	Croatia	11.9	-0.2 pts
21	Dominica	11.72	+0.27 pts
22	Estonia	11.6	-0.1 pts
23	Mali	11.22	-0.34 pts
24	Guinea	11.18	-0.23 pts
25	Germany	11.1	+0.3 pts
26	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11.05	+0.34 pts
27	Democratic Republic of the Congo	10.84	-0.27 pts
28	Niger	10.75	-0.24 pts
29	Togo	10.71	-0.33 pts
30	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10.66	+0.32 pts
31	Czechia	10.4	+0.1 pts
32	Côte d’Ivoire	10.37	-0.12 pts
33	Burkina Faso	10.28	-0.31 pts
34	Mozambique	10.23	-0.43 pts
34	Zimbabwe	10.23	-0.71 pts
36	Greece	10.2	-0.4 pts
36	Poland	10.2	+0.1 pts
36	Portugal	10.2	0 pts
39	Japan	10.1	+0.1 pts
40	Benin	10.09	-0.17 pts
41	Italy	10	-0.2 pts
42	South Sudan	10	-0.05 pts
43	South Africa	9.96	-0.19 pts
44	Namibia	9.96	-0.34 pts
45	Equatorial Guinea	9.92	-0.3 pts
46	Belgium	9.8	0 pts
47	Cameroon	9.76	-0.35 pts
48	Guinea-Bissau	9.68	-0.36 pts
49	Slovakia	9.6	-0.1 pts
50	Angola	9.58	-0.46 pts
51	Isle of Man	9.57	+0.11 pts
52	Finland	9.5	-0.1 pts
52	Montenegro	9.5	0 pts
54	Uruguay	9.46	-0.1 pts
55	Austria	9.4	0 pts
55	Slovenia	9.4	0 pts
55	Sweden	9.4	-0.3 pts
58	Tuvalu	9.39	+0.04 pts
59	Liberia	9.36	-0.18 pts
60	Saint Kitts and Nevis	9.32	+0.11 pts
61	Denmark	9.3	-0.1 pts
61	North Macedonia	9.3	-0.5 pts
63	Barbados	9.25	+0.04 pts
64	Burundi	9.2	-0.4 pts
65	Palau	9.05	-0.09 pts
66	Armenia	9	-0.1 pts
66	United Kingdom	9	+0.1 pts
68	Myanmar	8.98	-0.06 pts
69	Botswana	8.78	-0.38 pts
70	France	8.7	0 pts
71	Malawi	8.62	-0.62 pts
72	North Korea	8.52	-0.09 pts
73	Cuba	8.52	+0.27 pts
74	Fiji	8.43	-0.35 pts
75	Netherlands	8.4	0 pts
76	Djibouti	8.36	-0.13 pts
77	Comoros	8.32	-0.15 pts
78	Haiti	8.31	-0.13 pts
79	Spain	8.3	-0.3 pts
80	United States	8.22	+0.11 pts
81	Ghana	8.17	-0.16 pts
82	Curaçao	8.1	-0.1 pts
82	Norway	8.1	-0.3 pts
82	Puerto Rico	8.1	0 pts
85	Guyana	8.05	-0.02 pts
86	Zambia	8.02	-0.37 pts
87	Seychelles	8	+0.6 pts
87	Switzerland	8	0 pts
89	Bermuda	7.97	+0.16 pts
90	Gambia	7.91	-0.19 pts
91	Greenland	7.9	-0.2 pts
92	Kazakhstan	7.88	-0.32 pts
93	Timor-Leste	7.79	-0.08 pts
94	Bolivia	7.78	-0.05 pts
95	Argentina	7.78	+0.06 pts
95	Ethiopia	7.78	-0.34 pts
97	Nauru	7.69	-0.09 pts
98	Grenada	7.67	+0.09 pts
99	Malta	7.6	-0.5 pts
100	Afghanistan	7.6	-0.22 pts
101	Faroe Islands	7.57	-0.91 pts
101	Republic of the Congo	7.57	-0.2 pts
103	Mauritania	7.56	+0.18 pts
104	Madagascar	7.54	-0.07 pts
105	Syria	7.51	+0.69 pts
106	Indonesia	7.51	0 pts
107	Tanzania	7.5	-0.22 pts
108	Mauritius	7.5	0 pts
108	San Marino	7.5	+0.4 pts
110	Laos	7.5	-0.07 pts
111	Bahamas	7.49	+0.03 pts
112	Sudan	7.47	-0.05 pts
113	Gabon	7.44	-0.17 pts
114	Pakistan	7.38	-0.11 pts
115	Saint Lucia	7.34	+0.2 pts
116	Micronesia	7.31	+0.06 pts
117	Suriname	7.21	+0.04 pts
118	Canada	7.2	+0.1 pts
119	Kenya	7.18	-0.03 pts
120	El Salvador	7.15	+0.11 pts
121	São Tomé and Príncipe	7.15	-0.18 pts
122	China	7.13	0 pts
123	Eritrea	7.12	-0.12 pts
124	Senegal	7.09	-0.22 pts
125	Nepal	7.06	+0.03 pts
126	Uganda	7.04	-0.38 pts
127	Albania	7.02	+0.29 pts
128	Luxembourg	7	-0.3 pts
129	Papua New Guinea	6.98	-0.1 pts
130	Kiribati	6.95	0 pts
131	U.S. Virgin Islands	6.9	+0.2 pts
132	India	6.86	-0.09 pts
133	Gibraltar	6.84	+0.11 pts
134	Trinidad and Tobago	6.78	+0.05 pts
135	Thailand	6.71	+0.02 pts
136	Iceland	6.7	+0.6 pts
136	Liechtenstein	6.7	+0.6 pts
138	New Zealand	6.65	-0.17 pts
139	Rwanda	6.6	-0.16 pts
140	Bhutan	6.46	-0.02 pts
141	Jamaica	6.42	+0.06 pts
142	Australia	6.4	-0.2 pts
142	Ireland	6.4	+0.1 pts
144	Marshall Islands	6.39	+0.01 pts
145	Tonga	6.33	+0.03 pts
146	Peru	6.32	-0.15 pts
147	Sri Lanka	6.29	-0.03 pts
148	Turks and Caicos Islands	6.21	+0.16 pts
149	Uzbekistan	6.11	-0.02 pts
150	Kyrgyzstan	6.1	-0.4 pts
150	Turkmenistan	6.1	+0.05 pts
152	Chile	6.06	-0.03 pts
153	Vietnam	6.06	+0.05 pts
154	Cambodia	6.04	-0.03 pts
155	Hong Kong	6	-0.1 pts
156	Egypt	5.97	-0.03 pts
157	Samoa	5.95	+0.01 pts
158	Andorra	5.93	-0.07 pts
159	Brazil	5.92	+0.04 pts
160	Mongolia	5.9	-0.4 pts
161	Tunisia	5.87	+0.08 pts
162	Cyprus	5.86	+0.02 pts
163	Venezuela	5.8	+0.1 pts
164	Azerbaijan	5.8	-0.1 pts
165	Antigua and Barbuda	5.79	+0.09 pts
166	Bangladesh	5.78	-0.07 pts
167	Morocco	5.77	-0.08 pts
168	Mexico	5.68	0 pts
169	Guam	5.59	+0.12 pts
170	Vanuatu	5.59	+0.05 pts
171	Dominican Republic	5.55	+0.01 pts
172	Solomon Islands	5.53	-0.04 pts
173	Philippines	5.51	+0.05 pts
174	New Caledonia	5.48	+0.01 pts
175	Aruba	5.42	-0.43 pts
176	South Korea	5.3	0 pts
177	Yemen	5.29	-0.13 pts
178	Tajikistan	5.29	-0.14 pts
179	Sint Maarten	5.27	+0.05 pts
180	Israel	5.2	-0.1 pts
181	Paraguay	5.19	+0.02 pts
182	American Samoa	5.19	+0.13 pts
183	British Virgin Islands	5.19	+0.06 pts
184	Guatemala	5.18	-0.02 pts
185	Belize	5.17	0 pts
186	Cape Verde	5.17	+0.04 pts
187	Iraq	5.06	-0.06 pts
188	Colombia	5.03	+0.06 pts
189	Nicaragua	4.98	+0.02 pts
190	Libya	4.97	-0 pts
191	Türkiye	4.9	-0.1 pts
192	Ecuador	4.85	-0.05 pts
193	Cayman Islands	4.73	-0.14 pts
194	Panama	4.66	+0.01 pts
195	Algeria	4.64	-0.01 pts
196	Iran	4.61	0 pts
197	Malaysia	4.61	+0.13 pts
198	Singapore	4.6	+0.1 pts
199	Honduras	4.55	-0.05 pts
200	Costa Rica	4.33	+0.03 pts
201	Lebanon	4.05	-0.16 pts
202	Brunei	4.02	+0.11 pts
203	Saint Martin	3.84	+0.07 pts
204	Jordan	3.6	-0.18 pts
205	Northern Mariana Islands	3.45	+0.19 pts
206	Palestine	3.34	-0.08 pts
207	Macao	3.2	0 pts
208	Maldives	3.04	-0.08 pts
209	French Polynesia	3	+0.02 pts
210	Saudi Arabia	2.51	-0.09 pts
211	Oman	2.19	-0.01 pts
212	Bahrain	1.98	-0.04 pts
213	Kuwait	1.8	-0.01 pts
214	Qatar	1.1	-0.03 pts
215	United Arab Emirates	1.03	0 pts

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About this ranking

Deaths per 1,000 residents during the year.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

World Bank, World Development Indicators. Death rate, crude, per 1,000 people (SP.DYN.CDRT.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.CDRT.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which country has the highest death rate?

Monaco, with 16.24 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2013, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest death rate?

The United Arab Emirates, with 1.03 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2013.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Death rate, crude, per 1,000 people (SP.DYN.CDRT.IN). Retrieved 2026-10-09.