Countries by death rate

Name: Countries by death rate, 2016
Creator: World Bank
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South Sudan had the highest death rate of 215 countries in 2016, at 24.84 per 1,000 inhabitants. Qatar had the lowest, at 0.92 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 7.31 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the World was 7.54 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the World Bank.

Highest24.84South Sudan

Lowest0.92Qatar

Median7.31215 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2016

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2016 per 1,000 inhabitants	Change on 2015
1	South Sudan	24.84	+2.81 pts
2	Monaco	20.84	+1.34 pts
3	Bulgaria	15.6	-0.2 pts
4	Latvia	14.6	+0.2 pts
5	Lithuania	14.3	-0.1 pts
5	Serbia	14.3	-0.3 pts
7	Chad	13.55	-0.33 pts
8	Nigeria	13.41	-0.25 pts
9	Lesotho	13.26	-0.67 pts
10	Moldova	13.25	+0.15 pts
11	Central African Republic	13.18	+0.49 pts
12	Romania	13.1	-0.1 pts
13	Hungary	13	-0.4 pts
14	Russia	12.9	-0.1 pts
15	Georgia	12.77	+0.27 pts
16	Belarus	12.6	0 pts
16	Croatia	12.6	-0.5 pts
18	Ukraine	12.59	-0.43 pts
19	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12.23	+0.32 pts
20	Somalia	12.05	-0.24 pts
21	Estonia	11.7	+0.1 pts
22	Germany	11.1	-0.2 pts
23	Greece	11	-0.2 pts
24	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10.98	+0.16 pts
25	Eswatini	10.89	-0.6 pts
26	Sierra Leone	10.77	-0.83 pts
27	Portugal	10.7	+0.2 pts
28	Guinea	10.53	-0.33 pts
29	Japan	10.5	+0.2 pts
30	Dominica	10.37	-0.5 pts
31	Montenegro	10.3	+0.2 pts
32	Mali	10.27	-0.32 pts
33	Czechia	10.2	-0.3 pts
33	Italy	10.2	-0.6 pts
33	Poland	10.2	-0.2 pts
36	Niger	10.16	-0.23 pts
37	Democratic Republic of the Congo	10.08	-0.27 pts
38	Togo	10.03	-0.18 pts
39	Isle of Man	9.92	+0.07 pts
40	North Macedonia	9.85	-0.05 pts
41	Finland	9.8	+0.2 pts
42	Benin	9.78	-0.12 pts
43	Palau	9.77	+0.27 pts
44	Saint Kitts and Nevis	9.67	+0.12 pts
45	Slovakia	9.6	-0.3 pts
46	Uruguay	9.58	+0.09 pts
47	Belgium	9.5	-0.3 pts
47	Slovenia	9.5	-0.1 pts
49	Cuba	9.44	+0.32 pts
50	Côte d’Ivoire	9.44	-0.36 pts
51	Armenia	9.4	+0.1 pts
52	Burkina Faso	9.37	-0.29 pts
53	Barbados	9.36	+0.04 pts
54	Tuvalu	9.34	-0.06 pts
55	Curaçao	9.3	+0.5 pts
56	Austria	9.2	-0.4 pts
56	Denmark	9.2	0 pts
56	Sweden	9.2	-0.1 pts
59	Equatorial Guinea	9.14	-0.26 pts
60	United Kingdom	9.1	-0.1 pts
61	South Africa	9.07	-0.15 pts
62	Mozambique	8.98	-0.39 pts
63	Liberia	8.93	-0.63 pts
64	Cameroon	8.91	-0.29 pts
65	France	8.9	0 pts
66	Namibia	8.9	-0.36 pts
67	Myanmar	8.86	-0.04 pts
68	Puerto Rico	8.86	+0.78 pts
69	Zimbabwe	8.82	-0.36 pts
70	Spain	8.8	-0.3 pts
71	Fiji	8.79	0 pts
72	Greenland	8.7	+0.3 pts
72	Netherlands	8.7	0 pts
74	Guinea-Bissau	8.66	-0.31 pts
75	Bermuda	8.62	+0.23 pts
76	North Korea	8.59	+0.15 pts
77	United States	8.49	+0.05 pts
78	Angola	8.48	-0.33 pts
79	Burundi	8.21	-0.48 pts
80	Haiti	8.15	+0.01 pts
81	Mauritius	8.1	+0.3 pts
82	Grenada	8.02	+0.13 pts
83	Djibouti	8.01	-0.16 pts
84	Comoros	7.94	-0.12 pts
85	Bahamas	7.94	+0.11 pts
86	Seychelles	7.9	+0.4 pts
87	Argentina	7.87	+0.42 pts
88	Saint Lucia	7.84	+0.34 pts
89	Norway	7.8	0 pts
89	Switzerland	7.8	-0.4 pts
91	Guyana	7.71	-0.05 pts
92	Ghana	7.69	-0.15 pts
93	Faroe Islands	7.67	-0.09 pts
94	Nauru	7.63	-0.01 pts
95	Bolivia	7.61	-0.04 pts
96	Timor-Leste	7.61	-0.04 pts
97	San Marino	7.6	+0.5 pts
98	Indonesia	7.5	+0.01 pts
99	U.S. Virgin Islands	7.5	+0.2 pts
100	Micronesia	7.49	+0.01 pts
101	Botswana	7.46	-0.45 pts
102	Madagascar	7.45	-0.01 pts
103	El Salvador	7.45	+0.07 pts
104	Canada	7.4	0 pts
104	Malta	7.4	-0.3 pts
106	Syria	7.32	-0.9 pts
107	Afghanistan	7.32	-0.21 pts
108	Trinidad and Tobago	7.31	+0.18 pts
109	Albania	7.29	+0.04 pts
109	Gambia	7.29	-0.21 pts
111	Aruba	7.26	+0.89 pts
112	Kazakhstan	7.21	-0.18 pts
113	Zambia	7.2	-0.2 pts
114	Laos	7.2	-0.31 pts
115	Liechtenstein	7.2	+0.5 pts
116	Malawi	7.18	-0.46 pts
117	Kenya	7.17	+0.03 pts
118	Gibraltar	7.07	+0.05 pts
119	Suriname	7.07	-0.12 pts
120	Nepal	7.07	-0.32 pts
121	China	7.04	-0.03 pts
122	Pakistan	7.04	-0.13 pts
123	Republic of the Congo	7.03	-0.14 pts
124	Gabon	7.02	-0.11 pts
125	Kiribati	7.02	+0.03 pts
126	Ethiopia	7	-0.21 pts
127	Sudan	6.95	-0.12 pts
128	Thailand	6.92	+0.1 pts
129	Jamaica	6.91	+0.19 pts
130	Iceland	6.9	+0.3 pts
131	Luxembourg	6.8	-0.2 pts
131	Tanzania	6.8	-0.2 pts
133	Papua New Guinea	6.74	-0.06 pts
134	Mauritania	6.73	-0.26 pts
135	Eritrea	6.73	-0.1 pts
136	India	6.7	-0.03 pts
137	Turks and Caicos Islands	6.66	+0.21 pts
138	New Zealand	6.61	-0.24 pts
139	Australia	6.6	0 pts
140	Venezuela	6.57	+0.55 pts
141	Bhutan	6.57	+0.04 pts
142	Marshall Islands	6.56	+0.07 pts
143	São Tomé and Príncipe	6.53	-0.19 pts
144	Sri Lanka	6.49	+0.1 pts
145	Senegal	6.46	-0.16 pts
146	Hong Kong	6.4	+0.1 pts
146	Ireland	6.4	0 pts
148	Tonga	6.39	+0.01 pts
149	Rwanda	6.34	-0.06 pts
150	Brazil	6.23	+0.18 pts
151	Vietnam	6.2	+0.04 pts
152	Antigua and Barbuda	6.14	+0.07 pts
153	Cyprus	6.14	+0.09 pts
154	Guam	6.13	+0.19 pts
155	Turkmenistan	6.1	-0.03 pts
156	Samoa	6.09	+0.03 pts
157	Chile	6.09	-0.02 pts
158	Uganda	6.07	-0.3 pts
159	Tunisia	6.04	+0.04 pts
160	Peru	6.04	-0 pts
161	Cambodia	6.03	+0.02 pts
162	Uzbekistan	5.96	-0.04 pts
163	Dominican Republic	5.88	+0.12 pts
164	Mexico	5.87	+0.1 pts
165	New Caledonia	5.81	+0.12 pts
166	Azerbaijan	5.8	+0.1 pts
166	Mongolia	5.8	0 pts
168	British Virgin Islands	5.79	+0.51 pts
169	American Samoa	5.75	+0.18 pts
170	Egypt	5.71	-0.11 pts
171	Sint Maarten	5.69	+0.23 pts
172	Morocco	5.67	-0.01 pts
173	Philippines	5.66	+0.08 pts
174	Yemen	5.65	-0.13 pts
175	Vanuatu	5.62	-0.03 pts
176	Bangladesh	5.58	-0.06 pts
177	Kyrgyzstan	5.5	-0.3 pts
177	South Korea	5.5	+0.1 pts
179	Solomon Islands	5.43	-0.02 pts
180	Andorra	5.41	-0.26 pts
181	Paraguay	5.4	+0.08 pts
182	Libya	5.38	+0.01 pts
183	Colombia	5.31	+0.06 pts
184	Türkiye	5.3	+0.1 pts
185	Iraq	5.2	+0.46 pts
185	Israel	5.2	-0.1 pts
187	Guatemala	5.17	-0.07 pts
188	Tajikistan	5.16	-0.12 pts
189	Cape Verde	5.15	+0.01 pts
190	Belize	5.11	-0.03 pts
191	Ecuador	5.01	+0.14 pts
192	Nicaragua	4.96	-0.03 pts
193	Malaysia	4.92	+0.05 pts
194	Costa Rica	4.82	+0.3 pts
195	Singapore	4.8	0 pts
196	Panama	4.74	+0.02 pts
197	Cayman Islands	4.72	0 pts
198	Lebanon	4.72	+0.21 pts
199	Algeria	4.65	0 pts
200	Iran	4.63	+0.01 pts
201	Honduras	4.44	-0.04 pts
202	Brunei	4.38	+0.13 pts
203	Saint Martin	4.17	+0.13 pts
204	Northern Mariana Islands	3.9	+0.13 pts
205	Macao	3.4	+0.3 pts
206	Palestine	3.26	-0.06 pts
207	French Polynesia	3.18	+0.05 pts
208	Jordan	3.17	0 pts
209	Maldives	2.76	-0.09 pts
210	Saudi Arabia	2.18	-0.09 pts
211	Oman	2.02	-0.04 pts
212	Bahrain	1.98	-0.1 pts
213	Kuwait	1.83	+0.03 pts
214	United Arab Emirates	1.01	-0.01 pts
215	Qatar	0.92	-0.05 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?

South Sudan, with 24.84 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2016, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest death rate?

Qatar, with 0.92 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2016.

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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.