Countries by death rate

Name: Countries by death rate, 2017
Creator: World Bank
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South Sudan had the highest death rate of 215 countries in 2017, at 25.77 per 1,000 inhabitants. Qatar had the lowest, at 0.9 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 7.25 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the World was 7.53 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the World Bank.

Highest25.77South Sudan

Lowest0.9Qatar

Median7.25215 countries

World7.53History

Top 40 countries, 2017

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2017 per 1,000 inhabitants	Change on 2016
1	South Sudan	25.77	+0.92 pts
2	Monaco	21.07	+0.23 pts
3	Central African Republic	16.94	+3.77 pts
4	Bulgaria	16.1	+0.5 pts
5	Latvia	14.8	+0.2 pts
5	Serbia	14.8	+0.5 pts
7	Lithuania	14.1	-0.2 pts
8	Somalia	14.07	+2.02 pts
9	Dominica	13.63	+3.25 pts
10	Hungary	13.6	+0.6 pts
11	Romania	13.4	+0.3 pts
12	Chad	13.28	-0.27 pts
13	Moldova	13.25	+0.01 pts
14	Croatia	13.2	+0.6 pts
15	Nigeria	13.19	-0.22 pts
16	Lesotho	12.66	-0.6 pts
17	Georgia	12.65	-0.12 pts
18	Belarus	12.6	0 pts
19	Russia	12.4	-0.5 pts
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12.3	+0.08 pts
21	Ukraine	12.27	-0.32 pts
22	Estonia	11.8	+0.1 pts
23	Greece	11.6	+0.6 pts
24	Germany	11.3	+0.2 pts
25	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10.92	-0.06 pts
26	Italy	10.8	+0.6 pts
26	Japan	10.8	+0.3 pts
28	Poland	10.6	+0.4 pts
28	Portugal	10.6	-0.1 pts
30	Czechia	10.5	+0.3 pts
31	Montenegro	10.4	+0.1 pts
32	Guinea	10.37	-0.16 pts
33	Sierra Leone	10.33	-0.44 pts
34	Eswatini	10.28	-0.61 pts
35	Palau	10.05	+0.27 pts
36	Mali	10.03	-0.24 pts
37	Isle of Man	9.97	+0.05 pts
38	Niger	9.96	-0.2 pts
39	Cuba	9.91	+0.47 pts
40	Slovakia	9.9	+0.3 pts
40	Slovenia	9.9	+0.4 pts
42	Togo	9.88	-0.15 pts
43	Democratic Republic of the Congo	9.87	-0.21 pts
44	Finland	9.8	0 pts
44	North Macedonia	9.8	-0.05 pts
46	Saint Kitts and Nevis	9.79	+0.11 pts
47	Benin	9.62	-0.16 pts
48	Belgium	9.6	+0.1 pts
49	Austria	9.5	+0.3 pts
50	Uruguay	9.49	-0.09 pts
51	Barbados	9.43	+0.07 pts
52	Tuvalu	9.26	-0.08 pts
53	Puerto Rico	9.22	+0.36 pts
54	Denmark	9.2	0 pts
54	United Kingdom	9.2	+0.1 pts
56	Côte d’Ivoire	9.1	-0.33 pts
57	Armenia	9.1	-0.3 pts
57	France	9.1	+0.2 pts
57	Spain	9.1	+0.3 pts
57	Sweden	9.1	-0.1 pts
61	Burkina Faso	9.08	-0.29 pts
62	Faroe Islands	8.94	+1.27 pts
63	Equatorial Guinea	8.92	-0.23 pts
64	Curaçao	8.9	-0.4 pts
64	Greenland	8.9	+0.2 pts
66	Myanmar	8.86	-0.01 pts
67	South Africa	8.83	-0.24 pts
68	North Korea	8.82	+0.23 pts
69	Netherlands	8.8	+0.1 pts
70	Liberia	8.77	-0.17 pts
71	Fiji	8.7	-0.1 pts
72	Bermuda	8.69	+0.07 pts
73	Cameroon	8.65	-0.26 pts
74	United States	8.64	+0.14 pts
75	Mozambique	8.63	-0.35 pts
76	Zimbabwe	8.59	-0.23 pts
77	Namibia	8.52	-0.38 pts
78	Guinea-Bissau	8.36	-0.3 pts
79	San Marino	8.2	+0.6 pts
80	Angola	8.19	-0.28 pts
81	Grenada	8.17	+0.14 pts
82	Bahamas	8.12	+0.18 pts
83	Mauritius	8.1	0 pts
84	Saint Lucia	7.99	+0.15 pts
85	Haiti	7.98	-0.17 pts
86	Djibouti	7.92	-0.09 pts
87	Switzerland	7.9	+0.1 pts
88	Burundi	7.86	-0.34 pts
89	Comoros	7.83	-0.11 pts
90	Seychelles	7.8	-0.1 pts
91	Norway	7.7	-0.1 pts
91	U.S. Virgin Islands	7.7	+0.2 pts
93	Argentina	7.68	-0.18 pts
94	Nauru	7.61	-0.02 pts
95	Canada	7.6	+0.2 pts
95	Malta	7.6	+0.2 pts
97	Bolivia	7.59	-0.02 pts
98	Guyana	7.59	-0.12 pts
99	Timor-Leste	7.56	-0.05 pts
100	Ghana	7.56	-0.13 pts
101	Micronesia	7.53	+0.04 pts
102	Indonesia	7.51	0 pts
103	El Salvador	7.49	+0.04 pts
103	Trinidad and Tobago	7.49	+0.18 pts
105	Madagascar	7.48	+0.03 pts
106	Albania	7.37	+0.08 pts
107	Afghanistan	7.32	-0 pts
108	Syria	7.25	-0.08 pts
109	Kenya	7.13	-0.04 pts
110	Gambia	7.12	-0.17 pts
111	Jamaica	7.12	+0.21 pts
112	Luxembourg	7.1	+0.3 pts
113	Kiribati	7.08	+0.06 pts
114	Nepal	7.07	0 pts
115	Kazakhstan	7.06	-0.15 pts
116	China	7.06	+0.02 pts
117	Suriname	7.04	-0.03 pts
118	Botswana	7.04	-0.43 pts
119	Thailand	7.03	+0.11 pts
120	Gibraltar	7.01	-0.07 pts
121	Zambia	7.01	-0.2 pts
122	Laos	6.95	-0.26 pts
123	Pakistan	6.94	-0.1 pts
124	New Zealand	6.92	+0.31 pts
125	Gabon	6.92	-0.11 pts
126	Republic of the Congo	6.88	-0.14 pts
127	Malawi	6.82	-0.37 pts
128	Venezuela	6.8	+0.23 pts
129	Turks and Caicos Islands	6.8	+0.13 pts
130	Ethiopia	6.79	-0.21 pts
131	Sudan	6.74	-0.21 pts
132	Papua New Guinea	6.69	-0.05 pts
133	India	6.67	-0.03 pts
134	Bhutan	6.64	+0.08 pts
135	Marshall Islands	6.64	+0.08 pts
136	Sri Lanka	6.61	+0.11 pts
137	Eritrea	6.6	-0.13 pts
138	Liechtenstein	6.6	-0.6 pts
139	Aruba	6.59	-0.66 pts
140	Tanzania	6.58	-0.22 pts
141	Mauritania	6.51	-0.22 pts
142	Australia	6.5	-0.1 pts
142	Iceland	6.5	-0.4 pts
144	São Tomé and Príncipe	6.37	-0.16 pts
145	Tonga	6.36	-0.02 pts
146	Cyprus	6.31	+0.17 pts
147	Hong Kong	6.3	-0.1 pts
147	Ireland	6.3	-0.1 pts
149	Guam	6.29	+0.16 pts
150	Senegal	6.28	-0.18 pts
151	Brazil	6.26	+0.03 pts
152	Vietnam	6.24	+0.04 pts
153	Rwanda	6.23	-0.1 pts
154	Antigua and Barbuda	6.23	+0.09 pts
155	Sint Maarten	6.19	+0.49 pts
156	Peru	6.1	+0.07 pts
157	Samoa	6.1	+0.01 pts
158	Turkmenistan	6.08	-0.02 pts
159	Tunisia	6.07	+0.03 pts
160	Cambodia	6.07	+0.03 pts
161	Chile	6.04	-0.05 pts
162	Mexico	6	+0.13 pts
163	Uzbekistan	5.96	-0 pts
164	New Caledonia	5.93	+0.12 pts
165	American Samoa	5.85	+0.1 pts
166	Uganda	5.82	-0.25 pts
167	Azerbaijan	5.8	0 pts
167	Dominican Republic	5.8	-0.08 pts
169	Yemen	5.64	-0 pts
170	British Virgin Islands	5.64	-0.15 pts
171	Morocco	5.63	-0.04 pts
172	Egypt	5.63	-0.08 pts
173	Vanuatu	5.62	-0 pts
174	South Korea	5.6	+0.1 pts
175	Philippines	5.57	-0.1 pts
176	Bangladesh	5.51	-0.06 pts
177	Paraguay	5.5	+0.11 pts
178	Mongolia	5.5	-0.3 pts
179	Solomon Islands	5.44	+0.01 pts
180	Andorra	5.44	+0.02 pts
181	Kyrgyzstan	5.4	-0.1 pts
182	Colombia	5.32	+0.01 pts
183	Türkiye	5.3	0 pts
184	Israel	5.2	0 pts
185	Cape Verde	5.12	-0.04 pts
186	Belize	5.09	-0.02 pts
186	Libya	5.09	-0.29 pts
188	Guatemala	5.08	-0.09 pts
189	Ecuador	5.07	+0.06 pts
190	Singapore	5	+0.2 pts
191	Lebanon	4.98	+0.27 pts
192	Costa Rica	4.96	+0.14 pts
193	Tajikistan	4.95	-0.21 pts
194	Nicaragua	4.95	-0.01 pts
195	Malaysia	4.93	+0.02 pts
196	Iraq	4.8	-0.4 pts
197	Panama	4.78	+0.04 pts
198	Cayman Islands	4.74	+0.01 pts
199	Saint Martin	4.69	+0.52 pts
200	Algeria	4.66	+0.01 pts
201	Iran	4.63	+0.01 pts
202	Brunei	4.51	+0.13 pts
203	Honduras	4.45	0 pts
204	Northern Mariana Islands	4.02	+0.12 pts
205	Macao	3.3	-0.1 pts
206	French Polynesia	3.23	+0.05 pts
207	Palestine	3.22	-0.04 pts
208	Jordan	3.1	-0.07 pts
209	Maldives	2.69	-0.08 pts
210	Saudi Arabia	2.17	-0 pts
211	Oman	1.99	-0.02 pts
212	Bahrain	1.99	0 pts
213	Kuwait	1.86	+0.03 pts
214	United Arab Emirates	0.97	-0.04 pts
215	Qatar	0.9	-0.02 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 25.77 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2017, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest death rate?

Qatar, with 0.9 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2017.

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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.