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Countries by death rate

Monaco had the highest death rate of 215 countries in 2020, at 21.44 per 1,000 inhabitants. Qatar had the lowest, at 1.05 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 7.57 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the World was 8.01 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the World Bank.

Highest21.44Monaco
Lowest1.05Qatar
Median7.57215 countries
World8.01History

Top 40 countries, 2020

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MonacoMonaco: 21.44 per 1,000 inhabitants21.44BulgariaBulgaria: 19 per 1,000 inhabitants19SerbiaSerbia: 16.9 per 1,000 inhabitants16.9BelarusBelarus: 15.78 per 1,000 inhabitants15.78LithuaniaLithuania: 15.5 per 1,000 inhabitants15.5RomaniaRomania: 15.5 per 1,000 inhabitants15.5LatviaLatvia: 15.2 per 1,000 inhabitants15.2Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina: 15.17 per 1,000 inhabitants15.17MoldovaMoldova: 14.76 per 1,000 inhabitants14.76CroatiaCroatia: 14.6 per 1,000 inhabitants14.6HungaryHungary: 14.6 per 1,000 inhabitants14.6RussiaRussia: 14.6 per 1,000 inhabitants14.6UkraineUkraine: 14.44 per 1,000 inhabitants14.44Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 13.26 per 1,000 inhabitants13.26GeorgiaGeorgia: 12.96 per 1,000 inhabitants12.96Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines: 12.93 per 1,000 inhabitants12.93DominicaDominica: 12.71 per 1,000 inhabitants12.71PolandPoland: 12.7 per 1,000 inhabitants12.7Saint MartinSaint Martin: 12.65 per 1,000 inhabitants12.65NigeriaNigeria: 12.59 per 1,000 inhabitants12.59ItalyItaly: 12.5 per 1,000 inhabitants12.5North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia: 12.4 per 1,000 inhabitants12.4ChadChad: 12.33 per 1,000 inhabitants12.33ArmeniaArmenia: 12.2 per 1,000 inhabitants12.2GreeceGreece: 12.2 per 1,000 inhabitants12.2CzechiaCzechia: 12.1 per 1,000 inhabitants12.1EstoniaEstonia: 11.9 per 1,000 inhabitants11.9GermanyGermany: 11.9 per 1,000 inhabitants11.9PortugalPortugal: 11.9 per 1,000 inhabitants11.9LesothoLesotho: 11.89 per 1,000 inhabitants11.89MontenegroMontenegro: 11.6 per 1,000 inhabitants11.6SloveniaSlovenia: 11.4 per 1,000 inhabitants11.4PalauPalau: 11.13 per 1,000 inhabitants11.13JapanJapan: 11.1 per 1,000 inhabitants11.1BelgiumBelgium: 11 per 1,000 inhabitants11BoliviaBolivia: 10.84 per 1,000 inhabitants10.84SomaliaSomalia: 10.83 per 1,000 inhabitants10.83SlovakiaSlovakia: 10.8 per 1,000 inhabitants10.8Saint Kitts and NevisSaint Kitts and Nevis: 10.49 per 1,000 inhabitants10.49Isle of ManIsle of Man: 10.44 per 1,000 inhabitants10.44
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2020
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2019
1Monaco21.44-0.92 pts
2Bulgaria19+2.7 pts
3Serbia16.9+2.3 pts
4Belarus15.78+2.98 pts
5Lithuania15.5+1.9 pts
5Romania15.5+2.1 pts
7Latvia15.2+0.7 pts
8Bosnia and Herzegovina15.17+2.07 pts
9Moldova14.76+0.84 pts
10Croatia14.6+1.5 pts
10Hungary14.6+1.2 pts
10Russia14.6+2.3 pts
13Ukraine14.44+1.36 pts
14Central African Republic13.26-16.99 pts
15Georgia12.96+0.88 pts
16Saint Vincent and the Grenadines12.93+1.64 pts
17Dominica12.71+0.09 pts
18Poland12.7+1.9 pts
19Saint Martin12.65+5.76 pts
20Nigeria12.59-0.09 pts
21Italy12.5+1.9 pts
22North Macedonia12.4+2.6 pts
23Chad12.33-0.19 pts
24Armenia12.2+3.4 pts
24Greece12.2+0.5 pts
26Czechia12.1+1.6 pts
27Estonia11.9+0.3 pts
27Germany11.9+0.6 pts
27Portugal11.9+1.1 pts
30Lesotho11.89+0.06 pts
31Montenegro11.6+1.1 pts
32Slovenia11.4+1.5 pts
33Palau11.13+0.5 pts
34Japan11.1-0.1 pts
35Belgium11+1.5 pts
36Bolivia10.84+3.28 pts
37Somalia10.83-0.07 pts
38Slovakia10.8+1 pts
39Saint Kitts and Nevis10.49+0.51 pts
40Isle of Man10.44+0.35 pts
41Cuba10.4+0.36 pts
42Spain10.4+1.6 pts
43Austria10.3+0.9 pts
44United States10.27+1.57 pts
45United Kingdom10.27+1.25 pts
46Puerto Rico10.13+0.94 pts
47Finland10+0.2 pts
48Guinea9.92-0.03 pts
49France9.9+0.8 pts
49San Marino9.9+2.7 pts
51North Korea9.72+0.39 pts
52Netherlands9.7+0.9 pts
53South Africa9.68+0.93 pts
54South Sudan9.59+0.29 pts
55Barbados9.55+0.03 pts
56Eswatini9.55+0.17 pts
57Togo9.54-0.04 pts
58Niger9.53-0.05 pts
59Bahamas9.52+0.2 pts
60Mali9.5+0.03 pts
61Sweden9.5+0.9 pts
62Denmark9.4+0.1 pts
63Sierra Leone9.32-0.07 pts
64Democratic Republic of the Congo9.31-0.15 pts
65Curaçao9.3+0.5 pts
66Fiji9.29+0.19 pts
67Uruguay9.22-0.54 pts
68Greenland9.2-0.5 pts
69Tuvalu9.18-0.01 pts
70Benin9.17-0.17 pts
71Albania9.08+1.61 pts
72Myanmar8.99+0.15 pts
73Indonesia8.84+1.29 pts
74Mauritius8.8-0.1 pts
74Switzerland8.8+0.9 pts
76Bermuda8.76+0.05 pts
77Equatorial Guinea8.63+0.14 pts
78Grenada8.6+0.12 pts
79Kazakhstan8.59+1.67 pts
80El Salvador8.57+1.13 pts
81Saint Lucia8.56+0.13 pts
82Liberia8.5-0.02 pts
83Côte d’Ivoire8.490 pts
84Guyana8.49+0.99 pts
85Argentina8.45+0.77 pts
86Mexico8.43+2.35 pts
87U.S. Virgin Islands8.4+0.2 pts
88Burkina Faso8.33-0.24 pts
89Trinidad and Tobago8.31+0.36 pts
90Andorra8.29+2.73 pts
91Haiti8.28+0.41 pts
92Guinea-Bissau8.2+0.34 pts
93Liechtenstein8.2+1.4 pts
94Zimbabwe8.14-0.14 pts
95Cameroon8.11-0.06 pts
96Canada8.1+0.5 pts
97Djibouti8.03+0.24 pts
98Mozambique8.01-0.07 pts
99Micronesia7.97+0.37 pts
100Kenya7.94+0.64 pts
101Sint Maarten7.9+1.02 pts
102Malta7.9+0.6 pts
103Madagascar7.87+0.35 pts
104Jamaica7.72+0.19 pts
105Comoros7.66+0.02 pts
106Angola7.63-0.07 pts
107Thailand7.62+0.2 pts
108Afghanistan7.57+0.5 pts
109Kiribati7.56+0.38 pts
110Nauru7.55-0.02 pts
111Namibia7.52-0.2 pts
112Brazil7.5+1.05 pts
113Azerbaijan7.5+1.9 pts
113Norway7.5-0.1 pts
115Ecuador7.47+2.72 pts
116Ghana7.44+0.1 pts
117Peru7.42+1.25 pts
118New Caledonia7.41+1.13 pts
119Chile7.39+0.93 pts
120Timor-Leste7.39-0.09 pts
121Turks and Caicos Islands7.39+0.35 pts
122Pakistan7.3+0.53 pts
123Luxembourg7.3+0.4 pts
124Marshall Islands7.3+0.51 pts
125Nepal7.27+0.25 pts
126Guam7.22+0.69 pts
127India7.21+0.54 pts
128Venezuela7.2+0.4 pts
129Burundi7.19-0.2 pts
130China7.07-0.02 pts
131Faroe Islands7-0.98 pts
132Gibraltar6.89+0.08 pts
133Suriname6.85-0.19 pts
134Aruba6.84+0.7 pts
135Gabon6.83+0.14 pts
136Papua New Guinea6.82+0.2 pts
137Hong Kong6.8+0.3 pts
137Seychelles6.8-1.3 pts
139Republic of the Congo6.8-0.55 pts
140Gambia6.8-0.01 pts
141Sudan6.79+0.24 pts
142Cyprus6.67+0.07 pts
143Nicaragua6.66+1.71 pts
144Tunisia6.65+0.55 pts
145Colombia6.62+1.24 pts
146Antigua and Barbuda6.61+0.16 pts
147Eritrea6.58+0.17 pts
148Samoa6.5-0.03 pts
149Morocco6.48+0.85 pts
150Dominican Republic6.47+0.34 pts
151Laos6.47-0.13 pts
152Uzbekistan6.47+0.5 pts
153Tonga6.46+0.03 pts
154Iran6.44+1.78 pts
155New Zealand6.43-0.45 pts
156Mauritania6.41+0.29 pts
157Egypt6.41+0.93 pts
157Lebanon6.41+0.95 pts
159Ethiopia6.4-0.08 pts
160Ireland6.4+0.2 pts
161American Samoa6.35+0.16 pts
162Cambodia6.34+0.15 pts
163Australia6.3-0.4 pts
163Iceland6.30 pts
165Turkmenistan6.28+0.29 pts
166Bhutan6.28-0.07 pts
167Zambia6.26-0.22 pts
168Botswana6.25-0.15 pts
169São Tomé and Príncipe6.23+0.11 pts
170Malawi6.19-0.11 pts
171Bangladesh6.13+0.75 pts
172Kyrgyzstan6.1+0.9 pts
172Türkiye6.1+0.8 pts
174Paraguay6.1+0.51 pts
175Rwanda6.09-0.04 pts
176Senegal6.05+0.07 pts
177Sri Lanka6-0.7 pts
178Algeria5.99+1.31 pts
179Tanzania5.91-0.27 pts
180South Korea5.9+0.2 pts
181Cape Verde5.89+0.88 pts
182Panama5.86+1.14 pts
183Tajikistan5.85+1.01 pts
184Guatemala5.84+0.72 pts
185Yemen5.83-0.03 pts
186Philippines5.83-0.06 pts
187Solomon Islands5.82+0.27 pts
188Vietnam5.81-0.49 pts
189British Virgin Islands5.79+0.07 pts
190Vanuatu5.74+0.25 pts
191Belize5.58+0.54 pts
192Costa Rica5.57+0.45 pts
193Libya5.54+0.38 pts
194Uganda5.37-0.05 pts
195Israel5.3+0.2 pts
196Singapore5.2+0.2 pts
197Mongolia5.1-0.5 pts
198Honduras5.06+0.57 pts
199Syria5.06-0.23 pts
200Malaysia5.03+0.05 pts
201Iraq5+0.64 pts
202Brunei4.92+0.14 pts
203Cayman Islands4.87+0.06 pts
204Northern Mariana Islands4.150 pts
205French Polynesia3.81+0.44 pts
206Jordan3.49+0.46 pts
207Palestine3.39+0.26 pts
208Macao3.3-0.1 pts
209Maldives2.96+0.38 pts
210Bahrain2.59+0.48 pts
211Saudi Arabia2.46+0.17 pts
212Oman2.44+0.44 pts
213Kuwait2.36+0.71 pts
214United Arab Emirates1.12+0.16 pts
215Qatar1.05+0.21 pts

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Deaths per 1,000 residents during the year.

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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 21.44 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2020, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest death rate?

Qatar, with 1.05 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2020.

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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.

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