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Countries by death rate

Monaco had the highest death rate of 215 countries in 2021, at 24.39 per 1,000 inhabitants. Qatar had the lowest, at 1.05 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 8.2 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the World was 8.71 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the World Bank.

Highest24.39Monaco
Lowest1.05Qatar
Median8.2215 countries
World8.71History

Top 40 countries, 2021

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MonacoMonaco: 24.39 per 1,000 inhabitants24.39BulgariaBulgaria: 22.9 per 1,000 inhabitants22.9Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 20.89 per 1,000 inhabitants20.89SerbiaSerbia: 20 per 1,000 inhabitants20LatviaLatvia: 18.4 per 1,000 inhabitants18.4Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina: 18.39 per 1,000 inhabitants18.39RomaniaRomania: 17.5 per 1,000 inhabitants17.5UkraineUkraine: 17.13 per 1,000 inhabitants17.13LithuaniaLithuania: 17 per 1,000 inhabitants17MoldovaMoldova: 16.7 per 1,000 inhabitants16.7RussiaRussia: 16.7 per 1,000 inhabitants16.7CroatiaCroatia: 16.2 per 1,000 inhabitants16.2HungaryHungary: 16.2 per 1,000 inhabitants16.2BelarusBelarus: 15.84 per 1,000 inhabitants15.84North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia: 15.5 per 1,000 inhabitants15.5GeorgiaGeorgia: 15.34 per 1,000 inhabitants15.34CubaCuba: 15.25 per 1,000 inhabitants15.25MontenegroMontenegro: 14.6 per 1,000 inhabitants14.6DominicaDominica: 14.31 per 1,000 inhabitants14.31EstoniaEstonia: 14 per 1,000 inhabitants14PolandPoland: 14 per 1,000 inhabitants14GreeceGreece: 13.6 per 1,000 inhabitants13.6SlovakiaSlovakia: 13.5 per 1,000 inhabitants13.5CzechiaCzechia: 13.3 per 1,000 inhabitants13.3Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines: 12.72 per 1,000 inhabitants12.72Saint Kitts and NevisSaint Kitts and Nevis: 12.69 per 1,000 inhabitants12.69LesothoLesotho: 12.6 per 1,000 inhabitants12.6NigeriaNigeria: 12.31 per 1,000 inhabitants12.31GermanyGermany: 12.3 per 1,000 inhabitants12.3ChadChad: 12.16 per 1,000 inhabitants12.16PortugalPortugal: 12 per 1,000 inhabitants12South AfricaSouth Africa: 11.93 per 1,000 inhabitants11.93ItalyItaly: 11.9 per 1,000 inhabitants11.9BoliviaBolivia: 11.79 per 1,000 inhabitants11.79UruguayUruguay: 11.73 per 1,000 inhabitants11.73JapanJapan: 11.7 per 1,000 inhabitants11.7Saint LuciaSaint Lucia: 11.65 per 1,000 inhabitants11.65ArmeniaArmenia: 11.6 per 1,000 inhabitants11.6PalauPalau: 11.54 per 1,000 inhabitants11.54SomaliaSomalia: 11.3 per 1,000 inhabitants11.3
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2021
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2020
1Monaco24.39+2.95 pts
2Bulgaria22.9+3.9 pts
3Central African Republic20.89+7.63 pts
4Serbia20+3.1 pts
5Latvia18.4+3.2 pts
6Bosnia and Herzegovina18.39+3.21 pts
7Romania17.5+2 pts
8Ukraine17.13+2.7 pts
9Lithuania17+1.5 pts
10Moldova16.7+1.94 pts
10Russia16.7+2.1 pts
12Croatia16.2+1.6 pts
12Hungary16.2+1.6 pts
14Belarus15.84+0.05 pts
15North Macedonia15.5+3.1 pts
16Georgia15.34+2.38 pts
17Cuba15.25+4.85 pts
18Montenegro14.6+3 pts
19Dominica14.31+1.6 pts
20Estonia14+2.1 pts
20Poland14+1.3 pts
22Greece13.6+1.4 pts
23Slovakia13.5+2.7 pts
24Czechia13.3+1.2 pts
25Saint Vincent and the Grenadines12.72-0.2 pts
26Saint Kitts and Nevis12.69+2.19 pts
27Lesotho12.6+0.71 pts
28Nigeria12.31-0.28 pts
29Germany12.3+0.4 pts
30Chad12.16-0.17 pts
31Portugal12+0.1 pts
32South Africa11.93+2.25 pts
33Italy11.9-0.6 pts
34Bolivia11.79+0.96 pts
35Uruguay11.73+2.51 pts
36Japan11.7+0.6 pts
37Saint Lucia11.65+3.1 pts
38Armenia11.6-0.6 pts
39Palau11.54+0.41 pts
40Somalia11.3+0.47 pts
41Bahamas11.26+1.74 pts
42Fiji11.16+1.87 pts
43Curaçao11+1.7 pts
43Slovenia11-0.4 pts
45Guyana11+2.51 pts
46Isle of Man10.73+0.29 pts
47Eswatini10.61+1.06 pts
48Mauritius10.6+1.8 pts
49Finland10.4+0.4 pts
49United States10.4+0.13 pts
51Austria10.30 pts
52Albania10.26+1.18 pts
53Puerto Rico10.2+0.07 pts
54Indonesia10.04+1.2 pts
55South Sudan10.04+0.44 pts
56Myanmar9.82+0.83 pts
57Barbados9.82+0.27 pts
58Guinea9.81-0.11 pts
59Denmark9.8+0.4 pts
59France9.8-0.1 pts
59Netherlands9.8+0.1 pts
62United Kingdom9.78-0.48 pts
63Trinidad and Tobago9.76+1.45 pts
64Argentina9.73+1.28 pts
65Jamaica9.71+1.99 pts
66Belgium9.7-1.3 pts
67Kazakhstan9.65+1.06 pts
68Tuvalu9.59+0.42 pts
69Niger9.55+0.02 pts
70Spain9.5-0.9 pts
71North Korea9.47-0.26 pts
72Togo9.42-0.12 pts
73Greenland9.4+0.2 pts
74Democratic Republic of the Congo9.38+0.07 pts
75Benin9.35+0.18 pts
76Seychelles9.3+2.5 pts
77Peru9.3+1.88 pts
78Mali9.28-0.23 pts
79India9.26+2.04 pts
80Grenada9.2+0.59 pts
81Namibia9.18+1.66 pts
82San Marino9.1-0.8 pts
83Mexico9.02+0.59 pts
84Suriname9.01+2.17 pts
85Sierra Leone9-0.32 pts
86Aruba8.95+2.11 pts
87Haiti8.94+0.66 pts
88Saint Martin8.93-3.72 pts
89Paraguay8.92+2.83 pts
90Gibraltar8.85+1.96 pts
91Sint Maarten8.82+0.92 pts
92Sweden8.8-0.7 pts
93Zimbabwe8.78+0.64 pts
94Bermuda8.76+0.01 pts
95El Salvador8.71+0.15 pts
96U.S. Virgin Islands8.6+0.2 pts
97Liberia8.51+0.01 pts
98Equatorial Guinea8.44-0.19 pts
99Burkina Faso8.44+0.11 pts
100Lebanon8.42+2.01 pts
101Mozambique8.4+0.4 pts
102Botswana8.39+2.14 pts
103Côte d’Ivoire8.38-0.12 pts
104Brazil8.37+0.86 pts
105Tunisia8.35+1.7 pts
106Djibouti8.33+0.29 pts
107Cameroon8.26+0.15 pts
108Canada8.2+0.1 pts
108Switzerland8.2-0.6 pts
110Kiribati8.15+0.6 pts
111Kenya8.12+0.19 pts
112Faroe Islands8.09+1.09 pts
113Guinea-Bissau8.02-0.18 pts
114Afghanistan8+0.44 pts
115Malta8+0.1 pts
116Philippines7.99+2.16 pts
117Madagascar7.94+0.07 pts
118Comoros7.93+0.27 pts
119Micronesia7.92-0.05 pts
120Colombia7.87+1.25 pts
121Venezuela7.86+0.66 pts
122Timor-Leste7.84+0.45 pts
123Norway7.8+0.3 pts
124Nepal7.76+0.49 pts
125Thailand7.74+0.13 pts
126Turks and Caicos Islands7.71+0.32 pts
127Nauru7.66+0.11 pts
128Chile7.66+0.26 pts
129Angola7.62-0.01 pts
130Azerbaijan7.6+0.1 pts
131Ghana7.48+0.04 pts
132Guam7.41+0.19 pts
133Sri Lanka7.4+1.4 pts
134Marshall Islands7.39+0.09 pts
135Burundi7.31+0.12 pts
136Pakistan7.23-0.07 pts
137Papua New Guinea7.23+0.41 pts
138Cyprus7.21+0.54 pts
139China7.18+0.11 pts
140Ecuador7.11-0.37 pts
141British Virgin Islands7.04+1.25 pts
142Egypt7.04+0.63 pts
143Gambia7.01+0.21 pts
144Luxembourg7-0.3 pts
145Sudan7+0.21 pts
146Dominican Republic6.99+0.51 pts
147Andorra6.98-1.3 pts
148Guatemala6.91+1.07 pts
149Hong Kong6.9+0.1 pts
149Liechtenstein6.9-1.3 pts
151Republic of the Congo6.9+0.1 pts
152New Zealand6.87+0.44 pts
153Cambodia6.83+0.49 pts
154Antigua and Barbuda6.81+0.2 pts
155Gabon6.8-0.03 pts
156Tonga6.7+0.24 pts
157Australia6.7+0.4 pts
157Ireland6.7+0.3 pts
157Türkiye6.7+0.6 pts
160Laos6.67+0.2 pts
161New Caledonia6.66-0.75 pts
162Vietnam6.65+0.84 pts
163Ethiopia6.64+0.24 pts
164Nicaragua6.62-0.04 pts
165Eritrea6.61+0.03 pts
166Zambia6.61+0.35 pts
167American Samoa6.58+0.23 pts
168Costa Rica6.57+0.99 pts
169Morocco6.42-0.06 pts
170Samoa6.41-0.09 pts
171Iran6.39-0.05 pts
172Uzbekistan6.32-0.15 pts
173Bangladesh6.32+0.19 pts
174Senegal6.31+0.26 pts
175Iceland6.30 pts
176Mauritania6.29-0.12 pts
177Malawi6.26+0.07 pts
178Bhutan6.23-0.04 pts
179Malaysia6.2+1.17 pts
180Mongolia6.2+1.1 pts
180South Korea6.2+0.3 pts
182São Tomé and Príncipe6.2-0.03 pts
183Rwanda6.19+0.1 pts
184Tanzania6.09+0.18 pts
185Turkmenistan6.04-0.23 pts
186Yemen5.95+0.12 pts
187Belize5.95+0.37 pts
188Solomon Islands5.9+0.08 pts
189Libya5.84+0.3 pts
190Kyrgyzstan5.8-0.3 pts
190Singapore5.8+0.6 pts
192Vanuatu5.8+0.06 pts
193Honduras5.73+0.67 pts
194Cape Verde5.65-0.24 pts
195Panama5.64-0.22 pts
196Israel5.4+0.1 pts
197Tajikistan5.39-0.46 pts
198Uganda5.34-0.03 pts
199French Polynesia5.25+1.43 pts
200Brunei5.24+0.32 pts
201Cayman Islands4.98+0.11 pts
202Syria4.96-0.09 pts
203Algeria4.96-1.03 pts
204Iraq4.58-0.42 pts
205Northern Mariana Islands4.38+0.24 pts
206Jordan4.07+0.58 pts
207Palestine3.77+0.38 pts
208Macao3.4+0.1 pts
209Maldives3.12+0.15 pts
210Bahrain2.8+0.22 pts
211Oman2.79+0.34 pts
212Saudi Arabia2.62+0.16 pts
213Kuwait2.59+0.23 pts
214United Arab Emirates1.26+0.14 pts
215Qatar1.050 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 24.39 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2021, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest death rate?

Qatar, with 1.05 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2021.

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