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Countries by death rate

The Central African Republic had the highest death rate of 215 countries in 2022, at 55.13 per 1,000 inhabitants. Qatar had the lowest, at 0.93 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 7.47 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the World was 7.71 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the World Bank.

Highest55.13Central African Republic
Lowest0.93Qatar
Median7.47215 countries
World7.71History

Top 40 countries, 2022

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Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 55.13 per 1,000 inhabitants55.13MonacoMonaco: 23.5 per 1,000 inhabitants23.5BulgariaBulgaria: 18.4 per 1,000 inhabitants18.4LatviaLatvia: 16.4 per 1,000 inhabitants16.4SerbiaSerbia: 16.3 per 1,000 inhabitants16.3LithuaniaLithuania: 15.1 per 1,000 inhabitants15.1CroatiaCroatia: 14.8 per 1,000 inhabitants14.8RomaniaRomania: 14.3 per 1,000 inhabitants14.3HungaryHungary: 14.2 per 1,000 inhabitants14.2UkraineUkraine: 14.19 per 1,000 inhabitants14.19Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina: 14.05 per 1,000 inhabitants14.05GreeceGreece: 13.4 per 1,000 inhabitants13.4BelarusBelarus: 13.25 per 1,000 inhabitants13.25MoldovaMoldova: 13.07 per 1,000 inhabitants13.07DominicaDominica: 12.91 per 1,000 inhabitants12.91JapanJapan: 12.9 per 1,000 inhabitants12.9RussiaRussia: 12.9 per 1,000 inhabitants12.9SomaliaSomalia: 12.81 per 1,000 inhabitants12.81EstoniaEstonia: 12.8 per 1,000 inhabitants12.8GermanyGermany: 12.8 per 1,000 inhabitants12.8North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia: 12.3 per 1,000 inhabitants12.3GeorgiaGeorgia: 12.21 per 1,000 inhabitants12.21PolandPoland: 12.2 per 1,000 inhabitants12.2ItalyItaly: 12.1 per 1,000 inhabitants12.1NigeriaNigeria: 11.95 per 1,000 inhabitants11.95PortugalPortugal: 11.9 per 1,000 inhabitants11.9Saint Kitts and NevisSaint Kitts and Nevis: 11.66 per 1,000 inhabitants11.66PalauPalau: 11.5 per 1,000 inhabitants11.5ChadChad: 11.49 per 1,000 inhabitants11.49Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines: 11.45 per 1,000 inhabitants11.45FinlandFinland: 11.4 per 1,000 inhabitants11.4CzechiaCzechia: 11.3 per 1,000 inhabitants11.3MontenegroMontenegro: 11.3 per 1,000 inhabitants11.3BarbadosBarbados: 11.1 per 1,000 inhabitants11.1Puerto RicoPuerto Rico: 11 per 1,000 inhabitants11SlovakiaSlovakia: 11 per 1,000 inhabitants11LesothoLesotho: 10.92 per 1,000 inhabitants10.92UruguayUruguay: 10.83 per 1,000 inhabitants10.83SloveniaSlovenia: 10.6 per 1,000 inhabitants10.6AustriaAustria: 10.3 per 1,000 inhabitants10.3
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2022
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2021
1Central African Republic55.13+34.24 pts
2Monaco23.5-0.89 pts
3Bulgaria18.4-4.5 pts
4Latvia16.4-2 pts
5Serbia16.3-3.7 pts
6Lithuania15.1-1.9 pts
7Croatia14.8-1.4 pts
8Romania14.3-3.2 pts
9Hungary14.2-2 pts
10Ukraine14.19-2.95 pts
11Bosnia and Herzegovina14.05-4.34 pts
12Greece13.4-0.2 pts
13Belarus13.25-2.59 pts
14Moldova13.07-3.63 pts
15Dominica12.91-1.4 pts
16Japan12.9+1.2 pts
16Russia12.9-3.8 pts
18Somalia12.81+1.51 pts
19Estonia12.8-1.2 pts
19Germany12.8+0.5 pts
21North Macedonia12.3-3.2 pts
22Georgia12.21-3.13 pts
23Poland12.2-1.8 pts
24Italy12.1+0.2 pts
25Nigeria11.95-0.35 pts
26Portugal11.9-0.1 pts
27Saint Kitts and Nevis11.66-1.03 pts
28Palau11.5-0.04 pts
29Chad11.49-0.68 pts
30Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11.45-1.27 pts
31Finland11.4+1 pts
32Czechia11.3-2 pts
32Montenegro11.3-3.3 pts
34Barbados11.1+1.28 pts
35Puerto Rico11+0.8 pts
35Slovakia11-2.5 pts
37Lesotho10.92-1.68 pts
38Uruguay10.83-0.89 pts
39Slovenia10.6-0.4 pts
40Austria10.30 pts
40Curaçao10.3-0.7 pts
40Mauritius10.3-0.3 pts
43Cuba10.29-4.97 pts
44Isle of Man10.27-0.46 pts
45Denmark10.1+0.3 pts
46Belgium10+0.3 pts
47South Sudan9.91-0.13 pts
48France9.9+0.1 pts
49United States9.8-0.6 pts
50Spain9.7+0.2 pts
51Netherlands9.6-0.2 pts
52United Kingdom9.51-0.27 pts
53North Korea9.48+0.02 pts
54South Africa9.4-2.53 pts
55Greenland9.3-0.1 pts
55Guinea9.3-0.51 pts
57Fiji9.3-1.86 pts
58Thailand9.23+1.49 pts
59Myanmar9.18-0.64 pts
60Niger9.17-0.38 pts
61Tuvalu9.07-0.53 pts
62Faroe Islands9.06+0.97 pts
63Saint Martin9.02+0.09 pts
64Armenia9-2.6 pts
64Sweden9+0.2 pts
66Togo8.96-0.46 pts
67Benin8.95-0.4 pts
68Democratic Republic of the Congo8.93-0.45 pts
69Mali8.86-0.42 pts
70U.S. Virgin Islands8.8+0.2 pts
71Argentina8.8-0.93 pts
72Bermuda8.77+0.01 pts
73Grenada8.76-0.44 pts
74Albania8.71-1.55 pts
75Canada8.7+0.5 pts
75Hong Kong8.7+1.8 pts
77Bahamas8.56-2.7 pts
78Sierra Leone8.52-0.47 pts
79Switzerland8.5+0.3 pts
80Saint Lucia8.46-3.2 pts
81Norway8.4+0.6 pts
82Haiti8.27-0.67 pts
83Trinidad and Tobago8.23-1.54 pts
84Aruba8.19-0.76 pts
85Liberia8.16-0.35 pts
86Burkina Faso8.14-0.3 pts
87Eswatini8.1-2.51 pts
87Sri Lanka8.1+0.7 pts
89Equatorial Guinea8.02-0.42 pts
90Malta80 pts
91Sint Maarten7.98-0.84 pts
92Jamaica7.91-1.8 pts
93Côte d’Ivoire7.82-0.56 pts
94San Marino7.8-1.3 pts
94Seychelles7.8-1.5 pts
96Zimbabwe7.78-1 pts
97Madagascar7.73-0.21 pts
98Cyprus7.69+0.48 pts
99Bolivia7.68-4.11 pts
100Cameroon7.67-0.58 pts
101Micronesia7.61-0.3 pts
102New Zealand7.58+0.71 pts
103Chile7.57-0.08 pts
104Djibouti7.54-0.78 pts
105Brazil7.54-0.83 pts
106Indonesia7.49-2.55 pts
107Nauru7.47-0.19 pts
108Namibia7.47-1.7 pts
109El Salvador7.46-1.25 pts
110Turks and Caicos Islands7.37-0.34 pts
111China7.37+0.19 pts
112Timor-Leste7.36-0.48 pts
113Venezuela7.35-0.51 pts
114Guyana7.31-3.69 pts
115Australia7.3+0.6 pts
115Comoros7.3-0.63 pts
115South Korea7.3+1.1 pts
118Mozambique7.26-1.15 pts
119Guinea-Bissau7.22-0.8 pts
120Kenya7.21-0.91 pts
121Liechtenstein7.1+0.2 pts
122Angola7.1-0.52 pts
123Ghana7.1-0.39 pts
124Kiribati7.07-1.08 pts
125Iceland7+0.7 pts
126Burundi7-0.31 pts
127Kazakhstan6.99-2.65 pts
128Nepal6.89-0.87 pts
129Marshall Islands6.86-0.53 pts
130Papua New Guinea6.85-0.38 pts
131American Samoa6.82+0.23 pts
132Luxembourg6.8-0.2 pts
132New Caledonia6.8+0.14 pts
134Antigua and Barbuda6.77-0.04 pts
135Guam6.74-0.68 pts
136Ireland6.70 pts
137Suriname6.69-2.33 pts
138Gambia6.64-0.38 pts
139India6.58-2.68 pts
140Republic of the Congo6.57-0.33 pts
141Brunei6.56+1.32 pts
142Sudan6.52-0.47 pts
143Mexico6.52-2.49 pts
144Gabon6.52-0.28 pts
145Pakistan6.51-0.72 pts
146Vietnam6.49-0.16 pts
147Tonga6.48-0.22 pts
148Gibraltar6.41-2.44 pts
149Peru6.39-2.91 pts
150Paraguay6.36-2.56 pts
151Cambodia6.32-0.5 pts
152Eritrea6.32-0.29 pts
153Singapore6.3+0.5 pts
154Philippines6.27-1.73 pts
155Laos6.27-0.41 pts
156Samoa6.18-0.22 pts
157Tunisia6.16-2.19 pts
158Bhutan6.14-0.09 pts
159Costa Rica6.11-0.46 pts
160Ethiopia6.09-0.54 pts
161Uzbekistan6.05-0.27 pts
162Azerbaijan6-1.6 pts
163Afghanistan5.99-2.01 pts
163Rwanda5.99-0.19 pts
165Andorra5.95-1.03 pts
166Senegal5.92-0.39 pts
167British Virgin Islands5.91-1.13 pts
168Türkiye5.9-0.8 pts
169Dominican Republic5.9-1.09 pts
170Colombia5.88-1.99 pts
171Tanzania5.84-0.25 pts
172Botswana5.83-2.57 pts
173Malawi5.8-0.45 pts
174Turkmenistan5.79-0.26 pts
175Lebanon5.77-2.65 pts
176São Tomé and Príncipe5.73-0.46 pts
177Egypt5.68-1.36 pts
178Mauritania5.63-0.66 pts
179Mongolia5.6-0.6 pts
180Zambia5.58-1.02 pts
181Morocco5.57-0.85 pts
182Malaysia5.55-0.65 pts
183Belize5.41-0.54 pts
184Israel5.40 pts
185Ecuador5.36-1.74 pts
186Guatemala5.28-1.63 pts
187Yemen5.23-0.72 pts
188Solomon Islands5.19-0.7 pts
189Vanuatu5.17-0.63 pts
190Bangladesh5.04-1.28 pts
191Uganda5.04-0.3 pts
192Cape Verde5-0.64 pts
193Iran4.9-1.49 pts
194Cayman Islands4.82-0.16 pts
195Libya4.81-1.03 pts
196Syria4.77-0.19 pts
197Panama4.75-0.89 pts
198Nicaragua4.69-1.93 pts
199Tajikistan4.62-0.77 pts
200Algeria4.6-0.36 pts
201Northern Mariana Islands4.51+0.12 pts
202Kyrgyzstan4.5-1.3 pts
203Honduras4.44-1.29 pts
204Macao4.4+1 pts
205Iraq4.16-0.42 pts
206French Polynesia3.53-1.72 pts
207Jordan3.16-0.9 pts
208Palestine2.99-0.78 pts
209Saudi Arabia2.57-0.05 pts
210Maldives2.33-0.79 pts
211Oman2.13-0.66 pts
212Bahrain2.09-0.71 pts
213Kuwait1.75-0.84 pts
214United Arab Emirates1.18-0.08 pts
215Qatar0.93-0.12 pts

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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?

The Central African Republic, with 55.13 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2022, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest death rate?

Qatar, with 0.93 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2022.

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.

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