EU countries by dementia death rate (age-standardised), 2023

The Netherlands had the highest dementia death rate (age-standardised) of 27 EU countries in 2023, at 76.9 per 100,000 people. Romania had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 people. The median was 35.5 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 34.1 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest76.9Netherlands

Lowest0Romania

Median35.527 EU countries

European Union (27)34.1History

All EU countries, 2023

per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 F01_F03 (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2023 per 100,000 people	Change on 2022
1	Netherlands	76.9	+3.7 pts
2	Malta	76.1	-3.9 pts
3	Germany	58.3	-0.3 pts
4	Ireland	57.3	+1.2 pts
5	Denmark	54.7	-3.1 pts
6	Sweden	52	+1.1 pts
7	Luxembourg	47.6	+1 pts
8	Cyprus	46.7	-5.5 pts
9	Portugal	46.2	-0.2 pts
10	Hungary	44.5	+1.4 pts
11	Finland	44.4	-0.6 pts
12	Croatia	37.4	+4 pts
13	Belgium	36.1	+0.5 pts
14	Austria	35.5	+3.6 pts
15	Spain	34.9	-1.9 pts
16	Italy	28	-1.7 pts
17	Latvia	25.6	+2.4 pts
18	France	19.4	-1.3 pts
19	Greece	18.3	-1.2 pts
20	Czechia	17.6	-1.2 pts
21	Lithuania	16.7	+1.5 pts
22	Estonia	8	-0.4 pts
23	Poland	5.3	-1.1 pts
24	Slovenia	0.9	+0.7 pts
25	Slovakia	0.8	-7.3 pts
26	Bulgaria	0.3	-0.2 pts
27	Romania	0	0 pts

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About this ranking

Deaths from [object Object] (ICD-10 F01 and F03) per 100,000 inhabitants, age-standardised to the revised European Standard Population of 2013. Both sexes, all ages, by place of residence (Eurostat causes of death statistics).

Alzheimer disease (G30) is not included; see standardised_death_rate_alzheimer. Countries differ widely in how often they record dementia as the underlying cause, which explains much of the gap between them. Age standardisation removes the effect of different age structures, so EU countries and regions can be compared with each other. US age-adjusted rates use the 2000 US standard population and are not comparable with these. Death certification and cause coding differ between countries, and Eurostat flags some values as following a different definition. Eurostat publishes these rates about two and a half years after the reference year.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 F01_F03 (hlth_cd_asdr2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Questions

Which EU country has the highest dementia death rate (age-standardised)?

The Netherlands, with 76.9 per 100,000 people in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest dementia death rate (age-standardised)?

Romania, with 0 per 100,000 people in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 F01_F03 (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.