EU countries by dementia death rate (age-standardised)

The Netherlands had the highest dementia death rate (age-standardised) of 27 EU countries in 2016, at 77.3 per 100,000 people. Romania had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 people. The median was 26 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 30.9 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest77.3Netherlands

Lowest0Romania

Median2627 EU countries

European Union (27)30.9History

All EU countries, 2016

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	2016 per 100,000 people	Change on 2015
1	Netherlands	77.3	+1.5 pts
2	Sweden	60.5	+2.3 pts
3	Ireland	58.8	+2.5 pts
4	Denmark	56	+2.3 pts
5	Malta	47.2	+5.1 pts
6	Luxembourg	45.8	-1.6 pts
7	Germany	43.7	+0.2 pts
8	Belgium	39.2	-1.4 pts
9	Spain	39	-1.9 pts
10	Finland	38.4	-1.4 pts
11	Hungary	34.3	-3.3 pts
12	Portugal	32.1	+2.9 pts
13	Cyprus	31.8	+3.1 pts
14	Italy	26	-0.5 pts
15	France	25.5	-0.7 pts
16	Slovakia	22.8	+4.9 pts
17	Austria	17.9	+4.1 pts
17	Latvia	17.9	+6.2 pts
19	Czechia	15.6	-1.4 pts
20	Croatia	14.8	-3.6 pts
21	Greece	9.4	+1.5 pts
22	Lithuania	4.5	+1.4 pts
23	Estonia	3.2	+1 pts
24	Poland	1.7	+1 pts
25	Bulgaria	0.5	+0.1 pts
26	Slovenia	0.4	+0.3 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 77.3 per 100,000 people in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Romania, with 0 per 100,000 people in 2016.

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.