EU countries by dementia death rate (age-standardised)

The Netherlands had the highest dementia death rate (age-standardised) of 27 EU countries in 2018, at 81.3 per 100,000 people. Romania had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 people. The median was 30.6 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 34.4 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest81.3Netherlands

Lowest0Romania

Median30.627 EU countries

European Union (27)34.4History

All EU countries, 2018

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	2018 per 100,000 people	Change on 2017
1	Netherlands	81.3	+1.4 pts
2	Malta	70.6	+16.4 pts
3	Denmark	63.5	+4.9 pts
4	Sweden	61.9	+1.9 pts
5	Ireland	61.5	+2.7 pts
6	Germany	54.3	+4.9 pts
7	Luxembourg	53.3	+9.8 pts
8	Cyprus	45.6	+7.5 pts
9	Portugal	41	+6.5 pts
10	Hungary	40.4	+0.9 pts
11	Belgium	39.6	-1.2 pts
12	Finland	39.5	+2.7 pts
13	Spain	39.4	+0.1 pts
14	Austria	30.6	+3.2 pts
15	Italy	28.2	-0.5 pts
16	France	25.8	+1.3 pts
17	Latvia	25.4	+4.4 pts
18	Croatia	18.9	-0.6 pts
19	Czechia	18.2	-1.4 pts
20	Slovakia	18.1	+1 pts
21	Greece	12.5	+0.6 pts
22	Lithuania	8.7	-0.4 pts
23	Estonia	6	+0.3 pts
24	Poland	1.9	-0.3 pts
25	Bulgaria	0.5	0 pts
26	Slovenia	0.3	0 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 81.3 per 100,000 people in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Romania, with 0 per 100,000 people in 2018.

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.