EU countries by dementia death rate (age-standardised)

Malta had the highest dementia death rate (age-standardised) of 27 EU countries in 2021, at 77.6 per 100,000 people. Romania had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 people. The median was 29.8 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 31.4 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest77.6Malta

Lowest0Romania

Median29.827 EU countries

European Union (27)31.4History

All EU countries, 2021

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	2021 per 100,000 people	Change on 2020
1	Malta	77.6	-2.5 pts
2	Netherlands	67.2	-0.8 pts
3	Denmark	56.5	+3.2 pts
4	Luxembourg	53.4	+1.4 pts
5	Germany	51.2	-1.1 pts
6	Ireland	51.1	+1 pts
7	Sweden	49.2	-8.3 pts
8	Cyprus	48.4	+11.7 pts
9	Portugal	44.6	-6.5 pts
10	Finland	41.9	+3.9 pts
11	Hungary	39.2	-3.7 pts
12	Spain	33.4	-2.8 pts
13	Belgium	32.1	-5.2 pts
14	Austria	29.8	+2.6 pts
15	Croatia	27.5	+11.4 pts
16	Italy	27	-2.5 pts
17	Latvia	26.8	+0.2 pts
18	Czechia	20	-0.6 pts
19	France	19.9	-1.5 pts
20	Greece	19.8	+3.7 pts
21	Lithuania	13.8	+2.3 pts
22	Slovakia	8.7	-6.5 pts
23	Estonia	8.3	+0.7 pts
24	Poland	4.3	+3.1 pts
25	Bulgaria	0.6	-0.3 pts
26	Slovenia	0.6	+0.1 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)?

Malta, with 77.6 per 100,000 people in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Romania, with 0 per 100,000 people in 2021.

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.