EU countries by diabetes death rate (age-standardised)

Cyprus had the highest diabetes death rate (age-standardised) of 27 EU countries in 2012, at 71 per 100,000 people. Finland had the lowest, at 9.6 per 100,000 people. The median was 22.2 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 15.5 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest71Cyprus

Lowest9.6Finland

Median22.227 EU countries

European Union (27)15.5History

All EU countries, 2012

per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 E10-E14 (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2012 per 100,000 people	Change on 2011
1	Cyprus	71	-2.8 pts
2	Portugal	46.9	+2.3 pts
3	Austria	38.7	+0.2 pts
4	Italy	32.2	-0.3 pts
5	Hungary	29.7	+0.1 pts
6	Germany	29.5	-0 pts
7	Denmark	27.8	-1.7 pts
8	Czechia	27	-2.2 pts
9	Slovakia	25.7	+3.8 pts
10	Latvia	24.8	-0.8 pts
11	Poland	24.6	+1 pts
12	Croatia	24.4	-7.3 pts
13	Bulgaria	24.2	+1.5 pts
14	Spain	22.2	-0.8 pts
15	Sweden	21	-0.2 pts
16	Netherlands	20.6	-0.2 pts
17	Ireland	20	+2.1 pts
18	Slovenia	18.3	+2.2 pts
19	France	18.2	-0 pts
20	Belgium	16.6	+0.8 pts
21	Luxembourg	15.2	+0.8 pts
22	Romania	13.1	+0.5 pts
23	Lithuania	11.3	+1.7 pts
24	Malta	11.1	-2.9 pts
25	Estonia	10.3	-3.3 pts
26	Greece	10.1	-0.2 pts
27	Finland	9.6	0 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Deaths from [object Object] (ICD-10 E10 to E14) 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).

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 E10-E14 (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 diabetes death rate (age-standardised)?

Cyprus, with 71 per 100,000 people in 2012, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Finland, with 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2012.

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 E10-E14 (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.