EU countries by diabetes death rate (age-standardised)

Cyprus had the highest diabetes death rate (age-standardised) of 27 EU countries in 2017, at 58 per 100,000 people. Finland had the lowest, at 9.9 per 100,000 people. The median was 21.1 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 24.2 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest58Cyprus

Lowest9.9Finland

Median21.127 EU countries

European Union (27)24.2History

All EU countries, 2017

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	2017 per 100,000 people	Change on 2016
1	Cyprus	58	+4.7 pts
2	Croatia	57.9	+10 pts
3	Malta	45.1	+0.6 pts
4	Czechia	41.5	-1.7 pts
5	Austria	36.6	-2.4 pts
6	Portugal	36.3	-2.4 pts
7	Hungary	33.9	+3.3 pts
8	Italy	29.7	+0.9 pts
9	Latvia	28.8	+0.8 pts
10	Poland	27.1	+0.9 pts
11	Germany	27	+1.5 pts
12	Denmark	25.5	-1.8 pts
13	Sweden	22.2	+1.4 pts
14	Bulgaria	21.1	-1.5 pts
15	Luxembourg	19.5	+5.5 pts
16	Spain	19	+0.4 pts
17	Netherlands	18.2	-1 pts
18	Ireland	17.6	+0.2 pts
19	Slovakia	17.5	-1.2 pts
20	Greece	16.7	+2.5 pts
21	France	16.4	-0.3 pts
21	Slovenia	16.4	+1.2 pts
23	Estonia	15	+0.8 pts
24	Lithuania	14.4	+3.8 pts
25	Romania	14.1	-0.7 pts
26	Belgium	13.4	+0.5 pts
27	Finland	9.9	+0.3 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 58 per 100,000 people in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Finland, with 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017.

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.