EU countries by death rate from external causes (age-standardised), 2023

Latvia had the highest death rate from external causes (age-standardised) of 27 EU countries in 2023, at 81.8 per 100,000 people. Spain had the lowest, at 32.9 per 100,000 people. The median was 51.7 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 49.4 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest81.8Latvia

Lowest32.9Spain

Median51.727 EU countries

European Union (27)49.4History

All EU countries, 2023

per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 V01-Y89 (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2023 per 100,000 people	Change on 2022
1	Latvia	81.8	+4.2 pts
2	Slovenia	77.2	-18.5 pts
3	Lithuania	76.2	-4 pts
4	Estonia	70.3	-1.7 pts
5	Netherlands	66.9	+3.1 pts
6	Croatia	65.3	-2.8 pts
7	Belgium	61.1	-3.8 pts
8	France	59.3	-0.2 pts
9	Austria	58.7	+0.1 pts
10	Finland	57.3	+1.9 pts
11	Poland	55.3	-2.1 pts
12	Hungary	54.2	-2.7 pts
13	Germany	51.8	+1.3 pts
14	Czechia	51.7	-2.5 pts
15	Sweden	49.4	-0.2 pts
16	Slovakia	49.3	-8.6 pts
17	Luxembourg	45.8	+1.9 pts
18	Portugal	45.2	-1 pts
19	Romania	44.9	-3.5 pts
20	Greece	40.5	-0.7 pts
21	Ireland	38.8	+1.1 pts
22	Denmark	38.6	-2.8 pts
23	Cyprus	38.4	-2.8 pts
24	Malta	34.2	-3.2 pts
25	Italy	34	-2.3 pts
26	Bulgaria	33.9	-2.7 pts
27	Spain	32.9	-1.7 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Deaths from [object Object] (ICD-10 V01 to Y89) 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 V01-Y89 (hlth_cd_asdr2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank EU countries by death rate from external causes (age-standardised) using official data, and cite the source.

rank_places {"indicator":"standardised_death_rate_external_causes","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=standardised_death_rate_external_causes&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which EU country has the highest death rate from external causes (age-standardised)?

Latvia, with 81.8 per 100,000 people in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest death rate from external causes (age-standardised)?

Spain, with 32.9 per 100,000 people in 2023.

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 V01-Y89 (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.