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

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `standardised_death_rate_external_causes`
- Unit: per 100,000 people
- Definition: 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).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/external-causes-death-rate/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | per 100,000 people |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Latvia | 81.8 |
| 2 | Slovenia | 77.2 |
| 3 | Lithuania | 76.2 |
| 4 | Estonia | 70.3 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 66.9 |
| 6 | Croatia | 65.3 |
| 7 | Belgium | 61.1 |
| 8 | France | 59.3 |
| 9 | Austria | 58.7 |
| 10 | Finland | 57.3 |
| 11 | Poland | 55.3 |
| 12 | Hungary | 54.2 |
| 13 | Germany | 51.8 |
| 14 | Czechia | 51.7 |
| 15 | Sweden | 49.4 |
| 16 | Slovakia | 49.3 |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 45.8 |
| 18 | Portugal | 45.2 |
| 19 | Romania | 44.9 |
| 20 | Greece | 40.5 |
| 21 | Ireland | 38.8 |
| 22 | Denmark | 38.6 |
| 23 | Cyprus | 38.4 |
| 24 | Malta | 34.2 |
| 25 | Italy | 34 |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 33.9 |
| 27 | Spain | 32.9 |