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

Lithuania had the highest death rate from external causes (age-standardised) of 27 EU countries in 2019, at 83.8 per 100,000 people. Malta had the lowest, at 25.8 per 100,000 people. The median was 52.1 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 47 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest83.8Lithuania

Lowest25.8Malta

Median52.127 EU countries

European Union (27)47History

All EU countries, 2019

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	2019 per 100,000 people	Change on 2018
1	Lithuania	83.8	-8 pts
2	Slovenia	73.7	-0.2 pts
3	Latvia	73	-8.9 pts
4	Croatia	71.5	-5 pts
5	Slovakia	67.2	-3.2 pts
6	Belgium	60.8	-1.1 pts
7	Estonia	60.5	-2.3 pts
8	Finland	58.1	-5.1 pts
9	Czechia	57.7	-2.3 pts
10	Hungary	56.1	-2.5 pts
11	Netherlands	55.2	-0.7 pts
12	France	54.8	-0.2 pts
13	Poland	54.8	-1 pts
14	Austria	52.1	+0.4 pts
15	Romania	51.2	-1.3 pts
16	Luxembourg	48.5	-0.9 pts
17	Sweden	48.4	-3.3 pts
18	Cyprus	48.3	+3.1 pts
19	Germany	45.8	-0.4 pts
20	Portugal	45.4	-1.6 pts
21	Denmark	40.9	+0.9 pts
22	Bulgaria	37	+0.9 pts
23	Greece	36.5	+0.2 pts
24	Italy	32.9	-0.6 pts
25	Ireland	31.4	-3.1 pts
26	Spain	30.8	+0.2 pts
27	Malta	25.8	+0.8 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.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 V01-Y89 (hlth_cd_asdr2) (EU countries by death rate from external causes (age-standardised), 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table

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Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 V01-Y89 (hlth_cd_asdr2), EU countries by death rate from external causes (age-standardised), 2019. Eurostat, European Commission, 8 June 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/external-causes-death-rate/eu-countries?period=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 V01-Y89 (hlth_cd_asdr2). EU countries by death rate from external causes (age-standardised), 2019. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/external-causes-death-rate/eu-countries?period=2019.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 V01-Y89 (hlth_cd_asdr2), EU countries by death rate from external causes (age-standardised), 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/external-causes-death-rate/eu-countries?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Lithuania, with 83.8 per 100,000 people in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Malta, with 25.8 per 100,000 people in 2019.

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.