# EU countries by preventable mortality, 2023

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

- Indicator id: `preventable_mortality_rate`
- Unit: per 100,000 people
- Definition: Deaths of people under 75 from causes that can mainly be avoided through effective public health and primary prevention (before a disease or injury starts), per 100,000 inhabitants under 75, age-standardised.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Treatable and preventable mortality of residents, preventable mortality, all causes, standardised rate (hlth_cd_apr) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_apr/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- Citation: Eurostat. Treatable and preventable mortality of residents, preventable mortality, all causes, standardised rate (hlth_cd_apr). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_apr/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/preventable-mortality-rate/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | per 100,000 people |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Latvia | 309 |
| 2 | Hungary | 300.4 |
| 3 | Lithuania | 264.8 |
| 4 | Romania | 264 |
| 5 | Estonia | 241.3 |
| 6 | Croatia | 225.2 |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 220.1 |
| 8 | Poland | 208.8 |
| 9 | Slovakia | 204.9 |
| 10 | Czechia | 173.9 |
| 11 | Slovenia | 167.6 |
| 12 | Germany | 157.1 |
| 13 | Finland | 154.9 |
| 14 | Austria | 149.8 |
| 15 | Denmark | 139.2 |
| 16 | Belgium | 136.9 |
| 17 | Greece | 136.9 |
| 18 | France | 127.2 |
| 19 | Ireland | 126.3 |
| 20 | Portugal | 125.9 |
| 21 | Netherlands | 123.1 |
| 22 | Spain | 110.4 |
| 23 | Luxembourg | 105.9 |
| 24 | Sweden | 105.7 |
| 25 | Malta | 103.9 |
| 26 | Italy | 98.4 |
| 27 | Cyprus | 89.7 |