Data / Rankings / Preventable mortality / EU countries

EU countries by preventable mortality

Hungary had the highest preventable mortality of 27 EU countries in 2019, at 315.4 per 100,000 people. Cyprus had the lowest, at 99.8 per 100,000 people. The median was 151.3 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 154 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest315.4Hungary
Lowest99.8Cyprus
Median151.327 EU countries
European Union (27)154History

Map of EU countries, 2019

Austria: 152 per 100,000 peopleBelgium: 143 per 100,000 peopleBulgaria: 230.9 per 100,000 peopleCyprus: 99.8 per 100,000 peopleCzechia: 188.3 per 100,000 peopleGermany: 149.7 per 100,000 peopleDenmark: 151.3 per 100,000 peopleEstonia: 234.1 per 100,000 peopleSpain: 110 per 100,000 peopleFinland: 153.7 per 100,000 peopleFrance: 125.5 per 100,000 peopleGreece: 138.1 per 100,000 peopleCroatia: 232.6 per 100,000 peopleHungary: 315.4 per 100,000 peopleIreland: 127 per 100,000 peopleItaly: 101.2 per 100,000 peopleLithuania: 285.1 per 100,000 peopleLuxembourg: 116.3 per 100,000 peopleLatvia: 296.5 per 100,000 peopleMalta: 101.9 per 100,000 peopleNetherlands: 123.6 per 100,000 peoplePoland: 218.6 per 100,000 peoplePortugal: 135.6 per 100,000 peopleRomania: 296.2 per 100,000 peopleSweden: 110 per 100,000 peopleSlovenia: 173.4 per 100,000 peopleSlovakia: 231.2 per 100,000 people
  • Under 120
  • 120 to 140
  • 140 to 170
  • 170 to 230
  • 230 and over
per 100,000 people, 2019. Source: Eurostat, Treatable and preventable mortality of residents, preventable mortality, all causes, standardised rate (hlth_cd_apr). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2019

Hungary: 315.4 per 100,000 peopleHungary315.4Latvia: 296.5 per 100,000 peopleLatvia296.5Romania: 296.2 per 100,000 peopleRomania296.2Lithuania: 285.1 per 100,000 peopleLithuania285.1Estonia: 234.1 per 100,000 peopleEstonia234.1Croatia: 232.6 per 100,000 peopleCroatia232.6Slovakia: 231.2 per 100,000 peopleSlovakia231.2Bulgaria: 230.9 per 100,000 peopleBulgaria230.9Poland: 218.6 per 100,000 peoplePoland218.6Czechia: 188.3 per 100,000 peopleCzechia188.3Slovenia: 173.4 per 100,000 peopleSlovenia173.4Finland: 153.7 per 100,000 peopleFinland153.7Austria: 152 per 100,000 peopleAustria152Denmark: 151.3 per 100,000 peopleDenmark151.3Germany: 149.7 per 100,000 peopleGermany149.7Belgium: 143 per 100,000 peopleBelgium143Greece: 138.1 per 100,000 peopleGreece138.1Portugal: 135.6 per 100,000 peoplePortugal135.6Ireland: 127 per 100,000 peopleIreland127France: 125.5 per 100,000 peopleFrance125.5Netherlands: 123.6 per 100,000 peopleNetherlands123.6Luxembourg: 116.3 per 100,000 peopleLuxembourg116.3Sweden: 110 per 100,000 peopleSweden110Spain: 110 per 100,000 peopleSpain110Malta: 101.9 per 100,000 peopleMalta101.9Italy: 101.2 per 100,000 peopleItaly101.2Cyprus: 99.8 per 100,000 peopleCyprus99.8Hungary: 315.4 per 100,000 peopleHungary315.4Latvia: 296.5 per 100,000 peopleLatvia296.5Romania: 296.2 per 100,000 peopleRomania296.2Lithuania: 285.1 per 100,000 peopleLithuania285.1Estonia: 234.1 per 100,000 peopleEstonia234.1Croatia: 232.6 per 100,000 peopleCroatia232.6Slovakia: 231.2 per 100,000 peopleSlovakia231.2Bulgaria: 230.9 per 100,000 peopleBulgaria230.9Poland: 218.6 per 100,000 peoplePoland218.6Czechia: 188.3 per 100,000 peopleCzechia188.3Slovenia: 173.4 per 100,000 peopleSlovenia173.4Finland: 153.7 per 100,000 peopleFinland153.7Austria: 152 per 100,000 peopleAustria152Denmark: 151.3 per 100,000 peopleDenmark151.3Germany: 149.7 per 100,000 peopleGermany149.7Belgium: 143 per 100,000 peopleBelgium143Greece: 138.1 per 100,000 peopleGreece138.1Portugal: 135.6 per 100,000 peoplePortugal135.6Ireland: 127 per 100,000 peopleIreland127France: 125.5 per 100,000 peopleFrance125.5Netherlands: 123.6 per 100,000 peopleNetherlands123.6Luxembourg: 116.3 per 100,000 peopleLuxembourg116.3Sweden: 110 per 100,000 peopleSweden110Spain: 110 per 100,000 peopleSpain110Malta: 101.9 per 100,000 peopleMalta101.9Italy: 101.2 per 100,000 peopleItaly101.2Cyprus: 99.8 per 100,000 peopleCyprus99.8
per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, Treatable and preventable mortality of residents, preventable mortality, all causes, standardised rate (hlth_cd_apr). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2019
per 100,000 people		Change on 2018
1Hungary315.4-10.3 pts
2Latvia296.5-29.2 pts
3Romania296.2-10.8 pts
4Lithuania285.1-7.9 pts
5Estonia234.1-18.9 pts
6Croatia232.6-6 pts
7Slovakia231.2-10.2 pts
8Bulgaria230.9+4.6 pts
9Poland218.6-3.3 pts
10Czechia188.3-6.8 pts
11Slovenia173.4-2.1 pts
12Finland153.7-5.4 pts
13Austria152-5 pts
14Denmark151.3-0.7 pts
15Germany149.7-6 pts
16Belgium143-3.8 pts
17Greece138.1-0.5 pts
18Portugal135.6-2.8 pts
19Ireland127-5.1 pts
20France125.5-2.3 pts
21Netherlands123.6-5.1 pts
22Luxembourg116.3-15.2 pts
23Sweden110-7.7 pts
24Spain110-3.4 pts
25Malta101.9-8.8 pts
26Italy101.2-3.2 pts
27Cyprus99.8-4 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

Based on the OECD and Eurostat lists of avoidable causes of death (2022 version), which count COVID-19 as preventable, so preventable mortality peaks in 2020 to 2022. A cause on both lists is split half and half. Age-standardised with the 2013 European standard population.

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. 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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Treatable and preventable mortality of residents, preventable mortality, all causes, standardised rate (hlth_cd_apr) (EU countries by preventable mortality, 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_apr/default/table

MLA 9

Treatable and preventable mortality of residents, preventable mortality, all causes, standardised rate (hlth_cd_apr), EU countries by preventable mortality, 2019. Eurostat, European Commission, 17 Mar. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_apr/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preventable-mortality-rate/eu-countries?period=2019. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Treatable and preventable mortality of residents, preventable mortality, all causes, standardised rate (hlth_cd_apr). EU countries by preventable mortality, 2019. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_apr/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preventable-mortality-rate/eu-countries?period=2019.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Treatable and preventable mortality of residents, preventable mortality, all causes, standardised rate (hlth_cd_apr), EU countries by preventable mortality, 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_apr/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/preventable-mortality-rate/eu-countries?period=2019 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{eurostat_eu_countries_by_preventable_2019,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Treatable and preventable mortality of residents, preventable mortality, all causes, standardised rate (hlth\_cd\_apr): EU countries by preventable mortality, 2019}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_apr/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preventable-mortality-rate/eu-countries?period=2019. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - Eurostat, European Commission
TI  - Treatable and preventable mortality of residents, preventable mortality, all causes, standardised rate (hlth_cd_apr): EU countries by preventable mortality, 2019
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/03/17
PB  - Eurostat, European Commission
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_apr/default/table
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/preventable-mortality-rate/eu-countries?period=2019
Y2  - 2026/10/18
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/preventable-mortality-rate/eu-countries?period=2019.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

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 preventable mortality using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"preventable_mortality_rate","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=preventable_mortality_rate&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 preventable mortality?

Hungary, with 315.4 per 100,000 people in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest preventable mortality?

Cyprus, with 99.8 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, Treatable and preventable mortality of residents, preventable mortality, all causes, standardised rate (hlth_cd_apr). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

EU countries: more rankings