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EU countries by age-standardised death rate, all causes, 2023

Bulgaria had the highest age-standardised death rate, all causes of 27 EU countries in 2023, at 1,455.3 per 100,000 people. Spain had the lowest, at 774.4 per 100,000 people. The median was 958.9 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 963.4 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest1,455.3Bulgaria
Lowest774.4Spain
Median958.927 EU countries
European Union (27)963.4History

All EU countries, 2023

Bulgaria: 1,455.3 per 100,000 peopleBulgaria1,455.3Hungary: 1,412.4 per 100,000 peopleHungary1,412.4Latvia: 1,391.8 per 100,000 peopleLatvia1,391.8Romania: 1,376.1 per 100,000 peopleRomania1,376.1Croatia: 1,285.3 per 100,000 peopleCroatia1,285.3Lithuania: 1,240.6 per 100,000 peopleLithuania1,240.6Slovakia: 1,215.6 per 100,000 peopleSlovakia1,215.6Poland: 1,182.2 per 100,000 peoplePoland1,182.2Czechia: 1,124.8 per 100,000 peopleCzechia1,124.8Estonia: 1,106 per 100,000 peopleEstonia1,106Germany: 1,041 per 100,000 peopleGermany1,041Denmark: 970.7 per 100,000 peopleDenmark970.7Netherlands: 965 per 100,000 peopleNetherlands965Greece: 958.9 per 100,000 peopleGreece958.9Finland: 958.6 per 100,000 peopleFinland958.6Austria: 939 per 100,000 peopleAustria939Slovenia: 931.9 per 100,000 peopleSlovenia931.9Portugal: 885.6 per 100,000 peoplePortugal885.6Ireland: 884.8 per 100,000 peopleIreland884.8Belgium: 881.8 per 100,000 peopleBelgium881.8Cyprus: 876.5 per 100,000 peopleCyprus876.5Malta: 860.2 per 100,000 peopleMalta860.2Sweden: 836.2 per 100,000 peopleSweden836.2Italy: 826.7 per 100,000 peopleItaly826.7Luxembourg: 801.4 per 100,000 peopleLuxembourg801.4France: 794.8 per 100,000 peopleFrance794.8Spain: 774.4 per 100,000 peopleSpain774.4
per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 TOTAL (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2023
per 100,000 people		Change on 2022
1Bulgaria1,455.3-261 pts
2Hungary1,412.4-89.4 pts
3Latvia1,391.8-144 pts
4Romania1,376.1-194.4 pts
5Croatia1,285.3-158.3 pts
6Lithuania1,240.6-220.3 pts
7Slovakia1,215.6-165.4 pts
8Poland1,182.2-134.9 pts
9Czechia1,124.8-108.5 pts
10Estonia1,106-114.1 pts
11Germany1,041-43.6 pts
12Denmark970.7-41.1 pts
13Netherlands965-25 pts
14Greece958.9-97.5 pts
15Finland958.6-42.5 pts
16Austria939-49.9 pts
17Slovenia931.9-67.1 pts
18Portugal885.6-61.7 pts
19Ireland884.8-43.6 pts
20Belgium881.8-56.6 pts
21Cyprus876.5-141.8 pts
22Malta860.2-70.9 pts
23Sweden836.2-21.2 pts
24Italy826.7-78.4 pts
25Luxembourg801.4-27.9 pts
26France794.8-60.2 pts
27Spain774.4-66 pts

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About this ranking

Deaths from [object Object] (ICD-10 A00 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).

For 2018 to 2021 Eurostat publishes the total under the code A-R_V-Y (all causes excluding S00 to T98, injury codes that are never an underlying cause); Invokely serves both codes as one series. For deaths per 1,000 people without age standardisation use crude_death_rate. 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 TOTAL (hlth_cd_asdr2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Questions

Which EU country has the highest age-standardised death rate, all causes?

Bulgaria, with 1,455.3 per 100,000 people in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest age-standardised death rate, all causes?

Spain, with 774.4 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 TOTAL (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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