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EU countries by age-standardised death rate, all causes

Bulgaria had the highest age-standardised death rate, all causes of 27 EU countries in 2017, at 1,621.7 per 100,000 people. France had the lowest, at 829.7 per 100,000 people. The median was 1,005.8 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 1,005.7 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest1,621.7Bulgaria
Lowest829.7France
Median1,005.827 EU countries
European Union (27)1,005.7History

Map of EU countries, 2017

Austria: 952.2 per 100,000 peopleBelgium: 955.7 per 100,000 peopleBulgaria: 1,621.7 per 100,000 peopleCyprus: 1,042.2 per 100,000 peopleCzechia: 1,223.8 per 100,000 peopleGermany: 1,022.9 per 100,000 peopleDenmark: 1,005.8 per 100,000 peopleEstonia: 1,186.9 per 100,000 peopleSpain: 835.9 per 100,000 peopleFinland: 948.9 per 100,000 peopleFrance: 829.7 per 100,000 peopleGreece: 980.9 per 100,000 peopleCroatia: 1,378.5 per 100,000 peopleHungary: 1,462 per 100,000 peopleIreland: 937.3 per 100,000 peopleItaly: 868.1 per 100,000 peopleLithuania: 1,409 per 100,000 peopleLuxembourg: 900 per 100,000 peopleLatvia: 1,472.9 per 100,000 peopleMalta: 911.7 per 100,000 peopleNetherlands: 967.8 per 100,000 peoplePoland: 1,239.6 per 100,000 peoplePortugal: 980.6 per 100,000 peopleRomania: 1,479.9 per 100,000 peopleSweden: 909.2 per 100,000 peopleSlovenia: 1,014.7 per 100,000 peopleSlovakia: 1,335.9 per 100,000 people
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per 100,000 people, 2017. Source: Eurostat, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 TOTAL (hlth_cd_asdr2). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2017

Bulgaria: 1,621.7 per 100,000 peopleBulgaria1,621.7Romania: 1,479.9 per 100,000 peopleRomania1,479.9Latvia: 1,472.9 per 100,000 peopleLatvia1,472.9Hungary: 1,462 per 100,000 peopleHungary1,462Lithuania: 1,409 per 100,000 peopleLithuania1,409Croatia: 1,378.5 per 100,000 peopleCroatia1,378.5Slovakia: 1,335.9 per 100,000 peopleSlovakia1,335.9Poland: 1,239.6 per 100,000 peoplePoland1,239.6Czechia: 1,223.8 per 100,000 peopleCzechia1,223.8Estonia: 1,186.9 per 100,000 peopleEstonia1,186.9Cyprus: 1,042.2 per 100,000 peopleCyprus1,042.2Germany: 1,022.9 per 100,000 peopleGermany1,022.9Slovenia: 1,014.7 per 100,000 peopleSlovenia1,014.7Denmark: 1,005.8 per 100,000 peopleDenmark1,005.8Greece: 980.9 per 100,000 peopleGreece980.9Portugal: 980.6 per 100,000 peoplePortugal980.6Netherlands: 967.8 per 100,000 peopleNetherlands967.8Belgium: 955.7 per 100,000 peopleBelgium955.7Austria: 952.2 per 100,000 peopleAustria952.2Finland: 948.9 per 100,000 peopleFinland948.9Ireland: 937.3 per 100,000 peopleIreland937.3Malta: 911.7 per 100,000 peopleMalta911.7Sweden: 909.2 per 100,000 peopleSweden909.2Luxembourg: 900 per 100,000 peopleLuxembourg900Italy: 868.1 per 100,000 peopleItaly868.1Spain: 835.9 per 100,000 peopleSpain835.9France: 829.7 per 100,000 peopleFrance829.7Bulgaria: 1,621.7 per 100,000 peopleBulgaria1,621.7Romania: 1,479.9 per 100,000 peopleRomania1,479.9Latvia: 1,472.9 per 100,000 peopleLatvia1,472.9Hungary: 1,462 per 100,000 peopleHungary1,462Lithuania: 1,409 per 100,000 peopleLithuania1,409Croatia: 1,378.5 per 100,000 peopleCroatia1,378.5Slovakia: 1,335.9 per 100,000 peopleSlovakia1,335.9Poland: 1,239.6 per 100,000 peoplePoland1,239.6Czechia: 1,223.8 per 100,000 peopleCzechia1,223.8Estonia: 1,186.9 per 100,000 peopleEstonia1,186.9Cyprus: 1,042.2 per 100,000 peopleCyprus1,042.2Germany: 1,022.9 per 100,000 peopleGermany1,022.9Slovenia: 1,014.7 per 100,000 peopleSlovenia1,014.7Denmark: 1,005.8 per 100,000 peopleDenmark1,005.8Greece: 980.9 per 100,000 peopleGreece980.9Portugal: 980.6 per 100,000 peoplePortugal980.6Netherlands: 967.8 per 100,000 peopleNetherlands967.8Belgium: 955.7 per 100,000 peopleBelgium955.7Austria: 952.2 per 100,000 peopleAustria952.2Finland: 948.9 per 100,000 peopleFinland948.9Ireland: 937.3 per 100,000 peopleIreland937.3Malta: 911.7 per 100,000 peopleMalta911.7Sweden: 909.2 per 100,000 peopleSweden909.2Luxembourg: 900 per 100,000 peopleLuxembourg900Italy: 868.1 per 100,000 peopleItaly868.1Spain: 835.9 per 100,000 peopleSpain835.9France: 829.7 per 100,000 peopleFrance829.7
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 countries2017
per 100,000 people		Change on 2016
1Bulgaria1,621.7+19.9 pts
2Romania1,479.9+0.5 pts
3Latvia1,472.9-3.7 pts
4Hungary1,462+36.6 pts
5Lithuania1,409-46.4 pts
6Croatia1,378.5+36.3 pts
7Slovakia1,335.9+11.9 pts
8Poland1,239.6+21.4 pts
9Czechia1,223.8+17.8 pts
10Estonia1,186.9-20 pts
11Cyprus1,042.2+75.9 pts
12Germany1,022.9+5.7 pts
13Slovenia1,014.7+1.1 pts
14Denmark1,005.8-10.5 pts
15Greece980.9+23 pts
16Portugal980.6-24.4 pts
17Netherlands967.8-12.5 pts
18Belgium955.7-5 pts
19Austria952.2+12.5 pts
20Finland948.9-27.1 pts
21Ireland937.3-45.8 pts
22Malta911.7+29.9 pts
23Sweden909.2-3.8 pts
24Luxembourg900-4.7 pts
25Italy868.1+25 pts
26Spain835.9+6.9 pts
27France829.7-4.9 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.

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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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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 TOTAL (hlth_cd_asdr2) (EU countries by age-standardised death rate, all causes, 2017) [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 TOTAL (hlth_cd_asdr2), EU countries by age-standardised death rate, all causes, 2017. Eurostat, European Commission, 8 June 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/standardised-death-rate/eu-countries?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 TOTAL (hlth_cd_asdr2). EU countries by age-standardised death rate, all causes, 2017. 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/standardised-death-rate/eu-countries?period=2017.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 TOTAL (hlth_cd_asdr2), EU countries by age-standardised death rate, all causes, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/standardised-death-rate/eu-countries?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Bulgaria, with 1,621.7 per 100,000 people in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

France, with 829.7 per 100,000 people in 2017.

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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