🪦 Highest Death Rates
Deaths per 1,000 people in a year. Old populations score high even when health is good.
1
🇲🇨Monaco
20.1
2
🇧🇬Bulgaria
15.6
3
🇷🇸Serbia
14.9
4
🇱🇻Latvia
14.3
5
🇲🇩Moldova
13.8
6
🇺🇦Ukraine
13.6
7
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina
13.5
8
🇭🇺Hungary
13.4
9
🇯🇵Japan
13.3
10
🇭🇷Croatia
13.2
11
🇧🇾Belarus
13.1
12
🇱🇹Lithuania
13.0
13
🇷🇴Romania
12.8
14
🇩🇲Dominica
12.6
15
🇷🇺Russia
12.4
16
🇩🇪Germany
12.1
17
🇬🇷Greece
12.1
18
🇬🇪Georgia
11.8
19
🇵🇼Palau
11.7
20
🇳🇬Nigeria
11.6
21
🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
11.5
22
🇪🇪Estonia
11.5
23
🇵🇱Poland
11.2
24
🇲🇰North Macedonia
11.1
25
🇵🇹Portugal
11.1
26
🇹🇩Chad
11.1
27
🇮🇹Italy
11.0
28
🇮🇲Isle of Man
10.6
29
🇱🇸Lesotho
10.5
30
🇫🇮Finland
10.4
31
🇨🇺Cuba
10.4
32
🇨🇿Czechia
10.3
33
🇵🇷Puerto Rico
10.3
34
🇧🇧Barbados
10.2
35
🇲🇪Montenegro
10.2
36
🇨🇼Curaçao
10.1
37
🇸🇮Slovenia
10.1
38
🇲🇺Mauritius
10.0
39
🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis
10.0
40
🇺🇾Uruguay
9.9
41
🇸🇰Slovakia
9.9
42
🇰🇵North Korea
9.9
43
🇸🇸South Sudan
9.8
44
🇸🇴Somalia
9.7
45
🇬🇧United Kingdom
9.7
46
🇲🇫Saint Martin
9.7
47
🇦🇹Austria
9.6
48
🇳🇱Netherlands
9.6
49
🇫🇯Fiji
9.5
50
🇧🇪Belgium
9.5
Highlights
As of 2024, Monaco ranks first with 20.1, followed by Bulgaria (15.6) and Serbia (14.9).
Across 215 countries and territories, values run from 20.1 (Monaco) to 1.0 (United Arab Emirates), with a median of 7.2.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 9 from Europe and 1 from Asia.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people), 2024. Unit: deaths per 1,000 people.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 13, 2026