Crude death rate in European Union

The crude death rate in the European Union was 10.7 per 1,000 people in 2024.

Measure: Crude death rate (UN estimates) Unit: Deaths per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2024 10.7 Deaths per 1,000 people
Change from 2023 −0.1per 1,000 people 2023: 10.8 per 1,000 people
World, 2024 7.6 per 1,000 people Official aggregate

Crude death rate in European Union over time

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Deaths per 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Crude death rate (UN estimates) (deaths per 1,000 people), 2000 to 2024
Period European UnionWorld
2024 10.7 per 1,000 people 7.6 per 1,000 people
2023 10.8 per 1,000 people 7.6 per 1,000 people
2022 11.5 per 1,000 people 7.7 per 1,000 people
2021 11.9 per 1,000 people 8.7 per 1,000 people
2020 11.6 per 1,000 people 8.0 per 1,000 people
2019 10.4 per 1,000 people 7.5 per 1,000 people
2018 10.5 per 1,000 people 7.5 per 1,000 people
2017 10.5 per 1,000 people 7.5 per 1,000 people
2016 10.2 per 1,000 people 7.5 per 1,000 people
2015 10.4 per 1,000 people 7.6 per 1,000 people
2014 9.9 per 1,000 people 7.6 per 1,000 people
2013 10.0 per 1,000 people 7.6 per 1,000 people
2012 10.1 per 1,000 people 7.7 per 1,000 people
2011 9.8 per 1,000 people 7.8 per 1,000 people
2010 9.8 per 1,000 people 7.8 per 1,000 people
2009 9.8 per 1,000 people 7.9 per 1,000 people
2008 9.8 per 1,000 people 8.0 per 1,000 people
2007 9.7 per 1,000 people 8.0 per 1,000 people
2006 9.7 per 1,000 people 8.1 per 1,000 people
2005 9.8 per 1,000 people 8.1 per 1,000 people
2004 9.7 per 1,000 people 8.2 per 1,000 people
2003 10.1 per 1,000 people 8.3 per 1,000 people
2002 9.9 per 1,000 people 8.4 per 1,000 people
2001 9.8 per 1,000 people 8.4 per 1,000 people
2000 9.9 per 1,000 people 8.5 per 1,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 from 10.8 per 1,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 9.9 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by +0.8.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 7.6 per 1,000 people.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.DYN.CDRT.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for European Union
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects