Crude death rate by country, 2025
Deaths during the year per 1,000 people in the average population of that year. It is not age-standardised, so countries with older populations have higher rates.
43 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Bulgaria (15.5 per 1,000 people). Lowest: Türkiye (5.7 per 1,000 people). The median is 9.9 per 1,000 people.
Highest 10
- 1. Bulgaria 15.5 per 1,000 people
- 2. Serbia 14.5 per 1,000 people
- 3. Latvia 14.1 per 1,000 people
- 4. Moldova 13.4 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated)
- 5. Hungary 13.1 per 1,000 people
- 6. Lithuania 13.0 per 1,000 people
- 7. Croatia 12.9 per 1,000 people
- 8. Romania 12.5 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
- 9. Germany 12.1 per 1,000 people
- 10. Greece 11.7 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
Lowest 10
- 43. Türkiye 5.7 per 1,000 people
- 42. Azerbaijan 5.8 per 1,000 people
- 41. Luxembourg 6.4 per 1,000 people
- 40. Ireland 6.5 per 1,000 people
- 39. Monaco 6.6 per 1,000 people
- 38. Iceland 6.8 per 1,000 people
- 37. Cyprus 6.9 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional)
- 36. Malta 7.3 per 1,000 people
- 35. Liechtenstein 7.7 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional)
- 34. Switzerland 7.9 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional)
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 43. Source: Eurostat.
In short
- Among the 43 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Bulgaria (15.5 per 1,000 people) and the lowest Türkiye (5.7 per 1,000 people).
- Half of the countries are above 9.9 per 1,000 people and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 11 countries and fell in 17.
- The figure for the European Union was 10.7 per 1,000 people in 2025, against 11.6 per 1,000 people in 2020 (−0.9). The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgaria | 15.5 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 2 | Serbia | 14.5 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 3 | Latvia | 14.1 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 4 | Moldova | 13.4 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) | 2025 | |
| 5 | Hungary | 13.1 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 6 | Lithuania | 13.0 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 7 | Croatia | 12.9 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 8 | Romania | 12.5 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) | 2025 | |
| 9 | Germany | 12.1 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 10 | Greece | 11.7 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) | 2025 | |
| 11 | Georgia | 11.6 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 12 | Estonia | 11.5 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 13 | Italy | 11.1 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional) | 2025 | |
| 14 | North Macedonia | 11.1 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 15 | Poland | 11.1 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 16 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.9 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional) | 2025 | |
| 17 | Portugal | 10.7 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 18 | Finland | 10.5 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 19 | Czechia | 10.4 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 20 | Montenegro | 10.3 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 21 | Slovakia | 9.9 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 22 | Slovenia | 9.9 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 23 | Denmark | 9.7 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 24 | Netherlands | 9.6 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional) | 2025 | |
| 25 | Austria | 9.5 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 26 | Belgium | 9.5 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional) | 2025 | |
| 27 | France | 9.4 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional) | 2025 | |
| 28 | United Kingdom | 9.4 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 29 | Albania | 9.1 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 30 | Spain | 9.0 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional) | 2025 | |
| 31 | Sweden | 8.7 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 32 | Armenia | 8.3 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 33 | Norway | 8.0 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 34 | Switzerland | 7.9 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional) | 2025 | |
| 35 | Liechtenstein | 7.7 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional) | 2025 | |
| 36 | Malta | 7.3 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 37 | Cyprus | 6.9 per 1,000 peoplep (provisional) | 2025 | |
| 38 | Iceland | 6.8 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 39 | Monaco | 6.6 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 40 | Ireland | 6.5 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 41 | Luxembourg | 6.4 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 42 | Azerbaijan | 5.8 per 1,000 people | 2025 | |
| 43 | Türkiye | 5.7 per 1,000 people | 2025 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2025 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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