Countries with Highest Death Rate (2026)
Monaco has the highest death rate at 20.1 deaths per 1,000 people. High death rates can be driven by aging populations (as in many European countries) or by health crises and limited medical infrastructure.
| Rank | Country | Death Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Monaco | 20.1 per 1,000 |
| 2 |  Bulgaria | 15.6 per 1,000 |
| 3 |  Serbia | 14.9 per 1,000 |
| 4 |  Latvia | 14.3 per 1,000 |
| 5 |  Moldova | 13.8 per 1,000 |
| 6 |  Ukraine | 13.6 per 1,000 |
| 7 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.5 per 1,000 |
| 8 |  Hungary | 13.4 per 1,000 |
| 9 |  Japan | 13.3 per 1,000 |
| 10 |  Croatia | 13.2 per 1,000 |
| 11 |  Belarus | 13.1 per 1,000 |
| 12 |  Lithuania | 13.0 per 1,000 |
| 13 |  Romania | 12.8 per 1,000 |
| 14 |  Dominica | 12.6 per 1,000 |
| 15 |  Russia | 12.4 per 1,000 |
| 16 |  Germany | 12.1 per 1,000 |
| 17 |  Greece | 12.1 per 1,000 |
| 18 |  Georgia | 11.8 per 1,000 |
| 19 |  Palau | 11.7 per 1,000 |
| 20 |  Nigeria | 11.6 per 1,000 |
| 21 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.5 per 1,000 |
| 22 |  Estonia | 11.5 per 1,000 |
| 23 |  Poland | 11.2 per 1,000 |
| 24 |  Portugal | 11.1 per 1,000 |
| 25 |  North Macedonia | 11.1 per 1,000 |
| 26 |  Chad | 11.1 per 1,000 |
| 27 |  Italy | 11.0 per 1,000 |
| 28 |  Isle of Man | 10.7 per 1,000 |
| 29 |  Lesotho | 10.5 per 1,000 |
| 30 |  Finland | 10.4 per 1,000 |
| 31 |  Cuba | 10.4 per 1,000 |
| 32 |  Czechia | 10.3 per 1,000 |
| 33 |  Puerto Rico | 10.3 per 1,000 |
| 34 |  Barbados | 10.2 per 1,000 |
| 35 |  Montenegro | 10.2 per 1,000 |
| 36 |  Slovenia | 10.1 per 1,000 |
| 37 |  Curaçao | 10.1 per 1,000 |
| 38 |  Mauritius | 10.0 per 1,000 |
| 39 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.0 per 1,000 |
| 40 |  Uruguay | 9.9 per 1,000 |
| 41 |  Slovakia | 9.9 per 1,000 |
| 42 |  North Korea | 9.9 per 1,000 |
| 43 |  South Sudan | 9.8 per 1,000 |
| 44 |  Somalia | 9.7 per 1,000 |
| 45 |  United Kingdom | 9.7 per 1,000 |
| 46 |  Saint Martin | 9.7 per 1,000 |
| 47 |  Netherlands | 9.6 per 1,000 |
| 48 |  Austria | 9.6 per 1,000 |
| 49 |  Fiji | 9.5 per 1,000 |
| 50 |  Belgium | 9.5 per 1,000 |
| 51 |  Denmark | 9.5 per 1,000 |
| 52 |  France | 9.4 per 1,000 |
| 53 |  Central African Republic | 9.4 per 1,000 |
| 54 |  Greenland | 9.3 per 1,000 |
| 55 |  Tuvalu | 9.3 per 1,000 |
| 56 |  South Africa | 9.2 per 1,000 |
| 57 |  United States Virgin Islands | 9.2 per 1,000 |
| 58 |  Myanmar | 9.2 per 1,000 |
| 59 |  Thailand | 9.0 per 1,000 |
| 60 |  Guinea | 9.0 per 1,000 |
| 61 |  United States | 9.0 per 1,000 |
| 62 |  Bermuda | 9.0 per 1,000 |
| 63 |  Grenada | 8.9 per 1,000 |
| 64 |  Spain | 8.9 per 1,000 |
| 65 |  Bahamas | 8.8 per 1,000 |
| 66 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 8.7 per 1,000 |
| 67 |  Niger | 8.7 per 1,000 |
| 68 |  Benin | 8.7 per 1,000 |
| 69 |  Saint Lucia | 8.7 per 1,000 |
| 70 |  Sweden | 8.6 per 1,000 |
| 71 |  Mali | 8.5 per 1,000 |
| 72 |  Togo | 8.5 per 1,000 |
| 73 |  Albania | 8.5 per 1,000 |
| 74 |  DR Congo | 8.4 per 1,000 |
| 75 |  Armenia | 8.4 per 1,000 |
| 76 |  Sint Maarten | 8.3 per 1,000 |
| 77 |  Sierra Leone | 8.2 per 1,000 |
| 78 |  Jamaica | 8.2 per 1,000 |
| 79 |  Faroe Islands | 8.2 per 1,000 |
| 80 |  Liberia | 8.0 per 1,000 |
| 81 |  Switzerland | 8.0 per 1,000 |
| 82 |  Burkina Faso | 7.9 per 1,000 |
| 83 |  Canada | 7.9 per 1,000 |
| 84 |  Norway | 7.9 per 1,000 |
| 85 |  Equatorial Guinea | 7.8 per 1,000 |
| 86 |  Sri Lanka | 7.8 per 1,000 |
| 87 |  Haiti | 7.8 per 1,000 |
| 88 |  Aruba | 7.8 per 1,000 |
| 89 |  China | 7.8 per 1,000 |
| 90 |  Argentina | 7.7 per 1,000 |
| 91 |  Eswatini | 7.7 per 1,000 |
| 92 |  Micronesia | 7.7 per 1,000 |
| 93 |  Venezuela | 7.7 per 1,000 |
| 94 |  Indonesia | 7.6 per 1,000 |
| 95 |  Ivory Coast | 7.6 per 1,000 |
| 96 |  Nauru | 7.6 per 1,000 |
| 97 |  Zimbabwe | 7.5 per 1,000 |
| 98 |  Liechtenstein | 7.5 per 1,000 |
| 99 |  San Marino | 7.5 per 1,000 |
| 100 |  Djibouti | 7.5 per 1,000 |
| 101 |  Guyana | 7.5 per 1,000 |
| 102 |  Madagascar | 7.5 per 1,000 |
| 103 |  El Salvador | 7.5 per 1,000 |
| 104 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 7.4 per 1,000 |
| 105 |  Malta | 7.3 per 1,000 |
| 106 |  American Samoa | 7.3 per 1,000 |
| 107 |  Timor-Leste | 7.2 per 1,000 |
| 108 |  Kenya | 7.2 per 1,000 |
| 109 |  Bolivia | 7.2 per 1,000 |
| 110 |  New Zealand | 7.1 per 1,000 |
| 111 |  Marshall Islands | 7.1 per 1,000 |
| 112 |  Comoros | 7.1 per 1,000 |
| 113 |  Brazil | 7.1 per 1,000 |
| 114 |  Kiribati | 7.1 per 1,000 |
| 115 |  Cameroon | 7.0 per 1,000 |
| 116 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 7.0 per 1,000 |
| 117 |  Cyprus | 7.0 per 1,000 |
| 118 |  Ghana | 7.0 per 1,000 |
| 119 |  Guinea-Bissau | 7.0 per 1,000 |
| 120 |  South Korea | 7.0 per 1,000 |
| 121 |  Hong Kong | 7.0 per 1,000 |
| 122 |  Seychelles | 7.0 per 1,000 |
| 123 |  Nepal | 7.0 per 1,000 |
| 124 |  Guam | 6.9 per 1,000 |
| 125 |  Mozambique | 6.9 per 1,000 |
| 126 |  Australia | 6.9 per 1,000 |
| 127 |  Angola | 6.8 per 1,000 |
| 128 |  Suriname | 6.8 per 1,000 |
| 129 |  Iceland | 6.8 per 1,000 |
| 130 |  Kazakhstan | 6.7 per 1,000 |
| 131 |  Burundi | 6.7 per 1,000 |
| 132 |  Vietnam | 6.7 per 1,000 |
| 133 |  Luxembourg | 6.6 per 1,000 |
| 134 |  India | 6.6 per 1,000 |
| 135 |  Gibraltar | 6.6 per 1,000 |
| 136 |  Chile | 6.6 per 1,000 |
| 137 |  Papua New Guinea | 6.5 per 1,000 |
| 138 |  Libya | 6.5 per 1,000 |
| 139 |  Ireland | 6.5 per 1,000 |
| 140 |  Pakistan | 6.5 per 1,000 |
| 141 |  Cambodia | 6.5 per 1,000 |
| 142 |  Tonga | 6.4 per 1,000 |
| 143 |  Philippines | 6.3 per 1,000 |
| 144 |  Sudan | 6.3 per 1,000 |
| 145 |  Dominican Republic | 6.3 per 1,000 |
| 146 |  Gambia | 6.3 per 1,000 |
| 147 |  New Caledonia | 6.3 per 1,000 |
| 148 |  Republic of the Congo | 6.2 per 1,000 |
| 149 |  Gabon | 6.2 per 1,000 |
| 150 |  Mexico | 6.2 per 1,000 |
| 151 |  Laos | 6.2 per 1,000 |
| 152 |  Namibia | 6.2 per 1,000 |
| 153 |  Samoa | 6.2 per 1,000 |
| 154 |  Andorra | 6.1 per 1,000 |
| 155 |  Tunisia | 6.1 per 1,000 |
| 156 |  Bhutan | 6.1 per 1,000 |
| 157 |  British Virgin Islands | 6.0 per 1,000 |
| 158 |  Lebanon | 6.0 per 1,000 |
| 159 |  Uzbekistan | 6.0 per 1,000 |
| 160 |  Singapore | 6.0 per 1,000 |
| 161 |  Eritrea | 6.0 per 1,000 |
| 162 |  Kosovo | 6.0 per 1,000 |
| 163 |  Rwanda | 5.9 per 1,000 |
| 164 |  Ethiopia | 5.9 per 1,000 |
| 165 |  Palestine | 5.9 per 1,000 |
| 166 |  Turkmenistan | 5.8 per 1,000 |
| 167 |  Azerbaijan | 5.8 per 1,000 |
| 168 |  Botswana | 5.7 per 1,000 |
| 169 |  Morocco | 5.7 per 1,000 |
| 170 |  Tanzania | 5.7 per 1,000 |
| 171 |  Turkey | 5.7 per 1,000 |
| 172 |  Afghanistan | 5.7 per 1,000 |
| 173 |  Paraguay | 5.7 per 1,000 |
| 174 |  Peru | 5.6 per 1,000 |
| 175 |  Costa Rica | 5.6 per 1,000 |
| 176 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 5.5 per 1,000 |
| 177 |  Egypt | 5.5 per 1,000 |
| 178 |  Senegal | 5.5 per 1,000 |
| 179 |  Mongolia | 5.5 per 1,000 |
| 180 |  Colombia | 5.5 per 1,000 |
| 181 |  Mauritania | 5.4 per 1,000 |
| 182 |  Brunei | 5.3 per 1,000 |
| 183 |  Israel | 5.3 per 1,000 |
| 184 |  Malawi | 5.3 per 1,000 |
| 185 |  Malaysia | 5.3 per 1,000 |
| 186 |  Ecuador | 5.2 per 1,000 |
| 187 |  Zambia | 5.2 per 1,000 |
| 188 |  Bangladesh | 5.1 per 1,000 |
| 189 |  Cape Verde | 5.1 per 1,000 |
| 190 |  Solomon Islands | 5.1 per 1,000 |
| 191 |  Vanuatu | 5.0 per 1,000 |
| 192 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 5.0 per 1,000 |
| 193 |  Belize | 5.0 per 1,000 |
| 194 |  Syria | 4.9 per 1,000 |
| 195 |  Panama | 4.9 per 1,000 |
| 196 |  Guatemala | 4.9 per 1,000 |
| 197 |  Cayman Islands | 4.9 per 1,000 |
| 198 |  Uganda | 4.8 per 1,000 |
| 199 |  Iran | 4.8 per 1,000 |
| 200 |  Yemen | 4.7 per 1,000 |
| 201 |  Nicaragua | 4.6 per 1,000 |
| 202 |  Algeria | 4.6 per 1,000 |
| 203 |  Tajikistan | 4.6 per 1,000 |
| 204 |  Honduras | 4.5 per 1,000 |
| 205 |  Kyrgyzstan | 4.4 per 1,000 |
| 206 |  Iraq | 4.2 per 1,000 |
| 207 |  French Polynesia | 3.8 per 1,000 |
| 208 |  Macau | 3.6 per 1,000 |
| 209 |  Jordan | 3.1 per 1,000 |
| 210 |  Maldives | 2.4 per 1,000 |
| 211 |  Saudi Arabia | 2.3 per 1,000 |
| 212 |  Bahrain | 2.2 per 1,000 |
| 213 |  Oman | 1.9 per 1,000 |
| 214 |  Kuwait | 1.5 per 1,000 |
| 215 |  Qatar | 1.1 per 1,000 |
| 216 |  United Arab Emirates | 1.0 per 1,000 |
Why Do Some Wealthy Countries Have High Death Rates?
The crude death rate measures deaths per 1,000 people per year. A counterintuitive pattern emerges: many countries with the highest death rates are in Europe, not the developing world. This is because European countries have very old populations — when a large share is over 65, more people are at ages where mortality is naturally higher, regardless of healthcare quality.
15 of the top 20 countries by death rate are European. The global average is approximately 7.7 per 1,000.
Different Causes Behind High Death Rates
In contrast, some Sub-Saharan African countries appear on this list for entirely different reasons — not aging, but health challenges including infectious disease, limited medical infrastructure, and conflict. The causes of high death rates are fundamentally different between aging wealthy nations and developing countries.
The crude death rate should not be confused with how "healthy" a country is. Age-standardized mortality rates, which adjust for population age structure, provide a more meaningful comparison of actual health conditions across countries.
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