Countries with Highest Death Rate (2026)
Monaco has the highest death rate at 21.0 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 | 21.0 per 1,000 |
| 2 |  Bulgaria | 15.7 per 1,000 |
| 3 |  Latvia | 14.9 per 1,000 |
| 4 |  Serbia | 14.7 per 1,000 |
| 5 |  Moldova | 13.6 per 1,000 |
| 6 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13.5 per 1,000 |
| 7 |  Hungary | 13.4 per 1,000 |
| 8 |  Belarus | 13.3 per 1,000 |
| 9 |  Croatia | 13.3 per 1,000 |
| 10 |  Ukraine | 13.1 per 1,000 |
| 11 |  Japan | 13.0 per 1,000 |
| 12 |  Lithuania | 12.9 per 1,000 |
| 13 |  Dominica | 12.8 per 1,000 |
| 14 |  Romania | 12.7 per 1,000 |
| 15 |  Germany | 12.3 per 1,000 |
| 16 |  Greece | 12.2 per 1,000 |
| 17 |  Russia | 12.1 per 1,000 |
| 18 |  Georgia | 11.8 per 1,000 |
| 19 |  Nigeria | 11.7 per 1,000 |
| 20 |  Estonia | 11.7 per 1,000 |
| 21 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.5 per 1,000 |
| 22 |  Palau | 11.5 per 1,000 |
| 23 |  Italy | 11.2 per 1,000 |
| 24 |  Portugal | 11.2 per 1,000 |
| 25 |  Poland | 11.1 per 1,000 |
| 26 |  Chad | 11.0 per 1,000 |
| 27 |  Finland | 11.0 per 1,000 |
| 28 |  North Macedonia | 11.0 per 1,000 |
| 29 |  Puerto Rico | 10.7 per 1,000 |
| 30 |  Lesotho | 10.7 per 1,000 |
| 31 |  Barbados | 10.6 per 1,000 |
| 32 |  Isle of Man | 10.5 per 1,000 |
| 33 |  Czechia | 10.4 per 1,000 |
| 34 |  Slovenia | 10.2 per 1,000 |
| 35 |  Cuba | 10.2 per 1,000 |
| 36 |  Montenegro | 10.1 per 1,000 |
| 37 |  Slovakia | 10.0 per 1,000 |
| 38 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.0 per 1,000 |
| 39 |  Somalia | 9.8 per 1,000 |
| 40 |  Austria | 9.8 per 1,000 |
| 41 |  Denmark | 9.8 per 1,000 |
| 42 |  Uruguay | 9.8 per 1,000 |
| 43 |  Curaçao | 9.7 per 1,000 |
| 44 |  North Korea | 9.7 per 1,000 |
| 45 |  South Sudan | 9.6 per 1,000 |
| 46 |  United Kingdom | 9.5 per 1,000 |
| 47 |  Netherlands | 9.5 per 1,000 |
| 48 |  Central African Republic | 9.4 per 1,000 |
| 49 |  Belgium | 9.4 per 1,000 |
| 50 |  Mauritius | 9.4 per 1,000 |
| 51 |  Greenland | 9.4 per 1,000 |
| 52 |  Saint Martin | 9.3 per 1,000 |
| 53 |  Fiji | 9.3 per 1,000 |
| 54 |  South Africa | 9.2 per 1,000 |
| 55 |  United States | 9.2 per 1,000 |
| 56 |  France | 9.2 per 1,000 |
| 57 |  Myanmar | 9.2 per 1,000 |
| 58 |  Tuvalu | 9.1 per 1,000 |
| 59 |  Guinea | 9.1 per 1,000 |
| 60 |  Spain | 9.0 per 1,000 |
| 61 |  Sweden | 9.0 per 1,000 |
| 62 |  United States Virgin Islands | 9.0 per 1,000 |
| 63 |  Thailand | 8.9 per 1,000 |
| 64 |  Niger | 8.9 per 1,000 |
| 65 |  Grenada | 8.9 per 1,000 |
| 66 |  Bermuda | 8.9 per 1,000 |
| 67 |  Benin | 8.8 per 1,000 |
| 68 |  Bahamas | 8.7 per 1,000 |
| 69 |  Mali | 8.6 per 1,000 |
| 70 |  Saint Lucia | 8.6 per 1,000 |
| 71 |  DR Congo | 8.5 per 1,000 |
| 72 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 8.4 per 1,000 |
| 73 |  Albania | 8.3 per 1,000 |
| 74 |  San Marino | 8.3 per 1,000 |
| 75 |  Sierra Leone | 8.3 per 1,000 |
| 76 |  Sri Lanka | 8.2 per 1,000 |
| 77 |  Armenia | 8.2 per 1,000 |
| 78 |  Sint Maarten | 8.1 per 1,000 |
| 79 |  Canada | 8.1 per 1,000 |
| 80 |  Switzerland | 8.1 per 1,000 |
| 81 |  Jamaica | 8.1 per 1,000 |
| 82 |  Liberia | 8.1 per 1,000 |
| 83 |  Burkina Faso | 8.0 per 1,000 |
| 84 |  Norway | 7.9 per 1,000 |
| 85 |  Equatorial Guinea | 7.9 per 1,000 |
| 86 |  China | 7.9 per 1,000 |
| 87 |  Haiti | 7.8 per 1,000 |
| 88 |  Togo | 7.7 per 1,000 |
| 89 |  Eswatini | 7.7 per 1,000 |
| 90 |  Argentina | 7.7 per 1,000 |
| 91 |  Ivory Coast | 7.7 per 1,000 |
| 92 |  Micronesia | 7.6 per 1,000 |
| 93 |  Zimbabwe | 7.6 per 1,000 |
| 94 |  Faroe Islands | 7.6 per 1,000 |
| 95 |  Aruba | 7.6 per 1,000 |
| 96 |  Venezuela | 7.6 per 1,000 |
| 97 |  Indonesia | 7.5 per 1,000 |
| 98 |  Madagascar | 7.5 per 1,000 |
| 99 |  El Salvador | 7.5 per 1,000 |
| 100 |  Nauru | 7.5 per 1,000 |
| 101 |  Djibouti | 7.5 per 1,000 |
| 102 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 7.4 per 1,000 |
| 103 |  Guyana | 7.3 per 1,000 |
| 104 |  Hong Kong | 7.3 per 1,000 |
| 105 |  Malta | 7.3 per 1,000 |
| 106 |  Seychelles | 7.3 per 1,000 |
| 107 |  Timor-Leste | 7.3 per 1,000 |
| 108 |  New Zealand | 7.2 per 1,000 |
| 109 |  Kenya | 7.2 per 1,000 |
| 110 |  Palestine | 7.2 per 1,000 |
| 111 |  Comoros | 7.2 per 1,000 |
| 112 |  Bolivia | 7.2 per 1,000 |
| 113 |  Cameroon | 7.2 per 1,000 |
| 114 |  Brazil | 7.1 per 1,000 |
| 115 |  Cyprus | 7.1 per 1,000 |
| 116 |  Guinea-Bissau | 7.0 per 1,000 |
| 117 |  Kiribati | 7.0 per 1,000 |
| 118 |  Ghana | 7.0 per 1,000 |
| 119 |  American Samoa | 7.0 per 1,000 |
| 120 |  Mozambique | 7.0 per 1,000 |
| 121 |  Marshall Islands | 7.0 per 1,000 |
| 122 |  Angola | 6.9 per 1,000 |
| 123 |  Nepal | 6.9 per 1,000 |
| 124 |  Australia | 6.9 per 1,000 |
| 125 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 6.9 per 1,000 |
| 126 |  Guam | 6.9 per 1,000 |
| 127 |  Liechtenstein | 6.8 per 1,000 |
| 128 |  Burundi | 6.7 per 1,000 |
| 129 |  Kazakhstan | 6.7 per 1,000 |
| 130 |  Libya | 6.7 per 1,000 |
| 131 |  Suriname | 6.7 per 1,000 |
| 132 |  India | 6.6 per 1,000 |
| 133 |  Ireland | 6.6 per 1,000 |
| 134 |  Luxembourg | 6.6 per 1,000 |
| 135 |  Iceland | 6.6 per 1,000 |
| 136 |  Vietnam | 6.6 per 1,000 |
| 137 |  Papua New Guinea | 6.5 per 1,000 |
| 138 |  Gibraltar | 6.5 per 1,000 |
| 139 |  Chile | 6.5 per 1,000 |
| 140 |  Pakistan | 6.5 per 1,000 |
| 141 |  Tonga | 6.4 per 1,000 |
| 142 |  Sudan | 6.4 per 1,000 |
| 143 |  Cambodia | 6.4 per 1,000 |
| 144 |  Republic of the Congo | 6.3 per 1,000 |
| 145 |  Gambia | 6.3 per 1,000 |
| 146 |  Gabon | 6.3 per 1,000 |
| 147 |  New Caledonia | 6.3 per 1,000 |
| 148 |  Dominican Republic | 6.3 per 1,000 |
| 149 |  Philippines | 6.2 per 1,000 |
| 150 |  Laos | 6.2 per 1,000 |
| 151 |  Uzbekistan | 6.2 per 1,000 |
| 152 |  Turkey | 6.2 per 1,000 |
| 153 |  Singapore | 6.2 per 1,000 |
| 154 |  Namibia | 6.2 per 1,000 |
| 155 |  Mexico | 6.2 per 1,000 |
| 156 |  Samoa | 6.2 per 1,000 |
| 157 |  Bhutan | 6.1 per 1,000 |
| 158 |  Andorra | 6.1 per 1,000 |
| 159 |  Tunisia | 6.1 per 1,000 |
| 160 |  Eritrea | 6.0 per 1,000 |
| 161 |  South Korea | 6.0 per 1,000 |
| 162 |  British Virgin Islands | 6.0 per 1,000 |
| 163 |  Ethiopia | 6.0 per 1,000 |
| 164 |  Lebanon | 6.0 per 1,000 |
| 165 |  Rwanda | 5.9 per 1,000 |
| 166 |  Azerbaijan | 5.9 per 1,000 |
| 167 |  Kosovo | 5.9 per 1,000 |
| 168 |  Afghanistan | 5.8 per 1,000 |
| 169 |  Tanzania | 5.8 per 1,000 |
| 170 |  Turkmenistan | 5.8 per 1,000 |
| 171 |  Botswana | 5.7 per 1,000 |
| 172 |  Paraguay | 5.7 per 1,000 |
| 173 |  Morocco | 5.6 per 1,000 |
| 174 |  Senegal | 5.6 per 1,000 |
| 175 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 5.6 per 1,000 |
| 176 |  Mauritania | 5.5 per 1,000 |
| 177 |  Mongolia | 5.5 per 1,000 |
| 178 |  Peru | 5.5 per 1,000 |
| 179 |  Egypt | 5.5 per 1,000 |
| 180 |  Costa Rica | 5.5 per 1,000 |
| 181 |  Colombia | 5.4 per 1,000 |
| 182 |  Malawi | 5.4 per 1,000 |
| 183 |  Brunei | 5.2 per 1,000 |
| 184 |  Zambia | 5.2 per 1,000 |
| 185 |  Israel | 5.2 per 1,000 |
| 186 |  Malaysia | 5.2 per 1,000 |
| 187 |  Solomon Islands | 5.1 per 1,000 |
| 188 |  Ecuador | 5.1 per 1,000 |
| 189 |  Vanuatu | 5.1 per 1,000 |
| 190 |  Cape Verde | 5.1 per 1,000 |
| 191 |  Syria | 5.0 per 1,000 |
| 192 |  Bangladesh | 5.0 per 1,000 |
| 193 |  Belize | 4.9 per 1,000 |
| 194 |  Uganda | 4.8 per 1,000 |
| 195 |  Guatemala | 4.8 per 1,000 |
| 196 |  Cayman Islands | 4.8 per 1,000 |
| 197 |  Yemen | 4.8 per 1,000 |
| 198 |  Panama | 4.8 per 1,000 |
| 199 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 4.7 per 1,000 |
| 200 |  Iran | 4.7 per 1,000 |
| 201 |  Algeria | 4.6 per 1,000 |
| 202 |  Nicaragua | 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 |  Macau | 4.4 per 1,000 |
| 207 |  Iraq | 4.1 per 1,000 |
| 208 |  French Polynesia | 3.6 per 1,000 |
| 209 |  Jordan | 3.0 per 1,000 |
| 210 |  Saudi Arabia | 2.3 per 1,000 |
| 211 |  Maldives | 2.3 per 1,000 |
| 212 |  Bahrain | 2.1 per 1,000 |
| 213 |  Oman | 1.9 per 1,000 |
| 214 |  Kuwait | 1.5 per 1,000 |
| 215 |  United Arab Emirates | 0.9 per 1,000 |
| 216 |  Qatar | 0.9 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.
16 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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