Organ Donation Rates by Country
Turkey has the highest Living Donors per Million Population in 2024 (53.99), followed by Saudi Arabia (45.49) and Mongolia (41.14). Bulgaria has the lowest (0.3).
Living Donors per Million Population, 2024
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 95 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Over time · 2022–2024
The top 5 in 2024, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- Turkey
- Saudi Arabia
- Mongolia
- South Korea
- Israel
Data
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Turkey | 53.99 | 4.22 |
| 2 |  Saudi Arabia | 45.49 | 3.31 |
| 3 |  Mongolia | 41.14 | 1.43 |
| 4 |  South Korea | 38.3 | 7.68 |
| 5 |  Israel | 34.62 | 10.43 |
| 6 |  Netherlands | 29.49 | 21.07 |
| 7 |  Tajikistan | 28.64 | — |
| 8 |  Taiwan | 21.54 | 5.77 |
| 9 |  United States | 20.53 | 49.7 |
| 10 |  Iran | 19.18 | 14.05 |
| 11 |  Georgia | 18.65 | — |
| 12 |  Jordan | 17.54 | 0.09 |
| 13 |  Kuwait | 15.81 | 11.16 |
| 14 |  New Zealand | 15.66 | 13.21 |
| 15 |  Syria | 15.35 | — |
| 16 |  Canada | 15.09 | 22.86 |
| 17 |  Denmark | 15.08 | 21.19 |
| 18 |  Uzbekistan | 14.68 | — |
| 19 |  Japan | 14.65 | 1.13 |
| 20 |  United Kingdom | 14.43 | 20.37 |
| 21 |  Cyprus | 13.85 | 9.23 |
| 22 |  Norway | 13.82 | 20.55 |
| 23 |  Qatar | 13.7 | 8.15 |
| 24 |  Mexico | 13.63 | 4.21 |
| 25 |  Switzerland | 12.92 | 21.01 |
| 26 |  Greece | 12.14 | 10.78 |
| 27 |  Kazakhstan | 11.97 | 0.3 |
| 28 |  India | 10.75 | 0.78 |
| 29 |  United Arab Emirates | 10.73 | 11.56 |
| 30 |  Vietnam | 10.64 | 0.41 |
| 31 |  Sweden | 10.37 | 22.71 |
| 32 |  Singapore | 10.33 | 4.75 |
| 33 |  Australia | 9.5 | 19.74 |
| 34 |  France | 9.46 | 28.6 |
| 35 |  Pakistan | 9.31 | 0.01 |
| 36 |  Belgium | 9.06 | 32.6 |
| 37 |  Spain | 8.53 | 53.93 |
| 38 |  Germany | 8.26 | 11.44 |
| 39 |  Armenia | 8.21 | — |
| 39 |  Albania | 8.21 | — |
| 41 |  Oman | 8.09 | 1.06 |
| 42 |  Costa Rica | 8.08 | 5.58 |
| 43 |  El Salvador | 7.97 | — |
| 44 |  Finland | 7.82 | 28.91 |
| 45 |  Sri Lanka | 7.72 | 3.2 |
| 46 |  Slovakia | 7.37 | 11.58 |
| 47 |  Portugal | 7.35 | 36.67 |
| 48 |  Chile | 6.9 | 10.81 |
| 49 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 6.67 | — |
| 49 |  Barbados | 6.67 | — |
| 51 |  Austria | 6.44 | 20.78 |
| 52 |  Argentina | 6.33 | 17.41 |
| 53 |  Italy | 6.24 | 30.5 |
| 54 |  Ireland | 5.88 | 16.47 |
| 55 |  Libya | 5.86 | — |
| 56 |  Dominican Republic | 5.44 | 2.11 |
| 57 |  Colombia | 5.31 | 7.42 |
| 58 |  Hungary | 5.2 | 15.7 |
| 59 |  Malaysia | 5.07 | 1.3 |
| 60 |  Iceland | 5 | 7.5 |
| 61 |  Czechia | 4.76 | — |
| 62 |  Ukraine | 4.7 | 3.43 |
| 63 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.38 | 1.88 |
| 64 |  Hong Kong | 4.27 | 4.13 |
| 65 |  Panama | 4.22 | 3.33 |
| 66 |  Malta | 4 | 12 |
| 67 |  Bolivia | 3.97 | 0.32 |
| 68 |  Guatemala | 3.86 | 0.54 |
| 69 |  Uruguay | 3.82 | 19.71 |
| 70 |  Tunisia | 3.41 | 0.73 |
| 71 |  Thailand | 3.35 | 6.06 |
| 72 |  China | 3.14 | 4.71 |
| 73 |  Romania | 3.06 | 3.72 |
| 74 |  Philippines | 2.91 | 0.06 |
| 75 |  Poland | 2.64 | 15.59 |
| 76 |  Brazil | 2.62 | 17.33 |
| 77 |  Lithuania | 2.59 | 24.81 |
| 78 |  Peru | 2.42 | 1.47 |
| 79 |  North Macedonia | 2.38 | 0.95 |
| 80 |  Estonia | 2.31 | 14.62 |
| 81 |  Bangladesh | 1.73 | 0.01 |
| 82 |  Nigeria | 1.12 | — |
| 83 |  Latvia | 1.11 | 16.67 |
| 84 |  Nicaragua | 1.02 | — |
| 85 |  Kenya | 1.01 | — |
| 86 |  Croatia | 1 | 30.25 |
| 87 |  Belarus | 0.95 | 25.47 |
| 87 |  Slovenia | 0.95 | 20.48 |
| 89 |  Honduras | 0.93 | — |
| 90 |  Cuba | 0.63 | 0.45 |
| 91 |  Moldova | 0.61 | 0.61 |
| 92 |  Ecuador | 0.6 | 3.91 |
| 93 |  Paraguay | 0.58 | 3.77 |
| 94 |  Jamaica | 0.36 | — |
| 95 |  Bulgaria | 0.3 | 2.42 |
| — |  South Africa | — | 1.43 |
| — |  Serbia | — | 1.27 |
| — |  Luxembourg | — | 10 |
What correlates with Living Donors per Million Population (2024)?
Pearson r against 1,726 other country metrics sharing at least 57 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Living Donors per Million Population tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Living Donors per Million Population tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Living Donors per Million Population?
- Turkey has the highest Living Donors per Million Population in 2024, at 53.99, followed by Saudi Arabia (45.49) and Mongolia (41.14).
- Which country has the lowest Living Donors per Million Population?
- Bulgaria has the lowest Living Donors per Million Population in 2024, at 0.3.
- What is the median Living Donors per Million Population across countries?
- The median is 6.9 across the 95 countries with data in 2024.
- Where does this organ donation rates by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: IRODaT - International Registry on Organ Donation and Transplantation.