Country rankings
Stage 1 Demographic Transition Model (DTM) Countries
Latvia has the highest Death Rate GHDE in 2023 (1,472 deaths per 100k), followed by Bulgaria (1,471 deaths per 100k) and Monaco (1,394 deaths per 100k). Qatar has the lowest (104 deaths per 100k).
Death Rate GHDEBetter directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →
203 of 235 countries
Death Rate GHDE, 2023
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Ranking
Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 203 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.
Median
752 deaths per 100k
Middle half 635 deaths per 100k – 958 deaths per 100k
Average
790 deaths per 100k
203 countries
Lowest (best)
104 deaths per 100k
Qatar
Highest (worst)
1,472 deaths per 100k
Latvia
Over time · 2019–2023
The top 5 in 2023, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- Qatar
- United Arab Emirates
- Kuwait
- Oman
- Saudi Arabia
Data
Click a column to sort, a row to highlight that place on the charts.
203 countries · # = rank by Death Rate GHDE
| # | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Qatar | 104 deaths per 100k |
| 2 |  United Arab Emirates | 140 deaths per 100k |
| 3 |  Kuwait | 196 deaths per 100k |
| 4 |  Oman | 239 deaths per 100k |
| 5 |  Saudi Arabia | 299 deaths per 100k |
| 6 |  Bahrain | 301 deaths per 100k |
| 7 |  Jordan | 310 deaths per 100k |
| 8 |  Maldives | 354 deaths per 100k |
| 9 |  Iran | 415 deaths per 100k |
| 10 |  Yemen | 417 deaths per 100k |
| 11 |  Nicaragua | 432 deaths per 100k |
| 12 |  Brunei | 440 deaths per 100k |
| 13 |  Honduras | 443 deaths per 100k |
| 14 |  Tajikistan | 470 deaths per 100k |
| 15 |  Singapore | 473 deaths per 100k |
| 16 |  Belize | 489 deaths per 100k |
| 17 |  Afghanistan | 491 deaths per 100k |
| 18 |  Comoros | 492 deaths per 100k |
| 19 |  Iraq | 506 deaths per 100k |
| 20 |  Israel | 509 deaths per 100k |
| 21 |  Colombia | 513 deaths per 100k |
| 22 |  Algeria | 523 deaths per 100k |
| 23 |  Syria | 528 deaths per 100k |
| 24 |  Lebanon | 532 deaths per 100k |
| 25 |  Mongolia | 534 deaths per 100k |
| 26 |  Kenya | 536 deaths per 100k |
| 27 |  Guatemala | 537 deaths per 100k |
| 28 |  Panama | 538 deaths per 100k |
| 29 |  Kiribati | 540 deaths per 100k |
| 30 |  Senegal | 546 deaths per 100k |
| 31 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 547 deaths per 100k |
| 32 |  Tanzania | 554 deaths per 100k |
| 33 |  Costa Rica | 560 deaths per 100k |
| 34 |  Malaysia | 560 deaths per 100k |
| 35 |  Pakistan | 563 deaths per 100k |
| 36 |  Ecuador | 571 deaths per 100k |
| 37 |  Cape Verde | 577 deaths per 100k |
| 38 |  Philippines | 578 deaths per 100k |
| 39 |  Vanuatu | 579 deaths per 100k |
| 40 |  Nepal | 579 deaths per 100k |
| 41 |  Uzbekistan | 580 deaths per 100k |
| 42 |  Peru | 585 deaths per 100k |
| 43 |  Cambodia | 594 deaths per 100k |
| 44 |  Mexico | 604 deaths per 100k |
| 45 |  Djibouti | 610 deaths per 100k |
| 46 |  Mauritania | 610 deaths per 100k |
| 47 |  Egypt | 621 deaths per 100k |
| 48 |  Bangladesh | 627 deaths per 100k |
| 49 |  Timor-Leste | 633 deaths per 100k |
| 50 |  Chile | 634 deaths per 100k |
| 51 |  Gambia | 634 deaths per 100k |
| 52 |  Uganda | 635 deaths per 100k |
| 53 |  Samoa | 635 deaths per 100k |
| 54 |  Papua New Guinea | 638 deaths per 100k |
| 55 |  Bolivia | 640 deaths per 100k |
| 56 |  Kazakhstan | 643 deaths per 100k |
| 57 |  Sudan | 645 deaths per 100k |
| 58 |  Turkmenistan | 645 deaths per 100k |
| 59 |  Tunisia | 648 deaths per 100k |
| 60 |  Burkina Faso | 649 deaths per 100k |
| 61 |  Luxembourg | 650 deaths per 100k |
| 62 |  Indonesia | 653 deaths per 100k |
| 63 |  Vietnam | 656 deaths per 100k |
| 64 |  Azerbaijan | 661 deaths per 100k |
| 65 |  Iceland | 665 deaths per 100k |
| 66 |  Bhutan | 667 deaths per 100k |
| 67 |  Ireland | 668 deaths per 100k |
| 68 |  Libya | 669 deaths per 100k |
| 69 |  Benin | 673 deaths per 100k |
| 70 |  Australia | 676 deaths per 100k |
| 71 |  Angola | 678 deaths per 100k |
| 72 |  Paraguay | 678 deaths per 100k |
| 73 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 682 deaths per 100k |
| 74 |  India | 682 deaths per 100k |
| 75 |  South Korea | 683 deaths per 100k |
| 76 |  Turkey | 692 deaths per 100k |
| 77 |  Brazil | 693 deaths per 100k |
| 78 |  Mozambique | 696 deaths per 100k |
| 79 |  Dominican Republic | 698 deaths per 100k |
| 80 |  Botswana | 699 deaths per 100k |
| 81 |  Ethiopia | 699 deaths per 100k |
| 82 |  Ivory Coast | 701 deaths per 100k |
| 83 |  Zambia | 703 deaths per 100k |
| 84 |  Republic of the Congo | 704 deaths per 100k |
| 85 |  Palestine | 705 deaths per 100k |
| 86 |  Tonga | 709 deaths per 100k |
| 87 |  Jamaica | 711 deaths per 100k |
| 88 |  Equatorial Guinea | 714 deaths per 100k |
| 89 |  Namibia | 715 deaths per 100k |
| 90 |  Ghana | 720 deaths per 100k |
| 91 |  Zimbabwe | 724 deaths per 100k |
| 92 |  Rwanda | 726 deaths per 100k |
| 93 |  Nigeria | 728 deaths per 100k |
| 94 |  Andorra | 731 deaths per 100k |
| 95 |  Malta | 733 deaths per 100k |
| 96 |  Togo | 734 deaths per 100k |
| 97 |  Cyprus | 739 deaths per 100k |
| 98 |  Saint Lucia | 740 deaths per 100k |
| 99 |  China | 745 deaths per 100k |
| 100 |  Gabon | 745 deaths per 100k |
| 101 |  Madagascar | 748 deaths per 100k |
| 102 |  Malawi | 752 deaths per 100k |
| 103 |  Morocco | 758 deaths per 100k |
| 104 |  Seychelles | 758 deaths per 100k |
| 105 |  New Zealand | 758 deaths per 100k |
| 106 |  Suriname | 759 deaths per 100k |
| 107 |  Bahamas | 759 deaths per 100k |
| 108 |  Guam | 760 deaths per 100k |
| 109 |  El Salvador | 761 deaths per 100k |
| 110 |  Cameroon | 775 deaths per 100k |
| 111 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 783 deaths per 100k |
| 112 |  Argentina | 786 deaths per 100k |
| 113 |  American Samoa | 789 deaths per 100k |
| 114 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 789 deaths per 100k |
| 115 |  Norway | 795 deaths per 100k |
| 116 |  Switzerland | 796 deaths per 100k |
| 117 |  Somalia | 797 deaths per 100k |
| 118 |  Burundi | 800 deaths per 100k |
| 119 |  Laos | 801 deaths per 100k |
| 120 |  Sri Lanka | 801 deaths per 100k |
| 121 |  Tokelau | 802 deaths per 100k |
| 122 |  San Marino | 802 deaths per 100k |
| 123 |  Guinea-Bissau | 805 deaths per 100k |
| 124 |  Armenia | 813 deaths per 100k |
| 125 |  Mali | 818 deaths per 100k |
| 126 |  Solomon Islands | 819 deaths per 100k |
| 127 |  DR Congo | 828 deaths per 100k |
| 128 |  Micronesia | 829 deaths per 100k |
| 129 |  Guyana | 831 deaths per 100k |
| 130 |  Eritrea | 833 deaths per 100k |
| 131 |  Canada | 836 deaths per 100k |
| 132 |  Liberia | 842 deaths per 100k |
| 133 |  Guinea | 845 deaths per 100k |
| 134 |  Venezuela | 848 deaths per 100k |
| 135 |  Albania | 867 deaths per 100k |
| 136 |  North Korea | 869 deaths per 100k |
| 137 |  Marshall Islands | 871 deaths per 100k |
| 138 |  Taiwan | 885 deaths per 100k |
| 139 |  Grenada | 887 deaths per 100k |
| 140 |  Sweden | 891 deaths per 100k |
| 141 |  South Africa | 892 deaths per 100k |
| 142 |  Fiji | 894 deaths per 100k |
| 143 |  Thailand | 900 deaths per 100k |
| 144 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 900 deaths per 100k |
| 145 |  France | 907 deaths per 100k |
| 146 |  Greenland | 914 deaths per 100k |
| 147 |  United States | 922 deaths per 100k |
| 148 |  Nauru | 927 deaths per 100k |
| 149 |  Spain | 932 deaths per 100k |
| 150 |  Haiti | 935 deaths per 100k |
| 151 |  Dominica | 942 deaths per 100k |
| 152 |  Netherlands | 955 deaths per 100k |
| 153 |  Belgium | 962 deaths per 100k |
| 154 |  United Kingdom | 965 deaths per 100k |
| 155 |  Austria | 977 deaths per 100k |
| 156 |  Sierra Leone | 978 deaths per 100k |
| 157 |  Bermuda | 987 deaths per 100k |
| 158 |  Myanmar | 988 deaths per 100k |
| 159 |  Denmark | 991 deaths per 100k |
| 160 |  Eswatini | 996 deaths per 100k |
| 161 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 999 deaths per 100k |
| 162 |  Slovakia | 999 deaths per 100k |
| 163 |  Cook Islands | 1,005 deaths per 100k |
| 164 |  Mauritius | 1,009 deaths per 100k |
| 165 |  Slovenia | 1,021 deaths per 100k |
| 166 |  Cuba | 1,021 deaths per 100k |
| 167 |  Uruguay | 1,023 deaths per 100k |
| 168 |  Niger | 1,023 deaths per 100k |
| 169 |  Chad | 1,031 deaths per 100k |
| 170 |  Czechia | 1,037 deaths per 100k |
| 171 |  Puerto Rico | 1,039 deaths per 100k |
| 172 |  Poland | 1,050 deaths per 100k |
| 173 |  South Sudan | 1,059 deaths per 100k |
| 174 |  Moldova | 1,061 deaths per 100k |
| 175 |  Montenegro | 1,068 deaths per 100k |
| 176 |  Barbados | 1,082 deaths per 100k |
| 177 |  Finland | 1,103 deaths per 100k |
| 178 |  Palau | 1,106 deaths per 100k |
| 179 |  Niue | 1,124 deaths per 100k |
| 180 |  North Macedonia | 1,135 deaths per 100k |
| 181 |  Portugal | 1,136 deaths per 100k |
| 182 |  Tuvalu | 1,140 deaths per 100k |
| 183 |  Italy | 1,142 deaths per 100k |
| 184 |  Central African Republic | 1,179 deaths per 100k |
| 185 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,183 deaths per 100k |
| 186 |  Lesotho | 1,185 deaths per 100k |
| 187 |  United States Virgin Islands | 1,201 deaths per 100k |
| 188 |  Estonia | 1,204 deaths per 100k |
| 189 |  Russia | 1,208 deaths per 100k |
| 190 |  Germany | 1,211 deaths per 100k |
| 191 |  Georgia | 1,218 deaths per 100k |
| 192 |  Greece | 1,237 deaths per 100k |
| 193 |  Romania | 1,273 deaths per 100k |
| 194 |  Belarus | 1,294 deaths per 100k |
| 195 |  Japan | 1,297 deaths per 100k |
| 196 |  Hungary | 1,325 deaths per 100k |
| 197 |  Serbia | 1,335 deaths per 100k |
| 198 |  Croatia | 1,335 deaths per 100k |
| 199 |  Ukraine | 1,357 deaths per 100k |
| 200 |  Lithuania | 1,362 deaths per 100k |
| 201 |  Monaco | 1,394 deaths per 100k |
| 202 |  Bulgaria | 1,471 deaths per 100k |
| 203 |  Latvia | 1,472 deaths per 100k |
What correlates with Death Rate GHDE (2023)?
Pearson r against 1,375 other country metrics sharing at least 122 countries. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Death Rate GHDE tend to score higher on these
- Crude Death Rate per 1k Population - UN 2020-2025Death Rate by CountryPlotr = +0.93 · very strong · n = 186
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- Heart Disease All Ages Death Rate - FemaleHeart Disease Rates by CountryPlotr = +0.75 · very strong · n = 203
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- Heart Disease All Ages Death Rate - MaleHeart Disease Rates by CountryPlotr = +0.70 · very strong · n = 203
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Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Death Rate GHDE tend to score lower on these
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Death Rate GHDE?
- Latvia has the highest Death Rate GHDE in 2023, at 1,472 deaths per 100k, followed by Bulgaria (1,471 deaths per 100k) and Monaco (1,394 deaths per 100k).
- Which country has the lowest Death Rate GHDE?
- Qatar has the lowest Death Rate GHDE in 2023, at 104 deaths per 100k.
- What is the median Death Rate GHDE across countries?
- The median is 752 deaths per 100k across the 203 countries with data in 2023.
- Where does this stage 1 demographic transition model (dtm) countries data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Demographic transition model (DTM) - Budding Geographers; Demographic Transition Model - Fiveable; Birth Rate Country rankings - The Global Economy; Death Rate Country rankings - The Global Economy.