Country rankings
Countries Where Euthanasia is Legal
Countries Where Euthanasia is Legal: compare 86 countries on 4 metrics.
HealthLaw86 countries · 4 metricsUpdated Feb 19, 2025Original page
20 sources
- Euthanasia in the United States - Wiki
- Legality of Euthanasia - Wiki
- Legal Status of Euthanasia - NCBI Article
- Legality of Euthanasia - Wiki
- Bill Details - Parliament of Canada
- Euthanasia Practices in Colombia - NBC News
- Luxembourg Regularly Practices Euthanasia - Reuters
- Legal Perspectives on Euthanasia - DOI Article
- Euthanasia in the Netherlands - BBC News
- Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill - Parliament of NSW
- Queensland Voluntary Assisted Dying Legislation - Tabled Papers
- Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill - South Australia Legislation
- Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill - Parliament of Tasmania
- Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 - Legislation VIC
- Voluntary Assisted Dying - Health WA
- Ecuador Constitutional Court on Euthanasia - Twitter
- Countries Where Euthanasia is Legal - The Week
- Countries where euthanasia, assisted suicide is legal - WIOnews
- These people want to die. Will their countries allow euthanasia? - NBC News
- Euthanasia - Legal Information Institute
Active
2 values across 86 entries
Passive
2 values across 86 entries
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86 countries
 Albania | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Andorra | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Argentina | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Armenia | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Australia | Legal | Legal | — | — |
 Austria | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Azerbaijan | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Belarus | Illegal | Illegal | — | — |
 Belgium | Legal | Legal | 05-28-2002 | Passed by the Belgian Federal Parliament |
 Belize | Illegal | Illegal | — | — |
 Bolivia | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Brazil | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Bulgaria | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Canada | Legal | Legal | 06-17-2016 | Passed by the Parliament of Canada |
 Chile | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Colombia | Legal | Legal | 12-15-2014 | Ruling of the Constitutional Court of Colombia |
 Costa Rica | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Croatia | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Cyprus | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Czechia | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Denmark | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Dominican Republic | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Ecuador | Legal | Legal | 02-05-2024 | Ruling of the Constitutional Court of Ecuador |
 El Salvador | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Estonia | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Ethiopia | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Faroe Islands | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Finland | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 France | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Georgia | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Germany | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Gibraltar | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Greece | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Greenland | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Guyana | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Hong Kong | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Hungary | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Iceland | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 India | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Ireland | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Israel | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Italy | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Kazakhstan | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Kenya | Illegal | Illegal | — | — |
 Latvia | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Lithuania | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Luxembourg | Legal | Legal | 03-19-2009 | Passed by the Chamber of Deputies |
 Malta | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Mexico | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Moldova | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Monaco | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Montenegro | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Namibia | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Netherlands | Legal | Legal | 04-01-2002 | Passed by the States General |
 New Zealand | Legal | Legal | 11-06-2021 | Passed by the Parliament of New Zealand and adopted in a referendum |
 Nicaragua | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Nigeria | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 North Macedonia | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Norway | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Panama | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Poland | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Portugal | Legal | Legal | 05-25-2023 | Passed by the Assembly of the Republic, promulgated by the President and published on the official gazette |
 Puerto Rico | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Romania | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Russia | Illegal | Illegal | — | — |
 Serbia | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Singapore | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Slovakia | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Slovenia | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 South Africa | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 South Korea | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Spain | Legal | Legal | 06-25-2021 | Passed by the Cortes Generales |
 Sweden | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Switzerland | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Taiwan | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Thailand | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Trinidad and Tobago | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Turkey | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Ukraine | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 United Arab Emirates | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 United Kingdom | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 United States | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Uruguay | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Venezuela | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
 Zambia | Illegal | Legal | — | — |
Quick answers
- Where does this countries where euthanasia is legal data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Euthanasia in the United States - Wiki; Legality of Euthanasia - Wiki; Legal Status of Euthanasia - NCBI Article; Legality of Euthanasia - Wiki.