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Revealed: These Are The Countries with the Highest Death Rates, 2024

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Human resources are considered one of the key drivers of a country’s economy. As a result, population analysts monitor death rates to gain an understanding of the overall health and well-being of a population. A country’s mortality or death rate is the number of deaths that occur within a specific population during a particular period. This figure is expressed as the number of deceased individuals per thousand people within a year.

CEOWORLD magazine aims to inform its readers about the countries with the highest death rates. To gather this information, researchers have used data from various institutions such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In addition to learning about the countries with the highest mortality rates, readers will also discover the common causes of death in these regions.

How important is knowing about a country’s mortality rate?

A country’s economy is dependent on its population or human resources. Countries with high death rates and relatively low birth and fertility incidences have the trouble of a decreasing population. This trend hurts the economy. Hence, population analysts’ duty is essential. They can help government officials make policies with their collected data on what specific issues are affecting the population and causing it to decline. Solutions can be formulated for these problems, which can significantly aid a country’s economy in the long term.

What are the factors that affect death rates in a country?

Mortality rates in a country can be high or low depending on several elements. They include quality healthcare services, clean and potable water, physical exercise, and a proper diet. Countries whose people don’t engage in regular workouts and don’t consume nutritious meals face serious health risks like diabetes, which is a diet-related illness that placed ninth in the Global Health Data Exchange data. Meanwhile, cardiovascular ailments were the major cause of death globally during that period. These diseases are caused by obesity due to unhealthy eating practices. Other factors affecting a country’s mortality rate include disease outbreaks. The coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a considerable surge in the 2020 to 2021 global death count.

Additionally, gun-related violence increases fatalities, such as those that happen in the United States as well as civil and international wars, like the ongoing armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine and Israel and the Hamas militants.

What are the global mortality trends in 2024?

Mortality incidences differ among countries. Developed countries generally have lower death rates than the least-developed regions, since the former have improved and advanced healthcare facilities and networks. Moreover, they don’t struggle to give citizens basic needs like sufficient food, clean drinking water, and proper sanitation. Hence, people in developed countries have lower risks of health complications and different ailments than those from poor countries.

However, advanced economies also have problems with critical diseases such as high diabetes and obesity incidences. This trend is due to the widespread availability of unhealthy processed foods. Furthermore, the lifestyle of people in developed countries limits the capabilities of these nations’ modernized healthcare systems. For instance, cancer has been the world’s second major cause of death, and it is prevalent in developed nations with high alcoholism and smoking incidences.

The total daily birth tally on an international level generally surpasses the total daily death count by a wide margin. Nevertheless, this trend is anticipated to drop over the coming century as more women worldwide choose not to bear children. Based on a January 2024 Wall Street Journal report, the government of China – the world’s most 2nd-populated country to date – is pressing the country’s female population to have more babies. However, many are refusing. Hence, population analysts believe China’s 1.4 billion populace will plummet sharply to about half a billion by 2100.

Which countries have the highest death rates? 

The following list of countries with the highest mortality rates in the world:

Countries with the Highest Death Rates, 2024

RankCountryDeath rate (per 1K) 2013-2023Death rate (per 100K)
1Bulgaria15.41791
2Ukraine15.21586
3Latvia14.61432
4Lesotho14.31555
5Lithuania13.61378
6Serbia13.21345
7Croatia13.11231
8Romania131366
9Georgia12.81348
10Russia12.71219
11Belarus12.61282
12Hungary12.51332
13Central African Republic12.41278
14Chad12.2955
15Nigeria12742
16Sierra Leone11.9846
17Moldova11.61112
18Estonia11.61211
19Germany11.21130
20Somalia10.9906
21Greece10.81245
22Montenegro10.71095
23South Sudan10.6784
24Portugal10.61093
25Bosnia and Herzegovina10.61134
26Italy10.51065
27Czech Republic10.51069
28Japan10.41096
29Ivory Coast10.19697
30Poland10.11057
31North Macedonia101117
32Austria9.9925
33Slovakia9.91003
34Armenia9.9927
35Slovenia9.91003
36Mali9.80919
37Belgium9.8999
38Denmark9.69954
39Finland9.691014
40Guinea Bissau9.69779
41DR Congo9.6643
42South Africa9.5939
43Uruguay9.5985
44Grenada9.5877
45United Kingdom9.4925
46Cameroon9.4712
47Equatorial Guinea9.4537
48Eswatini9.41013
49France9.30911
50Puerto Rico9.30934
51Sweden9.19918
52Saint Vincent and the Grenadines9.19907
53North Korea9.1904
54Spain9931
55Benin9735
56Barbados91039
57Cuba8.9933
58United States8.69898
59Netherlands8.69915
60Mozambique8.6897
61Haiti8.6804
62Togo8.6676
63Guinea8.5904
64United States Virgin Islands8.51230
65Niger8.4870
66Angola8.30614
67Burkina Faso8.30889
68Trinidad and Tobago8.30848
69Mauritius8.30839
70Myanmar8.19770
71Namibia8.19787
72Malta8.19861
73Zimbabwe8.1843
74Fiji8.1814
75Ghana8660
76Burundi8699
77Switzerland8796
78Norway8774
79Gambia8601
80Albania7.8833
81Seychelles7.8781
82Canada7.7789
83Thailand7.6710
84Argentina7.6773
85Liberia7.6621
86Jamaica7.6699
87Taiwan7.5785
88Papua New Guinea7.5707
89Guyana7.4867
90Mauritania7.3523
91Comoros7.3701
92Suriname7.3759
93India7.2675
94Sudan7.2495
95Eritrea7.2647
96Tonga7.2643
97China7.1749
98Kazakhstan7.1758
99Djibouti7.1630
100Luxembourg7.1670
101Saint Lucia7.1805
102Pakistan7669
103Venezuela7666
104Turkmenistan7661
105El Salvador7643
106New Zealand7767
107Cyprus7663
108Gabon6.9672
109Malawi6.8633
110Bolivia6.8632
111Azerbaijan6.8731
112Republic of the Congo6.8678
113Ethiopia6.7520
114Uganda6.7590
115Bahamas6.7725
116Iceland6.7613
117Australia6.6695
118Sri Lanka6.6621
119Zambia6.6676
120Micronesia6.6524
121Tanzania6.5625
122Afghanistan6.5657
123Laos6.5621
124Indonesia6.4657
125Brazil6.4651
126Nepal6.4636
127Vietnam6.3656
128Tunisia6.3584
129Mongolia6.3734
130Bhutan6.3564
131Kiribati6.3970
132Antigua and Barbuda6.3689
133Madagascar6.1615
134Chile6.1621
135Dominican Republic6.1648
136Kyrgyzstan6.1531
137Mexico6591
138Yemen6554
139Cambodia6668
140Ireland6659
141Timor Leste6581
142South Korea5.9597
143Philippines5.8570
144Egypt5.8567
145Uzbekistan5.8605
146Senegal5.8594
147Botswana5.8905
148Cape Verde5.6621
149Bangladesh5.5533
150Kenya5.5585
151Colombia5.5516
152Peru5.5448
153Syria5.5583
154Paraguay5.5493
155Turkey5.4559
156Rwanda5.3540
157Israel5.3515
158Vanuatu5.3759
159Samoa5.2647
160Guam5.2661
161Morocco5.09635
162Malaysia5.09562
163Ecuador5.09526
164Nicaragua5.09448
165Libya5.09470
166Panama5.09476
167Costa Rica5518
168Iran4.9464
169Tajikistan4.9513
170Sao Tome and Principe4.9492
171Iraq4.8426
172Guatemala4.8533
173Algeria4.7481
174Belize4.7485
175Honduras4.4536
176Singapore4.4410
177Lebanon4.3654
178Solomon Islands4.3949
179Jordan3.9277
180Saudi Arabia3.5360
181Palestine3.5335
182Maldives2.8301
183Kuwait2.7226
184Oman2.4270
185Bahrain2.4296
186United Arab Emirates1.5315
187Qatar1.2154

Readers will discover nations with figures referring to the high crude death rate per country and the primary causes people lose their lives in these regions. Bulgaria’s death rate is 15.4 deaths per 1,000 people. This number makes it the country with the highest death rate in the world. The main causes of death in Bulgaria are the same as those in other European nations, per the WHO. They comprise cancers and non-communicable illnesses affecting the human respiratory, circulatory, and digestive systems. As the world’s country with the highest death rate, Bulgaria’s current population is falling. In 2000, this decline began at roughly 9 million people. Bulgaria’s populace is expected to be reduced to between 2.8 million and 5 million.

Second to Bulgaria is Ukraine, with 15.2 deaths per 1,000 people, making it the world’s nation with the second-highest death incidence. Ukraine is undergoing demographic problems due to its low birth and high mortality rates. This Eastern European country’s overall healthcare system is not funded properly by the government and vaccination rates are quite low. Moreover, in 2019, Ukrainians were beset by one of the world’s worst measles epidemics. Their country has one of the most rapidly growing HIV and AIDS epidemics worldwide as well. One element contributing to Ukraine’s high death rate is the elevated mortality incidence of working-age men from preventable causes like smoking and alcohol poisoning. The country’s healthcare system requires increased government financing to be better managed and help decrease the high disorder and sickness rates.

Latvia has the same problem as Ukraine, in which its healthcare system is inadequately financed by the government. The death rate in this Northern European country is 14.6 deaths per 1,000 people. Life expectancy is better in Latvia today, yet more work must be done for the country to graduate from being a laggard in the European Union. People with low educational attainments, men’s greater exposure to hazards like obesity, binge drinking, and smoking, and the low-income segment of the Latvian population propel this country’s high mortality incidence. The life expectancy of people who did not attain high educational levels in Latvia is a decade lower than those who finished university education.

As the world’s country with the fourth-highest death rate, Lesotho’s people have struggled with diseases that are major mortality causes. They are ischemic heart disease, HIV and AIDS, and stroke. Lower respiratory infections and tuberculosis also contribute to Lesotho’s mortality rate of 14.3 deaths per 1,000 people. The landlocked country in Southern Africa has 52 years for males and 56 years for females as the figures for life expectancy at birth, per the CDC. The infant death rate in Lesotho is 59 deaths per 1,000 live births.

Various serious diseases lead to many death incidences in Lithuania, a European country where the mortality rate is 13.6 deaths per 1,000 people. Stroke and ischemic heart illnesses are the two major causes of deceased people in Lithuania, based on a WHO report. Because of the high smoking rates in the country, lung cancer has become the third leading reason why people die in the Baltic country. In the European Union, Lithuania has the lowest life expectancy at 74.8 years.

Serbia ranks sixth on this list of countries with the highest mortality rates. CEOWorld Magazine’s researchers found that this country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe has a mortality incidence of 13.2 deaths per 1,000 people. According to one study, the mortality rate in Serbia was at its lowest in the 1960s when it was merely between 8 and 9 deaths per 1,000 people. Nevertheless, these figures surged at the start of the 2000s, with 14 deaths per 1,000 people. Many factors affect Serbia’s high death rate. Among them is the country’s aging populace. Cardiovascular and chronic non-communicable ailments also lead when it comes to the major death causes in Serbia. This country is one of the world’s ten nations with the highest smoking incidence.


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Senior News Editor at CEOWORLD Magazine. I'm a veteran correspondent for the CEOWORLD Magazine. During my career, I've been based in New York, Washington, DC, Brussels and London. Over the years I've written about everything from the debt crisis to Brexit and the rise of populism in Europe. I did a stint in London as the CEOWORLD Magazine's Europe News Editor and Deputy World News Editor. In my current post I try to capture life in a changing banking to finance landscape.