Countries with highest death rates 2016

Ranking of the 20 countries with the highest death rates as of 2016 (per 1,000 people)

The data describes a ranking of the 20 countries with the highest death rates worldwide, as of 2016. As of that year, with 15.1 deaths per year, Bulgaria had the highest death rate.

Bulgaria 15.1
Ukraine 14.7
Latvia 14.6
Lithuania 14.3
Serbia 14.3
CAR 13.5
Georgia 13.2
Romania 13
Hungary 13
Chad 13
Russian Federation 12.9
Sierra Leone 12.8
Lesotho 12.7
Belarus 12.6
Nigeria 12.5
Croatia 12.3
Cote d'ivoire 12.2
Estonia 11.7
Moldova 11.5
Somalia 11.4