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Mortality rates worldwide in 2023, by selected country

Characteristic	Mortality rates
South Africa	358
Brazil	356
Colombia	304
Latvia	258
Croatia	254
Romania	251
Hungary	249
Mexico	243
Bulgaria	228
Estonia	222
Lithuania	222
United States	217
Poland	202
Thailand	199
Turkey	168
Slovakia	167
United Kingdom	156
Argentina	152
Chile	151
Costa Rica	147
Peru	146
Czechia	142
Greece	141
Belgium	134
Finland	134
Slovenia	134
Germany	129
Canada	126
Austria	121
Denmark	120
Portugal	117
France	114
Ireland	109
South Korea	106
Iceland	101
Netherlands	100
Australia	99
Italy	93
Spain	92
Japan	86
Sweden	86
Luxembourg	84
Switzerland	80
Israel	78

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Release date

2025

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2023

Age group

74 years and younger

Supplementary notes

Data as of 2020 for: Germany and South Africa.
Data as of 2021 for: Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Croatia, Japan, Thailand, and United Kingdom.
Data as of 2022 for: Argentina, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Korea, and United States.
Data as of 2023 for: Australia, Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey.

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In 2020, South Africa ranked first by mortality rate from preventable causes per 100,000 population among the 44 countries presented in the ranking. South Africa's rate amounted to 358 percent, while Brazil (2021) and Colombia (2021), the second and third countries, had records amounting to 356 percent and 304 percent, respectively.