Ireland - Death Rate 2021
6.7
+0.3 from 2020
Ireland's death rate was 6.7 in 2021, increased +0.3 from 6.4 in 2020. This was the 57th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 1.1 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | United Arab Emirates | 1.3 | 12.5% |
| 3rd | Kuwait | 2.6 | 10.0% |
| 4th | Saudi Arabia | 2.6 | 6.3% |
| 5th | Oman | 2.8 | 14.0% |
| 6th | Bahrain | 2.8 | 8.4% |
| 7th | Maldives | 3.1 | 5.2% |
| 8th | Macao SAR, China | 3.4 | 3.0% |
| 9th | West Bank and Gaza | 3.8 | 11.1% |
| 10th | Jordan | 4.1 | 16.6% |
| 11th | Northern Mariana Islands | 4.4 | 5.7% |
| 12th | Iraq | 4.6 | -8.4% |
| 13th | Algeria | 5.0 | -17.2% |
| 14th | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.0 | -1.9% |
| 15th | Cayman Islands | 5.0 | 2.3% |
| 16th | Brunei Darussalam | 5.2 | 6.4% |
| 17th | French Polynesia | 5.2 | 37.6% |
| 18th | Uganda | 5.3 | -0.6% |
| 19th | Tajikistan | 5.4 | -7.9% |
| 20th | Israel | 5.4 | 1.9% |
| 21st | Panama | 5.6 | -3.8% |
| 22nd | Cabo Verde | 5.6 | -4.0% |
| 23rd | Honduras | 5.7 | 13.2% |
| 24th | Vanuatu | 5.8 | 1.0% |
| 25th | Kyrgyz Republic | 5.8 | -4.9% |
| 26th | Singapore | 5.8 | 11.5% |
| 27th | Libya | 5.8 | 5.4% |
| 28th | Solomon Islands | 5.9 | 1.3% |
| 29th | Belize | 6.0 | 6.7% |
| 30th | Yemen, Republic of | 6.0 | 2.1% |
| 31st | Turkmenistan | 6.0 | -3.7% |
| 32nd | Tanzania | 6.1 | 3.1% |
| 33rd | Rwanda | 6.2 | 1.6% |
| 34th | São Tomé and Principe | 6.2 | -0.5% |
| 35th | Korea | 6.2 | 5.1% |
| 36th | Mongolia | 6.2 | 21.6% |
| 37th | Malaysia | 6.2 | 23.2% |
| 38th | Bhutan | 6.2 | -0.7% |
| 39th | Malawi | 6.3 | 1.1% |
| 40th | Mauritania | 6.3 | -1.9% |
| 41st | Iceland | 6.3 | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Senegal | 6.3 | 4.2% |
| 43rd | Bangladesh | 6.3 | 3.1% |
| 44th | Uzbekistan | 6.3 | -2.3% |
| 45th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.4 | -0.8% |
| 46th | Samoa | 6.4 | -1.4% |
| 47th | Morocco | 6.4 | -0.9% |
| 48th | Costa Rica | 6.6 | 17.8% |
| 49th | American Samoa | 6.6 | 3.7% |
| 50th | Zambia | 6.6 | 5.5% |
| 51st | Eritrea | 6.6 | 0.5% |
| 52nd | Nicaragua | 6.6 | -0.7% |
| 53rd | Viet Nam | 6.7 | 14.5% |
| 54th | New Caledonia | 6.7 | -10.1% |
| 55th | Lao PDR | 6.7 | 3.1% |
| 56th | Australia | 6.7 | 6.3% |
| 57th | Ireland | 6.7 | 4.7% |
| 58th | Türkiye | 6.7 | 9.8% |
| 59th | Tonga | 6.7 | 3.7% |
| 60th | Gabon | 6.8 | -0.4% |
| 61st | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.8 | 3.0% |
| 62nd | Cambodia | 6.8 | 7.7% |
| 63rd | New Zealand | 6.8 | 6.6% |
| 64th | Congo, Republic of | 6.9 | 1.5% |
| 65th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6.9 | 1.5% |
| 66th | Liechtenstein | 6.9 | -15.9% |
| 67th | Guatemala | 6.9 | 18.4% |
| 68th | Andorra | 7.0 | -15.7% |
| 69th | Dominican Republic | 7.0 | 7.9% |
| 70th | Sudan | 7.0 | 3.1% |
| 71st | Luxembourg | 7.0 | -4.1% |
| 72nd | Gambia, The | 7.0 | 3.1% |
| 73rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 7.0 | 9.8% |
| 74th | British Virgin Islands | 7.0 | 21.5% |
| 75th | Ecuador | 7.1 | -4.9% |
| 76th | China | 7.2 | 1.6% |
| 77th | Cyprus | 7.2 | 8.1% |
| 78th | Papua New Guinea | 7.2 | 5.9% |
| 79th | Pakistan | 7.2 | -1.0% |
| 80th | Kosovo | 7.3 | -15.1% |
| 81st | Burundi | 7.3 | 1.6% |
| 82nd | Marshall Islands | 7.4 | 1.3% |
| 83rd | Sri Lanka | 7.4 | 23.3% |
| 84th | Guam | 7.4 | 2.6% |
| 85th | Ghana | 7.5 | 0.6% |
| 86th | Azerbaijan | 7.6 | 1.3% |
| 87th | Angola | 7.6 | -0.1% |
| 88th | Chile | 7.7 | 3.5% |
| 89th | Nauru | 7.7 | 1.4% |
| 90th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 7.7 | 4.4% |
| 91st | Thailand | 7.7 | 1.7% |
| 92nd | Nepal | 7.8 | 6.7% |
| 93rd | Norway | 7.8 | 4.0% |
| 94th | Timor-Leste | 7.8 | 6.1% |
| 95th | Colombia | 7.9 | 18.8% |
| 96th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.9 | -0.7% |
| 97th | Comoros | 7.9 | 3.5% |
| 98th | Madagascar | 7.9 | 0.9% |
| 99th | Philippines | 8.0 | 37.1% |
| 100th | Malta | 8.0 | 1.3% |
| 101st | Afghanistan | 8.0 | 5.8% |
| 102nd | Guinea-Bissau | 8.0 | -2.2% |
| 103rd | Faroe Islands | 8.1 | 15.7% |
| 104th | Kenya | 8.1 | 2.4% |
| 105th | Kiribati | 8.2 | 7.9% |
| 106th | Canada | 8.2 | 1.2% |
| 107th | Switzerland | 8.2 | -6.8% |
| 108th | Cameroon | 8.3 | 1.9% |
| 109th | Togo | 8.3 | -1.1% |
| 110th | Djibouti | 8.3 | 3.7% |
| 111th | Tunisia | 8.3 | 25.6% |
| 112th | Brazil | 8.4 | 11.5% |
| 113th | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.4 | -1.4% |
| 114th | Botswana | 8.4 | 34.2% |
| 115th | Mozambique | 8.4 | 4.9% |
| 116th | Lebanon | 8.4 | 31.4% |
| 117th | Burkina Faso | 8.4 | 1.3% |
| 118th | Equatorial Guinea | 8.4 | -2.3% |
| 119th | Liberia | 8.5 | 0.2% |
| 120th | Virgin Islands (US) | 8.6 | 2.4% |
| 121st | El Salvador | 8.7 | 1.7% |
| 122nd | Bermuda | 8.8 | 0.1% |
| 123rd | Zimbabwe | 8.8 | 7.9% |
| 124th | Sweden | 8.8 | -7.4% |
| 125th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 8.8 | 11.6% |
| 126th | Gibraltar | 8.8 | 28.4% |
| 127th | Paraguay | 8.9 | 46.3% |
| 128th | St. Martin (French part) | 8.9 | -29.4% |
| 129th | Haiti | 8.9 | 7.9% |
| 130th | Aruba | 9.0 | 30.8% |
| 131st | Sierra Leone | 9.0 | -3.5% |
| 132nd | Suriname | 9.0 | 31.6% |
| 133rd | Mexico | 9.0 | 7.0% |
| 134th | San Marino | 9.1 | -8.1% |
| 135th | Namibia | 9.2 | 22.0% |
| 136th | Grenada | 9.2 | 6.9% |
| 137th | India | 9.3 | 28.3% |
| 138th | Mali | 9.3 | -2.4% |
| 139th | Peru | 9.3 | 25.4% |
| 140th | Greenland | 9.3 | 1.1% |
| 141st | Seychelles | 9.3 | 36.8% |
| 142nd | Benin | 9.3 | 2.0% |
| 143rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 9.4 | 0.8% |
| 144th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 9.5 | -2.6% |
| 145th | Spain | 9.5 | -8.7% |
| 146th | Niger | 9.6 | 0.3% |
| 147th | Tuvalu | 9.6 | 4.5% |
| 148th | Kazakhstan | 9.6 | 12.3% |
| 149th | Belgium | 9.7 | -11.8% |
| 150th | Jamaica | 9.7 | 25.8% |
| 151st | Argentina | 9.7 | 15.1% |
| 152nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.8 | 17.4% |
| 153rd | United Kingdom | 9.8 | -4.7% |
| 154th | Denmark | 9.8 | 4.3% |
| 155th | France | 9.8 | -1.0% |
| 156th | Netherlands | 9.8 | 1.0% |
| 157th | Guinea | 9.8 | -1.1% |
| 158th | Barbados | 9.8 | 2.8% |
| 159th | Myanmar | 9.8 | 9.2% |
| 160th | South Sudan | 10.0 | 4.6% |
| 161st | Indonesia | 10.0 | 13.6% |
| 162nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 10.2 | 0.7% |
| 163rd | Albania | 10.3 | 13.0% |
| 164th | Austria | 10.3 | 0.0% |
| 165th | Finland | 10.4 | 4.0% |
| 166th | United States | 10.4 | 1.3% |
| 167th | Mauritius | 10.5 | 20.7% |
| 168th | Eswatini | 10.6 | 11.1% |
| 169th | Isle of Man | 10.7 | 2.8% |
| 170th | Channel Islands | 10.9 | 6.9% |
| 171st | Guyana | 11.0 | 29.5% |
| 172nd | Slovenia | 11.0 | -3.5% |
| 173rd | Curaçao | 11.1 | 19.4% |
| 174th | Fiji | 11.2 | 20.1% |
| 175th | Bahamas, The | 11.3 | 18.2% |
| 176th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 11.3 | 4.3% |
| 177th | Palau | 11.5 | 3.7% |
| 178th | Armenia | 11.6 | -4.9% |
| 179th | St. Lucia | 11.7 | 36.2% |
| 180th | Japan | 11.7 | 5.4% |
| 181st | Uruguay | 11.7 | 27.2% |
| 182nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 11.8 | 8.8% |
| 183rd | European Union | 11.9 | 2.3% |
| 184th | Italy | 11.9 | -4.8% |
| 185th | South Africa | 11.9 | 23.2% |
| 186th | Portugal | 12.0 | 0.8% |
| 187th | Chad | 12.2 | -1.3% |
| 188th | Germany | 12.3 | 3.4% |
| 189th | Nigeria | 12.3 | -2.2% |
| 190th | Lesotho | 12.6 | 6.0% |
| 191st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 12.7 | 20.9% |
| 192nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.7 | -1.6% |
| 193rd | Czechia | 13.3 | 9.9% |
| 194th | Slovak Republic | 13.5 | 25.0% |
| 195th | Greece | 13.6 | 11.5% |
| 196th | Estonia | 14.0 | 17.6% |
| 197th | Poland | 14.0 | 10.2% |
| 198th | Dominica | 14.3 | 12.6% |
| 199th | Montenegro | 14.6 | 25.9% |
| 200th | Cuba | 15.3 | 46.6% |
| 201st | Georgia | 15.3 | 18.4% |
| 202nd | North Macedonia | 15.5 | 25.0% |
| 203rd | Belarus | 15.8 | 0.3% |
| 204th | Croatia | 16.2 | 14.9% |
| 205th | Hungary | 16.2 | 11.0% |
| 206th | Moldova | 16.7 | 13.2% |
| 207th | Russian Federation | 16.7 | 14.4% |
| 208th | Lithuania | 17.0 | 9.7% |
| 209th | Ukraine | 17.1 | 18.7% |
| 210th | Romania | 17.5 | 12.9% |
| 211th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.4 | 21.2% |
| 212th | Latvia | 18.4 | 21.1% |
| 213th | Serbia | 20.0 | 18.3% |
| 214th | Central African Republic | 20.9 | 57.6% |
| 215th | Bulgaria | 22.9 | 20.5% |
| 216th | Monaco | 24.4 | 13.8% |
FAQ
What was Ireland's death rate in 2021?▾
Ireland's death rate in 2021 was 6.7. This ranked 57th globally.
How did Ireland's death rate change in 2021?▾
Ireland's death rate increased by 4.7% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest death rate in 2021?▾
Monaco had the highest death rate in 2021 at 24.4.
What is the death rate of Ireland in 2021?▾
The death rate of Ireland in 2021 was 6.7. This ranked 57th globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Ireland's death rate?▾
Ireland's death rate went from 6.4 in 2020 to 6.7 in 2021, a 4.7% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Ireland matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2021. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: -2.5%. View full analysis →
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