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New Zealand - Death Rate 2021

Name: New Zealand Death Rate 2021
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Crude death rate per 1,000 people · World Bank

6.8 +0.4 from 2020 Global rank: 63rd

New Zealand's death rate was 6.8 in 2021, increased +0.4 from 6.4 in 2020. This was the 63rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2021▾

Death Rate by Country - 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 New Zealand's death rate in 2021?▾

New Zealand's death rate in 2021 was 6.8. This ranked 63rd globally.

How did New Zealand's death rate change in 2021?▾

New Zealand's death rate increased by 6.6% 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 New Zealand in 2021?▾

The death rate of New Zealand in 2021 was 6.8. This ranked 63rd globally.

How does 2021 compare to 2020 for New Zealand's death rate?▾

New Zealand's death rate went from 6.4 in 2020 to 6.8 in 2021, a 6.6% increase.

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