Puerto Rico (US) - Death Rate 2017
9.2
+0.4 from 2016
Puerto Rico (US)'s death rate was 9.2 in 2017, increased +0.4 from 8.9 in 2016. This was the 163rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 0.9 | -2.1% |
| 2nd | United Arab Emirates | 1.0 | -3.7% |
| 3rd | Kuwait | 1.9 | 1.9% |
| 4th | Bahrain | 2.0 | 0.2% |
| 5th | Oman | 2.0 | -1.2% |
| 6th | Saudi Arabia | 2.2 | -0.2% |
| 7th | Maldives | 2.7 | -2.8% |
| 8th | Jordan | 3.1 | -2.3% |
| 9th | West Bank and Gaza | 3.2 | -1.3% |
| 10th | French Polynesia | 3.2 | 1.6% |
| 11th | Macao SAR, China | 3.3 | -2.9% |
| 12th | Northern Mariana Islands | 4.0 | 3.0% |
| 13th | Honduras | 4.4 | 0.1% |
| 14th | Brunei Darussalam | 4.5 | 2.9% |
| 15th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.6 | 0.1% |
| 16th | Algeria | 4.7 | 0.3% |
| 17th | St. Martin (French part) | 4.7 | 12.4% |
| 18th | Cayman Islands | 4.7 | 0.3% |
| 19th | Panama | 4.8 | 0.9% |
| 20th | Iraq | 4.8 | -7.7% |
| 21st | Malaysia | 4.9 | 0.3% |
| 22nd | Nicaragua | 4.9 | -0.2% |
| 23rd | Tajikistan | 5.0 | -4.0% |
| 24th | Costa Rica | 5.0 | 2.9% |
| 25th | Lebanon | 5.0 | 5.6% |
| 26th | Singapore | 5.0 | 4.2% |
| 27th | Ecuador | 5.1 | 1.2% |
| 28th | Guatemala | 5.1 | -1.8% |
| 29th | Belize | 5.1 | -0.4% |
| 30th | Libya | 5.1 | -5.3% |
| 31st | Cabo Verde | 5.1 | -0.7% |
| 32nd | Israel | 5.2 | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Türkiye | 5.3 | 0.0% |
| 34th | Colombia | 5.3 | 0.1% |
| 35th | Kosovo | 5.4 | -0.2% |
| 36th | Kyrgyz Republic | 5.4 | -1.8% |
| 37th | Andorra | 5.4 | 0.4% |
| 38th | Solomon Islands | 5.4 | 0.2% |
| 39th | Mongolia | 5.5 | -5.2% |
| 40th | Paraguay | 5.5 | 1.9% |
| 41st | Bangladesh | 5.5 | -1.1% |
| 42nd | Philippines | 5.6 | -1.7% |
| 43rd | Korea | 5.6 | 1.8% |
| 44th | Vanuatu | 5.6 | 0.0% |
| 45th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.6 | -1.4% |
| 46th | Morocco | 5.6 | -0.7% |
| 47th | British Virgin Islands | 5.6 | -2.6% |
| 48th | Yemen, Republic of | 5.6 | -0.1% |
| 49th | Azerbaijan | 5.8 | 0.0% |
| 50th | Dominican Republic | 5.8 | -1.3% |
| 51st | Uganda | 5.8 | -4.2% |
| 52nd | American Samoa | 5.8 | 1.7% |
| 53rd | New Caledonia | 5.9 | 2.1% |
| 54th | Uzbekistan | 6.0 | 0.0% |
| 55th | Mexico | 6.0 | 2.2% |
| 56th | Chile | 6.0 | -0.8% |
| 57th | Cambodia | 6.1 | 0.6% |
| 58th | Tunisia | 6.1 | 0.4% |
| 59th | Turkmenistan | 6.1 | -0.3% |
| 60th | Samoa | 6.1 | 0.2% |
| 61st | Peru | 6.1 | 1.1% |
| 62nd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 6.2 | 8.7% |
| 63rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.2 | 1.4% |
| 64th | Rwanda | 6.2 | -1.6% |
| 65th | Viet Nam | 6.2 | 0.7% |
| 66th | Brazil | 6.3 | 0.5% |
| 67th | Senegal | 6.3 | -2.7% |
| 68th | Guam | 6.3 | 2.6% |
| 69th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6.3 | -1.6% |
| 70th | Ireland | 6.3 | -1.6% |
| 71st | Cyprus | 6.3 | 2.8% |
| 72nd | Tonga | 6.4 | -0.4% |
| 73rd | São Tomé and Principe | 6.4 | -2.4% |
| 74th | Australia | 6.5 | -1.5% |
| 75th | Iceland | 6.5 | -5.8% |
| 76th | Mauritania | 6.5 | -3.2% |
| 77th | Tanzania | 6.6 | -3.2% |
| 78th | Aruba | 6.6 | -9.1% |
| 79th | Liechtenstein | 6.6 | -8.3% |
| 80th | Eritrea | 6.6 | -1.9% |
| 81st | Sri Lanka | 6.6 | 1.8% |
| 82nd | Marshall Islands | 6.6 | 1.2% |
| 83rd | Bhutan | 6.6 | 1.1% |
| 84th | India | 6.7 | -0.4% |
| 85th | Papua New Guinea | 6.7 | -0.8% |
| 86th | Sudan | 6.7 | -3.0% |
| 87th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.8 | 2.0% |
| 88th | Malawi | 6.8 | -5.1% |
| 89th | Congo, Republic of | 6.9 | -2.1% |
| 90th | Gabon | 6.9 | -1.5% |
| 91st | New Zealand | 6.9 | 4.7% |
| 92nd | Pakistan | 6.9 | -1.4% |
| 93rd | Lao PDR | 6.9 | -3.6% |
| 94th | Zambia | 7.0 | -2.7% |
| 95th | Gibraltar | 7.0 | -0.9% |
| 96th | Thailand | 7.0 | 1.6% |
| 97th | Botswana | 7.0 | -5.7% |
| 98th | Suriname | 7.0 | -0.4% |
| 99th | China | 7.1 | 0.3% |
| 100th | Kazakhstan | 7.1 | -2.0% |
| 101st | Nepal | 7.1 | 0.1% |
| 102nd | Kiribati | 7.1 | 0.9% |
| 103rd | Luxembourg | 7.1 | 4.4% |
| 104th | Jamaica | 7.1 | 3.0% |
| 105th | Gambia, The | 7.1 | -2.3% |
| 106th | Kenya | 7.1 | -0.6% |
| 107th | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.2 | -1.1% |
| 108th | Afghanistan | 7.3 | -0.1% |
| 109th | Albania | 7.4 | 1.2% |
| 110th | Madagascar | 7.5 | 0.4% |
| 111th | El Salvador | 7.5 | 0.6% |
| 112th | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.5 | 2.5% |
| 113th | Indonesia | 7.5 | 0.1% |
| 114th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.5 | 0.6% |
| 115th | Ghana | 7.6 | -1.8% |
| 116th | Timor-Leste | 7.6 | -0.6% |
| 117th | Guyana | 7.6 | -1.5% |
| 118th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 7.6 | -0.3% |
| 119th | Canada | 7.6 | 2.7% |
| 120th | Malta | 7.6 | 2.7% |
| 121st | Nauru | 7.6 | -0.3% |
| 122nd | Argentina | 7.7 | -2.3% |
| 123rd | Norway | 7.7 | -1.3% |
| 124th | Virgin Islands (US) | 7.7 | 2.7% |
| 125th | Seychelles | 7.8 | -1.3% |
| 126th | Comoros | 7.8 | -1.4% |
| 127th | Burundi | 7.9 | -4.2% |
| 128th | Switzerland | 7.9 | 1.3% |
| 129th | Djibouti | 7.9 | -1.1% |
| 130th | Haiti | 8.0 | -2.1% |
| 131st | St. Lucia | 8.0 | 1.9% |
| 132nd | Mauritius | 8.0 | -1.2% |
| 133rd | Bahamas, The | 8.1 | 2.3% |
| 134th | Grenada | 8.2 | 1.8% |
| 135th | Angola | 8.2 | -3.4% |
| 136th | San Marino | 8.2 | 7.9% |
| 137th | Guinea-Bissau | 8.4 | -3.5% |
| 138th | Namibia | 8.5 | -4.2% |
| 139th | Zimbabwe | 8.6 | -2.6% |
| 140th | Mozambique | 8.6 | -3.9% |
| 141st | United States | 8.6 | 1.7% |
| 142nd | Cameroon | 8.7 | -2.9% |
| 143rd | Bermuda | 8.7 | 0.8% |
| 144th | Fiji | 8.7 | -1.1% |
| 145th | Liberia | 8.8 | -1.9% |
| 146th | Netherlands | 8.8 | 1.1% |
| 147th | Togo | 8.8 | -2.5% |
| 148th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 8.8 | 2.6% |
| 149th | South Africa | 8.8 | -2.6% |
| 150th | Myanmar | 8.9 | -0.1% |
| 151st | Curaçao | 8.9 | -4.3% |
| 152nd | Faroe Islands | 8.9 | 15.6% |
| 153rd | Greenland | 8.9 | 2.3% |
| 154th | Equatorial Guinea | 8.9 | -2.5% |
| 155th | Burkina Faso | 9.1 | -3.1% |
| 156th | Armenia | 9.1 | -3.2% |
| 157th | Spain | 9.1 | 3.4% |
| 158th | France | 9.1 | 2.2% |
| 159th | Sweden | 9.1 | -1.1% |
| 160th | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.1 | -3.5% |
| 161st | Denmark | 9.2 | 0.0% |
| 162nd | United Kingdom | 9.2 | 1.1% |
| 163rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 9.2 | 4.1% |
| 164th | Tuvalu | 9.3 | -0.9% |
| 165th | Barbados | 9.4 | 0.7% |
| 166th | Uruguay | 9.5 | -1.0% |
| 167th | Austria | 9.5 | 3.3% |
| 168th | Channel Islands | 9.5 | 3.3% |
| 169th | Belgium | 9.6 | 1.1% |
| 170th | Benin | 9.6 | -1.7% |
| 171st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 9.8 | 1.2% |
| 172nd | Finland | 9.8 | 0.0% |
| 173rd | North Macedonia | 9.8 | -0.5% |
| 174th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 9.9 | -2.1% |
| 175th | Slovak Republic | 9.9 | 3.1% |
| 176th | Slovenia | 9.9 | 4.2% |
| 177th | Cuba | 9.9 | 5.0% |
| 178th | Niger | 10.0 | -2.0% |
| 179th | Isle of Man | 10.0 | 0.5% |
| 180th | Mali | 10.0 | -2.3% |
| 181st | Palau | 10.0 | 2.8% |
| 182nd | Eswatini | 10.3 | -5.6% |
| 183rd | Sierra Leone | 10.3 | -4.1% |
| 184th | Guinea | 10.4 | -1.5% |
| 185th | Montenegro | 10.4 | 1.0% |
| 186th | European Union | 10.5 | 2.8% |
| 187th | Czechia | 10.5 | 2.9% |
| 188th | Poland | 10.6 | 3.9% |
| 189th | Portugal | 10.6 | -0.9% |
| 190th | Italy | 10.8 | 5.9% |
| 191st | Japan | 10.8 | 2.9% |
| 192nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 10.9 | -0.6% |
| 193rd | Germany | 11.3 | 1.8% |
| 194th | Greece | 11.6 | 5.5% |
| 195th | Estonia | 11.8 | 0.9% |
| 196th | Ukraine | 12.3 | -2.6% |
| 197th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.3 | 0.6% |
| 198th | Russian Federation | 12.4 | -3.9% |
| 199th | Belarus | 12.6 | 0.0% |
| 200th | Georgia | 12.7 | -0.9% |
| 201st | Lesotho | 12.7 | -4.5% |
| 202nd | Croatia | 13.0 | 5.7% |
| 203rd | Nigeria | 13.2 | -1.6% |
| 204th | Moldova | 13.3 | 0.1% |
| 205th | Chad | 13.3 | -2.0% |
| 206th | Romania | 13.4 | 2.3% |
| 207th | Hungary | 13.6 | 4.6% |
| 208th | Dominica | 13.6 | 31.3% |
| 209th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 14.1 | 16.7% |
| 210th | Lithuania | 14.1 | -1.4% |
| 211th | Latvia | 14.8 | 1.4% |
| 212th | Serbia | 14.8 | 3.5% |
| 213th | Bulgaria | 16.1 | 3.2% |
| 214th | Central African Republic | 16.9 | 28.6% |
| 215th | Monaco | 21.1 | 1.1% |
| 216th | South Sudan | 25.8 | 3.7% |
FAQ
What was Puerto Rico (US)'s death rate in 2017?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s death rate in 2017 was 9.2. This ranked 163rd globally.
How did Puerto Rico (US)'s death rate change in 2017?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s death rate increased by 4.1% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest death rate in 2017?▾
South Sudan had the highest death rate in 2017 at 25.8.
What is the death rate of Puerto Rico (US) in 2017?▾
The death rate of Puerto Rico (US) in 2017 was 9.2. This ranked 163rd globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Puerto Rico (US)'s death rate?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s death rate went from 8.9 in 2016 to 9.2 in 2017, a 4.1% increase.
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