Switzerland - Death Rate 2016
7.8
−0.4 from 2015
Switzerland's death rate was 7.8 in 2016, decreased +0.4 from 8.2 in 2015. This was the 125th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2016▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | 0.9 | -5.2% |
| 2nd | United Arab Emirates | 1.0 | -1.4% |
| 3rd | Kuwait | 1.8 | 1.6% |
| 4th | Bahrain | 2.0 | -4.8% |
| 5th | Oman | 2.0 | -1.9% |
| 6th | Saudi Arabia | 2.2 | -3.9% |
| 7th | Maldives | 2.8 | -3.1% |
| 8th | Jordan | 3.2 | 0.0% |
| 9th | French Polynesia | 3.2 | 1.6% |
| 10th | West Bank and Gaza | 3.3 | -1.7% |
| 11th | Macao SAR, China | 3.4 | 9.7% |
| 12th | Northern Mariana Islands | 3.9 | 3.6% |
| 13th | St. Martin (French part) | 4.2 | 3.3% |
| 14th | Brunei Darussalam | 4.4 | 2.9% |
| 15th | Honduras | 4.4 | -0.8% |
| 16th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.6 | 0.2% |
| 17th | Algeria | 4.6 | 0.0% |
| 18th | Lebanon | 4.7 | 4.6% |
| 19th | Cayman Islands | 4.7 | 0.0% |
| 20th | Panama | 4.7 | 0.5% |
| 21st | Singapore | 4.8 | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Costa Rica | 4.8 | 6.7% |
| 23rd | Malaysia | 4.9 | 1.0% |
| 24th | Nicaragua | 5.0 | -0.7% |
| 25th | Ecuador | 5.0 | 2.8% |
| 26th | Belize | 5.1 | -0.6% |
| 27th | Cabo Verde | 5.2 | 0.3% |
| 28th | Tajikistan | 5.2 | -2.3% |
| 29th | Guatemala | 5.2 | -1.3% |
| 30th | Iraq | 5.2 | 9.8% |
| 31st | Israel | 5.2 | -1.9% |
| 32nd | Türkiye | 5.3 | 1.9% |
| 33rd | Colombia | 5.3 | 1.1% |
| 34th | Libya | 5.4 | 0.1% |
| 35th | Paraguay | 5.4 | 1.4% |
| 36th | Kosovo | 5.4 | -3.4% |
| 37th | Andorra | 5.4 | -4.6% |
| 38th | Solomon Islands | 5.4 | -0.4% |
| 39th | Kyrgyz Republic | 5.5 | -5.2% |
| 40th | Korea | 5.5 | 1.9% |
| 41st | Bangladesh | 5.6 | -1.1% |
| 42nd | Vanuatu | 5.6 | -0.6% |
| 43rd | Yemen, Republic of | 5.6 | -2.2% |
| 44th | Philippines | 5.7 | 1.4% |
| 45th | Morocco | 5.7 | -0.2% |
| 46th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 5.7 | 4.2% |
| 47th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 5.7 | -1.9% |
| 48th | American Samoa | 5.8 | 3.2% |
| 49th | British Virgin Islands | 5.8 | 9.6% |
| 50th | Azerbaijan | 5.8 | 1.8% |
| 51st | Mongolia | 5.8 | 0.0% |
| 52nd | New Caledonia | 5.8 | 2.2% |
| 53rd | Mexico | 5.9 | 1.7% |
| 54th | Dominican Republic | 5.9 | 2.1% |
| 55th | Uzbekistan | 6.0 | -0.7% |
| 56th | Cambodia | 6.0 | 0.3% |
| 57th | Peru | 6.0 | 0.0% |
| 58th | Tunisia | 6.0 | 0.8% |
| 59th | Uganda | 6.1 | -4.7% |
| 60th | Chile | 6.1 | -0.3% |
| 61st | Samoa | 6.1 | 0.5% |
| 62nd | Turkmenistan | 6.1 | -0.5% |
| 63rd | Guam | 6.1 | 3.2% |
| 64th | Cyprus | 6.1 | 1.5% |
| 65th | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.1 | 1.2% |
| 66th | Viet Nam | 6.2 | 0.7% |
| 67th | Brazil | 6.2 | 3.0% |
| 68th | Rwanda | 6.3 | -1.0% |
| 69th | Tonga | 6.4 | 0.2% |
| 70th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6.4 | 1.6% |
| 71st | Ireland | 6.4 | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Senegal | 6.5 | -2.4% |
| 73rd | Sri Lanka | 6.5 | 1.5% |
| 74th | São Tomé and Principe | 6.5 | -2.8% |
| 75th | Marshall Islands | 6.6 | 1.1% |
| 76th | Bhutan | 6.6 | 0.6% |
| 77th | Australia | 6.6 | 0.0% |
| 78th | New Zealand | 6.6 | -3.5% |
| 79th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.7 | 3.2% |
| 80th | India | 6.7 | -0.4% |
| 81st | Eritrea | 6.7 | -1.4% |
| 82nd | Mauritania | 6.7 | -3.7% |
| 83rd | Papua New Guinea | 6.7 | -0.9% |
| 84th | Luxembourg | 6.8 | -2.9% |
| 85th | Tanzania | 6.8 | -2.9% |
| 86th | Iceland | 6.9 | 4.5% |
| 87th | Jamaica | 6.9 | 2.8% |
| 88th | Thailand | 6.9 | 1.5% |
| 89th | Sudan | 6.9 | -1.7% |
| 90th | Kiribati | 7.0 | 0.4% |
| 91st | Gabon | 7.0 | -1.6% |
| 92nd | Congo, Republic of | 7.0 | -2.0% |
| 93rd | Pakistan | 7.0 | -1.7% |
| 94th | China | 7.0 | -0.4% |
| 95th | Nepal | 7.1 | -4.3% |
| 96th | Suriname | 7.1 | -1.6% |
| 97th | Gibraltar | 7.1 | 0.8% |
| 98th | Kenya | 7.2 | 0.4% |
| 99th | Malawi | 7.2 | -6.0% |
| 100th | Liechtenstein | 7.2 | 7.5% |
| 101st | Lao PDR | 7.2 | -4.1% |
| 102nd | Zambia | 7.2 | -2.7% |
| 103rd | Kazakhstan | 7.2 | -2.4% |
| 104th | Aruba | 7.3 | 14.0% |
| 105th | Albania | 7.3 | 0.6% |
| 106th | Gambia, The | 7.3 | -2.8% |
| 107th | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.3 | 2.5% |
| 108th | Afghanistan | 7.3 | -2.8% |
| 109th | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.3 | -10.9% |
| 110th | Canada | 7.4 | 0.0% |
| 111th | Malta | 7.4 | -3.9% |
| 112th | El Salvador | 7.4 | 1.0% |
| 113th | Madagascar | 7.5 | -0.1% |
| 114th | Botswana | 7.5 | -5.7% |
| 115th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 7.5 | 0.1% |
| 116th | Virgin Islands (US) | 7.5 | 2.7% |
| 117th | Indonesia | 7.5 | 0.1% |
| 118th | San Marino | 7.6 | 7.0% |
| 119th | Timor-Leste | 7.6 | -0.6% |
| 120th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 7.6 | -0.6% |
| 121st | Nauru | 7.6 | -0.2% |
| 122nd | Ghana | 7.7 | -1.9% |
| 123rd | Faroe Islands | 7.7 | -1.3% |
| 124th | Guyana | 7.7 | -0.7% |
| 125th | Switzerland | 7.8 | -4.9% |
| 126th | Norway | 7.8 | 0.0% |
| 127th | St. Lucia | 7.8 | 4.5% |
| 128th | Argentina | 7.9 | 5.6% |
| 129th | Seychelles | 7.9 | 5.3% |
| 130th | Bahamas, The | 7.9 | 1.4% |
| 131st | Comoros | 7.9 | -1.5% |
| 132nd | Djibouti | 8.0 | -1.9% |
| 133rd | Grenada | 8.0 | 1.7% |
| 134th | Mauritius | 8.1 | 5.2% |
| 135th | Haiti | 8.2 | 0.1% |
| 136th | Burundi | 8.2 | -5.5% |
| 137th | Angola | 8.5 | -3.8% |
| 138th | United States | 8.5 | 0.6% |
| 139th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 8.6 | 1.8% |
| 140th | Bermuda | 8.6 | 2.8% |
| 141st | Guinea-Bissau | 8.7 | -3.5% |
| 142nd | Greenland | 8.7 | 3.6% |
| 143rd | Netherlands | 8.7 | 0.0% |
| 144th | Fiji | 8.8 | 0.0% |
| 145th | Spain | 8.8 | -3.3% |
| 146th | Zimbabwe | 8.8 | -4.0% |
| 147th | Puerto Rico (US) | 8.9 | 9.6% |
| 148th | Myanmar | 8.9 | -0.5% |
| 149th | Namibia | 8.9 | -3.8% |
| 150th | France | 8.9 | 0.0% |
| 151st | Cameroon | 8.9 | -3.2% |
| 152nd | Liberia | 8.9 | -6.5% |
| 153rd | Mozambique | 9.0 | -4.1% |
| 154th | Togo | 9.0 | -2.3% |
| 155th | South Africa | 9.1 | -1.6% |
| 156th | United Kingdom | 9.1 | -1.1% |
| 157th | Equatorial Guinea | 9.1 | -2.7% |
| 158th | Austria | 9.2 | -4.2% |
| 159th | Channel Islands | 9.2 | 3.4% |
| 160th | Denmark | 9.2 | 0.0% |
| 161st | Sweden | 9.2 | -1.1% |
| 162nd | Curaçao | 9.3 | 5.7% |
| 163rd | Tuvalu | 9.3 | -0.6% |
| 164th | Barbados | 9.4 | 0.4% |
| 165th | Burkina Faso | 9.4 | -3.0% |
| 166th | Armenia | 9.4 | 1.1% |
| 167th | Côte d'Ivoire | 9.4 | -3.7% |
| 168th | Cuba | 9.4 | 3.5% |
| 169th | Belgium | 9.5 | -3.1% |
| 170th | Slovenia | 9.5 | -1.0% |
| 171st | Uruguay | 9.6 | 0.9% |
| 172nd | Slovak Republic | 9.6 | -3.0% |
| 173rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 9.7 | 1.3% |
| 174th | Palau | 9.8 | 2.9% |
| 175th | Benin | 9.8 | -1.2% |
| 176th | Finland | 9.8 | 2.1% |
| 177th | North Macedonia | 9.9 | -0.5% |
| 178th | Isle of Man | 9.9 | 0.7% |
| 179th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 10.1 | -2.6% |
| 180th | Niger | 10.2 | -2.2% |
| 181st | European Union | 10.2 | -2.1% |
| 182nd | Czechia | 10.2 | -2.9% |
| 183rd | Italy | 10.2 | -5.6% |
| 184th | Poland | 10.2 | -1.9% |
| 185th | Mali | 10.3 | -3.0% |
| 186th | Montenegro | 10.3 | 2.0% |
| 187th | Dominica | 10.4 | -4.6% |
| 188th | Japan | 10.5 | 1.9% |
| 189th | Guinea | 10.5 | -3.1% |
| 190th | Portugal | 10.7 | 1.9% |
| 191st | Sierra Leone | 10.8 | -7.2% |
| 192nd | Eswatini | 10.9 | -5.2% |
| 193rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.0 | 1.5% |
| 194th | Greece | 11.0 | -1.8% |
| 195th | Germany | 11.1 | -1.8% |
| 196th | Estonia | 11.7 | 0.9% |
| 197th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 12.1 | -1.9% |
| 198th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.2 | 2.7% |
| 199th | Croatia | 12.3 | -4.7% |
| 200th | Ukraine | 12.6 | -3.3% |
| 201st | Belarus | 12.6 | 0.0% |
| 202nd | Georgia | 12.8 | 2.2% |
| 203rd | Russian Federation | 12.9 | -0.8% |
| 204th | Hungary | 13.0 | -3.0% |
| 205th | Romania | 13.1 | -0.8% |
| 206th | Central African Republic | 13.2 | 3.9% |
| 207th | Moldova | 13.2 | 1.2% |
| 208th | Lesotho | 13.3 | -4.8% |
| 209th | Nigeria | 13.4 | -1.8% |
| 210th | Chad | 13.5 | -2.4% |
| 211th | Lithuania | 14.3 | -0.7% |
| 212th | Serbia | 14.3 | -2.1% |
| 213th | Latvia | 14.6 | 1.4% |
| 214th | Bulgaria | 15.6 | -1.3% |
| 215th | Monaco | 20.8 | 6.9% |
| 216th | South Sudan | 24.8 | 12.8% |
FAQ
What was Switzerland's death rate in 2016?▾
Switzerland's death rate in 2016 was 7.8. This ranked 125th globally.
How did Switzerland's death rate change in 2016?▾
Switzerland's death rate decreased by 4.9% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Which country had the highest death rate in 2016?▾
South Sudan had the highest death rate in 2016 at 24.8.
What is the death rate of Switzerland in 2016?▾
The death rate of Switzerland in 2016 was 7.8. This ranked 125th globally.
How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Switzerland's death rate?▾
Switzerland's death rate went from 8.2 in 2015 to 7.8 in 2016, a 4.9% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Switzerland matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2016. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). View full analysis →
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