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Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2026 compilation

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Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2026 compilation covers 122 countries on 3 measures. Serbia is highest, at 1,012.8; Greenland is lowest, at -264.9. The middle country reads 272.4.

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Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic · Latest available · compiled 2026

HighestSerbia

1,012.8

LowestGreenland

-264.9

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2026 compilation, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 122 countries · select a heading to sort

Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2026 compilation: every country, as published by Ariel Karlinsky and Dmitry Kobak (World Mortality Dataset).
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe · 2023 reading1,012.858,55157.92020–2023Dec 31, 2023monthly
BelarusBLREastern Europe · 2023 reading944.590,99075.42020–2023Dec 31, 2023monthly
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe · 2023 reading942.926,59269.42020–2023Dec 31, 2023weekly
BulgariaBGREastern Europe · 2023 reading922.264,36558.62020–2023Dec 31, 2023weekly
RussiaRUSEastern Europe · 2023 reading921.01,351,54476.52020–2023Dec 31, 2023monthly
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe · 2023 reading803.216,95684.52020–2023Dec 31, 2023monthly
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean · 2023 reading759.136298.52020–2023Dec 31, 2023monthly
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2023 reading685.225,80256.82020–2023Dec 31, 2023monthly
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe · 2023 reading683.322,67362.62020–2023Dec 31, 2023monthly
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia · 2023 reading671.918,85074.42020–2023Dec 31, 2023monthly
MonacoMCOWestern Europe · 2022 reading616.822846.02020–2022Dec 31, 2022monthly
PeruPERSouth America · 2022 reading608.4202,626124.02020–2022Oct 09, 2022weekly
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe · 2023 reading602.518,58652.22020–2023Dec 31, 2023monthly
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe · 2023 reading597.924,49346.62020–2023Dec 31, 2023weekly
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe · 2023 reading586.716,81977.22020–2023Dec 31, 2023monthly
LatviaLVANorthern Europe · 2023 reading578.610,97738.42020–2023Dec 31, 2023weekly
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe · 2023 reading569.531,07756.82020–2023Dec 31, 2023weekly
BoliviaBOLSouth America · 2022 reading526.962,893117.52020–2022Jan 31, 2022monthly
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa · 2023 reading523.6307,88157.92020–2023Dec 31, 2023weekly
MexicoMEXCentral America · 2023 reading517.0651,40484.42020–2023Dec 17, 2023weekly
RomaniaROUEastern Europe · 2023 reading494.696,16236.02020–2023Dec 31, 2023weekly
EcuadorECUSouth America · 2023 reading490.186,198111.72020–2023Dec 31, 2023weekly
CubaCUBCaribbean · 2023 reading485.454,84949.02020–2023Dec 31, 2023monthly
UkraineUKREastern Europe · 2022 reading483.4183,52431.82020–2022Jan 31, 2022monthly
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe · 2023 reading478.33,00944.42020–2023Dec 31, 2023weekly

02In Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2026 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Serbia1,012.8
  2. Belarus944.5
  3. Lithuania942.9
  4. Bulgaria922.2
  5. Russia921.0

Lowest

  1. Greenland-264.9
  2. Gibraltar-243.2
  3. Seychelles-82.5
  4. Faroe Islands-66.1
  5. Antigua and Barbuda-59.3

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 272.4. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Excess deaths, 2020 to end of data

    HighestUnited States1,362,274

    LowestLuxembourg-330

    Middle country: 16,819

  • Excess deaths as % of a year's expected deaths

    HighestMaldives129.0

    LowestGreenland-27.3

    Middle country: 39.1

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • Readings from many years

    Each country’s newest reading as of 2026, from 2020 to 2023.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 122 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: GNU GPL-3.0. The publisher’s own written permission to reuse, commercial use included. Read the terms before republishing.

Cite this edition

Ariel Karlinsky and Dmitry Kobak (World Mortality Dataset) (2026). Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2026 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/excess-mortality/2026

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06Questions

Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2026 compilation: questions and answers

Which country has the highest Excess mortality during COVID-19 in Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2026 compilation?

Serbia, at 1,012.8, of the 122 countries in the file.

How many countries does Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2026 compilation cover?

122.

Where can I download Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2026 compilation?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2026 compilation the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-10-03, when it was read from the publisher.

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