INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS 2024
These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country and where shown are the latest figures obtainablePlease click on the name of each country for more detailed information on the figures given
| Rearrange by % deaths (2024) | 2024 | 2023 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| ANDORRA | 1 | _ | _ | _ | - | - | - |
| ARGENTINA | 216 | - | - | - | *353,428 | *178,482 | *50.50 |
| ARUBA | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AUSTRALIA | *101 | - | - | - | 183,131 | - | - |
| AUSTRIA | 17 | 89,760 | - | - | 93,332 | - | - |
| BAHAMAS | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| BELGIUM | 22 | 112,268 | 77,350 | 68.90 | 111,329 | 75,679 | 67.98 |
| BRAZIL | *43 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| BRITISH ISLANDS | 336 | 651,380 | 522,733 | 80.25 | 664,397 | 535,756 | 80.64 |
| BULGARIA | 3 | - | 7,282 | 100,140 | 6,644 | 6.63 | |
| CANADA | 366 | 648,672 | 248,672 | 76.14 | 326,092 | 245,596 | 75.31 |
| CHINA | *1,745 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| COLOMBIA | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| COSTA RICA | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CUBA | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 28 | - | - | - | 120,207 | 103,722 | 86.29 |
| DENMARK | 20 | 57,071 | 50,191 | 87.94 | 58,384 | 50,493 | 86.48 |
| EIRE | 7 | 35,173 | 9,341 | 26.56 | 35,459 | 10,017 | 28.25 |
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ESTONIA | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FINLAND | 22 | 58,011 | 37,941 | 65.40 | 61,106 | 39,076 | 63.95 |
| FRANCE | 221 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GERMANY | 164 | 1,000,000 | 780,000 | 78.00 | 1,020,000 | 775,200 | 76.00 |
| GHANA | 8 | 87,500 | 5,950 | 6.80 | - | - | - |
| GREECE | 1 | 128,259 | 6,634 | 5.17 | 127,581 | 5,877 | 4.61 |
| GRENADA | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GUATEMALA | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| HAITI | 3 | - | 279 | - | - | 296 | - |
| HONG KONG | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| HUNGARY | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ICELAND | 1 | 2,735 | 1.226 | 44.83 | 2,237 | 1,173 | 52.44 |
| INDIA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| INDONESIA | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ITALY | 91 | 650,587 | 253,355 | 38.94 | 671,065 | 253,273 | 37.74 |
| JAMAICA | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| JAPAN | 1,368 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| LATVIA | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| LITHUANIA | 5 | 37,444 | - | - | 37,005 | 13,100 | 35.40 |
| LUXEMBOURG | 5 | 4,471 | 3,209 | 72.42 | 4,431 | 3,019 | 70.16 |
| MALAYSIA | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MAURITIUS | 126 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MEXICO | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MONGOLIA | 2 | - | - | - | 17,533 | 1,674 | 9.55 |
| NAMIBIA | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| NEW ZEALAND | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| NORWAY | 25 | 44,242 | 22,743 | 51.41 | 43,803 | 21,582 | 49.27 |
| PANAMA | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PERU | 8 | - | - | - | 554 | 240 | 43.32 |
| PHILLIPINES | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| POLAND | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PORTUGAL | 20 | 5,844 | 3,539 | 60.56 | 5,926 | 3,553 | 59.96 |
| PUERTO RICO | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ROMANIA | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| RUSSIA | *27 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SERBIA | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SINGAPORE | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SLOVENIA | 2 | 21,426 | 18,682 | 87.19 | 21,540 | 18,672 | 86.69 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SOUTH KOREA | 60 | 359,118 | 336,103 | 93.59 | 352,511 | 327,374 | 92.87 |
| SPAIN | 132 | - | - | - | 435,332 | 207,986 | 47.78 |
| SRI LANKA | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SURINAME | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SWEDEN | 58 | - | - | - | 94,385 | 79,936 | 84.70 |
| SWITZERLAND | 29 | 71,942 | 62,673 | 87.11 | 71,822 | 62,834 | 88.00 |
| TAIWAN | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| THAILAND | 2,077 | 571,646 | 457,316 | 80.00 | 565,992 | 452,794 | 80.00 |
| THE NETHERLANDS | 109 | 171,945 | 116,670 | 67.85 | 169,320 | 115,757 | 68.37 |
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| UKRAINE | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| USA | 3,721 | 3,101,200 | 1,917,413 | 61.83 | 3,126,989 | 1,895,857 | 60.63 |
| VIETNAM | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - - |
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
