INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS 2022
INTERNATIONAL CREMATION STATISTICS 2022
These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
| Rearrange alphabetically | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| HONG KONG | 6 | 61,557 | 59,685 | 96.96 | 51,536 | 48,106 | 93.34 |
| SOUTH KOREA | 60 | 317,974 | 287,704 | 90.48 | 317,680 | 288,562 | 90.83 |
| DENMARK | 20 | 59,246 | 51,435 | 86.82 | 57,152 | 48,951 | 85.65 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 28 | 120,207 | 103,722 | 86.29 | 139,891 | 118,393 | 84.63 |
| SLOVENIA | 2 | 22,492 | 19,227 | 85.48 | 24,061 | 20,291 | 84.49 |
| SWEDEN | 58 | 94,737 | 78,518 | 82.88 | 91,958 | 77,497 | 84.27 |
| SINGAPORE | 4 | 26,829 | 21,793 | 81.23 | 24,220 | 19,868 | 82.03 |
| THAILAND | 2,077 | 595,965 | 476,772 | 80.00 | 563,650 | 450,920 | 80.00 |
| BRITISH ISLANDS | 322 | *659,718 | *526,677 | *79.83 | 669,764 | 525,116 | 78.40 |
| CANADA | 339 | 334,506 | 248,805 | 74.38 | 309,718 | 231,542 | 74.76 |
| HUNGARY | 17 | 135,700 | 99,794 | 73.54 | 155,500 | 108,800 | 69.19 |
| GERMANY | 164 | 1,060,000 | 779,100 | 73.50 | 1,025,000 | 748,250 | 73.00 |
| ANDORRA | 1 | 394 | 282 | 71.57 | 374 | 218 | 58.29 |
| THE NETHERLANDS | 108 | 169,937 | 114,075 | 67.13 | 170,802 | 115,145 | 67.41 |
| BELGIUM | 21 | 116,564 | 76,244 | 65.41 | 112,390 | 73,209 | 65.14 |
| FINLAND | 22 | 62,886 | 39,235 | 62.39 | 57,343 | 34,861 | 60.79 |
| PORTUGAL | 20 | 6,456 | 3,814 | 59.80 | 6,883 | 4,047 | 58.80 |
| USA | 3,451 | 3,306,612 | 1,949,972 | 58.97 | 3,388,138 | 1,949,074 | 57.53 |
| PERU | 8 | 596 | 302 | 50.67 | 894 | 565 | 63.20 |
| NORWAY | 25 | 45,774 | 21,911 | 47.87 | 42,002 | 19,431 | 46.26 |
| ICELAND | 1 | 2,676 | 1,107 | 41.37 | 2,307 | 936 | 40.57 |
| ITALY | 91 | 713,499 | 259,915 | 36.43 | 709,035 | 244,186 | 34.44 |
| EIRE | 7 | 35,477 | 9,493 | 26.76 | 33,055 | 8,998 | 27.22 |
| LITHUANIA | 4 | 40,325 | 8,287 | 20.55 | 47,950 | 9,081 | 18.94 |
| MONGOLIA | 2 | 17,981 | 1,609 | 8.95 | 19,929 | 2,828 | 14.19 |
| BULGARIA | 3 | 116,432 | 7,554 | 6.49 | 148,995 | 10,078 | 6.76 |
| GREECE | 1 | 143,227 | 4,905 | 3.42 | 143,586 | 3,971 | 2.77 |
| ARGENTINA | 187 | - | - | - | 376,219 | *116,774 | *43.00 |
| ARUBA | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AUSTRALIA | 101 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AUSTRIA | 15 | 90,054 | - | - | 90,123 | - | - |
| BAHAMAS | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| BRAZIL | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CHINA | 1,745 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| COLOMBIA | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| COSTA RICA | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CUBA | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ESTONIA | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FRANCE | 206 | *667,000 | - | - | 659,000 | 272, 014 | 41.28 |
| GHANA | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GRENADA | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GUATEMALA | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| HAITI | 3 | - | 240 | - | - | 232 | - |
| INDIA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| INDONESIA | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| JAMAICA | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| JAPAN | *1,373 | - | - | - | 1,430,233 | 1,429,840 | 99.97 |
| LATVIA | 1 | ||||||
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | - | 3,120 | - | 3,119 | 4,489 | 69.48 |
| 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| MAURITIUS | 126 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MEXICO | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| NAMIBIA | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1,107 | - |
| NEW ZEALAND | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PANAMA | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PHILLIPINES | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| POLAND | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PUERTO RICO | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ROMANIA | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| RUSSIA | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SERBIA | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SPAIN | 132 | - | - | - | 450,687 | 202,494 | 44.93 |
| SRI LANKA | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SURINAME | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TAIWAN | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| UKRAINE | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| VIETNAM | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
