INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS 2024
INTERNATIONAL CREMATION STATISTICS 2024
These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
| Rearrange alphabetically | 2024 | 2023 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| SOUTH KOREA | 60 | 359,118 | 336,103 | 93.59 | 352,511 | 327,374 | 92.87 |
| DENMARK | 20 | 57,071 | 50,191 | 87.94 | 58,384 | 50,493 | 86.48 |
| SLOVENIA | 229 | 21,426 | 18,682 | 87.19 | 21,540 | 18,672 | 86.69 |
| SWITZERLAND | 29 | 71,942 | 62,673 | 87.11 | 71,822 | 62,834 | 88.00 |
| BRITISH ISLANDS | 336 | 651,373 | 522,733 | 80.25 | 664,397 | 535,756 | 80.64 |
| THAILAND | 25,500 | 571,646 | 457,316 | 80.00 | 595,965 | 476,772 | 80.00 |
| GERMANY | 164 | 1,000,000 | 780,000 | 78.00 | 1,020,000 | 775,200 | 76.00 |
| CANADA | 366 | 326,588 | 248,672 | 76.14 | 326,092 | 245,596 | 75.31 |
| LUXEMBOURG | 5 | 4,471 | 3,209 | 72.42 | 4,431 | 3,109 | 70.16 |
| BELGIUM | 22 | 112,268 | 77,350 | 68.90 | 111,329 | 75,679 | 67.98 |
| FINLAND | 22 | 58,011 | 37,941 | 65.40 | 61,106 | 39,076 | 63.95 |
| THE NETHERLANDS | 109 | 171,945 | 116,670 | 67.85 | 169,320 | 115,757 | 68.37 |
| USA | 3,721 | 3,101,200 | 1,917,413 | 61.83 | 3,126,989 | 1,895,857 | 60.63 |
| PORTUGAL | 39 | 5,844 | 3,539 | 60.56 | 5,926 | 3,553 | 59.96 |
| NORWAY | 25 | 44,242 | 22.743 | 51.41 | 43,803 | 21.582 | 49.27 |
| ICELAND | 1 | 2,735 | 1,226 | 44.83 | 2,237 | 1,173 | 52.44 |
| ITALY | 91 | 650,587 | 253,355 | 38.94 | 671,065 | 253,273 | 37.74 |
| EIRE | 7 | 35,173 | 9,341 | 26.56 | 35,459 | 10,017 | 28.25 |
| GHANA | 8 | 87,500 | 5,950 | 6.80 | 80,792 | 5,176 | 6.41 |
| GREECE | 1 | 128,259 | 6,634 | 5.17 | 127,581 | 5,877 | 4.61 |
| ANDORRA | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ARGENTINA | 216 | - | - | - | 353,428 | 178,482 | 50.50 |
| ARUBA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AUSTRALIA | 101 | - | - | - | 183,131 | - | - |
| AUSTRIA | 17 | 89,760 | - | - | 93,332 | - | - |
| BAHAMAS | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| BRAZIL | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| BULGARIA | 3 | - | 7,282 | - | 100,140 | 6,644 | 6.63 |
| CHINA | 1,745 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| COLOMBIA | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| COSTA RICA | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CUBA | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 1 | - | - | - | 112,795 | 98,593 | 85.96 |
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ESTONIA | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FRANCE | 221 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GRENADA | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GUATEMALA | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| HAITI | 3 | - | 279 | - | - | 296 | - |
| HUNGARY | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| INDIA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| INDONESIA | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| JAMAICA | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| JAPAN | 1,368 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| LATVIA | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| LITHUANIA | 5 | 37,444 | - | - | 37,005 | 13,100 | 35.40 |
| MALAYSIA | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MAURITIUS | 126 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MEXICO | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MONGOLIA | 2 | - | - | - | 17,533 | 1,674 | 9.55 |
| NAMIBIA | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| NEW ZEALAND | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PANAMA | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PERU | 8 | - | - | 554 | 240 | 50.67 | |
| PHILLIPINES | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| POLAND | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PUERTO RICO | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ROMANIA | 4 | - | 1,138 | - | - | 1,109 | - |
| RUSSIA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SERBIA | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SINGAPORE | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SPAIN | 132 | - | - | - | 435,332 | 207,986 | 47.78 |
| SRI LANKA | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SURINAME | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SWEDEN | 58 | - | - | - | 94,385 | 79,936 | 84.70 |
| TAIWAN | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| UKRAINE | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| VIETNAM | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
