INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS 2021
INTERNATIONAL CREMATION STATISTICS 2021
These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
Rearrange alphabetically | 2021 | 2020 | |||||
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* = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
HONG KONG | 6 | 51,536 | 48,106 | 93.34 | 50,653 | 46,465 | 91.73 |
SOUTH KOREA | 60 | 317,527 | 287,803 | 90.64* | 305,127 | 273,559 | 89.65* |
DENMARK | 20 | 57,152 | 48,951 | 85.65 | 54,645 | 46,910 | 85.84 |
CZECH REPUBLIC | 28 | 139,891 | 118,393 | 84.63 | 129,289 | 108,704 | 84.07 |
SLOVENIA | 2 | 24,016 | 20,291 | 84.49 | 23,891 | 20,030 | 83.90 |
SWEDEN | 58 | 91,958 | 77,497 | 84.27 | 98,124 | 81,226 | 82.78 |
SINGAPORE | 4 | 24,220 | 19,868 | 82.03 | 22,000 | 18,077 | 82.17 |
SWITZERLAND | 29 | 71,074 | 57,091* | 80.33 | 76,001 | 68,184 | 89.71 |
THAILAND | 2,077 | 563,650 | 450,920 | 80.00 | 501,438 | 401,150 | 80.00 |
BRITISH ISLANDS | 315 | *669,762 | 525,092 | 78.40 | 691,831 | 542,789 | 78.46 |
CANADA | 361 | 309,718 | 231,542 | 74.76 | 306,468 | 224,081 | 73.12 |
GERMANY | 159 | 1,120,000 | 817,600 | 73.00 | 985,145 | 709,304 | 72.00 |
HUNGARY | 17 | 155,500 | 108,800 | 69.97 | 140,900 | 97,362 | 69.10 |
THE NETHERLANDS | 108 | 170,802 | 115,145 | 67.41 | 168,537 | 111,946 | 66.42 |
BELGIUM | 21 | 112,390 | 73,209 | 65.14 | 126,850 | 80,320 | 63.32 |
PERU | 8 | 894 | 565 | 63.20 | 919 | 599 | 65.18 |
FINLAND | 20 | 57,343 | 34,861 | 60.79 | 54,943 | 33,246 | 60.51 |
PORTUGAL | 20 | 6,883 | 4,047 | 58.80 | 6,820 | 4,196 | 61.52 |
ANDORRA | 1 | 374 | 218 | 58.29 | 405 | *239 | *59.01 |
USA | 3,333 | 3,388,138 | 1,949,074 | 57.53 | 3,358,697 | *1,884,164 | *56.10 |
NORWAY | 25 | 42,002 | 19,431 | 46.26 | 40,611 | 18,881 | 46.49 |
ICELAND | 1 | 2,307 | 936 | 40.57 | 2,359 | 976 | 41.37 |
ITALY | 87 | 709,035 | 244,186 | 34.44 | 746,146 | 247,840 | 33.22 |
EIRE | 7 | 33,055 | *8,998 | *27.22 | 31,765 | 8,305 | 26.15 |
LITHUANIA | 1 | 47,746 | 9,081 | 19.02 | 43,547 | 7,365 | 16.91 |
MONGOLIA | 2 | 19,929 | 2,828 | 14.19 | 17,040 | 1,211 | 7.11 |
BULGARIA | 3 | 148,995 | 10,078 | 6.76 | 126,561 | 7,680 | 6.07 |
GREECE | 1 | 143,586 | 3,971 | 2.77 | 132,966 | 2,844 | 2.14 |
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 | *659,000 | - | - | 669,000 | 269,700 | 40.31 |
GHANA | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GRENADA | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUATEMALA | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
HAITI | 3 | - | *239 | *240 | |||
1 | - | - | - | 2,359 | 976 | 41.37 | |
INDIA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
INDONESIA | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
JAMAICA | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
JAPAN | *1,405 | - | - | - | 1,430,233 | 1,429,840 | 99.97 |
LATVIA | 1 | ||||||
LUXEMBOURG | 1 | - | 3,119 | - | 4,649 | 3,113 | 66.96 |
7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
MAURITIUS | 126 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
MEXICO | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
NAMIBIA | 1 | - | 1107 | - | - | 535 | - |
NEW ZEALAND | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
PANAMA | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
PHILLIPINES | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
POLAND | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
PUERTO RICO | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
ROMANIA | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
RUSSIA | 27 | - | - | - | 2,138,586 | 625,000 | 29.22 |
SERBIA | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
SOUTH AFRICA | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
SPAIN | 132 | - | - | - | 493,776 | 223,088 | 45.18 |
SRI LANKA | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
SURINAME | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
TAIWAN | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
UKRAINE | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
VIETNAM | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
ZIMBABWE | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |