⚱️ Share of the dead who are cremated in EU countries 1. 🇩🇰 Denmark: 87.9% 2. 🇸🇮 Slovenia: 87.2% 3. 🇨🇿 Czechia: 86.3% 4. 🇸🇪 Sweden: 84.7% 5. 🇸🇰 Slovakia: ~82% 6. 🇩🇪 Germany: 78% 7. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg: 74.5% 8. 🇭🇺 Hungary: 73.5% 9. 🇧🇪 Belgium: 68.9% 10. 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 67.8% 11. 🇫🇮 Finland: 65.4% 12. 🇪🇸 Spain: 50.1% 13. 🇦🇹 Austria: ~45% 14. 🇫🇷 France: 42.9% 15. 🇵🇱 Poland: ~40% 16. 🇮🇹 Italy: 38.9% 17. 🇱🇹 Lithuania: 35.4% 18. 🇮🇪 Ireland: 26.6% 19. 🇵🇹 Portugal: ~18% 20. 🇭🇷 Croatia: ~15% 21. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: 6.6% 22. 🇬🇷 Greece: 5.2% 23. 🇷🇴 Romania: <1% Latest available year, mostly 2022–2024. ~ marks estimates. Cremations are counted in the country where they take place. No recent data for Estonia and Latvia. Source: The Cremation Society, International Statistics 2024; INSEE; national funeral-sector estimates