International organ donor rates

Organ donation rates vary widely by country and region. The tables document the effective organ donor designation rate and deceased donors per million in the United States and abroad.

United States

Organ Donor Designation in the United States

USPS	State	Flag	Population (2009)	% Donors (18+)	DMV Sign-up Rate	Source
AL	Alabama		3,697,617	61%		[1]
AK	Alaska		544,349	80%		[1]
AZ	Arizona		4,932,361	42%	17.2%	[1]
AR	Arkansas		2,238,250	58%		[1]
CA	California		28,801,211	34%	25.5%	[1]
CO	Colorado		3,956,224	67%	64.4%	[1]
CT	Connecticut		2,757,082	41%	36.6%	[1]
DE	Delaware		766,884	48%		[1]
DC	District of Columbia		522,843	45%	33.9%	[1]
FL	Florida		15,315,088	45%		[1]
GA	Georgia		7,429,820	59%		[1]
HI	Hawaii		1,089,302	54%	41.4%	[1]
ID	Idaho		1,169,075	61%		[1]
IL	Illinois		9,811,190	53%	35.6%	[1]
IN	Indiana		4,945,857	69%		[1]
IA	Iowa		2,351,233	73%	62.8%	[1]
KS	Kansas		2,161,601	43%		[1]
KY	Kentucky		3,362,177	38%	25.9%	[1]
LA	Louisiana		3,484,090	61%	51.2%	[1]
ME	Maine		1,063,274	55%		[1]
MD	Maryland		4,540,763	52%	44.2%	[1]
MA	Massachusetts		5,244,729	50%		[1]
MI	Michigan		7,616,490	39%	12.7%	[1]
MN	Minnesota		4,102,991	62%		[1]
MS	Mississippi		2,239,593	24%		[1]
MO	Missouri		4,618,513	67%	36.3%	[1]
MT	Montana		783,161	82%	62.4%	[1]
NE	Nebraska		1,392,120	49%	43.2%	[1]
NV	Nevada		2,095,348	40%		[1]
NH	New Hampshire		1,045,878	41%		[1]
NJ	New Jersey		7,252,127	33%		[1]
NM	New Mexico		1,571,096	62%		[1]
NY	New York		15,307,107	20%	11.1%	[1]
NC	North Carolina		7,465,545	58%	51.6%	[1]
ND	North Dakota		545,020	66%		[1]
OH	Ohio		8,880,551	59%	54.6%	[1]
OK	Oklahoma		2,877,457	64%		[1]
OR	Oregon		3,038,729	74%	37.4%	[1]
PA	Pennsylvania		9,787,464	46%	45.1%	[1]
RI	Rhode Island		833,818	50%		[1]
SC	South Carolina		3,643,633	29%	49.3%	[1]
SD	South Dakota		629,185	55%		[1]
TN	Tennessee		4,962,227	36%	30.3%	[1]
TX	Texas		19,073,564	17%		[1]
UT	Utah		1,967,315	69%	51.3%	[1]
VT	Vermont		502,060	5%		[1]
VA	Virginia		6,329,130	57%	33.1%	[1]
WA	Washington		5,312,045	78%	56.7%	[1]
WV	West Virginia		1,471,372	35%		[1]
WI	Wisconsin		4,408,841	58%		[1]
WY	Wyoming		440,922	60%	55.4%	[1]

Global Summary

Organ donor rate per million by country

Organ Donor Designation internationally

Flag	Country	Consent	Number of deceased donors, per million of population	Population	Source
	Argentina		13.33	43,590,368	[2]
	Armenia		0	2,925,000	[2]
	Australia		20.70	24,637,000	[2]
	Austria	Opt-out	24.70	8,747,000	[2]
	Azerbaijan		0	9,725,000	[2]
	Bahrain		4	1,425,000	[2]
	Bangladesh		0	162,000,000	[2]
	Belarus		23.60	9,481,000	[2]
	Belgium	Opt-out	33.62	11,299,000	[2]
	Bolivia		0.9	8,500,000	[2]
	Bosnia		0.9	3,856,181	[2]
	Brazil		16.60	206,081,432	[2]
	Brunei		0	423,000	[2]
	Canada		21.91	36,000,000	[2]
	Chile		10	17,948,000	[2]
	China		3.67	1.4×10^^9	[2]
	Colombia		8.90	47,661,787	[2]
	Costa Rica		6.70	4,857,490	[2]
	Croatia	Opt-out	33	4,200,000	[2]
	Cuba		12.35	11,200,000	[2]
	Cyprus	Tacit	11.69	855,000	[2]
	Czech Republic	Tacit	25.51	10,543,000	[2]
	Denmark	Opt-in	17.46	5,885,099	[2]
	Dominican Republic		1.40	10,000,000	[2]
	Ecuador		5	14,483,499	[2]
	Egypt		0	95,000,000	[2]
	El Salvador		0	6,345,000	[2]
	Estonia	Tacit	13.85	1,316,000	[2]
	Ethiopia		0	106,993,403	[2]
	Finland	Opt-out	21.41	5,509,984	[2]
	France	Opt-out	29.74	65,800,000	[2]
	Georgia		0	3,925,000	[2]
	Germany	Opt-in	9.70	80,925,031	[2]
	Greece	Tacit	5.98	11,359,000	[2]
	Guatemala		0.12	11,700,000	[2]
	Hong Kong		6	7,347,000	[2]
	Hungary	Tacit	16.21	9,932,000	[2]
	Iceland		17.30	346,750	[2]
	India		0.58	1.24×10^^9	[2]
	Iran		11.43	81,000,000	[2]
	Ireland	Tacit	20.80	4,585,400	[2]
	Israel		10.70	8,192,000	[2]
	Italy	Opt-out	28.20	59,700,000	[2]
	Japan		0.88	126,574,000	[2]
	Jordan		6.91	9,456,000	[2]
	Kuwait		5	4,000,000	[2]
	Latvia	Tacit	12.31	1,971,000	[2]
	Lebanon		2.88	6,007,000	[2]
	Libya		0	6,293,000	[2]
	Lithuania	Tacit	14.30	3,000,000	[2]
	Luxembourg	Tacit	15.80	576,000	[2]
	Macedonia		0	2,062,294	[2]
	Malaysia		1.10	31,624,264	[2]
	Malta		30	429,000	[2]
	Mexico		4.5	128,600,000	[2]
	Moldova		4.5	3,557,600	[2]
	Morocco		0.09	35,000,000	[2]
	Netherlands	Tacit	15.18	16,925,000	[2]
	New Zealand		15.23	4,661,000	[2]
	Nicaragua		0.15	6,150,000	[2]
	Norway	Opt-out	22.06	5,258,317	[2]
	Pakistan		0	193,000,000	[2]
	Panama		4.15	4,034,000	[2]
	Paraguay		1.62	6,800,000	[2]
	Peru		1.61	26,700,000	[2]
	Philippines		0.45	103,000,000	[2]
	Poland	Tacit	14.57	38,612,000	[2]
	Portugal	Tacit	34.01	10,427,301	[2]
	Puerto Rico		26.30	3,800,000	[2]
	Qatar		1.5	2,570,000	[2]
	Romania	Tacit	3.25	20,000,000	[2]
	Russia		3.90	146,000,000	[2]
	Saudi Arabia		3.33	32,000,000	[2]
	Singapore		0	5,622,000	[2]
	Slovak Republic	Tacit	15.80	5,444,000	[2]
	Slovenia	Tacit	20.87	2,078,000	[2]
	South Africa		1.29	56,000,000	[2]
	South Korea		9.95	50,000,000	[2]
	Spain	Opt-out	46.90	46,550,000	[2]
	Sudan		0	39,000,000	[2]
	Sweden	Opt-out	19	10,103,843	[2]
	Switzerland		17.20	8,299,000	[2]
	Taiwan		0	23,550,000	[2]
	Thailand		4.27	68,710,000	[2]
	Trinidad & Tobago		1.49	1,365,000	[2]
	Tunisia		0.83	10,835,873	[2]
	Turkey		7	75,000,000	[2]
	United Arab Emirates		0.32	9,270,000	[2]
	Ukraine		0.1	44,000,000	[2]
	United Kingdom	Opt-in (England and Wales Opt-out)	23.05	64,716,000	[2]
	Uruguay		20.43	3,444,000	[2]
	United States	Opt-in	31.96	322,000,000	[2]
	Venezuela		1.7	31,000,000	[2]
	Vietnam		0	94,000,000	[2]

References

1. Donate Life America. "National Donor Designation Report Card, April 2013" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-01-26.
2. "IRODaT - International Registry on Organ Donation and Transplantation". www.irodat.org. Retrieved 2019-02-10.

External links

• EU Facts and Figures. "Key facts and figures on EU organ donation and transplantation", EU Directorate General for Health & Consumers, London, 27 October 2005. Retrieved on 31 March 2012.
• Johnson, E. and Goldstein, D. Do defaults save lives?. Science Magazine, 21 November 2003.