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 (2013 figures)

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

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		19.60	43,590,368
	Armenia		0	2,925,000
	Australia	Opt-in	21.60	24,637,000
	Austria	Opt-out	23.88	8,747,000
	Azerbaijan		0	9,725,000
	Bahrain		4	1,425,000
	Bangladesh		0	162,000,000
	Belarus		26.20	9,481,000
	Belgium	Opt-out	30.30	11,299,000
	Bolivia		0.36	8,500,000
	Bosnia		0.9	3,856,181
	Brazil		18.10	206,081,432
	Brunei		0	423,000
	Canada		21.87	36,000,000
	Chile		10.4	17,948,000
	China		0.6	1.4×10^9
	Colombia		8.40	47,661,787
	Costa Rica		6.60	4,857,490
	Croatia	Opt-out	34.63	4,200,000
	Cuba		12.30	11,200,000
	Cyprus	Tacit	6.86	855,000
	Czech Republic	Tacit	27.14	10,543,000
	Denmark	Opt-in	17.18	5,885,099
	Dominican Republic		2.20	10,000,000
	Ecuador		7.78	14,483,499
	Egypt		0	95,000,000
	El Salvador		0	6,345,000
	Estonia	Tacit	18.87	1,316,000
	Ethiopia		0	106,993,403
	Finland	Opt-out	26.23	5,509,984
	France	Opt-out	33.25	65,800,000
	Georgia		0	3,925,000
	Germany	Opt-in	11.20	80,925,031
	Greece	Tacit	5.5	11,359,000
	Guatemala		0.38	11,700,000
	Hong Kong		3.86	7,347,000
	Hungary	Tacit	18.42	9,932,000
	Iceland	Opt-out	19.29	346,750
	India		0.52	1.24×10^9
	Iran		14.34	81,000,000
	Ireland	Tacit	17.35	4,585,400
	Israel		10.80	8,192,000
	Italy	Opt-out	24.70	59,700,000
	Japan		0.99	126,574,000
	Jordan		0.21	9,456,000
	Kuwait		6.75	4,000,000
	Latvia	Tacit	9.90	1,971,000
	Lebanon		0.89	6,007,000
	Libya		0	6,293,000
	Lithuania	Tacit	18.60	3,000,000
	Luxembourg	Tacit	8.33	576,000
	Macedonia		1.43	2,062,294
	Malaysia		0.53	31,624,264
	Malta		25	429,000
	Mexico		4.45	128,600,000
	Moldova		4.10	3,557,600
	Morocco		0.09	35,000,000
	Netherlands	Tacit	14.93	16,925,000
	New Zealand		15	4,661,000
	Nicaragua		0.32	6,150,000
	Norway	Opt-out	21.48	5,258,317
	Pakistan		0	193,000,000
	Panama		4.29	4,034,000
	Paraguay		1.88	6,800,000
	Peru		2.28	26,700,000
	Philippines		0.09	103,000,000
	Poland	Tacit	13.10	38,612,000
	Portugal	Tacit	33.80	10,427,301
	Puerto Rico		26.30	3,800,000
	Qatar		2.96	2,570,000
	Romania	Tacit	4.39	20,000,000
	Russia	Tacit	5.14	146,000,000
	Saudi Arabia		3.77	32,000,000
	Singapore		0	5,622,000
	Slovak Republic	Tacit	17.96	5,444,000
	Slovenia	Tacit	21.14	2,078,000
	South Africa		1.29	56,000,000
	South Korea		8.68	50,000,000
	Spain	Opt-out	49.61	46,550,000
	Sudan		0	39,000,000
	Sweden	Opt-out	19.19	10,103,843
	Switzerland		18.40	8,299,000
	Taiwan		4.5	23,550,000
	Thailand		3.66	68,710,000
	Trinidad & Tobago		0.72	1,365,000
	Tunisia		0.83	10,835,873
	Turkey	Opt-in	7.54	75,000,000
	United Arab Emirates		1.10	9,270,000
	Ukraine		0.1	44,000,000
	United Kingdom	Opt-in (England and Wales Opt-out)	24.88	64,716,000
	Uruguay		22.86	3,444,000
	United States	Opt-in	36.88	322,000,000
	Venezuela		0	31,000,000
	Vietnam		0	94,000,000

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.