The number, counted
How many people die of heat in Europe?
62,775 died in the summer of 2024 alone (ISGlobal, Nature Medicine). Across the three summers of 2022 to 2024, 181,446. The WHO puts the long-run average at more than 175,000 a year across its wider European Region. One rich continent. A fix that costs about €300.
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62,775
heat deaths in the summer of 2024, the last summer assessed (ISGlobal, Nature Medicine 2025). One every two minutes.
181,446
across three summers, 2022 to 2024 (ISGlobal). A mid-sized European city, erased.
175,000+
a year, long-run average across the wider WHO European Region of 53 countries (WHO, 2024). The fastest-warming WHO region on Earth.
By country, summer 2024
Published heat deaths, the last full summer assessed by ISGlobal.
🇮🇹 Italy 19,038
🇪🇸 Spain 6,743
🇩🇪 Germany 6,282
🇬🇷 Greece 5,980
🇷🇴 Romania 4,943
🇫🇷 France 2,451
🇵🇱 Poland 1,780
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1,311
Sources: ISGlobal, Nature Medicine 2025 · WHO Europe, 2024. The full model and every figure on the methodology page.