Heat-related deaths in Europe summer 2022, by country

During the summer of 2022, there were 61,762 heat-related deaths recorded on the European continent. Of these deaths, almost half were recorded in just two southern European countries, Italy and Spain. Italy had the unfortunate position of being both the country with the greatest absolute number of heat-related deaths, as well as being the country with the most in relation to the size of its population. Heat deaths are an increasingly salient issue during summers in Europe, as climate change is causing an increase in the average temperature on the continent as well as an increase in the number of days where extreme heat (>40 degrees Celsius) is recorded.