Barcelona, 7 August 2025 — The International Registry in Organ Donation and Transplantation (IRODaT), coordinated and maintained by DTI Foundation, has released its first snapshot of global activity for 2024. This early report compiles validated submissions from 70 countries and offers an immediate view of current trends in both deceased and living donation, as well as in kidney, liver, heart, lung and pancreas transplantation.

The preliminary data confirm Spain’s long-standing leadership, with 53.93 deceased donors per million population. In the field of living donation, Turkey and Saudi Arabia head the list, each surpassing 50 donors per million. Beyond these headline figures, the dataset allows health authorities, transplant programmes and researchers to benchmark their own performance, identify gaps and design evidence-based strategies that ultimately translate into more lives saved.

Publishing an early analysis is crucial. Governments planning resource allocation for the coming year cannot afford to wait for the final, fully audited dataset that will appear in early 2026. Clinicians, too, rely on these trends to adjust donor-detection workflows, refine allocation protocols and evaluate training needs. In short, the information contained in IRODaT does far more than inform— it guides life-saving decisions every day.

The full preliminary report, together with interactive graphs and country dashboards, is freely available here:

International Registry in Organ Donation and Transplantation

www.irodat.org

DTI Foundation manages IRODaT without charging users or governments. If you value transparent, high-quality data that improve access to transplantation worldwide, please consider supporting our work: dtifoundation.com/donate.