I did look this up and found slightly different numbers:

https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/how-much-d...

https://nfda.org/news/statistics

But I would maintain that the invasive practice of embalming is unnecessary and unusual elsewhere in the world.

Ha, I think the internet needs a new term like Godwin's Rule or Gell-Mann Amnesia or whatever for the constant claims of "This only happens in America" or "This problem is worse in America than anywhere else" and then the reality is that the US is in line with averages or norms in other countries or cultures.