Nauru vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Mortality rate, adult, female

Nauru
304.01 per 1,000 female adults
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
226.18 per 1,000 female adults
in 2024
Nauru rank
5th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
3rd

Mortality rate, adult, female over time

  • Nauru
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Nauru currently reports 304.01 per 1,000 female adults against 226.18 per 1,000 female adults in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 77.83 per 1,000 female adults.

That makes Nauru's figure about 1.3 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

Nauru ranks 5th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 3rd of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Nauru averaged higher in 2 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nauru Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 285.79 per 1,000 female adults 380.99 per 1,000 female adults 95.21 per 1,000 female adults Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1970s 262.05 per 1,000 female adults 348.2 per 1,000 female adults 86.15 per 1,000 female adults Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1980s 266.33 per 1,000 female adults 326.29 per 1,000 female adults 59.97 per 1,000 female adults Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s 269.69 per 1,000 female adults 348.47 per 1,000 female adults 78.78 per 1,000 female adults Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 300.41 per 1,000 female adults 346.16 per 1,000 female adults 45.74 per 1,000 female adults Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 292.03 per 1,000 female adults 275.46 per 1,000 female adults 16.57 per 1,000 female adults Nauru
2020s 305 per 1,000 female adults 239.19 per 1,000 female adults 65.81 per 1,000 female adults Nauru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, adult, female, Nauru or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Nauru, at 304.01 per 1,000 female adults against 226.18 per 1,000 female adults in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, adult, female between Nauru and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
77.83 per 1,000 female adults, with Nauru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nauru and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Nauru and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for mortality rate, adult, female?
Nauru ranks 5th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 3rd of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
Unit
per 1,000 female adults
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,145 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.