North Korea vs Syria: Mortality rate, adult, male
Mortality rate, adult, male over time
- North Korea
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 163.45 per 1,000 male adults against 155.19 per 1,000 male adults in North Korea, a difference of 8.26 per 1,000 male adults.
That makes Syria's figure about 1.1 times North Korea's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was North Korea ahead.
North Korea ranks 122nd and Syria ranks 119th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, North Korea averaged higher in 4 and Syria in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | North Korea | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 316.07 per 1,000 male adults | 299.04 per 1,000 male adults | 17.04 per 1,000 male adults | North Korea |
| 1970s | 258 per 1,000 male adults | 244.62 per 1,000 male adults | 13.37 per 1,000 male adults | North Korea |
| 1980s | 199.47 per 1,000 male adults | 225.71 per 1,000 male adults | 26.24 per 1,000 male adults | Syria |
| 1990s | 216.4 per 1,000 male adults | 188.04 per 1,000 male adults | 28.36 per 1,000 male adults | North Korea |
| 2000s | 231.55 per 1,000 male adults | 154.64 per 1,000 male adults | 76.91 per 1,000 male adults | North Korea |
| 2010s | 174.11 per 1,000 male adults | 296.61 per 1,000 male adults | 122.5 per 1,000 male adults | Syria |
| 2020s | 161.12 per 1,000 male adults | 166.25 per 1,000 male adults | 5.14 per 1,000 male adults | Syria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, adult, male, North Korea or Syria?
- Syria, at 163.45 per 1,000 male adults against 155.19 per 1,000 male adults in North Korea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, adult, male between North Korea and Syria?
- 8.26 per 1,000 male adults, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Syria?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do North Korea and Syria rank globally for mortality rate, adult, male?
- North Korea ranks 122nd and Syria ranks 119th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.