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Adolescent mortality rate (per 1 000 age specific cohort) by country

Countries reporting
198
Highest
12.08
Niger
Lowest
0.1613
Luxembourg
Median
1.54
Years covered
32
1990–2021
Data points
6,816

What the numbers show

Adolescent mortality rate (per 1 000 age specific cohort) is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 12.08 in Niger; the lowest is 0.1613 in Luxembourg.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.54, and the mean is 2.39.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 75.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 181 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 30.6%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 55.5%).

Adolescent mortality rate (per 1 000 age specific cohort): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 12.08 2021 down 18.6% falling
2 Central African Republic 10.53 2021 down 14.3% flat
3 Chad 10.46 2021 down 9.3% falling
4 Cote d'Ivoire 10.31 2021 down 2.1% rising
5 Sierra Leone 9.91 2021 up 2.7% falling
6 Democratic Republic of Congo 9.24 2021 down 9.6% falling
7 Somalia 9.21 2021 down 31.9% falling
8 Mali 8.42 2021 down 10.3% falling
9 South Sudan 8.36 2021 down 4.4% falling
10 Madagascar 8.1 2021 up 17.2% falling
11 Burundi 8.05 2021 down 13.7% volatile
12 Cameroon 7.91 2021 down 12.7% falling
13 Liberia 7.72 2021 down 7.3% falling
14 Nigeria 6.83 2021 down 18.2% falling
15 Rwanda 6.81 2021 up 8.4% volatile
16 Benin 6.73 2021 down 18.8% falling
17 Zimbabwe 6.63 2021 down 12.5% rising
18 Equatorial Guinea 6.55 2021 down 22.1% falling
19 Gabon 6.49 2021 down 21.1% falling
20 Namibia 6.4 2021 up 0.9% rising
21 Angola 6.27 2021 down 31.8% falling
22 Guinea 5.92 2021 down 22.1% falling
23 Mozambique 5.87 2021 down 24.5% falling
24 Guinea-Bissau 5.64 2021 down 18.8% falling
25 Burkina Faso 5.53 2021 down 21.0% falling
26 Djibouti 5.13 2021 down 22.6% falling
27 Haiti 5.11 2021 down 7.5% volatile
28 Uganda 5.07 2021 down 18.5% falling
29 Malawi 4.93 2021 down 21.3% falling
30 Togo 4.85 2021 down 19.7% falling
31 Bhutan 4.77 2021 down 8.3% rising
32 Gambia 4.55 2021 down 26.1% falling
33 Ghana 4.43 2021 down 19.5% falling
34 Laos 4.26 2021 down 33.2% falling
35 Kenya 4.18 2021 down 10.1% falling
36 East Timor 3.93 2021 down 19.9% falling
37 Kiribati 3.82 2021 down 17.5% falling
38 Lesotho 3.82 2021 down 20.6% falling
39 Zambia 3.75 2021 down 25.6% falling
40 Tanzania 3.64 2021 down 9.0% falling
41 Eritrea 3.6 2021 down 23.8% falling
42 Senegal 3.57 2021 down 45.6% falling
43 Pakistan 3.51 2021 down 14.7% falling
44 Papua New Guinea 3.51 2021 down 18.0% falling
45 Mauritania 3.48 2021 down 29.7% falling
46 Congo 3.22 2021 down 24.6% falling
47 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.14 2021 up 17.8% rising
48 South Africa 3.04 2021 down 34.0% rising
49 Honduras 2.99 2021 up 5.9% falling
50 Ethiopia 2.96 2021 down 53.0% volatile
51 Botswana 2.86 2021 down 18.7% falling
52 Sudan 2.81 2021 down 23.2% falling
53 Fiji 2.79 2021 up 6.4% falling
54 Guyana 2.74 2021 up 0.3% rising
55 Marshall Islands 2.69 2021 down 17.2% falling
56 Iraq 2.68 2021 down 13.2% falling
57 Nauru 2.54 2021 down 18.8% falling
58 Thailand 2.52 2021 down 5.7% falling
59 El Salvador 2.5 2021 up 30.6% falling
60 Yemen 2.49 2021 down 3.9% falling
61 Micronesia (country) 2.37 2021 down 19.8% falling
62 India 2.37 2021 down 38.1% falling
63 Niue 2.3 2021 down 19.9% flat
64 Philippines 2.27 2021 up 0.4% falling
65 Vanuatu 2.25 2021 down 14.3% falling
66 Syria 2.21 2021 up 6.5% flat
67 Tuvalu 2.12 2021 down 22.3% falling
68 Bangladesh 2.09 2021 down 38.3% falling
69 Grenada 2.08 2021 up 10.3% rising
70 Venezuela 2.08 2021 up 6.5% falling
71 Indonesia 2.02 2021 down 21.0% falling
72 Nepal 2.02 2021 down 24.3% falling
73 Nicaragua 2.02 2021 down 21.7% falling
74 Myanmar 2 2021 down 41.5% volatile
75 Egypt 1.98 2021 down 20.5% falling
76 Guatemala 1.95 2021 down 15.2% falling
77 Bolivia 1.95 2021 down 22.3% falling
78 Solomon Islands 1.93 2021 down 20.3% falling
79 Turkmenistan 1.88 2021 down 14.3% falling
80 Paraguay 1.83 2021 down 21.3% falling
81 Sao Tome and Principe 1.81 2021 down 46.8% falling
82 Mongolia 1.78 2021 down 18.8% falling
83 Palestine 1.78 2021 down 10.9% falling
84 Palau 1.75 2021 down 21.0% falling
85 Afghanistan 1.73 2021 down 55.5% falling
86 Comoros 1.69 2021 down 31.5% falling
87 Cambodia 1.69 2021 down 34.2% volatile
88 Uzbekistan 1.68 2021 down 13.5% falling
89 North Korea 1.66 2021 down 34.8% falling
90 Eswatini 1.66 2021 down 33.1% falling
91 Panama 1.65 2021 down 12.2% falling
92 Iran 1.65 2021 down 36.6% falling
93 Azerbaijan 1.63 2021 up 6.0% falling
94 Vietnam 1.62 2021 down 12.0% falling
95 Tunisia 1.61 2021 down 3.6% falling
96 Dominican Republic 1.6 2021 down 16.7% falling
97 Belize 1.56 2021 down 22.1% falling
98 Dominica 1.56 2021 down 10.0% falling
99 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.55 2021 down 10.1% falling
100 Kyrgyzstan 1.53 2021 down 11.3% falling
101 Libya 1.49 2021 down 39.9% falling
102 Algeria 1.43 2021 down 27.9% falling
103 Mexico 1.42 2021 down 8.9% falling
104 Jamaica 1.41 2021 down 16.7% falling
105 Kazakhstan 1.36 2021 down 27.4% falling
106 Moldova 1.35 2021 down 8.8% falling
107 Ecuador 1.34 2021 down 28.7% falling
108 Colombia 1.31 2021 down 13.4% falling
109 Seychelles 1.31 2021 down 10.1% falling
110 Brazil 1.28 2021 down 21.1% falling
111 Trinidad and Tobago 1.28 2021 down 20.0% falling
112 British Virgin Islands 1.27 2021 down 16.6% falling
113 Samoa 1.24 2021 down 4.4% rising
114 Bahamas 1.24 2021 down 18.3% flat
115 Peru 1.23 2021 down 27.9% falling
116 Saint Lucia 1.21 2021 down 10.1% falling
117 Oman 1.16 2021 down 12.2% falling
118 Barbados 1.14 2021 down 17.9% falling
119 Tajikistan 1.05 2021 down 19.4% volatile
120 Russia 1.03 2021 down 34.6% falling
121 Jordan 1.01 2021 down 22.0% falling
122 Georgia 1 2021 down 28.3% falling
123 Turkey 0.9988 2021 down 38.9% falling
124 Malaysia 0.9987 2021 down 32.0% falling
125 Albania 0.9946 2021 down 26.4% falling
126 Cape Verde 0.9794 2021 down 34.4% falling
127 Cuba 0.9717 2021 down 8.3% falling
128 Armenia 0.9614 2021 down 3.7% falling
129 Costa Rica 0.9547 2021 down 14.4% falling
130 Lebanon 0.9473 2021 down 22.7% falling
131 Cook Islands 0.9469 2021 down 23.6% falling
132 Mauritius 0.9466 2021 down 19.5% falling
133 Brunei 0.9449 2021 down 15.4% falling
134 Morocco 0.9398 2021 down 25.9% falling
135 Bahrain 0.9322 2021 down 12.9% falling
136 China 0.9294 2021 down 22.9% falling
137 Romania 0.9174 2021 down 28.0% falling
138 Kuwait 0.9168 2021 down 18.0% falling
139 Antigua and Barbuda 0.9166 2021 down 23.4% falling
140 Ukraine 0.9074 2021 down 30.5% falling
141 Uruguay 0.8609 2021 down 23.6% falling
142 Bulgaria 0.8517 2021 down 28.2% falling
143 Argentina 0.844 2021 down 37.9% falling
144 Sri Lanka 0.8401 2021 down 50.8% volatile
145 North Macedonia 0.8294 2021 up 2.7% falling
146 Maldives 0.8246 2021 down 46.5% falling
147 Tonga 0.7778 2021 down 44.6% falling
148 United States 0.7774 2021 up 7.8% falling
149 Saudi Arabia 0.7703 2021 down 40.6% volatile
150 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.7537 2021 down 14.9% falling
151 United Arab Emirates 0.7399 2021 down 23.5% falling
152 Chile 0.7146 2021 down 19.5% falling
153 Anguilla 0.7082 2021 down 19.8% falling
154 Lithuania 0.6969 2021 down 34.3% falling
155 Montserrat 0.6809 2021 down 23.0% falling
156 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6714 2021 down 2.9% volatile
157 Serbia 0.662 2021 down 14.8% falling
158 Slovakia 0.6272 2021 down 22.6% falling
159 Cyprus 0.6272 2021 down 15.7% falling
160 Qatar 0.6194 2021 down 41.6% falling
161 New Zealand 0.6041 2021 down 28.7% falling
162 Malta 0.5696 2021 down 13.0% falling
163 Croatia 0.559 2021 up 1.8% falling
164 Belarus 0.5555 2021 down 44.1% falling
165 Estonia 0.5471 2021 down 37.5% falling
166 Poland 0.5457 2021 down 26.4% falling
167 Canada 0.5306 2021 down 10.6% falling
168 Hungary 0.5186 2021 down 26.7% falling
169 Portugal 0.4642 2021 down 23.4% falling
170 Montenegro 0.4617 2021 down 34.1% falling
171 Latvia 0.4617 2021 down 54.7% falling
172 Czechia 0.4468 2021 down 23.4% falling
173 Monaco 0.4291 2021 down 20.5% falling
174 Austria 0.4223 2021 down 18.1% falling
175 Netherlands 0.4164 2021 down 17.9% falling
176 Belgium 0.4159 2021 down 22.3% falling
177 Israel 0.413 2021 down 28.4% falling
178 Australia 0.4105 2021 down 20.1% falling
179 Andorra 0.4089 2021 down 30.1% falling
180 Greece 0.408 2021 down 28.3% falling
181 United Kingdom 0.4009 2021 down 20.1% falling
182 South Korea 0.4006 2021 down 27.7% volatile
183 Sweden 0.3974 2021 down 19.1% falling
184 Germany 0.3954 2021 down 15.2% falling
185 Finland 0.3927 2021 down 23.6% falling
186 Japan 0.3879 2021 down 55.5% falling
187 Switzerland 0.3855 2021 down 18.8% falling
188 Norway 0.3853 2021 down 22.2% falling
189 Spain 0.3683 2021 down 29.2% falling
190 France 0.3649 2021 down 18.1% falling
191 Slovenia 0.3649 2021 down 29.9% falling
192 Singapore 0.3579 2021 down 31.4% falling
193 Italy 0.352 2021 down 30.4% falling
194 Denmark 0.3484 2021 down 15.7% falling
195 Iceland 0.342 2021 down 32.3% falling
196 Ireland 0.3304 2021 down 34.9% falling
197 San Marino 0.2825 2021 down 30.4% volatile
198 Luxembourg 0.1613 2021 down 29.0% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Adolescent mortality rate (per 1 000 age specific cohort)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
213 places, 6,816 data points, 1990–2021
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