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Adult mortality rate (probability of dying between 15 and 60 years per 1000 population) by country

Countries reporting
184
Highest
573.71
Lesotho
Lowest
44.98
Switzerland
Median
169.79
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,334

What the numbers show

Adult mortality rate (probability of dying between 15 and 60 years per 1000 population) is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 573.71 in Lesotho; the lowest is 44.98 in Switzerland.

The median across all reporting countries is 169.79, and the mean is 176.18.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.

Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in Peru (up 95.4%), and the largest decrease in Somalia (down 38.0%).

Adult mortality rate (probability of dying between 15 and 60 years): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 573.71 2021 down 5.0% falling
2 Eswatini 508.86 2021 down 20.8% falling
3 Central African Republic 470.9 2021 down 7.5% falling
4 Zimbabwe 412.36 2021 down 17.5% falling
5 Somalia 404.5 2021 down 38.0% falling
6 Mozambique 386.35 2021 down 12.6% falling
7 Namibia 378.14 2021 up 7.7% falling
8 South Africa 371.43 2021 down 11.7% falling
9 Botswana 365.67 2021 down 10.7% falling
10 Guinea-Bissau 355.47 2021 up 1.0% falling
11 Afghanistan 344.17 2021 up 11.9% falling
12 Zambia 334.9 2021 down 10.6% falling
13 Kiribati 327.07 2021 up 4.8% falling
14 Malawi 323.42 2021 down 12.4% falling
15 Solomon Islands 306.54 2021 up 2.4% falling
16 South Sudan 306.44 2021 up 4.3% falling
17 Congo 304.87 2021 down 4.3% falling
18 Eritrea 295.21 2021 down 10.8% falling
19 Equatorial Guinea 288.51 2021 up 0.3% falling
20 Haiti 282.43 2021 down 1.9% falling
21 Cameroon 280.01 2021 down 15.5% falling
22 Chad 279.16 2021 down 0.8% falling
23 Micronesia, Federated States of 278.94 2021 up 0.7% falling
24 Angola 276.67 2021 down 0.4% falling
25 Vanuatu 275 2021 up 5.3% falling
26 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 272.55 2021 up 81.5% flat
27 Guyana 271.55 2021 up 4.9% falling
28 Gambia 266.81 2021 up 3.8% falling
29 Fiji 264.44 2021 up 14.0% falling
30 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 262.72 2021 down 12.8% falling
31 Gabon 260.22 2021 down 11.0% falling
32 Madagascar 250.76 2021 down 0.2% falling
33 Togo 250.75 2021 down 18.0% falling
34 Burundi 249.02 2021 down 12.7% falling
35 Côte d'Ivoire 248.13 2021 down 27.5% falling
36 Guinea 247.89 2021 down 7.5% falling
37 Uganda 247.65 2021 down 22.2% falling
38 Burkina Faso 247.42 2021 down 5.9% falling
39 Djibouti 246.18 2021 down 10.2% falling
40 Papua New Guinea 239.2 2021 up 5.7% falling
41 Mali 238.1 2021 down 1.3% falling
42 Sierra Leone 237.01 2021 down 16.2% falling
43 Liberia 236.34 2021 down 10.0% falling
44 Ghana 235.14 2021 down 14.2% falling
45 Philippines 232.52 2021 up 24.2% rising
46 Niger 229.34 2021 down 0.1% falling
47 Yemen 225.6 2021 up 27.6% flat
48 Tanzania, United Republic of 225.47 2021 down 23.8% falling
49 Guatemala 223.54 2021 up 23.5% falling
50 Russian Federation 221.17 2021 down 7.4% falling
51 India 218.99 2021 up 19.6% falling
52 Bahamas 218.24 2021 up 17.2% falling
53 Mongolia 215.44 2021 down 14.0% falling
54 Benin 212.27 2021 down 3.8% falling
55 Kenya 209.93 2021 down 37.6% falling
56 El Salvador 207.87 2021 up 27.8% rising
57 Mexico 205.59 2021 up 54.8% rising
58 Rwanda 205.48 2021 down 10.0% falling
59 Honduras 205.22 2021 up 19.4% flat
60 Pakistan 203.72 2021 up 2.0% falling
61 Senegal 202.98 2021 up 1.2% falling
62 Samoa 202.04 2021 up 9.4% rising
63 Myanmar 200.75 2021 down 10.8% falling
64 Ukraine 199.9 2021 down 1.8% falling
65 Indonesia 198.61 2021 up 14.8% falling
66 Cambodia 197.12 2021 down 4.7% falling
67 Ethiopia 195.78 2021 down 8.8% falling
68 Comoros 195.01 2021 down 2.3% falling
69 Nigeria 194.11 2021 down 11.6% falling
70 Trinidad and Tobago 192.35 2021 up 26.1% falling
71 Republic of Moldova 191.94 2021 down 2.8% falling
72 Paraguay 191.72 2021 up 51.6% rising
73 Turkmenistan 189.78 2021 up 0.6% falling
74 Lao People's Democratic Republic 188.29 2021 down 11.0% falling
75 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 187.96 2021 up 11.8% rising
76 Kazakhstan 187.04 2021 down 14.8% falling
77 Peru 186.64 2021 up 95.4% rising
78 Sudan 185.24 2021 up 6.6% falling
79 Bulgaria 178.4 2021 up 26.8% falling
80 Timor-Leste 177.2 2021 up 7.6% falling
81 Brazil 175.61 2021 up 22.2% falling
82 Latvia 175.57 2021 up 3.6% falling
83 Belize 174.82 2021 up 2.1% falling
84 Mauritania 173.29 2021 up 4.9% falling
85 Sao Tome and Principe 172.82 2021 up 0.5% falling
86 Nepal 172.25 2021 up 5.8% falling
87 Saint Lucia 171.46 2021 up 29.2% falling
88 Egypt 171.16 2021 down 0.1% falling
89 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 171 2021 up 19.7% rising
90 Tonga 170.59 2021 down 0.9% falling
91 Thailand 170.4 2021 up 16.1% falling
92 Georgia 170.12 2021 up 6.6% flat
93 Jamaica 169.47 2021 up 24.5% flat
94 Libya 166.42 2021 down 1.0% rising
95 Belarus 165.39 2021 down 27.0% falling
96 Malaysia 164.32 2021 up 23.7% rising
97 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 163.65 2021 down 5.2% falling
98 Lithuania 160.72 2021 down 12.6% falling
99 Mauritius 160.09 2021 up 4.7% falling
100 Romania 159.54 2021 up 16.3% falling
101 Cape Verde 156.06 2021 up 2.9% falling
102 Kyrgyzstan 154.83 2021 down 20.3% falling
103 Dominican Republic 149.18 2021 up 5.6% flat
104 Iraq 148.42 2021 down 7.6% falling
105 Grenada 147.04 2021 down 0.3% falling
106 Ecuador 144.93 2021 up 17.2% falling
107 Serbia 142.64 2021 up 14.9% falling
108 United States of America 141.78 2021 up 35.6% flat
109 Uzbekistan 141.56 2021 down 28.8% falling
110 Nicaragua 141.35 2021 up 20.5% flat
111 North Macedonia 140.22 2021 up 37.9% falling
112 Hungary 139.51 2021 down 7.1% falling
113 Armenia 136.82 2021 up 3.8% flat
114 Tajikistan 136.6 2021 up 1.6% falling
115 Oman 136.09 2021 up 5.4% falling
116 Morocco 135.97 2021 up 4.1% falling
117 Uruguay 134.63 2021 up 14.4% falling
118 Seychelles 132.49 2021 down 16.3% falling
119 Azerbaijan 132.19 2021 down 7.3% falling
120 Viet Nam 131.21 2021 down 6.4% falling
121 Syrian Arab Republic 130.64 2021 down 2.1% rising
122 Argentina 130.38 2021 up 11.2% falling
123 Bangladesh 130.03 2021 down 7.7% falling
124 Cuba 129.88 2021 up 37.6% falling
125 Colombia 129.09 2021 up 29.5% falling
126 Poland 128.02 2021 down 0.7% falling
127 Slovakia 127.6 2021 up 5.7% falling
128 Iran, Islamic Republic of 120.56 2021 up 26.4% falling
129 Montenegro 117.13 2021 up 6.2% falling
130 Tunisia 114.99 2021 up 26.0% falling
131 Palestine, State of 114.37 2021 up 9.8% falling
132 Lebanon 113.62 2021 up 40.3% falling
133 Estonia 113.34 2021 down 17.0% falling
134 Bhutan 110.18 2021 down 14.2% falling
135 Panama 109.28 2021 up 7.5% flat
136 Costa Rica 108.86 2021 up 33.1% flat
137 Puerto Rico 107.3 2021 down 6.5% falling
138 Sri Lanka 107.04 2021 down 13.3% falling
139 Brunei Darussalam 106.15 2021 up 17.0% rising
140 Bosnia and Herzegovina 105.03 2021 up 8.5% falling
141 Türkiye 104.5 2021 up 17.7% falling
142 Barbados 102.08 2021 down 12.7% falling
143 Jordan 97.82 2021 up 18.7% falling
144 Croatia 97.64 2021 down 4.2% falling
145 Czechia 95.14 2021 down 1.4% falling
146 Antigua and Barbuda 94.93 2021 down 13.9% falling
147 Bahrain 94.55 2021 up 7.9% falling
148 Chile 93.32 2021 up 8.0% falling
149 Algeria 90.91 2021 up 0.3% falling
150 China 88.35 2021 down 14.2% falling
151 Saudi Arabia 88.24 2021 down 14.7% falling
152 Albania 85.58 2021 down 17.1% falling
153 Greece 78.5 2021 up 3.0% falling
154 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 78.09 2021 up 9.0% falling
155 Kuwait 75.3 2021 up 20.3% falling
156 Canada 72.3 2021 up 8.2% falling
157 Portugal 71.64 2021 down 14.7% falling
158 Qatar 70.94 2021 down 22.6% falling
159 France 70.14 2021 down 15.2% falling
160 Germany 68.89 2021 down 7.4% falling
161 Slovenia 68.44 2021 down 17.1% falling
162 Finland 65.49 2021 down 21.8% falling
163 New Zealand 64.85 2021 down 6.7% falling
164 Maldives 62.89 2021 down 26.4% falling
165 Austria 61.36 2021 down 14.5% falling
166 Belgium 60.08 2021 down 25.3% falling
167 Australia 57.58 2021 down 7.1% falling
168 Netherlands 57.52 2021 down 9.9% falling
169 Ireland 56.96 2021 down 17.4% falling
170 Denmark 56.75 2021 down 26.4% falling
171 Malta 55.54 2021 down 4.5% falling
172 Spain 55.34 2021 down 15.4% falling
173 Iceland 55.18 2021 up 4.7% falling
174 Israel 54.17 2021 down 8.4% falling
175 Italy 53.73 2021 down 8.2% falling
176 Republic of Korea 53.54 2021 down 29.3% falling
177 Cyprus 53.53 2021 down 3.5% falling
178 Singapore 53.37 2021 down 6.5% falling
179 United Arab Emirates 51.58 2021 up 5.4% falling
180 Japan 50.01 2021 down 21.0% falling
181 Sweden 48.36 2021 down 15.8% falling
182 Luxembourg 48.16 2021 down 24.7% falling
183 Norway 46.52 2021 down 29.4% falling
184 Switzerland 44.98 2021 down 17.0% 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
Adult mortality rate (probability of dying between 15 and 60 years per 1000 population)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
197 places, 4,334 data points, 2000–2021
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