Annual death rates in different age groups by sex by country

Countries reporting
236
Highest
68.81
Sierra Leone
Lowest
0.403
Iceland
Median
9.57
Years covered
273
1751–2023
Data points
18,722

What the numbers show

Annual death rates in different age groups by sex is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 68.81 in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 0.403 in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 9.57, and the mean is 15.6.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 171.

Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 216 fell. The largest increase was in Lebanon (up 44.7%), and the largest decrease in Iceland (down 85.1%).

Annual death rates in different age groups by sex: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sierra Leone 68.81 2023 down 29.9% falling
1 Niue 17.52 2023 down 25.9% volatile
2 Nigeria 67.32 2023 down 17.4% falling
2 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 9.53 2023 down 6.8% falling
3 Central African Republic 65.59 2023 down 25.0% falling
3 Mayotte 7.73 2023 up 25.2% volatile
4 Somalia 64.05 2023 down 26.1% falling
4 Montserrat 5.45 2023 down 29.4% volatile
5 Niger 63.68 2023 down 9.1% falling
5 Cook Islands 5.32 2023 down 29.7% volatile
6 Guinea 62.55 2023 down 17.6% falling
6 Anguilla 3.25 2023 down 28.0% volatile
7 South Sudan 62.14 2023 down 4.0% falling
7 Tokelau 3.1 2023 down 36.9% volatile
8 Chad 61.55 2023 down 25.3% falling
9 Mali 58.73 2023 down 22.9% falling
10 Lesotho 53.09 2023 down 15.3% falling
11 Liberia 52.77 2023 down 22.4% falling
12 Burkina Faso 50.22 2023 down 27.0% falling
13 Equatorial Guinea 49.7 2023 down 28.1% falling
14 Benin 49.51 2023 down 21.1% falling
15 Mozambique 47.21 2023 down 29.0% falling
16 Pakistan 46.82 2023 down 27.1% falling
17 Côte d'Ivoire 46.7 2023 down 26.6% falling
18 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 45.91 2023 down 26.6% falling
19 Guinea-Bissau 45.53 2023 down 28.2% falling
20 Angola 45.32 2023 down 33.2% falling
21 Cameroon 44.28 2023 down 28.4% falling
22 Madagascar 42.18 2023 down 2.4% falling
23 Afghanistan 41.52 2023 down 27.1% volatile
24 Haiti 40.14 2023 down 24.6% falling
25 Kiribati 39.54 2023 down 6.6% falling
26 Togo 38.32 2023 down 26.7% falling
27 Comoros 35.52 2023 down 27.9% falling
28 Zambia 35.26 2023 down 23.5% falling
29 Eswatini 34.97 2023 down 29.1% falling
30 Timor-Leste 34.52 2023 down 26.0% volatile
31 Sudan 33.61 2023 down 23.2% falling
32 Djibouti 33.53 2023 down 24.1% falling
33 Burundi 32.92 2023 down 31.4% falling
34 Zimbabwe 30.44 2023 down 29.9% falling
35 Papua New Guinea 29.96 2023 down 26.0% volatile
36 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 29.8 2023 down 25.9% falling
37 Yemen 29.59 2023 down 20.3% volatile
38 Ethiopia 29.28 2023 down 32.8% falling
39 Myanmar 28.94 2023 down 30.0% volatile
40 Lao People's Democratic Republic 28.38 2023 down 32.1% volatile
41 Mauritania 28.04 2023 down 26.1% volatile
42 Ghana 27.82 2023 down 28.4% falling
43 Turkmenistan 27.56 2023 down 6.5% falling
44 Kenya 26.9 2023 down 19.6% falling
45 Tanzania, United Republic of 26.51 2023 down 34.4% falling
46 Malawi 26.49 2023 down 39.7% falling
47 Gambia 26.44 2023 down 30.9% falling
48 Botswana 26.41 2023 down 26.5% falling
49 Dominica 26.31 2023 up 28.4% volatile
50 Congo 26.3 2023 down 28.0% falling
51 South Africa 26.29 2023 down 7.4% falling
52 Uganda 25.99 2023 down 36.4% falling
53 Rwanda 25.44 2023 down 29.2% falling
54 Gabon 24.79 2023 down 30.6% falling
55 Namibia 24.65 2023 down 22.2% falling
56 Eritrea 23.9 2023 down 26.4% volatile
57 Dominican Republic 23.35 2023 down 9.8% volatile
58 India 22.95 2023 down 43.9% falling
59 Tajikistan 21.49 2023 down 25.0% falling
60 Senegal 21.44 2023 down 36.7% falling
61 Bangladesh 21.18 2023 down 36.2% volatile
62 Western Sahara 20.9 2023 down 31.4% volatile
63 Fiji 20.68 2023 up 32.1% volatile
64 Nepal 20.25 2023 down 37.4% volatile
65 Marshall Islands 19.43 2023 down 25.1% falling
66 Guyana 18.76 2023 down 25.7% falling
67 Naoero 18.71 2023 down 25.3% falling
68 Philippines 18.42 2023 down 4.6% falling
69 Bhutan 17.45 2023 down 32.1% volatile
70 Iraq 17.15 2023 down 28.8% volatile
71 Cambodia 17 2023 down 36.2% volatile
72 Algeria 16.47 2023 down 19.5% volatile
73 Micronesia, Federated States of 16.31 2023 down 26.7% volatile
74 Palau 16.12 2023 up 8.1% volatile
75 Guatemala 15.67 2023 down 30.5% volatile
76 Indonesia 15.46 2023 down 30.5% volatile
77 Libya 15.42 2023 up 39.1% volatile
78 Syrian Arab Republic 15.09 2023 down 25.2% volatile
79 Wallis and Futuna 14.62 2023 down 10.0% volatile
80 Lebanon 14.44 2023 up 44.7% volatile
81 Tuvalu 14.13 2023 down 29.3% volatile
82 Jamaica 14.05 2023 up 2.1% volatile
83 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 14.02 2023 up 6.0% volatile
84 Vanuatu 13.86 2023 down 19.7% volatile
85 Egypt 13.48 2023 down 30.6% volatile
86 Azerbaijan 13.45 2023 down 43.2% volatile
87 Saint Lucia 13.11 2023 down 6.4% volatile
88 Solomon Islands 13.09 2023 down 27.3% volatile
89 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 12.9 2023 down 25.1% volatile
90 Palestine, State of 12.85 2023 down 15.5% volatile
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.84 2023 down 7.7% volatile
92 Morocco 12.74 2023 down 35.8% volatile
93 Kyrgyzstan 12.6 2023 down 31.3% volatile
94 Paraguay 12.45 2023 down 28.8% falling
95 Suriname 12.44 2023 down 24.8% volatile
96 Viet Nam 12.33 2023 down 9.3% volatile
97 Trinidad and Tobago 12.19 2023 down 25.0% volatile
98 Grenada 11.95 2023 up 8.2% volatile
99 Mauritius 11.92 2023 down 0.6% volatile
100 Samoa 11.82 2023 down 17.3% volatile
101 Panama 11.68 2023 down 6.6% volatile
102 Honduras 11.58 2023 down 29.5% volatile
103 Saint Kitts and Nevis 11.3 2023 down 18.1% volatile
104 Sao Tome and Principe 10.92 2023 down 49.7% volatile
105 Aruba 10.86 2023 down 12.3% volatile
106 Seychelles 10.86 2023 down 0.2% volatile
107 Nicaragua 10.82 2023 down 29.6% volatile
108 Guam 10.67 2023 up 10.9% volatile
109 Brazil 10.66 2023 down 18.4% volatile
110 Sint Maarten 10.65 2023 down 9.3% volatile
111 Jordan 10.45 2023 down 25.5% volatile
112 Peru 10.39 2023 down 20.0% volatile
113 Republic of Moldova 10.31 2023 down 14.3% volatile
114 Uzbekistan 10.15 2023 down 39.5% volatile
115 Bahamas 10.08 2023 down 12.6% volatile
116 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 9.99 2023 down 4.2% volatile
117 Isle of Man 9.6 2023 down 14.6% falling
118 Iran, Islamic Republic of 9.36 2023 down 31.2% volatile
119 Mexico 9.34 2023 down 27.9% volatile
120 Mongolia 9.31 2023 down 40.8% volatile
121 British Virgin Islands 9.14 2023 down 18.0% volatile
122 Falkland Islands, Malvinas 8.94 2023 down 10.6% volatile
123 Malta 8.93 2023 up 36.4% volatile
124 Cape Verde 8.84 2023 down 44.2% volatile
125 Greenland 8.81 2023 up 4.1% volatile
126 Colombia 8.71 2023 down 28.1% volatile
127 Barbados 8.56 2023 down 24.9% volatile
128 El Salvador 8.54 2023 down 31.5% volatile
129 Ecuador 8.52 2023 down 28.8% volatile
130 Türkiye 8.51 2023 down 28.7% volatile
131 Jersey 8.47 2023 up 15.9% falling
132 Argentina 8.32 2023 down 24.5% volatile
133 Tunisia 8.11 2023 down 41.2% volatile
134 Tonga 7.92 2023 down 15.7% volatile
135 American Samoa 7.88 2023 down 4.1% volatile
136 New Caledonia 7.81 2023 down 21.6% volatile
137 Belize 7.78 2023 down 39.0% volatile
138 Armenia 7.75 2023 down 38.4% volatile
139 Oman 7.65 2023 down 8.8% volatile
140 Brunei Darussalam 7.53 2023 down 0.9% volatile
141 Albania 7.49 2023 down 11.1% volatile
142 Georgia 7.17 2023 down 20.4% volatile
143 Kazakhstan 6.99 2023 down 34.9% volatile
144 Curaçao 6.9 2023 down 20.5% volatile
145 Gibraltar 6.79 2023 down 10.4% falling
146 Saint Martin (French part) 6.73 2023 down 7.1% volatile
147 Antigua and Barbuda 6.66 2023 down 18.0% volatile
148 Martinique 6.6 2023 up 2.4% volatile
149 Kuwait 6.51 2023 down 12.8% volatile
150 French Guiana 6.37 2023 down 12.4% volatile
151 Costa Rica 6.03 2023 down 19.7% volatile
152 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5.96 2023 down 9.2% falling
153 Guadeloupe 5.92 2023 down 0.3% volatile
154 Holy See 5.79 2023 down 5.1% volatile
155 Malaysia 5.73 2023 down 3.6% volatile
156 Liechtenstein 5.65 2023 down 12.1% volatile
157 Thailand 5.51 2023 down 28.9% volatile
158 Ukraine 5.48 2023 down 21.5% volatile
159 Bailiwick of Guernsey 5.47 2023 down 9.6% falling
160 Uruguay 5.29 2023 down 28.8% volatile
161 Bahrain 5.13 2023 down 20.7% volatile
162 Andorra 5.12 2023 up 7.1% volatile
163 Réunion 4.91 2023 down 15.1% volatile
164 Puerto Rico 4.91 2023 down 1.1% volatile
165 Faroe Islands 4.9 2023 down 8.7% volatile
166 Saudi Arabia 4.9 2023 down 39.5% volatile
167 French Polynesia 4.87 2023 down 20.5% volatile
168 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.82 2023 down 7.4% volatile
169 United States of America 4.8 2023 down 10.4% volatile
170 China 4.73 2023 down 49.1% volatile
171 Saint Barthélemy 4.69 2023 up 5.0% volatile
172 Northern Mariana Islands 4.53 2023 down 22.7% volatile
173 Sri Lanka 4.49 2023 down 37.2% volatile
174 Romania 4.47 2023 down 46.8% volatile
175 New Zealand 4.33 2023 up 12.4% volatile
176 Bulgaria 4.32 2023 down 33.6% volatile
177 United States Virgin Islands 4.3 2023 down 30.2% volatile
178 United Arab Emirates 4.29 2023 down 25.0% volatile
179 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.18 2023 down 18.3% volatile
180 North Macedonia 4.15 2023 down 57.4% volatile
181 Slovakia 4.02 2023 down 23.8% volatile
182 Qatar 3.86 2023 down 40.1% volatile
183 Maldives 3.86 2023 down 54.0% volatile
184 Canada 3.77 2023 down 17.9% volatile
185 Monaco 3.76 2023 down 7.4% volatile
186 Chile 3.73 2023 down 45.7% volatile
187 Serbia 3.71 2023 down 30.9% volatile
188 Cuba 3.52 2023 down 20.7% volatile
189 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3.28 2023 down 4.2% volatile
190 Russian Federation 3.21 2023 down 55.7% volatile
191 Croatia 3.18 2023 down 16.9% volatile
192 France 3.11 2023 down 4.9% volatile
193 Netherlands 3.1 2023 down 10.5% volatile
194 Poland 3.09 2023 down 25.7% volatile
195 Australia 3.07 2023 down 12.9% volatile
196 Switzerland 3.06 2023 down 12.3% volatile
197 Greece 3.05 2023 down 6.5% volatile
198 Latvia 2.95 2023 down 28.0% volatile
199 Belgium 2.93 2023 down 3.5% volatile
200 Cyprus 2.89 2023 up 14.4% volatile
201 Hungary 2.81 2023 down 34.5% volatile
202 Luxembourg 2.79 2023 down 24.8% volatile
203 Germany 2.7 2023 down 9.1% volatile
204 Taiwan, China 2.67 2023 down 19.9% volatile
205 Ireland 2.65 2023 down 16.0% volatile
206 Denmark 2.57 2023 down 27.4% volatile
207 Austria 2.38 2023 down 11.3% volatile
208 Portugal 2.35 2023 up 0.6% volatile
209 Israel 2.35 2023 down 19.1% volatile
210 Lithuania 2.23 2023 down 24.6% volatile
211 Spain 2.17 2023 down 11.8% volatile
212 Italy 2.09 2023 down 16.0% volatile
213 Czechia 1.95 2023 down 4.5% volatile
214 Finland 1.84 2023 up 21.0% volatile
215 Republic of Korea 1.83 2023 down 29.7% volatile
216 Sweden 1.69 2023 down 32.3% volatile
217 Belarus 1.63 2023 down 48.8% volatile
218 Singapore 1.61 2023 down 17.8% volatile
219 Japan 1.56 2023 down 21.5% volatile
220 Norway 1.53 2023 down 43.3% volatile
221 Slovenia 1.41 2023 down 34.7% volatile
222 Macau, China 1.31 2023 down 31.6% volatile
223 Montenegro 1.27 2023 down 62.8% volatile
224 Hong Kong, China 1.23 2023 down 36.3% volatile
225 Bermuda 1.07 2023 down 43.7% volatile
226 San Marino 0.9594 2023 down 39.1% volatile
227 Cayman Islands 0.9263 2023 down 55.4% volatile
228 Estonia 0.7971 2023 down 63.9% volatile
229 Iceland 0.403 2023 down 85.1% volatile

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Indicator
Annual death rates in different age groups by sex
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
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Coverage
236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
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