Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) by country

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.

Countries reporting
218
Highest
355.43 per 1,000 female adults
Lesotho
Lowest
18.84 per 1,000 female adults
United Arab Emirates
Median
93.67 per 1,000 female adults
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
17,145

What the numbers show

Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) is currently reported for 218 countries. The highest value is 355.43 per 1,000 female adults in Lesotho; the lowest is 18.84 per 1,000 female adults in United Arab Emirates.

The median across all reporting countries is 93.67 per 1,000 female adults, and the mean is 108.27 per 1,000 female adults.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 197 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 38.1%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 52.2%).

Mortality rate, adult, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 355.43 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 30.9% rising
2 Nigeria 340.87 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 5.7% falling
3 Central African Republic 323.6 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 34.8% rising
4 Chad 307.81 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 14.0% falling
5 Naoero 304.01 per 1,000 female adults 2024 up 5.5% rising
6 Zimbabwe 273.92 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 28.0% rising
7 Kenya 271.88 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 10.4% rising
8 Côte d'Ivoire 262.25 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 22.0% falling
9 South Sudan 246.48 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 30.4% falling
10 Liberia 242.69 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 11.0% falling
11 Benin 242.36 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 6.7% falling
12 Togo 237.17 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 16.7% falling
13 South Africa 234.18 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 17.8% rising
14 Guinea 232.86 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 11.8% falling
15 Somalia 230.83 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 16.7% falling
16 Eswatini 230.65 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 51.9% rising
17 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 219.2 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 16.3% falling
18 Burundi 216.85 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 18.4% falling
19 Mali 215.82 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 13.0% falling
20 Congo 213.09 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 15.8% falling
21 Burkina Faso 207.43 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 13.7% falling
22 Madagascar 205.15 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 3.8% falling
23 Tanzania, United Republic of 199.66 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 21.9% falling
24 Equatorial Guinea 198.67 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 17.8% falling
25 Marshall Islands 196.26 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 10.8% falling
26 Sierra Leone 195.23 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 37.6% falling
27 Gambia 193.6 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 17.9% falling
28 Cameroon 192.84 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 27.4% falling
29 Guinea-Bissau 191.81 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 24.3% falling
30 Fiji 190.61 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 3.5% falling
31 Ghana 190.29 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 16.0% falling
32 Uganda 188.53 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 30.2% falling
33 Tuvalu 187.41 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 12.1% falling
34 Niger 184.44 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 15.4% falling
35 Angola 182.31 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 20.4% falling
36 Afghanistan 175.95 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 18.2% falling
37 Mozambique 175.59 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 42.1% falling
38 Papua New Guinea 175.17 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 8.8% falling
39 Djibouti 172.52 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 19.3% falling
40 Micronesia, Federated States of 171.87 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 19.6% falling
41 Namibia 170.87 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 52.2% rising
42 Rwanda 170.33 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 18.2% falling
43 Kiribati 170.01 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 5.1% falling
44 Haiti 166.34 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 15.4% falling
45 Comoros 163.49 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 16.5% falling
46 Malawi 162.19 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 38.0% falling
47 Palau 162.11 per 1,000 female adults 2023 up 7.8% falling
48 Timor-Leste 156.04 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 16.4% falling
49 Eritrea 155.86 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 19.6% falling
50 Gabon 155.3 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 16.4% falling
51 Sudan 154.56 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 15.0% falling
52 Zambia 153.35 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 46.4% rising
53 Greenland 152.12 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 3.6% falling
54 Mauritania 151.87 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 12.9% falling
55 Botswana 150.81 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 49.6% rising
56 Myanmar 150.06 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 14.1% falling
57 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 146.8 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 9.7% falling
58 Ethiopia 145.9 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 29.0% falling
59 Libya 144.97 per 1,000 female adults 2024 up 18.7% falling
60 Solomon Islands 144.42 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 9.4% falling
61 Sao Tome and Principe 144.26 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 32.2% falling
62 Guyana 144.11 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 18.0% falling
63 Samoa 142.26 per 1,000 female adults 2024 up 1.7% falling
64 Nepal 136.33 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 19.0% falling
65 Senegal 136.26 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 16.4% falling
66 Indonesia 136.15 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 13.6% falling
67 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 135.16 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 6.6% falling
68 Lao People's Democratic Republic 134.06 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 17.9% falling
69 Cambodia 131.14 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 11.7% volatile
70 Philippines 131.01 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 5.3% falling
71 Yemen 130.87 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 8.8% falling
72 Vanuatu 129.44 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 8.1% falling
73 Pakistan 128.87 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 11.9% falling
74 Jamaica 121.83 per 1,000 female adults 2024 up 3.4% falling
75 Bahamas 121.73 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 3.6% falling
76 Guatemala 121.55 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 7.8% falling
77 India 120.86 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 15.0% falling
78 American Samoa 120.6 per 1,000 female adults 2023 up 5.6% falling
79 Suriname 120.43 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 17.1% falling
80 Bulgaria 118.34 per 1,000 female adults 2021 up 38.1% falling
81 Uzbekistan 114.74 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 9.7% falling
82 El Salvador 114.44 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 5.1% falling
83 Republic of Moldova 113.12 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 6.6% falling
84 Tonga 110.57 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 8.4% falling
85 Honduras 110.35 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 15.9% falling
86 Turkmenistan 109.54 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 7.1% falling
87 Iraq 109.26 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 19.8% falling
88 Tajikistan 107.85 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 13.9% falling
89 Grenada 106.93 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 5.3% falling
90 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 105.21 per 1,000 female adults 2024 up 8.8% falling
91 Belize 104.82 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 16.8% falling
92 Mongolia 104.74 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 25.2% falling
93 Syrian Arab Republic 103.55 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 26.0% falling
94 Trinidad and Tobago 102.72 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 3.4% falling
95 Saint Kitts and Nevis 102.7 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 9.3% falling
96 Dominican Republic 102.16 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 1.5% falling
97 Bangladesh 101.5 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 22.2% falling
98 Egypt 101.21 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 16.0% falling
99 Seychelles 100.73 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 4.2% falling
100 Palestine, State of 100.27 per 1,000 female adults 2024 up 7.1% falling
101 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 99.92 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 6.7% falling
102 Guam 99.47 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 3.6% falling
103 Kyrgyzstan 98.13 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 20.4% falling
104 Bhutan 96.68 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 24.1% falling
105 Russian Federation 96.38 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 21.6% flat
106 Nicaragua 94.57 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 17.3% falling
107 Paraguay 94.48 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 5.9% falling
108 Mexico 94.46 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 4.3% falling
109 Mauritius 94.33 per 1,000 female adults 2024 up 0.3% falling
110 Brunei Darussalam 93 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 8.2% falling
111 Saint Lucia 91.27 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 7.5% falling
112 Thailand 89.94 per 1,000 female adults 2024 up 2.7% volatile
113 Peru 88.37 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 19.2% falling
114 Kazakhstan 87.93 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 21.9% falling
115 Cayman Islands 87.01 per 1,000 female adults 2023 down 10.5% falling
116 Dominica 85.48 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 22.0% falling
117 Ukraine 85.18 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 19.3% flat
118 Barbados 84.54 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 6.4% falling
119 Antigua and Barbuda 84.46 per 1,000 female adults 2024 up 0.2% falling
120 Brazil 83.42 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 8.7% falling
121 United States of America 82.42 per 1,000 female adults 2023 up 5.6% falling
122 Argentina 80.31 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 7.3% falling
123 Malaysia 80.23 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 10.9% falling
124 Belarus 79.84 per 1,000 female adults 2018 down 28.5% rising
125 Hungary 78.36 per 1,000 female adults 2020 down 17.4% falling
126 Morocco 75.65 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 27.9% falling
127 Ecuador 75.2 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 10.9% falling
128 Latvia 74.3 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 16.5% falling
129 Uruguay 73.5 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 8.3% falling
130 Georgia 73.4 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 11.9% falling
131 Viet Nam 73.18 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 6.3% falling
132 Romania 71.95 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 12.9% falling
133 Turks and Caicos Islands 71.57 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 10.1% falling
134 Azerbaijan 71.21 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 17.4% falling
135 Cuba 69.93 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 9.3% falling
136 Serbia 69.31 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 13.2% falling
137 Lithuania 69.27 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 17.6% falling
138 Algeria 68.64 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 13.8% volatile
139 Montenegro 66.86 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 10.7% falling
140 Colombia 65.59 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 11.9% falling
141 Cape Verde 62.61 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 18.4% volatile
142 Northern Mariana Islands 61.57 per 1,000 female adults 2023 down 12.0% falling
143 Czechia 61.34 per 1,000 female adults 2021 up 3.1% falling
144 Panama 61.12 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 17.9% falling
145 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 61.09 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 7.7% falling
146 New Caledonia 61.06 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 12.4% volatile
147 Bosnia and Herzegovina 59.98 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 8.7% falling
148 Aruba 59.82 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 7.8% falling
149 Armenia 57.47 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 18.5% falling
150 Lebanon 57.09 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 3.1% volatile
151 North Macedonia 56.95 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 16.8% falling
152 Slovakia 56.48 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 10.0% falling
153 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 56.4 per 1,000 female adults 2022 up 3.9% falling
154 Iran, Islamic Republic of 56.38 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 21.5% volatile
155 Jordan 56.29 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 31.2% falling
156 Chile 56.06 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 9.5% falling
157 Sri Lanka 55.98 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 15.4% falling
158 China 55.97 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 11.9% volatile
159 Poland 55.75 per 1,000 female adults 2023 down 16.6% falling
160 Costa Rica 55.32 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 5.2% falling
161 Canada 54.89 per 1,000 female adults 2023 up 7.7% falling
162 Tunisia 54.54 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 17.5% volatile
163 Saudi Arabia 54.45 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 18.6% volatile
164 Curaçao 54.23 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 8.7% falling
165 Estonia 54.18 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 17.0% falling
166 United States Virgin Islands 52.44 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 20.3% falling
167 Türkiye 50.66 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 7.4% falling
168 British Virgin Islands 49.64 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 6.2% falling
169 Bahrain 49.46 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 12.1% volatile
170 Kosovo 49.22 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 11.2% falling
170 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 49.22 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 11.2% falling
172 New Zealand 49.19 per 1,000 female adults 2021 down 11.5% falling
173 Croatia 49.08 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 15.0% falling
174 Isle of Man 49.06 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 14.3% falling
175 Albania 46.82 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 17.5% falling
176 Iceland 46.7 per 1,000 female adults 2023 up 18.9% falling
177 Germany 46.2 per 1,000 female adults 2020 down 13.3% falling
178 Bermuda 46 per 1,000 female adults 2024 up 4.0% falling
179 Oman 45.99 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 17.6% volatile
180 France 44.99 per 1,000 female adults 2023 down 10.9% falling
181 Ireland 44.09 per 1,000 female adults 2022 down 16.0% falling
182 Netherlands 43.63 per 1,000 female adults 2023 down 14.8% falling
183 Belgium 43.5 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 18.3% falling
184 Puerto Rico 42.13 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 17.9% falling
185 Australia 41.65 per 1,000 female adults 2021 down 9.6% falling
186 Portugal 41.54 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 7.7% falling
187 Channel Islands 41 per 1,000 female adults 2024 up 7.9% falling
188 Finland 40.62 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 9.8% falling
189 Austria 39.54 per 1,000 female adults 2023 down 12.8% falling
190 Denmark 39.14 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 24.5% falling
191 Slovenia 38.48 per 1,000 female adults 2019 down 28.1% falling
192 Malta 38.3 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 0.5% falling
193 Israel 37.59 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 9.4% falling
194 Faroe Islands 36.99 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 11.7% falling
195 Italy 36.62 per 1,000 female adults 2022 down 7.7% falling
196 Saint Martin (French Part) 36.58 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 6.4% falling
197 Japan 36.56 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 5.7% falling
198 Norway 36.2 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 16.8% falling
199 Greece 35.12 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 6.9% falling
200 Gibraltar 34.59 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 10.1% falling
201 Spain 34.23 per 1,000 female adults 2023 down 13.1% falling
202 Luxembourg 33.67 per 1,000 female adults 2023 down 35.8% falling
203 Cyprus 33.37 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 5.5% volatile
204 Singapore 33.19 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 17.3% falling
205 Sweden 32.91 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 22.7% falling
206 Hong Kong, China 32.77 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 10.1% volatile
207 Switzerland 31.16 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 15.0% falling
208 Maldives 31.09 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 35.3% volatile
209 Qatar 30.73 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 14.6% volatile
210 Liechtenstein 30.25 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 13.3% falling
211 San Marino 29.88 per 1,000 female adults 2024 up 0.4% falling
212 Kuwait 28.39 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 24.3% falling
213 Andorra 27.39 per 1,000 female adults 2023 up 8.0% falling
214 Macau, China 27.19 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 1.0% volatile
215 French Polynesia 25.55 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 21.7% volatile
216 Republic of Korea 20.5 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 22.8% volatile
217 Monaco 19.35 per 1,000 female adults 2023 down 8.4% volatile
218 United Arab Emirates 18.84 per 1,000 female adults 2024 down 19.2% volatile

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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
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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.