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

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.

Countries reporting
218
Highest
464.08 per 1,000 male adults
Lesotho
Lowest
31.22 per 1,000 male adults
Monaco
Median
176.24 per 1,000 male adults
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
17,145

What the numbers show

Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) is currently reported for 218 countries. The highest value is 464.08 per 1,000 male adults in Lesotho; the lowest is 31.22 per 1,000 male adults in Monaco.

The median across all reporting countries is 176.24 per 1,000 male adults, and the mean is 173.86 per 1,000 male adults.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 203 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine, State of (up 30.0%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 52.3%).

Mortality rate, adult, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 464.08 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 25.8% rising
2 Central African Republic 390.38 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 46.8% rising
3 Naoero 383.5 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 9.0% rising
4 Chad 378 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 6.3% falling
5 Zimbabwe 361.89 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 14.4% rising
6 South Sudan 355.02 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 31.3% falling
7 Nigeria 354.91 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 6.3% falling
8 South Africa 353.7 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 12.4% rising
9 Kenya 353.35 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 5.8% rising
10 Eswatini 346.97 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 40.0% rising
11 Somalia 323.89 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 9.2% falling
12 Côte d'Ivoire 318.01 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 14.3% falling
13 Mozambique 312.58 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 20.4% falling
14 Tuvalu 310.27 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 7.2% falling
15 Micronesia, Federated States of 307.35 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 2.8% falling
16 Namibia 302.25 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 37.0% rising
17 Russian Federation 294.23 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 13.4% rising
18 Benin 287.55 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 0.3% falling
19 Liberia 286.64 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 8.0% falling
20 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 285.03 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 9.6% falling
21 Burkina Faso 284.03 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 7.5% falling
22 Burundi 283.84 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 11.1% falling
23 Tanzania, United Republic of 279.54 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 12.5% falling
24 El Salvador 278.72 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 5.1% falling
25 Republic of Moldova 274.19 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 4.4% falling
26 Malawi 272.63 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 25.8% falling
27 Cameroon 272.06 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 18.3% falling
28 Sao Tome and Principe 272.02 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 17.2% falling
29 Haiti 271.54 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 4.7% falling
30 Guinea-Bissau 271.06 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 17.0% falling
31 Congo 270.24 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 9.5% falling
32 Mali 269.9 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 7.7% falling
33 Angola 269.02 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 14.1% falling
34 Uganda 268.15 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 21.9% falling
35 Guinea 266.12 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 12.0% falling
36 Papua New Guinea 266.08 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 6.5% falling
37 Guyana 265.18 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 13.4% falling
38 Ghana 265.17 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 6.6% falling
39 Mongolia 265.03 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 15.1% falling
40 Marshall Islands 262.17 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 7.9% falling
41 Fiji 261.84 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 9.1% falling
42 Equatorial Guinea 258.82 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 11.0% falling
43 Madagascar 256.68 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 2.2% falling
44 Myanmar 252.74 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 8.4% falling
45 Togo 249.68 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 17.9% falling
46 Rwanda 248.46 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 12.9% falling
47 Djibouti 247.06 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 14.8% falling
48 Gabon 244.14 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 6.0% falling
49 Sudan 243.99 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 9.7% falling
50 Gambia 243.56 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 10.9% falling
51 Ethiopia 242.79 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 14.0% falling
52 Sierra Leone 240.31 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 28.1% falling
53 Ukraine 235.75 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 17.4% rising
54 Bulgaria 234.35 per 1,000 male adults 2021 up 20.7% rising
55 Belarus 231.32 per 1,000 male adults 2018 down 30.8% rising
56 Zambia 230.62 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 35.8% rising
57 Philippines 229.8 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 5.7% falling
58 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 227.68 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 5.0% falling
59 Comoros 227.54 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 10.1% falling
60 Palau 226.91 per 1,000 male adults 2023 down 12.5% falling
61 Kyrgyzstan 224.1 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 18.6% falling
62 Botswana 223.69 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 38.4% flat
63 Niger 222.31 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 12.2% falling
64 Afghanistan 221.63 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 20.3% falling
65 Kiribati 220.58 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 3.0% falling
66 Greenland 220.16 per 1,000 male adults 2024 up 0.6% falling
67 Palestine, State of 217.24 per 1,000 male adults 2024 up 30.0% falling
68 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 216.19 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 2.8% falling
69 Georgia 216.05 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 8.1% falling
70 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 215.73 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 2.6% rising
71 Latvia 214.54 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 11.1% flat
72 Eritrea 214.07 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 14.7% falling
73 Saint Kitts and Nevis 213.97 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 3.1% falling
74 Kazakhstan 212.97 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 22.4% falling
75 Thailand 211.11 per 1,000 male adults 2024 up 2.7% falling
76 Tonga 210.76 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 7.8% falling
77 American Samoa 209.06 per 1,000 male adults 2023 up 10.5% falling
78 Bahamas 208.11 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 5.3% falling
79 Turkmenistan 207.92 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 7.7% falling
80 Cambodia 206.85 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 4.7% volatile
81 Guatemala 202.8 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 10.8% falling
82 Mauritania 202.62 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 12.7% falling
83 Timor-Leste 202.49 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 13.7% falling
84 Senegal 200.96 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 12.5% falling
85 Jamaica 200.17 per 1,000 male adults 2024 up 13.8% falling
86 Pakistan 199.97 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 8.0% falling
87 Lao People's Democratic Republic 198.27 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 12.3% falling
88 Seychelles 198.11 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 5.7% falling
89 Suriname 197.12 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 18.9% falling
90 Uzbekistan 196.37 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 7.6% falling
91 Guam 196.21 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 3.7% falling
92 Libya 195.03 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 13.2% falling
93 Belize 194.66 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 13.5% falling
94 Mexico 192.69 per 1,000 male adults 2024 up 3.1% falling
95 Yemen 191.32 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 5.9% falling
96 Saint Lucia 191.17 per 1,000 male adults 2024 up 5.1% falling
97 Vanuatu 188.03 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 9.7% falling
98 Indonesia 187.77 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 8.9% falling
99 Samoa 183.92 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 5.4% falling
100 Solomon Islands 183.76 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 11.9% falling
101 Trinidad and Tobago 183.18 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 0.8% falling
102 Mauritius 182.3 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 1.9% falling
103 Dominica 179.38 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 3.1% falling
104 Viet Nam 179.05 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 6.0% falling
105 Dominican Republic 178.63 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 5.8% falling
106 Lithuania 178.28 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 28.2% flat
107 Nepal 178.03 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 14.2% falling
108 Paraguay 176.86 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 2.3% falling
109 Romania 176.43 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 8.9% rising
110 United States Virgin Islands 176.04 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 7.7% falling
111 India 175.63 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 15.7% falling
112 Armenia 175.38 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 9.8% falling
113 Honduras 173.81 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 10.7% falling
114 Nicaragua 170.94 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 17.5% falling
115 Brazil 169.8 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 11.0% falling
116 Egypt 169.06 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 16.5% falling
117 Tajikistan 165.82 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 14.2% falling
118 Hungary 164.52 per 1,000 male adults 2020 down 24.9% flat
119 Syrian Arab Republic 163.45 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 52.3% falling
120 Grenada 163.25 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 4.6% falling
121 Cape Verde 158.59 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 18.6% falling
122 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 155.19 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 6.9% falling
123 Iraq 153.92 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 23.6% falling
124 Azerbaijan 153.16 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 15.4% falling
125 Malaysia 147.76 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 9.8% falling
126 United States of America 146.89 per 1,000 male adults 2023 up 11.9% falling
127 Poland 144.16 per 1,000 male adults 2023 down 16.4% falling
128 Barbados 141.5 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 0.9% falling
129 Bangladesh 141.38 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 24.4% falling
130 Serbia 137.37 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 11.4% falling
131 Estonia 137.23 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 24.2% falling
132 Uruguay 137.13 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 9.3% falling
133 Bhutan 137.02 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 18.1% falling
134 Brunei Darussalam 135.77 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 6.2% falling
135 Peru 135.35 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 18.1% falling
136 Sri Lanka 133.79 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 16.2% falling
137 Ecuador 133.22 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 5.9% falling
138 Curaçao 133.07 per 1,000 male adults 2024 up 0.4% falling
139 Montenegro 132.42 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 0.9% falling
140 Slovakia 129.32 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 15.8% falling
141 Czechia 126.9 per 1,000 male adults 2021 down 3.6% falling
142 Argentina 125.9 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 13.5% falling
143 Cuba 123.45 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 4.5% falling
144 Colombia 122.83 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 14.4% falling
145 Cayman Islands 122.81 per 1,000 male adults 2023 down 13.2% falling
146 Antigua and Barbuda 122.41 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 9.6% falling
147 Aruba 122.04 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 13.9% falling
148 New Caledonia 118.05 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 12.6% falling
149 Bosnia and Herzegovina 117.22 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 9.8% falling
150 Puerto Rico 116.39 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 16.4% falling
151 Morocco 115.39 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 20.8% falling
152 Croatia 112.47 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 13.6% falling
153 Panama 112 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 20.9% falling
154 Türkiye 111.43 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 10.0% falling
155 Tunisia 111.28 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 11.0% falling
156 China 111.02 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 8.3% falling
157 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 109.36 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 9.1% falling
158 Turks and Caicos Islands 108.02 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 5.5% falling
159 Costa Rica 106.91 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 5.1% falling
160 Iran, Islamic Republic of 106.74 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 16.3% falling
161 North Macedonia 104.84 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 19.5% falling
162 British Virgin Islands 100.81 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 5.0% falling
163 Canada 95.49 per 1,000 male adults 2023 up 17.6% falling
164 Albania 94 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 16.6% falling
165 Chile 93.93 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 14.0% falling
166 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 90.74 per 1,000 male adults 2022 up 8.2% falling
167 Kosovo 89.21 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 15.9% falling
167 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 89.21 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 15.9% falling
169 Portugal 88.94 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 18.5% falling
170 France 88.44 per 1,000 male adults 2023 down 16.0% falling
171 Northern Mariana Islands 87.92 per 1,000 male adults 2023 down 12.8% falling
172 Slovenia 87.42 per 1,000 male adults 2019 down 29.6% falling
173 Algeria 86.86 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 12.3% volatile
174 Saudi Arabia 86.51 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 17.6% falling
175 Jordan 86.02 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 29.6% falling
176 Germany 85 per 1,000 male adults 2020 down 16.6% falling
177 Lebanon 83.63 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 1.9% volatile
178 Bermuda 82.1 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 25.2% falling
179 Greece 81.81 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 13.1% falling
180 Finland 80.36 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 18.7% falling
181 Isle of Man 79.05 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 3.9% falling
182 Saint Martin (French Part) 77.81 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 7.2% falling
183 New Zealand 77.69 per 1,000 male adults 2021 down 8.5% falling
184 Iceland 76.5 per 1,000 male adults 2023 up 10.3% falling
185 Austria 75.08 per 1,000 male adults 2023 down 16.0% falling
186 Belgium 73.08 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 20.1% falling
187 Ireland 72.8 per 1,000 male adults 2022 down 16.8% falling
188 Australia 72.64 per 1,000 male adults 2021 down 7.2% falling
189 Israel 70.74 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 2.2% falling
190 Denmark 65.83 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 24.1% falling
191 Spain 65.66 per 1,000 male adults 2023 down 17.5% falling
192 Gibraltar 65.22 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 10.4% falling
193 Italy 64.69 per 1,000 male adults 2022 down 8.4% falling
194 Japan 64.57 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 11.1% falling
195 Netherlands 64.15 per 1,000 male adults 2023 down 8.9% falling
196 Oman 64.15 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 15.3% volatile
197 Faroe Islands 63.48 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 16.0% falling
198 Channel Islands 62 per 1,000 male adults 2024 up 3.3% falling
199 Singapore 60.78 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 11.0% falling
200 Cyprus 59.94 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 10.9% volatile
201 Norway 59.44 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 14.4% falling
202 Hong Kong, China 59.1 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 12.8% falling
203 Malta 58.92 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 17.5% falling
204 Bahrain 58.1 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 14.6% volatile
205 Luxembourg 57.26 per 1,000 male adults 2023 down 29.1% falling
206 Macau, China 54.45 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 7.8% volatile
207 Republic of Korea 53.42 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 28.5% volatile
208 Switzerland 52.75 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 16.7% falling
209 Kuwait 52.2 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 19.4% falling
210 Sweden 51.86 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 21.9% falling
211 Maldives 43.78 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 30.4% volatile
212 French Polynesia 43.67 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 23.0% volatile
213 Liechtenstein 43.08 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 15.6% falling
214 Andorra 42.5 per 1,000 male adults 2023 up 3.3% falling
215 Qatar 39.05 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 17.0% volatile
216 United Arab Emirates 37.73 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 12.6% volatile
217 San Marino 35.98 per 1,000 male adults 2024 down 21.4% falling
218 Monaco 31.22 per 1,000 male adults 2023 down 22.9% volatile

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Indicator
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
Unit
per 1,000 male 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
Last refreshed

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.