Mortality rate age 15-24 (UN IGME estimate, 2024) by country
Countries reporting
201
Highest
75.83
Palestine
Lowest
1.58
Luxembourg
Median
8.66
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
8,225
What the numbers show
Mortality rate age 15-24 (UN IGME estimate, 2024) is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 75.83 in Palestine; the lowest is 1.58 in Luxembourg.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.66, and the mean is 10.73.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 48.
Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 156 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 494.9%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 78.6%).
Mortality rate age 15-24 (UN IGME estimate, 2024): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palestine | 75.83 | 2024 | up 494.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Sudan | 42.33 | 2024 | up 48.0% | falling |
| 3 | Somalia | 42.27 | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 4 | South Sudan | 36.82 | 2024 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 32.27 | 2024 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Ukraine | 32.12 | 2024 | up 266.7% | flat |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | 31.41 | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 8 | Chad | 31.17 | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 30.6 | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 10 | Guinea | 28.94 | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 11 | East Timor | 28.34 | 2024 | up 41.6% | falling |
| 12 | Afghanistan | 27.79 | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 13 | Cameroon | 26.33 | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 14 | Liberia | 25.37 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 15 | Niger | 24.3 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 16 | Angola | 23.74 | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 17 | Djibouti | 23.7 | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 22.88 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 19 | Equatorial Guinea | 22.55 | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 20 | Guinea-Bissau | 22.35 | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 21 | Venezuela | 21.94 | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 22 | Eswatini | 21.25 | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 23 | Mali | 21.23 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 24 | Ecuador | 21.11 | 2024 | up 88.2% | flat |
| 25 | Benin | 20.03 | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 26 | Haiti | 18.99 | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 27 | Eritrea | 18.93 | 2024 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 28 | South Africa | 18.63 | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 29 | Mozambique | 17.87 | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 30 | Saint Lucia | 17.4 | 2024 | up 92.8% | rising |
| 31 | Namibia | 17.21 | 2024 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 32 | Burkina Faso | 17.08 | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 33 | Uganda | 17.05 | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 34 | Gambia | 16.86 | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 35 | Sao Tome and Principe | 16.63 | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 36 | Malawi | 16.63 | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 37 | Madagascar | 16.6 | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 38 | Kiribati | 16.3 | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 39 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 15.94 | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 40 | Togo | 15.78 | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 41 | Palau | 15.55 | 2024 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 42 | Nigeria | 15.52 | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 43 | Burundi | 15.43 | 2024 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Belize | 15.05 | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 45 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14.76 | 2024 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 46 | Russia | 14.53 | 2024 | up 39.1% | falling |
| 47 | Ethiopia | 14.44 | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 48 | Kenya | 14.4 | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 49 | Ghana | 14.31 | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.04 | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 51 | Papua New Guinea | 13.95 | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 52 | Guatemala | 13.75 | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 53 | Congo | 13.75 | 2024 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Botswana | 13.63 | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 55 | Mauritania | 13.51 | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 56 | Lebanon | 12.72 | 2024 | up 101.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Brazil | 12.52 | 2024 | down 21.3% | flat |
| 58 | Myanmar | 12.31 | 2024 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 59 | Guyana | 12.26 | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 60 | Zambia | 12.04 | 2024 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 61 | Tanzania | 11.79 | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 62 | Colombia | 11.7 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 11.44 | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 64 | Marshall Islands | 11.39 | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 65 | Thailand | 11.36 | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 66 | Bhutan | 11.28 | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 67 | Laos | 10.93 | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 68 | Niue | 10.7 | 2024 | down 14.9% | flat |
| 69 | Iran | 10.47 | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 70 | Jamaica | 10.44 | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 71 | Gabon | 10.44 | 2024 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 72 | Micronesia (country) | 10.41 | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 73 | Philippines | 10.41 | 2024 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 74 | Dominica | 10.27 | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 75 | El Salvador | 10.26 | 2024 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 76 | Suriname | 10.13 | 2024 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 77 | Mexico | 10.09 | 2024 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 78 | Paraguay | 9.94 | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 79 | Bahamas | 9.87 | 2024 | down 44.5% | flat |
| 80 | Solomon Islands | 9.8 | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 81 | Yemen | 9.8 | 2024 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 82 | Uruguay | 9.79 | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 83 | Tuvalu | 9.6 | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 84 | Bangladesh | 9.59 | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 85 | Fiji | 9.56 | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 86 | Honduras | 9.53 | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 87 | Lesotho | 9.51 | 2024 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 88 | Costa Rica | 9.48 | 2024 | up 40.3% | rising |
| 89 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.38 | 2024 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 90 | Panama | 9.33 | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 91 | Nepal | 9.33 | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 92 | Cambodia | 9.25 | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 9.2 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 94 | Indonesia | 9.08 | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 95 | Vanuatu | 9.05 | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 96 | Rwanda | 8.99 | 2024 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Saudi Arabia | 8.94 | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 98 | North Korea | 8.89 | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 99 | Bolivia | 8.74 | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 100 | Comoros | 8.67 | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 101 | British Virgin Islands | 8.66 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 102 | India | 8.66 | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 103 | Uzbekistan | 8.58 | 2024 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 104 | Turkmenistan | 8.32 | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 105 | Senegal | 8.3 | 2024 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 106 | Mongolia | 8.29 | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 107 | Cook Islands | 8.12 | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 108 | Pakistan | 8.08 | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 109 | Tonga | 8.07 | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 110 | Egypt | 8.06 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 111 | Iraq | 7.85 | 2024 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Seychelles | 7.79 | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 113 | Syria | 7.7 | 2024 | down 78.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Mauritius | 7.53 | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 115 | Argentina | 7.31 | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 116 | United States | 6.97 | 2024 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 117 | Peru | 6.97 | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 118 | Moldova | 6.92 | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 119 | Samoa | 6.83 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 120 | Tunisia | 6.68 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 121 | Malaysia | 6.47 | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 122 | Kazakhstan | 6.45 | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 123 | Azerbaijan | 6.36 | 2024 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Nauru | 6.18 | 2024 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 125 | Montserrat | 6.15 | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 126 | Algeria | 6.12 | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 127 | Cuba | 6.08 | 2024 | up 32.7% | falling |
| 128 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.94 | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 129 | Oman | 5.89 | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 130 | Georgia | 5.8 | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 131 | Anguilla | 5.77 | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 132 | Vietnam | 5.77 | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 133 | Libya | 5.75 | 2024 | down 55.5% | flat |
| 134 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 5.71 | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 135 | Montenegro | 5.57 | 2024 | up 59.2% | falling |
| 136 | Chile | 5.52 | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 137 | Barbados | 5.43 | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 138 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.24 | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 139 | Bulgaria | 5.15 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 140 | Turkey | 5.05 | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 141 | Croatia | 5.04 | 2024 | up 35.2% | falling |
| 142 | Latvia | 4.84 | 2024 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 143 | Cape Verde | 4.78 | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 144 | Morocco | 4.75 | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 145 | Grenada | 4.73 | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 146 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.69 | 2024 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 147 | Canada | 4.61 | 2024 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 148 | Finland | 4.52 | 2024 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 149 | Poland | 4.51 | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 150 | Armenia | 4.48 | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 151 | New Zealand | 4.42 | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 152 | United Arab Emirates | 4.39 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 153 | Estonia | 4.38 | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 154 | Brunei | 4.33 | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 155 | Lithuania | 4.32 | 2024 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 156 | Serbia | 4.17 | 2024 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 157 | Romania | 4.12 | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 158 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.06 | 2024 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Tajikistan | 3.98 | 2024 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Sri Lanka | 3.87 | 2024 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Slovakia | 3.79 | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 162 | Bahrain | 3.78 | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 163 | North Macedonia | 3.77 | 2024 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 164 | Austria | 3.69 | 2024 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 165 | China | 3.6 | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 166 | Kuwait | 3.6 | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 167 | Czechia | 3.57 | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 168 | Belarus | 3.57 | 2024 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 169 | Australia and New Zealand | 3.39 | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 170 | Albania | 3.33 | 2024 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 171 | Qatar | 3.31 | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 172 | Greece | 3.31 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 173 | Maldives | 3.27 | 2024 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 174 | Hungary | 3.26 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 175 | Australia | 3.19 | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 176 | Norway | 3.18 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 177 | France | 3.15 | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 178 | United Kingdom | 3.14 | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 179 | Japan | 3.13 | 2024 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 180 | Israel | 3.08 | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 181 | Monaco | 3.07 | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 182 | Portugal | 3.05 | 2024 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 183 | South Korea | 3.04 | 2024 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 184 | Iceland | 2.98 | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 185 | Andorra | 2.95 | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 186 | Sweden | 2.84 | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 187 | Germany | 2.84 | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 188 | Jordan | 2.78 | 2024 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 189 | Cyprus | 2.74 | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 190 | Ireland | 2.69 | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 191 | Singapore | 2.62 | 2024 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 192 | Switzerland | 2.6 | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 193 | Belgium | 2.58 | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 194 | Netherlands | 2.57 | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 195 | Malta | 2.55 | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 196 | Slovenia | 2.47 | 2024 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 197 | Italy | 2.39 | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 198 | Spain | 2.32 | 2024 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 199 | Denmark | 2.22 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 200 | San Marino | 1.87 | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 201 | Luxembourg | 1.58 | 2024 | down 35.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World Bank Low Income 23.45
- World 10.36
- West and Central Africa 20.26
- Sub-Saharan Africa 19.65
- Eastern and Southern Africa 19.07
- Least developed countries 18.77
- Landlocked developing countries 16.59
- Northern Africa 14.96
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 13.11
- Small Island Developing States 12.71
- Latin America and the Caribbean 11.61
- Latin America and Caribbean 11.61
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 11.5
- World Bank Lower-Middle Income 10.39
- Eastern Europe and Central Asia 10.07
- South-Eastern Asia 9.28
- Southern Asia 9.16
- South Asia 9.11
- Central and Southern Asia 9.1
- Middle East and North Africa 8.7
- Western Asia 8.43
- World Bank Upper-Middle Income 7.47
- Oceania 7.23
- Central Asia 7.12
- North America 6.75
- Northern America 6.75
- Europe and Northern America 6.67
- Europe 6.62
- Europe and Central Asia 6.47
- East Asia and Pacific 6.02
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 5.78
- World Bank High Income 5.67
- Eastern Asia 3.67
- Western Europe 3.01