Mortality rate age 20-24 (UN IGME estimate, 2024) by country
Countries reporting
201
Highest
41.17
Palestine
Lowest
0.7656
Luxembourg
Median
4.84
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
8,225
What the numbers show
Mortality rate age 20-24 (UN IGME estimate, 2024) is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 41.17 in Palestine; the lowest is 0.7656 in Luxembourg.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.84, and the mean is 6.39.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 54.
Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 152 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 433.5%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 80.7%).
Mortality rate age 20-24 (UN IGME estimate, 2024): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palestine | 41.17 | 2024 | up 433.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Sudan | 27.34 | 2024 | up 59.2% | falling |
| 3 | Somalia | 25.81 | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 4 | Ukraine | 23.14 | 2024 | up 308.7% | rising |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 22.43 | 2024 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 6 | South Sudan | 21.89 | 2024 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Chad | 17.89 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 8 | Sierra Leone | 17.39 | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 9 | Guinea | 17.2 | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 16.92 | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 11 | Afghanistan | 16.56 | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 12 | Cameroon | 16.19 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 13 | Niger | 15.33 | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 14 | East Timor | 14.69 | 2024 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Venezuela | 14.43 | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 16 | Liberia | 14.42 | 2024 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Angola | 14.36 | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 18 | Djibouti | 14.34 | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 19 | Ecuador | 13.67 | 2024 | up 103.1% | rising |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 13.67 | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 21 | Eswatini | 12.9 | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 22 | Equatorial Guinea | 12.75 | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 23 | Haiti | 12.62 | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 24 | Guinea-Bissau | 12.61 | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 25 | Mali | 12.28 | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 26 | Saint Lucia | 11.88 | 2024 | up 105.2% | rising |
| 27 | South Africa | 11.63 | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 28 | Eritrea | 11.59 | 2024 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.46 | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 30 | Namibia | 11.39 | 2024 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 31 | Russia | 11.11 | 2024 | up 64.4% | falling |
| 32 | Mozambique | 10.65 | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 33 | Benin | 10.45 | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 10.45 | 2024 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 35 | Malawi | 10.43 | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 36 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.3 | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 37 | Uganda | 10.16 | 2024 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 38 | Congo | 9.87 | 2024 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Palau | 9.74 | 2024 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 40 | Gambia | 9.69 | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 41 | Belize | 9.66 | 2024 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 42 | Madagascar | 9.42 | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 43 | Togo | 9.41 | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 44 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.19 | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 45 | Kenya | 9.07 | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 46 | Botswana | 9.06 | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 47 | Kiribati | 9.04 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 48 | Nigeria | 8.68 | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 49 | Guatemala | 8.53 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 50 | Myanmar | 8.43 | 2024 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 51 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8.26 | 2024 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 52 | Ghana | 8.18 | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 53 | Burundi | 8.13 | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Dominican Republic | 7.82 | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 55 | Ethiopia | 7.82 | 2024 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Brazil | 7.81 | 2024 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 7.79 | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 58 | Lebanon | 7.58 | 2024 | up 120.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Mauritania | 7.44 | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 60 | Colombia | 7.37 | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 61 | Dominica | 7.35 | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 62 | Guyana | 7.31 | 2024 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 63 | Zambia | 7.09 | 2024 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 64 | Bahamas | 6.91 | 2024 | down 42.5% | rising |
| 65 | Laos | 6.74 | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 66 | El Salvador | 6.68 | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 67 | Thailand | 6.64 | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 68 | Bhutan | 6.52 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 69 | Tanzania | 6.42 | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 70 | Marshall Islands | 6.4 | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 71 | Jamaica | 6.26 | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 72 | Mexico | 6.21 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 73 | Lesotho | 6.17 | 2024 | down 65.6% | falling |
| 74 | Philippines | 6.11 | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 75 | Uruguay | 6.1 | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 6.02 | 2024 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 77 | Niue | 6.02 | 2024 | down 14.4% | flat |
| 78 | Paraguay | 5.95 | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 79 | Fiji | 5.92 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 80 | Micronesia (country) | 5.88 | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 81 | Gabon | 5.87 | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 82 | Panama | 5.84 | 2024 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 83 | Iran | 5.78 | 2024 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 84 | Suriname | 5.77 | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 85 | Honduras | 5.71 | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 86 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.56 | 2024 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 87 | Solomon Islands | 5.54 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 88 | Nicaragua | 5.5 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 89 | Nepal | 5.5 | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 90 | Tuvalu | 5.44 | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 91 | Tonga | 5.37 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 92 | Rwanda | 5.32 | 2024 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 93 | British Virgin Islands | 5.2 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 94 | Yemen | 5.18 | 2024 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 95 | India | 5.15 | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 96 | Vanuatu | 5.13 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 97 | Turkmenistan | 5.11 | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 98 | North Korea | 5.04 | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 99 | Saudi Arabia | 4.93 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 100 | Indonesia | 4.87 | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 101 | Pakistan | 4.84 | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 102 | Bolivia | 4.83 | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 103 | Mongolia | 4.78 | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 104 | Syria | 4.71 | 2024 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Mauritius | 4.47 | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 106 | Comoros | 4.41 | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 107 | Argentina | 4.41 | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 108 | Egypt | 4.41 | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 109 | United States | 4.39 | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 110 | Cambodia | 4.39 | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Bangladesh | 4.36 | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 112 | Uzbekistan | 4.3 | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 113 | Senegal | 4.23 | 2024 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 114 | Iraq | 4.19 | 2024 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Peru | 4.19 | 2024 | up 11.0% | falling |
| 116 | Moldova | 4.08 | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 117 | Samoa | 3.82 | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 118 | Seychelles | 3.76 | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 3.71 | 2024 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 120 | Azerbaijan | 3.7 | 2024 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Montserrat | 3.69 | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 122 | Cuba | 3.58 | 2024 | up 34.8% | falling |
| 123 | Tunisia | 3.56 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 124 | Nauru | 3.55 | 2024 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 125 | Algeria | 3.53 | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 126 | Anguilla | 3.47 | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 127 | Georgia | 3.44 | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 128 | Chile | 3.43 | 2024 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 129 | Barbados | 3.43 | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 130 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 3.42 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 131 | Malaysia | 3.28 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 132 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.23 | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 133 | Oman | 3.21 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 134 | Montenegro | 3.2 | 2024 | up 50.9% | falling |
| 135 | Vietnam | 3.2 | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 136 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.15 | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 137 | Libya | 3.13 | 2024 | down 62.1% | rising |
| 138 | Cook Islands | 3.1 | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 139 | Bulgaria | 3.06 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 140 | Latvia | 2.96 | 2024 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 141 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.95 | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 142 | Canada | 2.93 | 2024 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 143 | Finland | 2.84 | 2024 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 144 | Morocco | 2.82 | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 145 | Turkey | 2.78 | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 146 | Armenia | 2.77 | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 147 | Poland | 2.75 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 148 | Lithuania | 2.72 | 2024 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 149 | New Zealand | 2.63 | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 150 | Cape Verde | 2.6 | 2024 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 151 | Brunei | 2.52 | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 152 | Romania | 2.5 | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 153 | Serbia | 2.48 | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 154 | Croatia | 2.47 | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 155 | United Arab Emirates | 2.45 | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 156 | Grenada | 2.44 | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 157 | Estonia | 2.41 | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 158 | China | 2.4 | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 159 | Tajikistan | 2.4 | 2024 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Sri Lanka | 2.4 | 2024 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.33 | 2024 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Slovakia | 2.28 | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 163 | Czechia | 2.22 | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 164 | Belarus | 2.16 | 2024 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 165 | North Macedonia | 2.15 | 2024 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 166 | Bahrain | 2.11 | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 167 | France | 2.07 | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 168 | Kuwait | 2.06 | 2024 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Greece | 2.06 | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 170 | Hungary | 2.05 | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 171 | Cyprus | 2.04 | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 172 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.01 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 173 | Austria | 2.01 | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 174 | United Kingdom | 1.92 | 2024 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 175 | Japan | 1.9 | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 176 | Albania | 1.89 | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 177 | Australia | 1.89 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 178 | South Korea | 1.85 | 2024 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 179 | Sweden | 1.84 | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 180 | Israel | 1.84 | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 181 | Monaco | 1.84 | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 182 | Norway | 1.82 | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 183 | Portugal | 1.81 | 2024 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 184 | Iceland | 1.81 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 185 | Andorra | 1.76 | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 186 | Germany | 1.61 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 187 | Malta | 1.61 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 188 | Belgium | 1.59 | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 189 | Ireland | 1.54 | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 190 | Netherlands | 1.51 | 2024 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 191 | Qatar | 1.48 | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 192 | Switzerland | 1.47 | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 193 | Jordan | 1.45 | 2024 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 194 | Spain | 1.45 | 2024 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 195 | Slovenia | 1.44 | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 196 | Singapore | 1.41 | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 197 | Italy | 1.4 | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 198 | Denmark | 1.34 | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 199 | Maldives | 1.3 | 2024 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 200 | San Marino | 1.12 | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 201 | Luxembourg | 0.7656 | 2024 | down 45.4% | 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 13.83
- World 6.07
- West and Central Africa 11.57
- Sub-Saharan Africa 11.48
- Eastern and Southern Africa 11.38
- Least developed countries 10.76
- Landlocked developing countries 9.64
- Northern Africa 9.16
- Small Island Developing States 7.67
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 7.38
- Latin America and the Caribbean 7.24
- Latin America and Caribbean 7.24
- Eastern Europe and Central Asia 6.76
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 6.69
- World Bank Lower-Middle Income 5.97
- Southern Asia 5.31
- South Asia 5.29
- South-Eastern Asia 5.28
- Central and Southern Asia 5.27
- Middle East and North Africa 4.78
- World Bank Upper-Middle Income 4.58
- Western Asia 4.56
- Europe 4.54
- Europe and Northern America 4.43
- North America 4.25
- Northern America 4.25
- Europe and Central Asia 4.22
- Oceania 4.09
- Central Asia 3.85
- World Bank High Income 3.66
- East Asia and Pacific 3.63
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 3.49
- Eastern Asia 2.41
- Western Europe 1.83