Mortality rate age 5-24 (UN IGME estimate, 2024) by country
Countries reporting
201
Highest
130.39
Palestine, State of
Lowest
2.1
Luxembourg
Median
12.18
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
8,225
What the numbers show
Mortality rate age 5-24 (UN IGME estimate, 2024) is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 130.39 in Palestine, State of; the lowest is 2.1 in Luxembourg.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.18, and the mean is 15.73.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 62.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 165 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine, State of (up 622.2%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 75.3%).
Mortality rate age 5-24: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palestine, State of | 130.39 | 2024 | up 622.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Somalia | 63.79 | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 3 | South Sudan | 57.59 | 2024 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Sudan | 55.19 | 2024 | up 47.3% | falling |
| 5 | Sierra Leone | 53.81 | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 6 | Niger | 53.34 | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 52.99 | 2024 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Chad | 50.85 | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 9 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 47.81 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 10 | Guinea | 45.09 | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 11 | Cameroon | 44.17 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 12 | Liberia | 40.74 | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 13 | Mali | 38.67 | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 14 | Benin | 37.71 | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 15 | Nigeria | 37.3 | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 16 | Timor-Leste | 37 | 2024 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Afghanistan | 36.79 | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 18 | Equatorial Guinea | 36 | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 19 | Madagascar | 35.15 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 20 | Angola | 34.74 | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 21 | Djibouti | 34.67 | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 22 | Ukraine | 33.98 | 2024 | up 212.0% | falling |
| 23 | Guinea-Bissau | 33.78 | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 24 | Burundi | 32.74 | 2024 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Eswatini | 32.53 | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 31.99 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 29.68 | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 28 | Uganda | 28.01 | 2024 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 29 | Haiti | 27.89 | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Malawi | 27.46 | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 31 | Mozambique | 25.99 | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 32 | Togo | 25.92 | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 33 | Kiribati | 25.91 | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 34 | Gambia | 25.44 | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 35 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 25.13 | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 36 | Eritrea | 24.74 | 2024 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Burkina Faso | 24.6 | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 38 | Ecuador | 24.53 | 2024 | up 66.2% | falling |
| 39 | Ghana | 24.07 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 40 | South Africa | 23.9 | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 41 | Namibia | 23.82 | 2024 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 42 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 23.49 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 21.83 | 2024 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Papua New Guinea | 21.46 | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 45 | Zambia | 21.18 | 2024 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 46 | Mauritania | 20.14 | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 47 | Palau | 20.08 | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 48 | Sao Tome and Principe | 19.5 | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 49 | Congo | 19.47 | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Saint Lucia | 19.4 | 2024 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 51 | Botswana | 19.13 | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 52 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18.87 | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 53 | Lebanon | 18.75 | 2024 | up 106.4% | falling |
| 54 | Kenya | 18.71 | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 55 | Gabon | 18.6 | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 56 | Yemen | 18.17 | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 57 | Bhutan | 18.03 | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 58 | Lesotho | 17.66 | 2024 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 59 | Guatemala | 17.66 | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 60 | Belize | 17.47 | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 61 | Marshall Islands | 16.84 | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 62 | Senegal | 16.78 | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 63 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16.32 | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 64 | Russian Federation | 16.32 | 2024 | up 25.2% | falling |
| 65 | Myanmar | 16.12 | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 66 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 15.69 | 2024 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 67 | Niue | 15.64 | 2024 | down 17.5% | flat |
| 68 | Thailand | 15.61 | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 69 | Guyana | 15.48 | 2024 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 70 | Brazil | 15.25 | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 71 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 15.14 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 72 | El Salvador | 14.94 | 2024 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 73 | Comoros | 14.93 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 74 | Philippines | 14.7 | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 75 | Fiji | 14.55 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 76 | Dominican Republic | 14.33 | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 77 | Uzbekistan | 14.3 | 2024 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 78 | Suriname | 14.16 | 2024 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 79 | Colombia | 14.1 | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 80 | Solomon Islands | 14.09 | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 81 | Honduras | 14.09 | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 82 | Bangladesh | 13.95 | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 83 | Pakistan | 13.81 | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 84 | Tuvalu | 13.75 | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 85 | Nepal | 13.64 | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 86 | Jamaica | 13.63 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 87 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 13.62 | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 88 | Indonesia | 13.53 | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 89 | Rwanda | 13.23 | 2024 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Cambodia | 13.04 | 2024 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.87 | 2024 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 92 | Vanuatu | 12.82 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 93 | Dominica | 12.8 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 94 | Mexico | 12.71 | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 95 | India | 12.69 | 2024 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 96 | Iraq | 12.66 | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 97 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 12.57 | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 98 | Panama | 12.45 | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 99 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 12.36 | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 12.21 | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 101 | Bahamas | 12.18 | 2024 | down 41.5% | flat |
| 102 | Paraguay | 12.07 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 11.99 | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 104 | Syrian Arab Republic | 11.83 | 2024 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Egypt | 11.47 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 106 | Costa Rica | 11.43 | 2024 | up 32.5% | flat |
| 107 | Mongolia | 11.39 | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 108 | Uruguay | 11.26 | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 109 | Cook Islands | 11.19 | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 110 | British Virgin Islands | 11.15 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 111 | Saudi Arabia | 10.39 | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 112 | Seychelles | 9.88 | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 113 | Peru | 9.75 | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 114 | Tonga | 9.75 | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 115 | Tunisia | 9.5 | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 9.48 | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 117 | Argentina | 9.43 | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 118 | Grenada | 9.21 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 119 | Mauritius | 9.2 | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 120 | Algeria | 9.11 | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 121 | Republic of Moldova | 9.06 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 122 | Kazakhstan | 9.03 | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 123 | Samoa | 8.99 | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 124 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.8 | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 125 | Malaysia | 8.48 | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 126 | United States of America | 8.45 | 2024 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 127 | Cuba | 8.37 | 2024 | up 28.2% | falling |
| 128 | Viet Nam | 8.33 | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 129 | Oman | 8.25 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 130 | Naoero | 8.23 | 2024 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 131 | Libya | 8.04 | 2024 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 132 | Montserrat | 7.72 | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 133 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 7.66 | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 134 | Georgia | 7.4 | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 135 | Anguilla | 7.21 | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 136 | Türkiye | 7.07 | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 137 | Croatia | 6.96 | 2024 | up 42.3% | falling |
| 138 | Barbados | 6.95 | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 139 | Morocco | 6.93 | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 140 | Chile | 6.91 | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 141 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.7 | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 142 | Bulgaria | 6.65 | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 143 | Cape Verde | 6.63 | 2024 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 144 | Montenegro | 6.6 | 2024 | up 39.6% | falling |
| 145 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.5 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 146 | Armenia | 6.41 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 147 | Brunei Darussalam | 6.13 | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 148 | Latvia | 5.86 | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 149 | Tajikistan | 5.77 | 2024 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 150 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.77 | 2024 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Canada | 5.69 | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 152 | United Arab Emirates | 5.61 | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 153 | Bahrain | 5.6 | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 154 | Poland | 5.59 | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 155 | Estonia | 5.5 | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 156 | Serbia | 5.47 | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 157 | Sri Lanka | 5.45 | 2024 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Romania | 5.44 | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 159 | Lithuania | 5.43 | 2024 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 160 | New Zealand | 5.41 | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 161 | Finland | 5.33 | 2024 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 162 | China | 5.29 | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 163 | Kuwait | 5.28 | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 164 | North Macedonia | 5 | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 165 | Albania | 4.96 | 2024 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 166 | Slovakia | 4.93 | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 167 | Qatar | 4.78 | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 168 | Maldives | 4.62 | 2024 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 169 | Belarus | 4.51 | 2024 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 170 | Czechia | 4.46 | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 171 | Austria | 4.45 | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 172 | Australia and New Zealand | 4.25 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 173 | Hungary | 4.17 | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 174 | Jordan | 4.05 | 2024 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 175 | Australia | 4.01 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 176 | Greece | 3.96 | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 177 | Japan | 3.95 | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 178 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3.93 | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 179 | France | 3.92 | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 180 | Republic of Korea | 3.92 | 2024 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 181 | Portugal | 3.89 | 2024 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Israel | 3.89 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 183 | Norway | 3.86 | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 184 | Monaco | 3.8 | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 185 | Germany | 3.72 | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 186 | Cyprus | 3.68 | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 187 | Andorra | 3.64 | 2024 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 188 | Sweden | 3.6 | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 189 | Singapore | 3.49 | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 190 | Iceland | 3.46 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 191 | Netherlands | 3.42 | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 192 | Malta | 3.3 | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 193 | Belgium | 3.29 | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 194 | Ireland | 3.27 | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 195 | Switzerland | 3.27 | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 196 | Italy | 3.2 | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 197 | Slovenia | 3.16 | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 198 | Spain | 3.1 | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 199 | Denmark | 2.83 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 200 | San Marino | 2.26 | 2024 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 201 | Luxembourg | 2.1 | 2024 | down 28.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- West and Central Africa 38.41
- World Bank Low Income 37.44
- Sub-Saharan Africa 33.87
- Least developed countries 30.16
- Eastern and Southern Africa 29.25
- Landlocked developing countries 26.79
- Northern Africa 20.3
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 19.98
- Small island developing States 18.37
- World Bank Lower-Middle Income 17.57
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 16.79
- Latin America and the Caribbean 14.53