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Mortality rates at age 25 in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Mortality rates at age 25 was 0.0589 deaths per 1,000 people in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.0589 deaths per 1,000 people
Change on year
down 4.4%
World rank
187th
of 236 countries
All-time high
0.5357 deaths per 1,000 people
in 1989
All-time low
0.0589 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Mortality rates at age 25 in Sri Lanka, 1950–2023

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Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 1,000 people.

Analysis

The most recent figure for mortality rates at age 25 in Sri Lanka is 0.0589 deaths per 1,000 people, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.

The figure is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 42.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mortality rates at age 25 in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.5357 deaths per 1,000 people in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.0589 deaths per 1,000 people, in 2023.

That places Sri Lanka 187th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.

Mortality rates at age 25 in Sri Lanka, year by year

Year deaths per 1,000 people Change
1950 0.4893 deaths per 1,000 people —
1951 0.4763 deaths per 1,000 people -2.7%
1952 0.4598 deaths per 1,000 people -3.5%
1953 0.4435 deaths per 1,000 people -3.5%
1954 0.4294 deaths per 1,000 people -3.2%
1955 0.416 deaths per 1,000 people -3.1%
1956 0.4027 deaths per 1,000 people -3.2%
1957 0.3916 deaths per 1,000 people -2.7%
1958 0.3797 deaths per 1,000 people -3.0%
1959 0.3688 deaths per 1,000 people -2.9%
1960 0.3589 deaths per 1,000 people -2.7%
1961 0.3503 deaths per 1,000 people -2.4%
1962 0.3437 deaths per 1,000 people -1.9%
1963 0.3384 deaths per 1,000 people -1.5%
1964 0.3333 deaths per 1,000 people -1.5%
1965 0.3276 deaths per 1,000 people -1.7%
1966 0.322 deaths per 1,000 people -1.7%
1967 0.3156 deaths per 1,000 people -2.0%
1968 0.3102 deaths per 1,000 people -1.7%
1969 0.3052 deaths per 1,000 people -1.6%
1970 0.3017 deaths per 1,000 people -1.1%
1971 0.3441 deaths per 1,000 people +14.0%
1972 0.3005 deaths per 1,000 people -12.7%
1973 0.3022 deaths per 1,000 people +0.6%
1974 0.307 deaths per 1,000 people +1.6%
1975 0.3055 deaths per 1,000 people -0.5%
1976 0.2976 deaths per 1,000 people -2.6%
1977 0.2902 deaths per 1,000 people -2.5%
1978 0.2833 deaths per 1,000 people -2.4%
1979 0.2757 deaths per 1,000 people -2.7%
1980 0.2704 deaths per 1,000 people -1.9%
1981 0.2688 deaths per 1,000 people -0.6%
1982 0.2689 deaths per 1,000 people +0.1%
1983 0.2831 deaths per 1,000 people +5.2%
1984 0.3178 deaths per 1,000 people +12.3%
1985 0.3218 deaths per 1,000 people +1.3%
1986 0.3258 deaths per 1,000 people +1.2%
1987 0.3361 deaths per 1,000 people +3.2%
1988 0.36 deaths per 1,000 people +7.1%
1989 0.5357 deaths per 1,000 people +48.8%
1990 0.3756 deaths per 1,000 people -29.9%
1991 0.4197 deaths per 1,000 people +11.8%
1992 0.3665 deaths per 1,000 people -12.7%
1993 0.3152 deaths per 1,000 people -14.0%
1994 0.3019 deaths per 1,000 people -4.2%
1995 0.3771 deaths per 1,000 people +24.9%
1996 0.3452 deaths per 1,000 people -8.5%
1997 0.3524 deaths per 1,000 people +2.1%
1998 0.3467 deaths per 1,000 people -1.6%
1999 0.3298 deaths per 1,000 people -4.9%
2000 0.317 deaths per 1,000 people -3.9%
2001 0.2501 deaths per 1,000 people -21.1%
2002 0.2193 deaths per 1,000 people -12.3%
2003 0.2104 deaths per 1,000 people -4.1%
2004 0.3009 deaths per 1,000 people +43.0%
2005 0.1891 deaths per 1,000 people -37.2%
2006 0.2536 deaths per 1,000 people +34.1%
2007 0.2478 deaths per 1,000 people -2.3%
2008 0.3616 deaths per 1,000 people +45.9%
2009 0.417 deaths per 1,000 people +15.3%
2010 0.132 deaths per 1,000 people -68.3%
2011 0.1221 deaths per 1,000 people -7.5%
2012 0.111 deaths per 1,000 people -9.1%
2013 0.1032 deaths per 1,000 people -7.0%
2014 0.0987 deaths per 1,000 people -4.4%
2015 0.0933 deaths per 1,000 people -5.5%
2016 0.0893 deaths per 1,000 people -4.2%
2017 0.0863 deaths per 1,000 people -3.4%
2018 0.0802 deaths per 1,000 people -7.1%
2019 0.0764 deaths per 1,000 people -4.7%
2020 0.0692 deaths per 1,000 people -9.5%
2021 0.0652 deaths per 1,000 people -5.7%
2022 0.0616 deaths per 1,000 people -5.5%
2023 0.0589 deaths per 1,000 people -4.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 0.4257 deaths per 1,000 people 0.3688 deaths per 1,000 people 0.4893 deaths per 1,000 people 10
1960s 0.3305 deaths per 1,000 people 0.3052 deaths per 1,000 people 0.3589 deaths per 1,000 people 10
1970s 0.3008 deaths per 1,000 people 0.2757 deaths per 1,000 people 0.3441 deaths per 1,000 people 10
1980s 0.3288 deaths per 1,000 people 0.2688 deaths per 1,000 people 0.5357 deaths per 1,000 people 10
1990s 0.353 deaths per 1,000 people 0.3019 deaths per 1,000 people 0.4197 deaths per 1,000 people 10
2000s 0.2767 deaths per 1,000 people 0.1891 deaths per 1,000 people 0.417 deaths per 1,000 people 10
2010s 0.0993 deaths per 1,000 people 0.0764 deaths per 1,000 people 0.132 deaths per 1,000 people 10
2020s 0.0637 deaths per 1,000 people 0.0589 deaths per 1,000 people 0.0692 deaths per 1,000 people 4

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 184 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0598 deaths per 1,000 people compare
  2. 185 Reunion 0.0592 deaths per 1,000 people compare
  3. 186 Lebanon 0.059 deaths per 1,000 people compare
  4. 188 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.0573 deaths per 1,000 people compare
  5. 189 Bahrain 0.056 deaths per 1,000 people compare
  6. 190 American Samoa 0.0556 deaths per 1,000 people compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is mortality rates at age 25 in Sri Lanka?
Mortality rates at age 25 in Sri Lanka was 0.0589 deaths per 1,000 people in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest mortality rates at age 25 recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 0.5357 deaths per 1,000 people in 1989.
What is the lowest mortality rates at age 25 recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0589 deaths per 1,000 people in 2023.
How does Sri Lanka rank for mortality rates at age 25?
Sri Lanka ranks 187th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is mortality rates at age 25 rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is down 42.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Mortality rates at age 25. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Mortality rates at age 25
Unit
deaths per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
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Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.