Mortality rates age 65 by sex by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
5.18
Lesotho
Lowest
0.5224
Kuwait
Median
2.41
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Mortality rates age 65 by sex is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 5.18 in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.5224 in Kuwait.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.41, and the mean is 2.36.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 205 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 20.7%), and the largest decrease in Kuwait (down 50.7%).
Mortality rates age 65 by sex: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 5.18 | 2023 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 2 | Nauru | 4.98 | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 3 | Fiji | 4.67 | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 4.4 | 2023 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 5 | Micronesia (country) | 4.26 | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 6 | Tuvalu | 4.23 | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 4.17 | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 8 | Eswatini | 4.12 | 2023 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 9 | Kenya | 4.05 | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 10 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.97 | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 11 | Papua New Guinea | 3.93 | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 12 | Moldova | 3.92 | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 13 | Mozambique | 3.89 | 2023 | down 15.5% | flat |
| 14 | Marshall Islands | 3.86 | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 15 | Chad | 3.86 | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 16 | South Africa | 3.79 | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 17 | Liberia | 3.75 | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 18 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.7 | 2023 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 19 | Nigeria | 3.66 | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 20 | Haiti | 3.63 | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 21 | South Sudan | 3.63 | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 22 | Guyana | 3.59 | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 23 | Namibia | 3.59 | 2023 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 24 | Comoros | 3.56 | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 25 | Sierra Leone | 3.55 | 2023 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 26 | Malawi | 3.53 | 2023 | down 17.3% | flat |
| 27 | Tanzania | 3.53 | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 28 | Belarus | 3.52 | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 3.49 | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 30 | Angola | 3.49 | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 31 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.47 | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 32 | Congo | 3.46 | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 33 | Myanmar | 3.45 | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 34 | Palau | 3.45 | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 35 | Egypt | 3.43 | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 36 | Uganda | 3.42 | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 37 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.37 | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 38 | Cameroon | 3.36 | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 39 | Mali | 3.36 | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 40 | Niue | 3.36 | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 41 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.36 | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 42 | Philippines | 3.34 | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 43 | Mauritania | 3.31 | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 44 | Rwanda | 3.26 | 2023 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Afghanistan | 3.25 | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 46 | Turkmenistan | 3.25 | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 47 | Mongolia | 3.24 | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 48 | Russia | 3.24 | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 49 | Kiribati | 3.24 | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 50 | Lithuania | 3.22 | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 51 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.21 | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 52 | Togo | 3.2 | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 53 | Gabon | 3.2 | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 54 | Ukraine | 3.19 | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 3.18 | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 56 | Somalia | 3.18 | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 57 | Georgia | 3.15 | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 58 | Benin | 3.12 | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 59 | East Timor | 3.09 | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 60 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.09 | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 61 | Burundi | 3.09 | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 62 | Botswana | 3.06 | 2023 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 63 | Laos | 3.06 | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 64 | Pakistan | 3.06 | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 65 | Indonesia | 3.05 | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 66 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.05 | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 67 | Tonga | 3.05 | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 68 | Dominica | 3.04 | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 69 | Saint Lucia | 3.04 | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 70 | Zambia | 3.03 | 2023 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 71 | Vanuatu | 3.01 | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 72 | Belize | 2.99 | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 73 | Jamaica | 2.99 | 2023 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 74 | Hungary | 2.95 | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 75 | Guinea | 2.95 | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 76 | Ghana | 2.95 | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 77 | Niger | 2.94 | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 78 | Samoa | 2.94 | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 79 | Yemen | 2.93 | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 80 | Solomon Islands | 2.93 | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 81 | Bulgaria | 2.92 | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 82 | Nepal | 2.88 | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 83 | Seychelles | 2.88 | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 84 | Latvia | 2.87 | 2023 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 85 | Madagascar | 2.87 | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 86 | Kazakhstan | 2.86 | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 87 | United States Virgin Islands | 2.86 | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 88 | American Samoa | 2.86 | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 89 | Bolivia | 2.85 | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 90 | Honduras | 2.83 | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 91 | Tajikistan | 2.83 | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 92 | Romania | 2.81 | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 93 | Djibouti | 2.8 | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 94 | Gambia | 2.77 | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 95 | Armenia | 2.77 | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 96 | Ethiopia | 2.76 | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 97 | Senegal | 2.76 | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 98 | Sudan | 2.75 | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 99 | India | 2.71 | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 100 | Palestine | 2.7 | 2023 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 101 | Western Sahara | 2.69 | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 102 | Libya | 2.63 | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 103 | Suriname | 2.63 | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 104 | Iraq | 2.63 | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 105 | El Salvador | 2.59 | 2023 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 106 | Mauritius | 2.59 | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 107 | Greenland | 2.59 | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 108 | Syria | 2.58 | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 109 | Estonia | 2.57 | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 2.55 | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 111 | Eritrea | 2.54 | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 112 | Montenegro | 2.54 | 2023 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 113 | Paraguay | 2.51 | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 114 | Cook Islands | 2.5 | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 115 | Cambodia | 2.48 | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Bhutan | 2.47 | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 117 | Serbia | 2.46 | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 118 | Curacao | 2.43 | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 119 | Venezuela | 2.39 | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 120 | Poland | 2.39 | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 121 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2.37 | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 122 | North Macedonia | 2.36 | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 123 | Grenada | 2.35 | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 124 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.28 | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 125 | Vietnam | 2.27 | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 126 | Brunei | 2.27 | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 127 | Sri Lanka | 2.25 | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 128 | Bahamas | 2.24 | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 129 | Montserrat | 2.18 | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 130 | Morocco | 2.17 | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 131 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.15 | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 132 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.15 | 2023 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 133 | Cuba | 2.14 | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 134 | Dominican Republic | 2.13 | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 135 | Slovakia | 2.12 | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 136 | Malaysia | 2.11 | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 137 | Mayotte | 2.11 | 2023 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 138 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.1 | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 139 | Uruguay | 2.08 | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 140 | Saint Helena | 2.07 | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 141 | Tunisia | 2.07 | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 142 | Argentina | 2.05 | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 143 | Croatia | 2.01 | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 144 | Guam | 2 | 2023 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 145 | British Virgin Islands | 1.98 | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 146 | Mexico | 1.98 | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 147 | Turkey | 1.98 | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 148 | Guatemala | 1.97 | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 149 | Tokelau | 1.96 | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 150 | China | 1.95 | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 151 | North Korea | 1.92 | 2023 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Nicaragua | 1.91 | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 153 | Aruba | 1.91 | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 154 | Brazil | 1.9 | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 155 | Barbados | 1.89 | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 156 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 1.85 | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 157 | Bangladesh | 1.84 | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 158 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.81 | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 159 | Czechia | 1.8 | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 160 | Anguilla | 1.77 | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 161 | Wallis and Futuna | 1.76 | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 162 | Jordan | 1.73 | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 163 | Algeria | 1.68 | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 164 | Thailand | 1.67 | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 1.65 | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 166 | Puerto Rico | 1.65 | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 167 | Lebanon | 1.63 | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 168 | French Guiana | 1.59 | 2023 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 169 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 1.59 | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 170 | Northern Mariana Islands | 1.58 | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 171 | United States | 1.56 | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 172 | Falkland Islands | 1.53 | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 173 | Ecuador | 1.51 | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 174 | Germany | 1.51 | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 175 | Greece | 1.49 | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 176 | Peru | 1.45 | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 177 | Jersey | 1.44 | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 178 | Slovenia | 1.39 | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 179 | Colombia | 1.39 | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 180 | Martinique | 1.37 | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Faroe Islands | 1.36 | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 182 | Saudi Arabia | 1.35 | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 183 | Chile | 1.34 | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 184 | Austria | 1.34 | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 185 | Portugal | 1.34 | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 186 | Denmark | 1.33 | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 187 | Cayman Islands | 1.32 | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 188 | Bermuda | 1.3 | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 189 | Taiwan | 1.3 | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 190 | Singapore | 1.3 | 2023 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 191 | Albania | 1.3 | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 192 | Belgium | 1.29 | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 193 | Finland | 1.29 | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 194 | New Caledonia | 1.28 | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 195 | France | 1.28 | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 196 | Guadeloupe | 1.27 | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 197 | Panama | 1.26 | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 198 | Costa Rica | 1.24 | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 199 | Cyprus | 1.22 | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 200 | United Kingdom | 1.21 | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 201 | Reunion | 1.2 | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 202 | Oman | 1.2 | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 203 | Spain | 1.19 | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 204 | Iran | 1.18 | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 205 | Canada | 1.14 | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 206 | Isle of Man | 1.12 | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 207 | Maldives | 1.11 | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 208 | Israel | 1.09 | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 209 | Netherlands | 1.06 | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 210 | South Korea | 1.06 | 2023 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 211 | Ireland | 1.02 | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 212 | New Zealand | 1.01 | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 213 | Australia | 1.01 | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 214 | Vatican | 1.01 | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 215 | Malta | 0.9955 | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 216 | Sweden | 0.9912 | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 217 | Guernsey | 0.9822 | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 218 | Japan | 0.9657 | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 219 | Switzerland | 0.9572 | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 220 | Italy | 0.9413 | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 221 | Saint Barthelemy | 0.9295 | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 222 | Bahrain | 0.9215 | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 223 | Gibraltar | 0.9201 | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 224 | Iceland | 0.9166 | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 225 | Norway | 0.9102 | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 226 | French Polynesia | 0.8938 | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 227 | Luxembourg | 0.8917 | 2023 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 228 | Liechtenstein | 0.8875 | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 229 | Hong Kong | 0.8785 | 2023 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 230 | Macao | 0.8704 | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 231 | Andorra | 0.8588 | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 232 | United Arab Emirates | 0.6889 | 2023 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 233 | Qatar | 0.6729 | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 234 | Monaco | 0.6327 | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 235 | San Marino | 0.6146 | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 236 | Kuwait | 0.5224 | 2023 | down 50.7% | falling |