Mortality rates at age 65 by country

The death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.

Countries reporting
229
Highest
5.18 deaths per 1,000 people
Lesotho
Lowest
0.5224 deaths per 1,000 people
Kuwait
Median
2.48 deaths per 1,000 people
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464

What the numbers show

Mortality rates at age 65 is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 5.18 deaths per 1,000 people in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.5224 deaths per 1,000 people in Kuwait.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.48 deaths per 1,000 people, and the mean is 2.39 deaths per 1,000 people.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 201 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 20.7%), and the largest decrease in Kuwait (down 50.7%).

Mortality rates at age 65: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 5.18 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.9% rising
2 Nauru 4.98 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.6% rising
3 Fiji 4.67 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.1% falling
4 Central African Republic 4.4 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.9% rising
5 Micronesia (country) 4.26 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.0% falling
6 Tuvalu 4.23 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.3% falling
7 Zimbabwe 4.17 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.8% rising
8 Eswatini 4.12 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 31.4% rising
9 Kenya 4.05 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.0% rising
10 Cote d'Ivoire 3.97 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.9% falling
11 Papua New Guinea 3.93 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.4% falling
12 Moldova 3.92 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 1.7% falling
13 Mozambique 3.89 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.5% flat
14 Marshall Islands 3.86 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.3% falling
15 Chad 3.86 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.2% falling
16 South Africa 3.79 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.8% falling
17 Liberia 3.75 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 0.4% falling
18 Sao Tome and Principe 3.7 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.2% flat
19 Nigeria 3.66 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.6% falling
20 Haiti 3.63 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 2.9% falling
21 South Sudan 3.63 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 12.1% falling
22 Guyana 3.59 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.2% falling
23 Namibia 3.59 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.1% rising
24 Comoros 3.56 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.7% falling
25 Sierra Leone 3.55 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.9% flat
26 Malawi 3.53 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.3% flat
27 Tanzania 3.53 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.8% falling
28 Belarus 3.52 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.1% rising
29 Burkina Faso 3.49 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.8% falling
30 Angola 3.49 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.7% falling
31 Kyrgyzstan 3.47 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.1% falling
32 Congo 3.46 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.7% falling
33 Myanmar 3.45 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.9% falling
34 Palau 3.45 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.8% falling
35 Egypt 3.43 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.3% falling
36 Uganda 3.42 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.8% falling
37 Guinea-Bissau 3.37 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.5% falling
38 Cameroon 3.36 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.5% falling
39 Mali 3.36 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.6% falling
40 Niue 3.36 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.1% falling
41 Equatorial Guinea 3.36 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.4% falling
42 Philippines 3.34 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.9% falling
43 Mauritania 3.31 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.2% falling
44 Rwanda 3.26 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.4% volatile
45 Afghanistan 3.25 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.4% falling
46 Turkmenistan 3.25 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.3% falling
47 Mongolia 3.24 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.3% falling
48 Russia 3.24 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.9% rising
49 Kiribati 3.24 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 1.2% falling
50 Lithuania 3.22 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 1.1% rising
51 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.21 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 2.5% falling
52 Togo 3.2 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.3% falling
53 Gabon 3.2 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.3% falling
54 Ukraine 3.19 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.4% rising
55 Uzbekistan 3.18 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.3% falling
56 Somalia 3.18 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.6% falling
57 Georgia 3.15 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 3.7% falling
58 Benin 3.12 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 0.6% falling
59 East Timor 3.09 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.9% falling
60 Democratic Republic of Congo 3.09 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.9% falling
61 Burundi 3.09 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.3% falling
62 Botswana 3.06 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.3% rising
63 Laos 3.06 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.6% falling
64 Pakistan 3.06 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.5% falling
65 Indonesia 3.05 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.1% falling
66 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.05 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.1% falling
67 Tonga 3.05 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.4% falling
68 Dominica 3.04 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 0.1% falling
69 Saint Lucia 3.04 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 5.8% falling
70 Zambia 3.03 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.9% rising
71 Vanuatu 3.01 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.4% falling
72 Belize 2.99 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.4% falling
73 Jamaica 2.99 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 9.3% falling
74 Hungary 2.95 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 2.5% flat
75 Guinea 2.95 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.7% falling
76 Ghana 2.95 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.0% falling
77 Niger 2.94 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.6% falling
78 Samoa 2.94 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.7% falling
79 Yemen 2.93 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.8% falling
80 Solomon Islands 2.93 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.7% falling
81 Bulgaria 2.92 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 2.4% rising
82 Nepal 2.88 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.3% falling
83 Seychelles 2.88 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.8% falling
84 Latvia 2.87 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.2% rising
85 Madagascar 2.87 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 1.2% falling
86 Kazakhstan 2.86 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.8% falling
87 United States Virgin Islands 2.86 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.4% falling
88 American Samoa 2.86 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.4% falling
89 Bolivia 2.85 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.6% falling
90 Honduras 2.83 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.4% falling
91 Tajikistan 2.83 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.8% falling
92 Romania 2.81 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 3.5% flat
93 Djibouti 2.8 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.5% falling
94 Gambia 2.77 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.0% falling
95 Armenia 2.77 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.3% falling
96 Ethiopia 2.76 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.4% falling
97 Senegal 2.76 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.4% falling
98 Sudan 2.75 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.2% falling
99 India 2.71 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.7% falling
100 Palestine 2.7 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 15.1% falling
101 Western Sahara 2.69 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.1% falling
102 Libya 2.63 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.1% falling
103 Suriname 2.63 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.0% falling
104 Iraq 2.63 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.1% falling
105 El Salvador 2.59 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 14.4% falling
106 Mauritius 2.59 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 1.5% falling
107 Greenland 2.59 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 0.8% falling
108 Syria 2.58 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.0% falling
109 Estonia 2.57 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.8% falling
110 Azerbaijan 2.55 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.2% falling
111 Eritrea 2.54 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.0% falling
112 Montenegro 2.54 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 20.7% falling
113 Paraguay 2.51 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 4.8% falling
114 Cook Islands 2.5 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.3% falling
115 Cambodia 2.48 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.4% volatile
116 Bhutan 2.47 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.8% falling
117 Serbia 2.46 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.9% falling
118 Curacao 2.43 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 1.2% falling
119 Venezuela 2.39 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 6.2% falling
120 Poland 2.39 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.2% falling
121 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2.37 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.6% falling
122 North Macedonia 2.36 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 1.3% falling
123 Grenada 2.35 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 8.6% falling
124 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.28 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.0% falling
125 Vietnam 2.27 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.2% falling
126 Brunei 2.27 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.6% falling
127 Sri Lanka 2.25 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.5% falling
128 Bahamas 2.24 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 0.5% falling
129 Montserrat 2.18 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.2% falling
130 Morocco 2.17 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.5% falling
131 Trinidad and Tobago 2.15 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.8% falling
132 Antigua and Barbuda 2.15 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 8.7% falling
133 Cuba 2.14 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 13.4% falling
134 Dominican Republic 2.13 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.8% falling
135 Slovakia 2.12 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.4% falling
136 Malaysia 2.11 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.3% falling
138 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 2.1 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.9% falling
139 Uruguay 2.08 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.0% falling
140 Saint Helena 2.07 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.5% falling
141 Tunisia 2.07 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.6% falling
142 Argentina 2.05 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.5% falling
143 Croatia 2.01 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.2% falling
144 Guam 2 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 4.6% falling
145 British Virgin Islands 1.98 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.7% falling
146 Mexico 1.98 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.0% falling
147 Turkey 1.98 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.1% falling
148 Guatemala 1.97 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.3% falling
149 Tokelau 1.96 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.3% falling
150 China 1.95 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.3% volatile
151 North Korea 1.92 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.4% volatile
152 Nicaragua 1.91 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.8% falling
153 Aruba 1.91 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.8% falling
154 Brazil 1.9 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.5% falling
155 Barbados 1.89 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 3.6% falling
156 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 1.85 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.7% falling
157 Bangladesh 1.84 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 33.9% falling
158 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.81 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.8% falling
159 Czechia 1.8 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.5% falling
160 Anguilla 1.77 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.3% falling
161 Wallis and Futuna 1.76 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.7% falling
162 Jordan 1.73 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.0% falling
163 Algeria 1.68 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.0% falling
164 Thailand 1.67 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.7% falling
165 Cape Verde 1.65 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.2% falling
166 Puerto Rico 1.65 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 6.5% falling
167 Lebanon 1.63 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.4% falling
168 French Guiana 1.59 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 10.7% falling
169 Saint Martin (French part) 1.59 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.1% falling
170 Northern Mariana Islands 1.58 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.6% falling
171 United States 1.56 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 0.3% falling
172 Falkland Islands 1.53 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.7% falling
173 Ecuador 1.51 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.3% falling
174 Germany 1.51 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 1.1% falling
175 Greece 1.49 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 1.5% falling
176 Peru 1.45 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.7% falling
177 Jersey 1.44 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 7.5% falling
178 Slovenia 1.39 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.8% falling
179 Colombia 1.39 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.6% falling
181 Faroe Islands 1.36 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.3% falling
182 Saudi Arabia 1.35 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.0% falling
183 Chile 1.34 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.8% falling
184 Austria 1.34 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.8% falling
185 Portugal 1.34 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.0% falling
186 Denmark 1.33 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.3% falling
187 Cayman Islands 1.32 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.2% falling
188 Bermuda 1.3 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.7% falling
189 Taiwan 1.3 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.3% volatile
190 Singapore 1.3 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 9.3% volatile
191 Albania 1.3 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.3% falling
192 Belgium 1.29 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.9% falling
193 Finland 1.29 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.6% falling
194 New Caledonia 1.28 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.0% falling
195 France 1.28 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.0% falling
197 Panama 1.26 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.3% falling
198 Costa Rica 1.24 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 1.4% falling
199 Cyprus 1.22 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.2% falling
200 United Kingdom 1.21 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.0% falling
201 Reunion 1.2 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.1% falling
202 Oman 1.2 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.7% falling
203 Spain 1.19 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.5% falling
204 Iran 1.18 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.0% falling
205 Canada 1.14 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.5% falling
206 Isle of Man 1.12 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.8% falling
207 Maldives 1.11 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 30.0% falling
208 Israel 1.09 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.4% falling
209 Netherlands 1.06 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.6% falling
210 South Korea 1.06 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 35.5% volatile
212 New Zealand 1.01 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.9% falling
213 Australia 1.01 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.1% falling
214 Vatican 1.01 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.4% falling
216 Sweden 0.9912 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.1% falling
217 Guernsey 0.9822 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 2.4% falling
218 Japan 0.9657 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.6% falling
219 Switzerland 0.9572 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.9% falling
220 Italy 0.9413 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.7% falling
221 Saint Barthelemy 0.9295 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 32.9% falling
222 Bahrain 0.9215 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 28.8% falling
223 Gibraltar 0.9201 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.2% falling
224 Iceland 0.9166 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.9% falling
225 Norway 0.9102 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.5% falling
226 French Polynesia 0.8938 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.0% falling
229 Hong Kong 0.8785 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.5% volatile
230 Macao 0.8704 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.6% falling
231 Andorra 0.8588 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 3.3% falling
232 United Arab Emirates 0.6889 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 up 5.7% volatile
233 Qatar 0.6729 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 21.2% falling
234 Monaco 0.6327 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.6% falling
235 San Marino 0.6146 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.4% falling
236 Kuwait 0.5224 deaths per 1,000 people 2023 down 50.7% falling

About this data

Indicator
Mortality rates at age 65
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
Last refreshed

The death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.