Statizoid

nMx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n by country

Countries reporting
184
Highest
0.0812
Sierra Leone
Lowest
0.0015
Estonia
Median
0.0129
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,312

What the numbers show

nMx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 0.0812 in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 0.0015 in Estonia.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0129, and the mean is 0.0207.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 53.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 172 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela (up 44.2%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 58.3%).

nMx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Sierra Leone 0.0812 2021 down 26.0% falling
2 Central African Republic 0.0784 2021 down 16.8% falling
3 Nigeria 0.0735 2021 down 15.3% falling
4 Somalia 0.0715 2021 down 28.8% falling
5 Chad 0.0686 2021 down 20.7% falling
6 Guinea 0.0665 2021 down 15.7% falling
7 South Sudan 0.0661 2021 down 3.7% falling
8 Mali 0.0634 2021 down 20.6% falling
9 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0633 2021 down 25.1% falling
10 Niger 0.0625 2021 down 8.7% falling
11 Lesotho 0.0603 2021 down 8.6% falling
12 Equatorial Guinea 0.06 2021 down 21.5% falling
13 Liberia 0.0588 2021 down 18.8% falling
14 Benin 0.057 2021 down 19.7% falling
15 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0554 2021 down 24.8% falling
16 Pakistan 0.0542 2021 down 24.5% falling
17 Burkina Faso 0.0529 2021 down 23.0% falling
18 Guinea-Bissau 0.0524 2021 down 27.7% falling
19 Mozambique 0.0517 2021 down 26.3% falling
20 Cameroon 0.0496 2021 down 28.8% falling
21 Angola 0.0489 2021 down 33.8% falling
22 Afghanistan 0.0475 2021 down 26.5% falling
23 Haiti 0.0468 2021 down 21.6% falling
24 Djibouti 0.0465 2021 down 25.2% falling
25 Kiribati 0.0464 2021 down 0.4% falling
26 Madagascar 0.0463 2021 down 4.2% falling
27 Togo 0.0445 2021 down 24.3% falling
28 East Timor 0.0442 2021 down 25.1% falling
29 Eswatini 0.0414 2021 down 26.7% falling
30 Zambia 0.041 2021 down 20.4% falling
31 Comoros 0.0405 2021 down 26.3% falling
32 Sudan 0.0392 2021 down 22.6% falling
33 Burundi 0.0389 2021 down 33.3% falling
34 Turkmenistan 0.0367 2021 down 2.9% falling
35 Zimbabwe 0.0363 2021 down 31.3% falling
36 Yemen 0.036 2021 down 16.4% falling
37 Ethiopia 0.0357 2021 down 33.9% falling
38 Papua New Guinea 0.0357 2021 down 21.7% falling
39 Myanmar 0.0346 2021 down 28.4% falling
40 Laos 0.0346 2021 down 33.9% falling
41 Gambia 0.0343 2021 down 24.8% falling
42 Ghana 0.0332 2021 down 29.1% falling
43 Mauritania 0.0331 2021 down 14.8% falling
44 Congo 0.0329 2021 down 23.6% falling
45 Botswana 0.0323 2021 down 31.4% falling
46 Tanzania 0.0317 2021 down 29.7% falling
47 Kenya 0.0317 2021 down 15.9% falling
48 Uganda 0.0316 2021 down 35.0% falling
49 Malawi 0.0316 2021 down 36.7% falling
50 Rwanda 0.0304 2021 down 28.3% falling
51 Gabon 0.0299 2021 down 27.1% falling
52 Eritrea 0.0296 2021 down 24.9% falling
53 Senegal 0.0293 2021 down 30.6% falling
54 Namibia 0.0293 2021 down 23.0% falling
55 South Africa 0.0283 2021 down 17.2% falling
56 Dominican Republic 0.0282 2021 down 4.3% falling
57 Tajikistan 0.0278 2021 down 24.2% falling
58 India 0.0273 2021 down 40.4% falling
59 Bangladesh 0.0253 2021 down 33.9% falling
60 Nepal 0.024 2021 down 36.3% falling
61 Fiji 0.0237 2021 up 26.3% rising
62 Guyana 0.0232 2021 down 24.4% falling
63 Philippines 0.0224 2021 down 4.0% falling
64 Micronesia (country) 0.0219 2021 down 25.0% falling
65 Cambodia 0.0218 2021 down 38.5% falling
66 Venezuela 0.0216 2021 up 44.2% rising
67 Iraq 0.021 2021 down 25.6% falling
68 Bolivia 0.0209 2021 down 35.5% falling
69 Bhutan 0.0209 2021 down 34.4% falling
70 Guatemala 0.0197 2021 down 30.1% falling
71 Algeria 0.0194 2021 down 17.7% falling
72 Indonesia 0.0189 2021 down 30.8% falling
73 Syria 0.0182 2021 down 1.8% rising
74 Azerbaijan 0.017 2021 down 45.8% falling
75 Vietnam 0.0168 2021 down 9.6% falling
76 Solomon Islands 0.0166 2021 down 25.0% falling
77 Jamaica 0.0163 2021 down 1.0% falling
78 Vanuatu 0.0163 2021 down 18.7% falling
79 Saint Lucia 0.0162 2021 down 0.6% rising
80 Egypt 0.0159 2021 down 32.0% falling
81 Kyrgyzstan 0.0158 2021 down 36.6% falling
82 Morocco 0.0157 2021 down 39.1% falling
83 Paraguay 0.0155 2021 down 27.2% falling
84 Grenada 0.0146 2021 up 13.1% rising
85 Lebanon 0.0145 2021 up 33.9% falling
86 Samoa 0.0144 2021 down 13.6% falling
87 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0143 2021 down 26.8% falling
88 Honduras 0.0142 2021 down 30.0% falling
89 Mauritius 0.014 2021 up 7.1% falling
90 Nicaragua 0.0137 2021 down 29.8% falling
91 Palestine 0.0129 2021 down 30.1% falling
92 Brazil 0.0129 2021 down 20.3% falling
93 Seychelles 0.0128 2021 up 4.2% rising
94 North Korea 0.0128 2021 down 41.8% volatile
95 Jordan 0.0127 2021 down 25.4% falling
96 Uzbekistan 0.0127 2021 down 49.2% falling
97 Moldova 0.0124 2021 down 18.8% falling
98 Panama 0.0123 2021 down 21.6% falling
99 Mongolia 0.0122 2021 down 40.4% falling
100 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0121 2021 down 58.3% falling
101 Peru 0.0121 2021 down 20.2% falling
102 Mexico 0.0115 2021 down 28.3% falling
103 Bahamas 0.0114 2021 down 12.5% falling
104 Colombia 0.0112 2021 down 28.0% falling
105 Cape Verde 0.0111 2021 down 46.5% falling
106 Ecuador 0.0109 2021 down 30.5% falling
107 Iran 0.0107 2021 down 32.2% falling
108 Tunisia 0.0107 2021 down 33.8% falling
109 El Salvador 0.0107 2021 down 33.0% falling
110 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0107 2021 down 42.5% falling
111 Barbados 0.0103 2021 down 21.9% falling
112 Oman 0.01 2021 up 2.0% falling
113 Belize 0.01 2021 down 36.4% falling
114 Tonga 0.0098 2021 down 12.4% falling
115 Armenia 0.0097 2021 down 39.5% falling
116 Libya 0.0092 2021 down 41.8% falling
117 Kazakhstan 0.009 2021 down 45.9% falling
118 Albania 0.0088 2021 down 20.8% falling
119 Argentina 0.0087 2021 down 28.0% falling
120 Turkey 0.0087 2021 down 40.3% falling
121 Brunei 0.0086 2021 up 4.6% rising
122 Georgia 0.0085 2021 down 28.5% falling
123 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0083 2021 down 15.2% falling
124 Kuwait 0.0077 2021 down 12.1% falling
125 Thailand 0.0073 2021 down 30.3% falling
126 Saudi Arabia 0.0072 2021 down 38.6% falling
127 Ukraine 0.0071 2021 down 27.2% falling
128 Costa Rica 0.0069 2021 down 21.9% falling
129 Malaysia 0.0068 2021 down 2.0% flat
130 Uruguay 0.0061 2021 down 31.6% falling
131 Cuba 0.006 2021 up 18.6% falling
132 Bahrain 0.0059 2021 down 23.1% falling
133 Puerto Rico 0.0058 2021 down 32.0% falling
134 Sri Lanka 0.0058 2021 down 39.0% falling
135 Chile 0.0056 2021 down 28.6% falling
136 Bulgaria 0.0055 2021 down 36.7% falling
137 United States 0.0054 2021 down 10.2% falling
138 Romania 0.0054 2021 down 42.0% falling
139 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0053 2021 down 7.1% falling
140 China 0.0052 2021 down 55.6% volatile
141 Maldives 0.0051 2021 down 56.5% volatile
142 Malta 0.0049 2021 down 14.8% falling
143 Qatar 0.0049 2021 down 29.6% falling
144 Slovakia 0.0049 2021 down 12.5% falling
145 Serbia 0.0046 2021 down 27.9% falling
146 North Macedonia 0.0046 2021 down 48.9% falling
147 Canada 0.0044 2021 down 8.9% falling
148 United Arab Emirates 0.0043 2021 down 56.8% falling
149 Russia 0.0041 2021 down 47.1% falling
150 Croatia 0.004 2021 down 13.7% falling
151 New Zealand 0.0039 2021 down 26.0% falling
152 Poland 0.0039 2021 down 19.0% falling
153 Greece 0.0037 2021 up 9.5% falling
154 United Kingdom 0.0036 2021 down 15.6% falling
155 France 0.0036 2021 up 7.7% rising
156 Netherlands 0.0034 2021 down 4.4% falling
157 Australia 0.0034 2021 down 14.1% falling
158 Hungary 0.0033 2021 down 32.2% falling
159 Switzerland 0.0033 2021 down 16.7% falling
160 Denmark 0.0032 2021 down 5.9% falling
161 Belgium 0.0031 2021 down 6.5% falling
162 Latvia 0.0031 2021 down 51.3% falling
163 Germany 0.003 2021 down 15.4% falling
164 Lithuania 0.0029 2021 down 35.7% falling
165 Austria 0.0028 2021 down 21.2% falling
166 Ireland 0.0028 2021 down 22.2% falling
167 Israel 0.0028 2021 down 22.5% falling
168 Cyprus 0.0027 2021 up 0.7% falling
169 Spain 0.0026 2021 down 15.6% falling
170 South Korea 0.0025 2021 down 26.3% falling
171 Portugal 0.0024 2021 down 21.3% falling
172 Montenegro 0.0024 2021 down 52.3% volatile
173 Italy 0.0023 2021 down 28.6% falling
174 Czechia 0.0022 2021 down 14.4% falling
175 Luxembourg 0.0022 2021 down 0.0% falling
176 Belarus 0.0021 2021 down 47.8% falling
177 Iceland 0.0021 2021 down 0.9% falling
178 Slovenia 0.0019 2021 down 24.6% falling
179 Finland 0.0019 2021 down 19.1% falling
180 Singapore 0.0019 2021 down 20.4% falling
181 Sweden 0.0018 2021 down 10.3% falling
182 Norway 0.0018 2021 down 26.9% falling
183 Japan 0.0017 2021 down 34.6% falling
184 Estonia 0.0015 2021 down 53.4% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
nMx - age-specific death rate between ages x and x+n
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
196 places, 4,312 data points, 2000–2021
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