nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n in World

World: nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n was 0.0282 in 2021. ▼ Falling

Latest (2021)
0.0282
Change on year
down 1.2%
Rank
5th
of 11 groups
All-time high
0.0522
in 2000
All-time low
0.0282
in 2021
Years of data
22
2000–2021

nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n in World, 2000–2021

00.020.040.062000201020212000: 0.0522001: 0.0512002: 0.0492003: 0.0472004: 0.0462005: 0.0442006: 0.0422007: 0.0412008: 0.042009: 0.0382010: 0.0372011: 0.0362012: 0.0342013: 0.0332014: 0.0322015: 0.0322016: 0.0312017: 0.032018: 0.0292019: 0.0292020: 0.0282021: 0.028

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.

Analysis

World recorded 0.0282 for nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n in World peaked at 0.0522 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.0282, in 2021.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.

nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n in World, year by year

Annual values for nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n in World, 2000 to 2021.
Year Value Change
2000 0.0522
2001 0.0506 -3.1%
2002 0.049 -3.0%
2003 0.0473 -3.5%
2004 0.0458 -3.3%
2005 0.0441 -3.7%
2006 0.0425 -3.6%
2007 0.0409 -3.6%
2008 0.0395 -3.5%
2009 0.0381 -3.7%
2010 0.0369 -3.1%
2011 0.0357 -3.2%
2012 0.0345 -3.4%
2013 0.0334 -3.2%
2014 0.0324 -2.9%
2015 0.0315 -2.7%
2016 0.0307 -2.5%
2017 0.0298 -2.9%
2018 0.0293 -1.6%
2019 0.0289 -1.3%
2020 0.0285 -1.6%
2021 0.0282 -1.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.045 0.0381 0.0522 10
2010s 0.0323 0.0289 0.0369 10
2020s 0.0283 0.0282 0.0285 2

Countries ranked near World

  1. 2 Central African Republic 0.0743 compare
  2. 3 Nigeria 0.0699 compare
  3. 4 Somalia 0.0681 compare
  4. 5 Chad 0.0654 compare
  5. 6 Guinea 0.0636 compare
  6. 7 South Sudan 0.0631 compare
  7. 8 Mali 0.0607 compare

See the full ranking of 197 places →

More health data for World

All data for World →

Frequently asked questions

What is nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n in World?
Nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n in World was 0.0282 in 2021, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
What is the highest nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n recorded in World?
The highest recorded value was 0.0522 in 2000.
What is the lowest nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n recorded in World?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0282 in 2021.
How does World rank for nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n?
World ranks 5th out of 11 groups with data for 2021.
Is nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n rising or falling in World?
Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this World data come from?
The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 22 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n in World. Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Retrieved 01 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/stat/nqx-probability-of-dying-between-ages-x-and-x-n/world/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/stat/nqx-probability-of-dying-between-ages-x-and-x-n/world/">nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n in World</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
nqx - probability of dying between ages x and x+n
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
197 places, 4,334 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed