Number of youth deaths by country
Countries reporting
199
Highest
994,407
Nigeria
Lowest
0
San Marino
Median
1,892
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
6,965
What the numbers show
Number of youth deaths is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 994,407 in Nigeria; the lowest is 0 in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,892, and the mean is 28,606.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 175 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine, State of (up 273.1%), and the largest decrease in San Marino (down 100.0%).
Number of youth deaths: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 994,407 | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 1 | Cook Islands | 2 | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 714,593 | 2024 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 2 | Anguilla | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 2 | Niue | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 3 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 440,235 | 2024 | up 25.8% | flat |
| 4 | Pakistan | 416,432 | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 4 | Montserrat | 0 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 205,618 | 2024 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 6 | Niger | 142,358 | 2024 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 119,450 | 2024 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Sudan | 119,436 | 2024 | up 21.2% | falling |
| 9 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 108,555 | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 10 | Indonesia | 100,464 | 2024 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 11 | Uganda | 98,114 | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 12 | Somalia | 90,765 | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 13 | Chad | 90,623 | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 14 | Afghanistan | 88,545 | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 15 | China | 83,703 | 2024 | down 66.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Mozambique | 82,265 | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 17 | Mali | 81,050 | 2024 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 18 | Angola | 78,982 | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 19 | Madagascar | 77,108 | 2024 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 20 | Côte d'Ivoire | 76,700 | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 21 | Cameroon | 75,783 | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 22 | Kenya | 64,197 | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 23 | Egypt | 62,735 | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 24 | Yemen | 61,201 | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 59,028 | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 26 | Philippines | 58,733 | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 27 | Guinea | 50,888 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 28 | South Africa | 47,171 | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 29 | Brazil | 44,808 | 2024 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Benin | 42,356 | 2024 | down 11.0% | flat |
| 31 | Ghana | 39,777 | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 32 | South Sudan | 38,639 | 2024 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Malawi | 38,481 | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 34 | Zambia | 38,234 | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 35 | Myanmar | 36,571 | 2024 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 35,990 | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 37 | Mexico | 32,315 | 2024 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 38 | Iraq | 30,857 | 2024 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 39 | United States of America | 29,856 | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 40 | Burundi | 28,848 | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 41 | Viet Nam | 28,357 | 2024 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 42 | Sierra Leone | 28,150 | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 43 | Central African Republic | 24,071 | 2024 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Senegal | 23,232 | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 45 | Algeria | 22,302 | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 46 | Togo | 18,605 | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 47 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 17,824 | 2024 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Liberia | 16,821 | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 49 | Nepal | 16,728 | 2024 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Uzbekistan | 16,425 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 51 | Rwanda | 16,385 | 2024 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Haiti | 15,808 | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 53 | Palestine, State of | 13,888 | 2024 | up 273.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Türkiye | 13,057 | 2024 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 12,092 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 56 | Syrian Arab Republic | 11,954 | 2024 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 11,807 | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 58 | Morocco | 11,302 | 2024 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Russian Federation | 10,067 | 2024 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 60 | Colombia | 9,853 | 2024 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 61 | Guatemala | 9,313 | 2024 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 62 | Thailand | 8,585 | 2024 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Peru | 8,508 | 2024 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Congo | 8,335 | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 65 | Tajikistan | 8,041 | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 66 | Cambodia | 7,964 | 2024 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Mauritania | 7,311 | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 68 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 6,932 | 2024 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Turkmenistan | 6,788 | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | 6,780 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 71 | Argentina | 6,392 | 2024 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 72 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5,511 | 2024 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4,975 | 2024 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Guinea-Bissau | 4,963 | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 4,898 | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Malaysia | 4,758 | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 77 | Ecuador | 4,569 | 2024 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 78 | Honduras | 4,489 | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 79 | Equatorial Guinea | 4,355 | 2024 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 80 | Gambia | 4,085 | 2024 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 81 | Saudi Arabia | 4,042 | 2024 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 82 | Eritrea | 3,915 | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 83 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3,873 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 84 | Lesotho | 3,758 | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 85 | Namibia | 3,522 | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 86 | France | 3,412 | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 87 | Germany | 3,389 | 2024 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 88 | Jordan | 3,351 | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 89 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,977 | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 2,774 | 2024 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Gabon | 2,728 | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 92 | Japan | 2,708 | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 93 | Tunisia | 2,620 | 2024 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 94 | Paraguay | 2,505 | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 2,451 | 2024 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 96 | Ukraine | 2,450 | 2024 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 97 | Canada | 2,399 | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 98 | Botswana | 2,318 | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 99 | Lebanon | 2,289 | 2024 | up 35.4% | falling |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 1,892 | 2024 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Poland | 1,776 | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Timor-Leste | 1,736 | 2024 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Eswatini | 1,637 | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 104 | Romania | 1,612 | 2024 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Libya | 1,531 | 2024 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 106 | Chile | 1,526 | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 107 | El Salvador | 1,516 | 2024 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Italy | 1,457 | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 109 | Djibouti | 1,428 | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 110 | Spain | 1,424 | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 111 | Australia | 1,365 | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 112 | Panama | 1,334 | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 113 | Mongolia | 1,114 | 2024 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Cuba | 1,097 | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 115 | Oman | 1,093 | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 116 | Comoros | 1,076 | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 117 | Republic of Korea | 1,049 | 2024 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Netherlands | 819 | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 119 | Israel | 714 | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 120 | Jamaica | 702 | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 678 | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 122 | United Arab Emirates | 645 | 2024 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 123 | Republic of Moldova | 631 | 2024 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Fiji | 570 | 2024 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 125 | Solomon Islands | 517 | 2024 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 126 | Kuwait | 502 | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 127 | Belgium | 479 | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 128 | Guyana | 471 | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 129 | Georgia | 466 | 2024 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Bulgaria | 455 | 2024 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Armenia | 416 | 2024 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Serbia | 409 | 2024 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Hungary | 405 | 2024 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Slovakia | 395 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 135 | Switzerland | 385 | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 136 | Portugal | 353 | 2024 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Greece | 345 | 2024 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 138 | New Zealand | 344 | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 138 | Trinidad and Tobago | 344 | 2024 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 140 | Czechia | 343 | 2024 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Sweden | 336 | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 142 | Austria | 325 | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 143 | Albania | 319 | 2024 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Uruguay | 317 | 2024 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 145 | Denmark | 270 | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 146 | Belarus | 261 | 2024 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Bhutan | 253 | 2024 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Croatia | 253 | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Ireland | 247 | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 150 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 220 | 2024 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Qatar | 216 | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 151 | Suriname | 216 | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 153 | Kiribati | 211 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 154 | Bahrain | 209 | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 155 | Mauritius | 203 | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 156 | Vanuatu | 185 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 157 | Norway | 173 | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 158 | Singapore | 167 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 159 | Finland | 151 | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 160 | Belize | 113 | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 161 | Lithuania | 108 | 2024 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Sao Tome and Principe | 105 | 2024 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Samoa | 95 | 2024 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 164 | Cape Verde | 91 | 2024 | down 59.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Cyprus | 86 | 2024 | up 79.2% | falling |
| 166 | North Macedonia | 75 | 2024 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Brunei Darussalam | 74 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 168 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 67 | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 169 | Bahamas | 66 | 2024 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 170 | Latvia | 57 | 2024 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Slovenia | 55 | 2024 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Maldives | 40 | 2024 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Estonia | 39 | 2024 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 39 | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 175 | Barbados | 36 | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 176 | Grenada | 32 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 177 | Dominica | 28 | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 177 | Seychelles | 28 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 177 | Tonga | 28 | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 180 | Marshall Islands | 27 | 2024 | down 51.8% | falling |
| 180 | Malta | 27 | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 182 | Montenegro | 25 | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20 | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 184 | Luxembourg | 19 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 185 | Iceland | 14 | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 186 | Antigua and Barbuda | 13 | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10 | 2024 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 188 | Palau | 4 | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 188 | Tuvalu | 4 | 2024 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 188 | British Virgin Islands | 4 | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 191 | Naoero | 2 | 2024 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 191 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2 | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 193 | Andorra | 1 | 2024 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 193 | Monaco | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 195 | San Marino | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |