Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years, female (per 1,000) by country
Probability of dying female adolescents between age 15-19 years of age expressed per 1,000 female adolescents age 15, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
Countries reporting
197
Highest
20.8 per 1,000
Palestine
Lowest
0.4 per 1,000
Cyprus
Median
2.1 per 1,000
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
8,400
What the numbers show
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years, female (per 1,000) is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 20.8 per 1,000 in Palestine; the lowest is 0.4 per 1,000 in Cyprus.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.1 per 1,000, and the mean is 3.16 per 1,000.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 52.
Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 144 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 732.0%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 71.1%).
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 … 15-19 female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palestine | 20.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 732.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Somalia | 16.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 3 | East Timor | 16.5 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 4 | South Sudan | 16.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 14.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 6 | Sierra Leone | 14 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 7 | Chad | 12.4 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 11.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 8 | Guinea | 11.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 10 | Liberia | 9.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 11 | Sudan | 9.6 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 12 | Cameroon | 9.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 13 | Benin | 8.9 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 14 | Central African Republic | 8.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Equatorial Guinea | 8.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.5 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 17 | Zimbabwe | 8.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 18 | Angola | 8 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 19 | Djibouti | 7.9 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 20 | Niger | 7.5 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 21 | Mozambique | 7.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 22 | Mali | 6.9 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 23 | Eswatini | 6.5 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 24 | Nigeria | 5.9 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 25 | South Africa | 5.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 26 | Burundi | 5.5 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Madagascar | 5.4 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 28 | Eritrea | 5.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 28 | Kiribati | 5.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 30 | Gambia | 5 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 4.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 31 | Mauritania | 4.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 4.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 33 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 35 | Namibia | 4.5 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 35 | Uganda | 4.5 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 37 | Ghana | 4.4 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 37 | Togo | 4.4 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 39 | Haiti | 4.3 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Ecuador | 4.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 4.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Malawi | 4.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Tanzania | 4.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 44 | Papua New Guinea | 3.9 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 45 | Palau | 3.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 46 | Comoros | 3.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 47 | Suriname | 3.6 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 47 | Uzbekistan | 3.6 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 49 | Guatemala | 3.5 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 49 | Kenya | 3.5 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 51 | Guyana | 3.4 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 34.6% | flat |
| 52 | Gabon | 3.3 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 52 | India | 3.3 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 54 | Belize | 3.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 54 | Bhutan | 3.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Botswana | 3.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 54 | Fiji | 3.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 54 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 54 | Saint Lucia | 3.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 77.8% | flat |
| 60 | Cambodia | 3.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 60 | Laos | 3.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 60 | Zambia | 3.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Marshall Islands | 3 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 64 | Philippines | 3 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 66 | Iran | 2.9 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 67 | Micronesia (country) | 2.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 67 | Nepal | 2.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 67 | Yemen | 2.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 70 | Bolivia | 2.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 70 | Congo | 2.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Rwanda | 2.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Senegal | 2.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 74 | Indonesia | 2.6 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 74 | Lebanon | 2.6 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 52.9% | falling |
| 74 | Thailand | 2.6 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 74 | Turkmenistan | 2.6 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 78 | Jamaica | 2.5 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 78 | Solomon Islands | 2.5 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.5 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 78 | Tuvalu | 2.5 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 82 | Egypt | 2.4 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 82 | Lesotho | 2.4 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 71.1% | falling |
| 82 | Paraguay | 2.4 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 85 | Honduras | 2.3 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 85 | North Korea | 2.3 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Ukraine | 2.3 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 35.3% | falling |
| 85 | Venezuela | 2.3 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 32.4% | flat |
| 85 | Vanuatu | 2.3 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 90 | Brazil | 2.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 90 | Colombia | 2.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 90 | Iraq | 2.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 90 | Mexico | 2.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 90 | Mongolia | 2.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 90 | Nicaragua | 2.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 90 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 90 | Samoa | 2.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 98 | Bahrain | 2.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 98 | Dominican Republic | 2.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 98 | Pakistan | 2.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 98 | Panama | 2.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 98 | Uruguay | 2.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 98 | British Virgin Islands | 2.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 105 | Argentina | 2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 105 | Myanmar | 2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Mauritius | 2 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 105 | Peru | 2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 105 | Russia | 2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 105 | Saudi Arabia | 2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 105 | Tunisia | 2 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 112 | Seychelles | 1.9 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 113 | Kazakhstan | 1.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 114 | Bahamas | 1.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 114 | Costa Rica | 1.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 114 | Algeria | 1.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 114 | Moldova | 1.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 114 | Montenegro | 1.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 70.0% | falling |
| 119 | Azerbaijan | 1.6 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Cuba | 1.6 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 119 | Estonia | 1.6 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 119 | Libya | 1.6 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 119 | Malaysia | 1.6 per 1,000 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 119 | Nauru | 1.6 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 119 | Oman | 1.6 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 119 | Tonga | 1.6 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 127 | Georgia | 1.5 per 1,000 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 127 | Syria | 1.5 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 127 | United States | 1.5 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 130 | Brunei | 1.4 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 130 | Cape Verde | 1.4 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 130 | New Zealand | 1.4 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 130 | El Salvador | 1.4 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 130 | Turkey | 1.4 per 1,000 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 130 | Kosovo | 1.4 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 130 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 1.4 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 137 | Bulgaria | 1.3 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 137 | Chile | 1.3 per 1,000 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 137 | Dominica | 1.3 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 137 | Croatia | 1.3 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 62.5% | falling |
| 137 | Maldives | 1.3 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 137 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.3 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 137 | Vietnam | 1.3 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 144 | United Arab Emirates | 1.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 144 | Barbados | 1.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 144 | Canada | 1.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 144 | Latvia | 1.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 144 | Morocco | 1.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 144 | North Macedonia | 1.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 144 | Poland | 1.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 144 | Tajikistan | 1.2 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 152 | Albania | 1.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 152 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 152 | Austria | 1.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 152 | Finland | 1.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 152 | Grenada | 1.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 152 | Japan | 1.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 57.1% | falling |
| 152 | Romania | 1.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 152 | Serbia | 1.1 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 160 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 160 | South Korea | 1 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 160 | Sri Lanka | 1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Lithuania | 1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 160 | Qatar | 1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 160 | Singapore | 1 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 42.9% | falling |
| 160 | Slovakia | 1 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 167 | Belarus | 0.9 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 167 | Czechia | 0.9 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 167 | Germany | 0.9 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 167 | Jordan | 0.9 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 167 | Kuwait | 0.9 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 167 | Norway | 0.9 per 1,000 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 167 | Portugal | 0.9 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 174 | Armenia | 0.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 174 | Australia | 0.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 174 | Switzerland | 0.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 174 | United Kingdom | 0.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 174 | Greece | 0.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 174 | Monaco | 0.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 174 | Netherlands | 0.8 per 1,000 | 2024 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 181 | Andorra | 0.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 181 | Belgium | 0.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 181 | China | 0.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 181 | France | 0.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 181 | Hungary | 0.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 181 | Ireland | 0.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 181 | Israel | 0.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 181 | Italy | 0.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 181 | Sweden | 0.7 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 190 | Denmark | 0.6 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 190 | Spain | 0.6 per 1,000 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 190 | Iceland | 0.6 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 190 | Malta | 0.6 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 190 | Slovenia | 0.6 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 195 | Luxembourg | 0.5 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 195 | San Marino | 0.5 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 197 | Cyprus | 0.4 per 1,000 | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 8.3 per 1,000
- Pre-demographic dividend 7.28 per 1,000
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 7.15 per 1,000
- Africa Eastern and Southern 6.94 per 1,000
- Sub-Saharan Africa 6.8 per 1,000
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 6.77 per 1,000
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 6.77 per 1,000
- Least developed countries 6.68 per 1,000
- Africa Western and Central 6.52 per 1,000
- Other small states 5.48 per 1,000
- Small states 4.47 per 1,000
- Arab World 3.91 per 1,000
- Lower middle income 3.7 per 1,000
- Low & middle income 3.6 per 1,000
- IDA & IBRD total 3.54 per 1,000
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 3.43 per 1,000
- South Asia 3.4 per 1,000
- World 3.3 per 1,000
- Early-demographic dividend 3.11 per 1,000
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 2.97 per 1,000
- Middle income 2.91 per 1,000
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 2.9 per 1,000
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 2.82 per 1,000
- Pacific island small states 2.78 per 1,000
- Caribbean Small States 2.76 per 1,000
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 2.34 per 1,000
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.32 per 1,000
- Latin America & Caribbean 2.3 per 1,000
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 1.92 per 1,000
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.85 per 1,000
- Upper middle income 1.7 per 1,000
- North America 1.5 per 1,000
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 1.48 per 1,000
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.47 per 1,000
- East Asia & Pacific 1.4 per 1,000
- OECD members 1.33 per 1,000
- Europe & Central Asia 1.3 per 1,000
- Late-demographic dividend 1.2 per 1,000
- High income 1.2 per 1,000
- Post-demographic dividend 1.15 per 1,000
About this data
Probability of dying female adolescents between age 15-19 years of age expressed per 1,000 female adolescents age 15, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.