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Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)

Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.

World Bank code: SP.DYN.AMRT.FE • Data available for 217 countries • Latest year: 2024

In , Lesotho led Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) at 355.43.

The world median across 191 reporting countries was 100.73.

What this measures: Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.

How "Health & Population" indicators are measured

Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.

Distribution — 2024

Reporting
191 countries
Median
100.73
Mean
115.12
25th percentile
56.38
75th percentile
155.30
Range
18.84 – 355.43

World at a Glance — 2024

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificBrunei Darussalam: 93.00BNCambodia: 131.14KHChina: 55.97CNFiji: 190.61FJFrench Polynesia: 25.55PFGuam: 99.47GUHong Kong SAR, China: 32.77HKIndonesia: 136.15IDJapan: 36.56JPKiribati: 170.01KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 99.92KPKorea, Rep.: 20.50KRLao PDR: 134.06LAMacao SAR, China: 27.19MOMalaysia: 80.23MYMarshall Islands: 196.26MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 171.87FMMongolia: 104.74MNMyanmar: 150.06MMNauru: 304.01NRNew Caledonia: 61.06NCPapua New Guinea: 175.17PGPhilippines: 131.01PHSamoa: 142.26WSSingapore: 33.19SGSolomon Islands: 144.42SBThailand: 89.94THTimor-Leste: 156.04TLTonga: 110.57TOTuvalu: 187.42TVVanuatu: 129.44VUViet Nam: 73.18VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 46.82ALArmenia: 57.47AMAzerbaijan: 71.21AZBelgium: 43.50BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 59.98BAChannel Islands: 41.00JGCroatia: 49.08HRCyprus: 33.37CYDenmark: 39.14DKEstonia: 54.18EEFaroe Islands: 36.99FOFinland: 40.62FIGeorgia: 73.40GEGibraltar: 34.59GIGreece: 35.12GRGreenland: 152.12GLIsle of Man: 49.06IMKazakhstan: 87.93KZKosovo: 49.22XKKyrgyz Republic: 98.13KGLatvia: 74.30LVLiechtenstein: 30.25LILithuania: 69.27LTMoldova: 113.13MDMontenegro: 66.86MENorth Macedonia: 56.95MKNorway: 36.20NOPortugal: 41.54PTRomania: 71.95RORussian Federation: 96.38RUSan Marino: 29.88SMSerbia: 69.31RSSlovak Republic: 56.48SKSweden: 32.91SESwitzerland: 31.16CHTajikistan: 107.85TJTurkiye: 50.66TRTurkmenistan: 109.54TMUkraine: 85.18UAUzbekistan: 114.74UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 84.46AGArgentina: 80.31ARAruba: 59.82AWBahamas, The: 121.73BSBarbados: 84.54BBBelize: 104.82BZBolivia: 146.80BOBrazil: 83.42BRBritish Virgin Islands: 49.64VGChile: 56.06CLColombia: 65.59COCosta Rica: 55.32CRCuba: 69.93CUCuracao: 54.23CWDominica: 85.48DMDominican Republic: 102.16DOEcuador: 75.20ECEl Salvador: 114.44SVGrenada: 106.93GDGuatemala: 121.55GTGuyana: 144.11GYHaiti: 166.34HTHonduras: 110.35HNJamaica: 121.83JMMexico: 94.46MXNicaragua: 94.57NIPanama: 61.12PAParaguay: 94.48PYPeru: 88.37PEPuerto Rico (US): 42.13PRSint Maarten (Dutch part): 61.09SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 102.70KNSt. Lucia: 91.27LCSt. Martin (French part): 36.58MFSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 135.16VCSuriname: 120.43SRTrinidad and Tobago: 102.72TTTurks and Caicos Islands: 71.57TCUruguay: 73.50UYVenezuela, RB: 105.21VEVirgin Islands (U.S.): 52.44VIMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 175.95AFAlgeria: 68.65DZBahrain: 49.46BHDjibouti: 172.52DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 101.21EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 56.38IRIraq: 109.26IQIsrael: 37.59ILJordan: 56.29JOKuwait: 28.39KWLebanon: 57.09LBLibya: 144.97LYMalta: 38.30MTMorocco: 75.65MAOman: 45.99OMPakistan: 128.87PKQatar: 30.73QASaudi Arabia: 54.46SASyrian Arab Republic: 103.55SYTunisia: 54.54TNUnited Arab Emirates: 18.84AEWest Bank and Gaza: 100.27PSYemen, Rep.: 130.87YENorth AmericaBermuda: 46.00BMSouth AsiaBangladesh: 101.50BDBhutan: 96.68BTIndia: 120.86INMaldives: 31.09MVNepal: 136.33NPSri Lanka: 55.98LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 182.31AOBenin: 242.36BJBotswana: 150.81BWBurkina Faso: 207.43BFBurundi: 216.85BICabo Verde: 62.61CVCameroon: 192.84CMCentral African Republic: 323.60CFChad: 307.81TDComoros: 163.49KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 219.20CDCongo, Rep.: 213.09CGCote d'Ivoire: 262.25CIEquatorial Guinea: 198.67GQEritrea: 155.86EREswatini: 230.65SZEthiopia: 145.90ETGabon: 155.30GAGambia, The: 193.61GMGhana: 190.29GHGuinea: 232.86GNGuinea-Bissau: 191.82GWKenya: 271.88KELesotho: 355.43LSLiberia: 242.69LRMadagascar: 205.15MGMalawi: 162.19MWMali: 215.82MLMauritania: 151.87MRMauritius: 94.33MUMozambique: 175.59MZNamibia: 170.87NANiger: 184.44NENigeria: 340.87NGRwanda: 170.33RWSao Tome and Principe: 144.26STSenegal: 136.26SNSeychelles: 100.73SCSierra Leone: 195.23SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 230.83SOSouth Africa: 234.18ZASouth Sudan: 246.48SSSudan: 154.56SDTanzania: 199.66TZTogo: 237.17TGUganda: 188.53UGZambia: 153.35ZMZimbabwe: 273.92ZW

Lighter = lower value · Darker = higher value. Hover a cell to see the country and value.

Highest Values — 2024

# Country Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
1 Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa 355.43
2 Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa 340.87
3 Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa 323.60
4 Chad Sub-Saharan Africa 307.81
5 Nauru East Asia & Pacific 304.01
6 Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan Africa 273.92
7 Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa 271.88
8 Cote d'Ivoire Sub-Saharan Africa 262.25
9 South Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa 246.48
10 Liberia Sub-Saharan Africa 242.69

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 61 60.27
Upper middle income 53 101.02
Lower middle income 50 155.43
Low income 25 197.42
Not classified 2 125.55

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 32 115.43
Europe & Central Asia 40 62.44
Latin America & Caribbean 41 90.07
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 79.99
North America 1 46.00
South Asia 6 90.41
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 201.59

Lowest Values — 2024

# Country Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
1 United Arab Emirates 18.84
2 Korea, Rep. 20.50
3 French Polynesia 25.55
4 Macao SAR, China 27.19
5 Kuwait 28.39
6 San Marino 29.88
7 Liechtenstein 30.25
8 Qatar 30.73
9 Maldives 31.09
10 Switzerland 31.16
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.DYN.AMRT.FE), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2024.