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

Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male 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.MA • Data available for 217 countries • Latest year: 2024

In , Lesotho led Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) at 464.08.

The world median across 191 reporting countries was 183.76.

What this measures: Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male 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
183.76
Mean
183.09
25th percentile
112.00
75th percentile
243.99
Range
35.98 – 464.08

World at a Glance — 2024

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

East Asia & PacificBrunei Darussalam: 135.77BNCambodia: 206.85KHChina: 111.02CNFiji: 261.84FJFrench Polynesia: 43.67PFGuam: 196.21GUHong Kong SAR, China: 59.10HKIndonesia: 187.77IDJapan: 64.57JPKiribati: 220.58KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 155.19KPKorea, Rep.: 53.42KRLao PDR: 198.27LAMacao SAR, China: 54.45MOMalaysia: 147.76MYMarshall Islands: 262.17MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 307.35FMMongolia: 265.03MNMyanmar: 252.74MMNauru: 383.50NRNew Caledonia: 118.05NCPapua New Guinea: 266.08PGPhilippines: 229.80PHSamoa: 183.92WSSingapore: 60.78SGSolomon Islands: 183.76SBThailand: 211.11THTimor-Leste: 202.49TLTonga: 210.76TOTuvalu: 310.27TVVanuatu: 188.03VUViet Nam: 179.05VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 94.00ALArmenia: 175.38AMAzerbaijan: 153.16AZBelgium: 73.08BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 117.22BAChannel Islands: 62.00JGCroatia: 112.47HRCyprus: 59.94CYDenmark: 65.83DKEstonia: 137.23EEFaroe Islands: 63.48FOFinland: 80.36FIGeorgia: 216.05GEGibraltar: 65.22GIGreece: 81.81GRGreenland: 220.17GLIsle of Man: 79.05IMKazakhstan: 212.97KZKosovo: 89.21XKKyrgyz Republic: 224.10KGLatvia: 214.54LVLiechtenstein: 43.08LILithuania: 178.28LTMoldova: 274.19MDMontenegro: 132.42MENorth Macedonia: 104.85MKNorway: 59.44NOPortugal: 88.94PTRomania: 176.43RORussian Federation: 294.23RUSan Marino: 35.98SMSerbia: 137.37RSSlovak Republic: 129.32SKSweden: 51.86SESwitzerland: 52.75CHTajikistan: 165.82TJTurkiye: 111.43TRTurkmenistan: 207.92TMUkraine: 235.76UAUzbekistan: 196.37UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 122.41AGArgentina: 125.90ARAruba: 122.04AWBahamas, The: 208.11BSBarbados: 141.50BBBelize: 194.66BZBolivia: 227.68BOBrazil: 169.80BRBritish Virgin Islands: 100.81VGChile: 93.93CLColombia: 122.83COCosta Rica: 106.91CRCuba: 123.45CUCuracao: 133.07CWDominica: 179.38DMDominican Republic: 178.63DOEcuador: 133.22ECEl Salvador: 278.72SVGrenada: 163.25GDGuatemala: 202.80GTGuyana: 265.18GYHaiti: 271.54HTHonduras: 173.81HNJamaica: 200.17JMMexico: 192.69MXNicaragua: 170.95NIPanama: 112.00PAParaguay: 176.86PYPeru: 135.36PEPuerto Rico (US): 116.39PRSint Maarten (Dutch part): 109.36SXSt. Kitts and Nevis: 213.97KNSt. Lucia: 191.17LCSt. Martin (French part): 77.81MFSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 215.73VCSuriname: 197.12SRTrinidad and Tobago: 183.18TTTurks and Caicos Islands: 108.02TCUruguay: 137.13UYVenezuela, RB: 216.19VEVirgin Islands (U.S.): 176.04VIMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 221.63AFAlgeria: 86.86DZBahrain: 58.11BHDjibouti: 247.06DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 169.06EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 106.74IRIraq: 153.92IQIsrael: 70.74ILJordan: 86.02JOKuwait: 52.20KWLebanon: 83.63LBLibya: 195.03LYMalta: 58.92MTMorocco: 115.39MAOman: 64.15OMPakistan: 199.97PKQatar: 39.05QASaudi Arabia: 86.51SASyrian Arab Republic: 163.45SYTunisia: 111.28TNUnited Arab Emirates: 37.73AEWest Bank and Gaza: 217.24PSYemen, Rep.: 191.32YENorth AmericaBermuda: 82.10BMSouth AsiaBangladesh: 141.38BDBhutan: 137.02BTIndia: 175.63INMaldives: 43.78MVNepal: 178.03NPSri Lanka: 133.79LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 269.02AOBenin: 287.55BJBotswana: 223.69BWBurkina Faso: 284.03BFBurundi: 283.84BICabo Verde: 158.59CVCameroon: 272.06CMCentral African Republic: 390.38CFChad: 378.00TDComoros: 227.54KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 285.03CDCongo, Rep.: 270.24CGCote d'Ivoire: 318.01CIEquatorial Guinea: 258.82GQEritrea: 214.07EREswatini: 346.97SZEthiopia: 242.79ETGabon: 244.14GAGambia, The: 243.56GMGhana: 265.17GHGuinea: 266.12GNGuinea-Bissau: 271.06GWKenya: 353.35KELesotho: 464.08LSLiberia: 286.64LRMadagascar: 256.68MGMalawi: 272.64MWMali: 269.90MLMauritania: 202.63MRMauritius: 182.30MUMozambique: 312.58MZNamibia: 302.25NANiger: 222.31NENigeria: 354.91NGRwanda: 248.46RWSao Tome and Principe: 272.02STSenegal: 200.96SNSeychelles: 198.11SCSierra Leone: 240.31SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 323.89SOSouth Africa: 353.70ZASouth Sudan: 355.03SSSudan: 243.99SDTanzania: 279.54TZTogo: 249.68TGUganda: 268.15UGZambia: 230.62ZMZimbabwe: 361.89ZW

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Highest Values — 2024

# Country Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
1 Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa 464.08
2 Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa 390.38
3 Nauru East Asia & Pacific 383.50
4 Chad Sub-Saharan Africa 378.00
5 Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan Africa 361.89
6 South Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa 355.03
7 Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa 354.91
8 South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa 353.70
9 Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa 353.35
10 Eswatini Sub-Saharan Africa 346.97

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 61 112.63
Upper middle income 53 181.19
Lower middle income 50 228.11
Low income 25 265.27
Not classified 2 229.49

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 32 184.73
Europe & Central Asia 40 131.84
Latin America & Caribbean 41 165.12
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 122.43
North America 1 82.10
South Asia 6 134.94
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 277.23

Lowest Values — 2024

# Country Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
1 San Marino 35.98
2 United Arab Emirates 37.73
3 Qatar 39.05
4 Liechtenstein 43.08
5 French Polynesia 43.67
6 Maldives 43.78
7 Sweden 51.86
8 Kuwait 52.20
9 Switzerland 52.75
10 Korea, Rep. 53.42
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.DYN.AMRT.MA), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2024.