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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2005

2005, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2005 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Lesotho is highest, at 703.15; Monaco is lowest, at 35.56. The middle country reads 163.07. Against 2004, 222 values changed (43 up, 179 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60) · Data for 2005

HighestLesotho

703.15

LowestMonaco

35.56

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2005, as published. UN DESA Population Division ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2005: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1LesothoLSOSouthern Africa703.15652.42753.518
2EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa689.53664.08717.340
3ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa649.88643.76655.537
4NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa545.32509.03585.263
5South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa498.93460.98544.084
6Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa498.59490.39505.968
7BotswanaBWASouthern Africa494.12454.83535.052
8ZambiaZMBEastern Africa476.38476.90477.565
9MalawiMWIEastern Africa448.68415.95482.555
10Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa433.58426.87438.953
11UgandaUGAEastern Africa407.55380.85436.295
12MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa402.73379.49435.005
13ChadTCDMiddle Africa386.04366.94405.864
14NigeriaNGAWestern Africa385.26375.40395.492
15KenyaKENEastern Africa378.97366.96390.718
16Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa377.48362.20393.913
17NauruNRUMicronesia371.08305.51438.145
18BurundiBDIEastern Africa356.30327.89386.264
19Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa351.86317.43392.805
20TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa351.71335.43369.972
21EthiopiaETHEastern Africa346.02325.60366.811
22AngolaAGOMiddle Africa343.85309.18379.203
23SomaliaSOMEastern Africa343.19314.52372.144
24CameroonCMRMiddle Africa341.05327.00355.557
25RwandaRWAEastern Africa330.08303.70361.249

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1Lesotho703.15
  2. 2Eswatini689.53
  3. 3Zimbabwe649.88
  4. 4Namibia545.32
  5. 5South Africa498.93

Lowest

  1. 222Monaco35.56
  2. 221Andorra39.89
  3. 220United Arab Emirates50.33
  4. 219San Marino51.37
  5. 218Liechtenstein52.51

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 163.07. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (deaths between 15 and 60 per 1,000 alive at 15)

    HighestEswatini664.08

    LowestMonaco21.45

    Middle country: 111.95

  • Men (deaths between 15 and 60 per 1,000 alive at 15)

    HighestLesotho753.518

    LowestAndorra47.274

    Middle country: 206.752

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 43 · 179rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2005.

  • The position is ours

    UN DESA Population Division publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (2005). Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adult-mortality/2005

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07Questions

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adult mortality in Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2005?

Lesotho, at 703.15, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2005 cover?

222.

Where can I download Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2005?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2005 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2023.

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