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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2008

2008, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2008 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Lesotho is highest, at 700.918; Andorra is lowest, at 36.100. The middle country reads 158.743. Against 2007, 222 values changed (27 up, 195 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60) · Data for 2008

HighestLesotho

700.918

LowestAndorra

36.100

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), 2008, 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), 2008: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1LesothoLSOSouthern Africa700.918649.397752.01
2EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa665.883641.115692.47
3ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa599.129599.107597.92
4NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa509.450455.357566.55
5Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa475.299467.953482.26
6South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa471.345424.338526.76
7ZambiaZMBEastern Africa425.841411.519443.50
8BotswanaBWASouthern Africa420.972390.877453.12
9Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa409.721396.369421.70
10MalawiMWIEastern Africa403.603376.208432.69
11MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa400.158377.239433.03
12ChadTCDMiddle Africa386.230366.224406.93
13NigeriaNGAWestern Africa376.262367.809385.12
14NauruNRUMicronesia370.181301.235437.30
15KenyaKENEastern Africa366.199341.415390.29
16UgandaUGAEastern Africa363.827338.012391.87
17Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa350.916335.577367.40
18SomaliaSOMEastern Africa341.077307.832374.26
19BurundiBDIEastern Africa331.971305.003360.01
20CameroonCMRMiddle Africa330.175311.496349.09
21Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa329.235297.363367.90
22TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa327.909306.715352.01
23AngolaAGOMiddle Africa314.791282.153348.07
24TogoTGOWestern Africa314.585304.244326.16
25MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia313.943297.249331.40

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Lesotho700.918
  2. 2Eswatini665.883
  3. 3Zimbabwe599.129
  4. 4Namibia509.450
  5. 5Central African Republic475.299

Lowest

  1. 222Andorra36.100
  2. 221Monaco37.315
  3. 220United Arab Emirates42.714
  4. 219San Marino45.214
  5. 218Liechtenstein47.838

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 158.743. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestLesotho649.397

    LowestMonaco24.049

    Middle country: 106.205

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

    HighestLesotho752.01

    LowestAndorra43.87

    Middle country: 207.09

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 27 · 195rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Iraq266.361 → 223.114−43.247
  • Zimbabwe624.238 → 599.129−25.109
  • Latvia220.479 → 197.752−22.727
  • Estonia184.544 → 163.287−21.257
  • Botswana440.666 → 420.972−19.695

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 2008.

  • 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 (2008). Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adult-mortality/2008

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07Questions

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adult mortality in Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2008?

Lesotho, at 700.918, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2008 cover?

222.

Where can I download Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2008?

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), 2008 the newest?

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

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