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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2016

2016, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2016 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. South Sudan is highest, at 542.051; Monaco is lowest, at 28.177. The middle country reads 144.848. Against 2015, 222 values changed (40 up, 182 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60) · Data for 2016

HighestSouth Sudan

542.051

LowestMonaco

28.177

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), 2016, 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), 2016: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1South SudanSSDEastern Africa542.051437.511632.679
2LesothoLSOSouthern Africa518.090468.319570.000
3EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa465.845411.533523.406
4Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa449.380392.370509.758
5NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa383.609318.623451.014
6ChadTCDMiddle Africa380.024355.966404.329
7ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa369.528344.668400.331
8NigeriaNGAWestern Africa369.362363.036375.861
9NauruNRUMicronesia356.095291.299419.964
10Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa339.477317.061359.042
11KenyaKENEastern Africa331.553291.120370.230
12South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa319.125263.469381.314
13MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa315.958270.724372.246
14SomaliaSOMEastern Africa311.693268.432354.039
15ZambiaZMBEastern Africa301.981261.777343.616
16MalawiMWIEastern Africa290.218235.186347.941
17UgandaUGAEastern Africa285.599247.274325.608
18CameroonCMRMiddle Africa284.399248.942319.138
19BotswanaBWASouthern Africa283.862250.608317.620
20TogoTGOWestern Africa283.048275.071291.916
21BurundiBDIEastern Africa282.371253.315311.776
22Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa281.720273.033291.195
23DR CongoCODMiddle Africa280.952253.152308.894
24LiberiaLBRWestern Africa277.797259.636296.818
25BeninBENWestern Africa274.260259.144289.781

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1South Sudan542.051
  2. 2Lesotho518.090
  3. 3Eswatini465.845
  4. 4Central African Republic449.380
  5. 5Namibia383.609

Lowest

  1. 222Monaco28.177
  2. 221Andorra33.267
  3. 220United Arab Emirates35.077
  4. 219San Marino36.238
  5. 218Qatar39.353

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 144.848. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestLesotho468.319

    LowestMonaco19.983

    Middle country: 98.229

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

    HighestSouth Sudan632.679

    LowestMonaco36.378

    Middle country: 188.279

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 40 · 182rose · 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 2016.

  • 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 (2016). Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adult-mortality/2016

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07Questions

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adult mortality in Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2016?

South Sudan, at 542.051, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2016 cover?

222.

Where can I download Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2016?

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), 2016 the newest?

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

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