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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2023

2023, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2023 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Lesotho is highest, at 415.441; Monaco is lowest, at 25.151. The middle country reads 133.698. Against 2022, 222 values changed (20 up, 202 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60) · Data for 2023

HighestLesotho

415.441

LowestMonaco

25.151

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), 2023, 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), 2023: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1LesothoLSOSouthern Africa415.441361.61470.601
2Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa355.452326.79393.481
3NigeriaNGAWestern Africa349.494342.63356.354
4NauruNRUMicronesia348.322306.91385.956
5ChadTCDMiddle Africa344.750309.35379.573
6ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa317.057278.05365.982
7KenyaKENEastern Africa316.457274.70356.092
8South SudanSSDEastern Africa301.240247.48356.247
9Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa294.088264.41319.935
10EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa289.293232.50348.872
11SomaliaSOMEastern Africa279.646232.38325.450
12PalestinePSEWestern Asia272.912171.48365.479
13South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa269.550212.62327.233
14BeninBENWestern Africa267.026244.60289.487
15LiberiaLBRWestern Africa266.206244.81288.302
16Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa258.399214.07303.599
17TuvaluTUVPolynesia255.222189.68312.825
18DR CongoCODMiddle Africa254.128221.24286.972
19BurundiBDIEastern Africa252.310218.92285.699
20MaliMLIWestern Africa250.653220.41279.475
21GuineaGINWestern Africa250.319234.75267.595
22TogoTGOWestern Africa245.664239.83251.534
23Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa244.892216.39273.122
24MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa243.752177.52314.917
25TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa242.286202.38282.362

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Lesotho415.441
  2. 2Central African Republic355.452
  3. 3Nigeria349.494
  4. 4Nauru348.322
  5. 5Chad344.750

Lowest

  1. 222Monaco25.151
  2. 221United Arab Emirates30.499
  3. 220South Korea32.668
  4. 219Qatar33.342
  5. 218San Marino33.422

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 133.698. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestLesotho361.61

    LowestUnited Arab Emirates18.47

    Middle country: 92.48

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

    HighestLesotho470.601

    LowestMonaco31.218

    Middle country: 178.281

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 20 · 202rose · 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 2023.

  • 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 (2023). Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adult-mortality/2023

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07Questions

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adult mortality in Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2023?

Lesotho, at 415.441, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2023 cover?

222.

Where can I download Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2023?

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), 2023 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-10-03, when it was read from the publisher.

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