health2024

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

Compare mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) across 189 countries or territories using one fixed 2024 World Bank reference slice.

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Key Insights

Global Average
115.9per 1,000 female adults
Median: 101.2per 1,000 female adults
Countries Covered
189
with available data
Highest
Lesotho
355.4per 1,000 female adults
Lowest
United Arab Emirates
18.8per 1,000 female adults
Top 5 Countries
1Lesotho355.4per 1,000 female adults
2Nigeria340.9per 1,000 female adults
3Central African Republic323.6per 1,000 female adults
4Chad307.8per 1,000 female adults
5Nauru304.0per 1,000 female adults
By Region
Africa179.0per 1,000 female adults(9 countries)
Other130.8per 1,000 female adults(128 countries)
North America108.0per 1,000 female adults(2 countries)
South America74.6per 1,000 female adults(7 countries)
Asia74.6per 1,000 female adults(26 countries)
Key Findings
  • 189 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite per 1,000 female adults observation in the fixed 2024 slice.
  • Lesotho has the highest published value (355.426 per 1,000 female adults).
  • United Arab Emirates has the lowest published value (18.843 per 1,000 female adults).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (18.8per 1,000 female adults)High (355.4per 1,000 female adults)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 115.9per 1,000 female adults)

Africa (9)
Other (128)
North America (2)
South America (7)
Asia (26)
Europe (17)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2024 World Bank slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Lesotho355.4per 1,000 female adults
2Nigeria340.9per 1,000 female adults
3Central African Republic323.6per 1,000 female adults
4Chad307.8per 1,000 female adults
5Nauru304.0per 1,000 female adults
6Zimbabwe273.9per 1,000 female adults
7Kenya271.9per 1,000 female adults
8Cote d'Ivoire262.3per 1,000 female adults
9South Sudan246.5per 1,000 female adults
10Liberia242.7per 1,000 female adults
11Benin242.4per 1,000 female adults
12Togo237.2per 1,000 female adults
13South Africa234.2per 1,000 female adults
14Guinea232.9per 1,000 female adults
15Somalia230.8per 1,000 female adults
16Eswatini230.7per 1,000 female adults
17Democratic Republic of the Congo219.2per 1,000 female adults
18Burundi216.9per 1,000 female adults
19Mali215.8per 1,000 female adults
20Republic of the Congo213.1per 1,000 female adults
21Burkina Faso207.4per 1,000 female adults
22Madagascar205.2per 1,000 female adults
23United Republic of Tanzania199.7per 1,000 female adults
24Equatorial Guinea198.7per 1,000 female adults
25Marshall Islands196.3per 1,000 female adults
26Sierra Leone195.2per 1,000 female adults
27Republic of The Gambia193.6per 1,000 female adults
28Cameroon192.8per 1,000 female adults
29Guinea-Bissau191.8per 1,000 female adults
30Fiji190.6per 1,000 female adults
31Ghana190.3per 1,000 female adults
32Uganda188.5per 1,000 female adults
33Tuvalu187.4per 1,000 female adults
34Niger184.4per 1,000 female adults
35Angola182.3per 1,000 female adults
36Afghanistan175.9per 1,000 female adults
37Mozambique175.6per 1,000 female adults
38Papua New Guinea175.2per 1,000 female adults
39Djibouti172.5per 1,000 female adults
40Micronesia, Federated States of171.9per 1,000 female adults
41Namibia170.9per 1,000 female adults
42Rwanda170.3per 1,000 female adults
43Kiribati170.0per 1,000 female adults
44Haiti166.3per 1,000 female adults
45Comoros163.5per 1,000 female adults
46Malawi162.2per 1,000 female adults
47Timor-Leste156.0per 1,000 female adults
48Eritrea155.9per 1,000 female adults
49Gabon155.3per 1,000 female adults
50Sudan154.6per 1,000 female adults
51Zambia153.3per 1,000 female adults
52Greenland152.1per 1,000 female adults
53Mauritania151.9per 1,000 female adults
54Botswana150.8per 1,000 female adults
55Myanmar150.1per 1,000 female adults
56Bolivia146.8per 1,000 female adults
57Ethiopia145.9per 1,000 female adults
58Libya145.0per 1,000 female adults
59Solomon Islands144.4per 1,000 female adults
60Sao Tome and Principe144.3per 1,000 female adults
61Guyana144.1per 1,000 female adults
62Samoa142.3per 1,000 female adults
63Nepal136.3per 1,000 female adults
64Senegal136.3per 1,000 female adults
65Indonesia136.2per 1,000 female adults
66Saint Vincent and the Grenadines135.2per 1,000 female adults
67Lao People's Democratic Republic134.1per 1,000 female adults
68Cambodia131.1per 1,000 female adults
69Philippines131.0per 1,000 female adults
70Yemen130.9per 1,000 female adults
71Vanuatu129.4per 1,000 female adults
72Pakistan128.9per 1,000 female adults
73Jamaica121.8per 1,000 female adults
74Bahamas121.7per 1,000 female adults
75Guatemala121.6per 1,000 female adults
76India120.9per 1,000 female adults
77Suriname120.4per 1,000 female adults
78Uzbekistan114.7per 1,000 female adults
79El Salvador114.4per 1,000 female adults
80Moldova, Republic of113.1per 1,000 female adults
81Tonga110.6per 1,000 female adults
82Honduras110.3per 1,000 female adults
83Turkmenistan109.5per 1,000 female adults
84Iraq109.3per 1,000 female adults
85Tajikistan107.8per 1,000 female adults
86Grenada106.9per 1,000 female adults
87Venezuela105.2per 1,000 female adults
88Belize104.8per 1,000 female adults
89Mongolia104.7per 1,000 female adults
90Syrian Arab Republic103.6per 1,000 female adults
91Trinidad and Tobago102.7per 1,000 female adults
92Saint Kitts and Nevis102.7per 1,000 female adults
93Dominican Republic102.2per 1,000 female adults
94Bangladesh101.5per 1,000 female adults
95Egypt101.2per 1,000 female adults
96Seychelles100.7per 1,000 female adults
97State of Palestine100.3per 1,000 female adults
98North Korea99.9per 1,000 female adults
99Guam99.5per 1,000 female adults
100Kyrgyzstan98.1per 1,000 female adults
101Bhutan96.7per 1,000 female adults
102Russian Federation96.4per 1,000 female adults
103Nicaragua94.6per 1,000 female adults
104Paraguay94.5per 1,000 female adults
105Mexico94.5per 1,000 female adults
106Mauritius94.3per 1,000 female adults
107Brunei Darussalam93.0per 1,000 female adults
108Saint Lucia91.3per 1,000 female adults
109Thailand89.9per 1,000 female adults
110Peru88.4per 1,000 female adults
111Kazakhstan87.9per 1,000 female adults
112Dominica85.5per 1,000 female adults
113Ukraine85.2per 1,000 female adults
114Barbados84.5per 1,000 female adults
115Antigua and Barbuda84.5per 1,000 female adults
116Brazil83.4per 1,000 female adults
117Argentina80.3per 1,000 female adults
118Malaysia80.2per 1,000 female adults
119Morocco75.7per 1,000 female adults
120Ecuador75.2per 1,000 female adults
121Latvia74.3per 1,000 female adults
122Uruguay73.5per 1,000 female adults
123Georgia73.4per 1,000 female adults
124Vietnam73.2per 1,000 female adults
125Romania72.0per 1,000 female adults
126Turks and Caicos Islands71.6per 1,000 female adults
127Azerbaijan71.2per 1,000 female adults
128Cuba69.9per 1,000 female adults
129Serbia69.3per 1,000 female adults
130Lithuania69.3per 1,000 female adults
131Algeria68.6per 1,000 female adults
132Montenegro66.9per 1,000 female adults
133Colombia65.6per 1,000 female adults
134Cape Verde62.6per 1,000 female adults
135Panama61.1per 1,000 female adults
136Sint Maarten (Dutch part)61.1per 1,000 female adults
137New Caledonia61.1per 1,000 female adults
138Bosnia and Herzegovina60.0per 1,000 female adults
139Aruba59.8per 1,000 female adults
140Armenia57.5per 1,000 female adults
141Lebanon57.1per 1,000 female adults
142The Republic of North Macedonia57.0per 1,000 female adults
143Slovakia56.5per 1,000 female adults
144Islamic Republic of Iran56.4per 1,000 female adults
145Jordan56.3per 1,000 female adults
146Chile56.1per 1,000 female adults
147Sri Lanka56.0per 1,000 female adults
148People's Republic of China56.0per 1,000 female adults
149Costa Rica55.3per 1,000 female adults
150Tunisia54.5per 1,000 female adults
151Saudi Arabia54.5per 1,000 female adults
152Curaçao54.2per 1,000 female adults
153Estonia54.2per 1,000 female adults
154Virgin Islands, U.S.52.4per 1,000 female adults
155Türkiye50.7per 1,000 female adults
156Virgin Islands, British49.6per 1,000 female adults
157Bahrain49.5per 1,000 female adults
158Croatia49.1per 1,000 female adults
159Isle of Man49.1per 1,000 female adults
160Albania46.8per 1,000 female adults
161Bermuda46.0per 1,000 female adults
162Oman46.0per 1,000 female adults
163Belgium43.5per 1,000 female adults
164Puerto Rico42.1per 1,000 female adults
165Portugal41.5per 1,000 female adults
166Finland40.6per 1,000 female adults
167Denmark39.1per 1,000 female adults
168Malta38.3per 1,000 female adults
169Israel37.6per 1,000 female adults
170Faroe Islands37.0per 1,000 female adults
171Saint Martin (French part)36.6per 1,000 female adults
172Japan36.6per 1,000 female adults
173Norway36.2per 1,000 female adults
174Greece35.1per 1,000 female adults
175Gibraltar34.6per 1,000 female adults
176Cyprus33.4per 1,000 female adults
177Singapore33.2per 1,000 female adults
178Sweden32.9per 1,000 female adults
179Hong Kong32.8per 1,000 female adults
180Switzerland31.2per 1,000 female adults
181Maldives31.1per 1,000 female adults
182Qatar30.7per 1,000 female adults
183Liechtenstein30.3per 1,000 female adults
184San Marino29.9per 1,000 female adults
185Kuwait28.4per 1,000 female adults
186Macao27.2per 1,000 female adults
187French Polynesia25.5per 1,000 female adults
188South Korea20.5per 1,000 female adults
189United Arab Emirates18.8per 1,000 female adults
Showing 189 of 189 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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