Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000) by country

Probability of dying between age 15-19 years of age expressed per 1,000 adolescents age 15, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

Countries reporting
195
Highest
36.2 per 1,000
Palestine
Lowest
0.7 per 1,000
San Marino
Median
3.6 per 1,000
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
8,505

What the numbers show

Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000) is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 36.2 per 1,000 in Palestine; the lowest is 0.7 per 1,000 in San Marino.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.6 per 1,000, and the mean is 4.42 per 1,000.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 52.

Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 146 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 609.8%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 76.0%).

Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Palestine 36.2 per 1,000 2024 up 609.8% volatile
2 Somalia 16.9 per 1,000 2024 down 19.1% falling
3 Sudan 15.4 per 1,000 2024 up 32.8% falling
4 South Sudan 15.3 per 1,000 2024 down 47.8% volatile
5 Sierra Leone 14.3 per 1,000 2024 down 24.7% falling
6 Democratic Republic of Congo 13.9 per 1,000 2024 up 0.7% falling
6 East Timor 13.9 per 1,000 2024 up 39.0% falling
8 Chad 13.5 per 1,000 2024 down 22.0% falling
9 Guinea 11.9 per 1,000 2024 down 22.2% falling
10 Afghanistan 11.4 per 1,000 2024 down 14.3% falling
11 Liberia 11.1 per 1,000 2024 down 11.9% falling
12 Cameroon 10.3 per 1,000 2024 down 14.9% falling
13 Central African Republic 10.1 per 1,000 2024 down 76.0% volatile
14 Guinea-Bissau 9.9 per 1,000 2024 down 20.2% falling
14 Equatorial Guinea 9.9 per 1,000 2024 down 20.8% falling
16 Benin 9.7 per 1,000 2024 down 4.9% falling
17 Angola 9.5 per 1,000 2024 down 17.4% falling
17 Djibouti 9.5 per 1,000 2024 down 20.2% falling
19 Zimbabwe 9.3 per 1,000 2024 unchanged flat
20 Ukraine 9.2 per 1,000 2024 up 196.8% falling
21 Mali 9.1 per 1,000 2024 down 9.9% falling
21 Niger 9.1 per 1,000 2024 down 24.2% falling
23 Eswatini 8.5 per 1,000 2024 down 8.6% falling
24 Venezuela 7.6 per 1,000 2024 down 20.8% rising
25 Ecuador 7.5 per 1,000 2024 up 66.7% falling
26 Burundi 7.4 per 1,000 2024 down 17.8% volatile
26 Eritrea 7.4 per 1,000 2024 down 21.3% volatile
28 Kiribati 7.3 per 1,000 2024 down 5.2% falling
28 Madagascar 7.3 per 1,000 2024 down 24.7% falling
28 Mozambique 7.3 per 1,000 2024 down 18.0% falling
31 Gambia 7.2 per 1,000 2024 down 22.6% falling
32 South Africa 7.1 per 1,000 2024 down 7.8% falling
33 Uganda 7 per 1,000 2024 down 33.3% falling
34 Nigeria 6.9 per 1,000 2024 down 17.9% falling
35 Burkina Faso 6.7 per 1,000 2024 down 10.7% falling
35 Ethiopia 6.7 per 1,000 2024 down 29.5% falling
37 Cote d'Ivoire 6.5 per 1,000 2024 down 29.3% falling
37 Haiti 6.5 per 1,000 2024 down 12.2% volatile
39 Togo 6.4 per 1,000 2024 down 26.4% falling
40 Malawi 6.3 per 1,000 2024 down 30.8% falling
41 Ghana 6.2 per 1,000 2024 down 20.5% falling
41 Papua New Guinea 6.2 per 1,000 2024 down 15.1% falling
43 Mauritania 6.1 per 1,000 2024 up 1.7% falling
44 Namibia 5.9 per 1,000 2024 down 33.7% falling
44 Palau 5.9 per 1,000 2024 down 24.4% flat
46 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.7 per 1,000 2024 down 18.6% rising
47 Saint Lucia 5.6 per 1,000 2024 up 69.7% rising
48 Belize 5.4 per 1,000 2024 down 14.3% rising
48 Kenya 5.4 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% falling
48 Tanzania 5.4 per 1,000 2024 down 16.9% falling
51 Bangladesh 5.3 per 1,000 2024 down 3.6% falling
51 Guatemala 5.3 per 1,000 2024 down 18.5% falling
53 Lebanon 5.2 per 1,000 2024 up 79.3% falling
53 Sao Tome and Principe 5.2 per 1,000 2024 down 25.7% falling
55 Guyana 5 per 1,000 2024 down 26.5% rising
55 Marshall Islands 5 per 1,000 2024 down 15.3% falling
55 Zambia 5 per 1,000 2024 down 39.8% falling
58 Cambodia 4.9 per 1,000 2024 up 2.1% volatile
58 Trinidad and Tobago 4.9 per 1,000 2024 up 11.4% rising
60 Bhutan 4.8 per 1,000 2024 down 23.8% falling
60 Thailand 4.8 per 1,000 2024 down 21.3% falling
62 Brazil 4.7 per 1,000 2024 down 32.9% flat
62 Iran 4.7 per 1,000 2024 up 6.8% falling
64 Botswana 4.6 per 1,000 2024 down 13.2% falling
64 Micronesia (country) 4.6 per 1,000 2024 down 14.8% falling
64 Gabon 4.6 per 1,000 2024 down 27.0% falling
64 Yemen 4.6 per 1,000 2024 down 14.8% falling
68 Colombia 4.4 per 1,000 2024 down 15.4% falling
68 Suriname 4.4 per 1,000 2024 up 15.8% falling
70 Comoros 4.3 per 1,000 2024 down 8.5% falling
70 Philippines 4.3 per 1,000 2024 up 13.2% falling
70 Solomon Islands 4.3 per 1,000 2024 down 12.2% falling
70 Uzbekistan 4.3 per 1,000 2024 up 30.3% falling
74 Indonesia 4.2 per 1,000 2024 down 20.8% falling
74 Jamaica 4.2 per 1,000 2024 down 2.3% falling
74 Laos 4.2 per 1,000 2024 down 31.1% falling
74 Tuvalu 4.2 per 1,000 2024 down 16.0% falling
78 Senegal 4.1 per 1,000 2024 down 37.9% falling
78 Seychelles 4.1 per 1,000 2024 up 2.5% rising
80 Paraguay 4 per 1,000 2024 down 16.7% falling
80 Saudi Arabia 4 per 1,000 2024 down 20.0% falling
82 Bolivia 3.9 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% falling
82 Congo 3.9 per 1,000 2024 down 29.1% volatile
82 Mexico 3.9 per 1,000 2024 up 5.4% flat
82 Myanmar 3.9 per 1,000 2024 down 7.1% falling
82 Nepal 3.9 per 1,000 2024 down 20.4% falling
82 North Korea 3.9 per 1,000 2024 down 15.2% falling
82 Vanuatu 3.9 per 1,000 2024 down 4.9% falling
89 Honduras 3.8 per 1,000 2024 down 17.4% falling
89 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.8 per 1,000 2024 down 17.4% rising
91 Egypt 3.7 per 1,000 2024 down 2.6% falling
91 Fiji 3.7 per 1,000 2024 down 9.8% falling
91 Iraq 3.7 per 1,000 2024 down 11.9% falling
91 Nicaragua 3.7 per 1,000 2024 down 11.9% falling
91 Rwanda 3.7 per 1,000 2024 down 40.3% volatile
91 Uruguay 3.7 per 1,000 2024 unchanged falling
97 Dominican Republic 3.6 per 1,000 2024 down 28.0% falling
97 El Salvador 3.6 per 1,000 2024 down 52.0% falling
99 Costa Rica 3.5 per 1,000 2024 up 34.6% flat
99 India 3.5 per 1,000 2024 down 30.0% falling
99 Mongolia 3.5 per 1,000 2024 down 18.6% falling
99 Panama 3.5 per 1,000 2024 down 31.4% falling
99 Russia 3.5 per 1,000 2024 down 5.4% falling
99 British Virgin Islands 3.5 per 1,000 2024 down 10.3% falling
105 Lesotho 3.4 per 1,000 2024 down 62.6% falling
106 Pakistan 3.3 per 1,000 2024 down 28.3% falling
107 Malaysia 3.2 per 1,000 2024 down 5.9% falling
107 Turkmenistan 3.2 per 1,000 2024 down 23.8% falling
109 Mauritius 3.1 per 1,000 2024 up 10.7% falling
109 Tunisia 3.1 per 1,000 2024 up 19.2% falling
111 Bahamas 3 per 1,000 2024 down 48.3% falling
111 Syria 3 per 1,000 2024 down 74.8% volatile
111 Samoa 3 per 1,000 2024 down 16.7% falling
114 Argentina 2.9 per 1,000 2024 down 25.6% falling
114 Dominica 2.9 per 1,000 2024 up 11.5% falling
114 Moldova 2.9 per 1,000 2024 up 7.4% falling
117 Peru 2.8 per 1,000 2024 up 3.7% falling
118 Azerbaijan 2.7 per 1,000 2024 unchanged volatile
118 Kazakhstan 2.7 per 1,000 2024 down 20.6% falling
118 Kyrgyzstan 2.7 per 1,000 2024 down 10.0% falling
118 Oman 2.7 per 1,000 2024 down 3.6% falling
118 Tonga 2.7 per 1,000 2024 down 20.6% flat
123 Algeria 2.6 per 1,000 2024 down 3.7% falling
123 Croatia 2.6 per 1,000 2024 up 73.3% falling
123 Libya 2.6 per 1,000 2024 down 44.7% falling
123 Nauru 2.6 per 1,000 2024 down 38.1% falling
123 United States 2.6 per 1,000 2024 up 13.0% falling
123 Vietnam 2.6 per 1,000 2024 down 18.8% falling
129 Cuba 2.5 per 1,000 2024 up 31.6% falling
130 Georgia 2.4 per 1,000 2024 down 7.7% flat
130 Montenegro 2.4 per 1,000 2024 up 71.4% falling
132 Grenada 2.3 per 1,000 2024 down 17.9% falling
132 Turkey 2.3 per 1,000 2024 down 4.2% volatile
134 Cape Verde 2.2 per 1,000 2024 down 21.4% falling
135 Bulgaria 2.1 per 1,000 2024 down 8.7% falling
135 Chile 2.1 per 1,000 2024 down 4.5% falling
135 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.1 per 1,000 2024 down 16.0% falling
138 United Arab Emirates 2 per 1,000 2024 down 16.7% falling
138 Barbados 2 per 1,000 2024 down 25.9% falling
138 Estonia 2 per 1,000 2024 down 4.8% falling
138 Maldives 2 per 1,000 2024 down 25.9% falling
142 Latvia 1.9 per 1,000 2024 down 20.8% falling
142 Morocco 1.9 per 1,000 2024 down 24.0% falling
144 Brunei 1.8 per 1,000 2024 up 12.5% falling
144 New Zealand 1.8 per 1,000 2024 down 21.7% falling
144 Poland 1.8 per 1,000 2024 down 10.0% falling
144 Qatar 1.8 per 1,000 2024 down 30.8% falling
148 Armenia 1.7 per 1,000 2024 down 29.2% falling
148 Antigua and Barbuda 1.7 per 1,000 2024 down 41.4% falling
148 Austria 1.7 per 1,000 2024 up 13.3% falling
148 Bahrain 1.7 per 1,000 2024 down 22.7% falling
148 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.7 per 1,000 2024 up 6.2% volatile
148 Canada 1.7 per 1,000 2024 unchanged falling
148 Finland 1.7 per 1,000 2024 up 13.3% falling
148 Serbia 1.7 per 1,000 2024 up 6.2% falling
156 Lithuania 1.6 per 1,000 2024 down 42.9% falling
156 North Macedonia 1.6 per 1,000 2024 up 6.7% falling
156 Romania 1.6 per 1,000 2024 down 27.3% falling
156 Tajikistan 1.6 per 1,000 2024 down 27.3% volatile
160 Kuwait 1.5 per 1,000 2024 down 34.8% falling
160 Sri Lanka 1.5 per 1,000 2024 down 42.3% volatile
160 Slovakia 1.5 per 1,000 2024 down 16.7% falling
163 Albania 1.4 per 1,000 2024 down 39.1% falling
163 Belarus 1.4 per 1,000 2024 down 39.1% falling
163 Czechia 1.4 per 1,000 2024 down 12.5% falling
163 Norway 1.4 per 1,000 2024 up 7.7% falling
167 Australia 1.3 per 1,000 2024 down 13.3% falling
167 Greece 1.3 per 1,000 2024 down 7.1% falling
167 Jordan 1.3 per 1,000 2024 down 40.9% falling
170 Andorra 1.2 per 1,000 2024 down 20.0% falling
170 China 1.2 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% falling
170 Germany 1.2 per 1,000 2024 unchanged falling
170 United Kingdom 1.2 per 1,000 2024 unchanged falling
170 Hungary 1.2 per 1,000 2024 down 14.3% falling
170 Iceland 1.2 per 1,000 2024 down 14.3% falling
170 Israel 1.2 per 1,000 2024 unchanged falling
170 Japan 1.2 per 1,000 2024 up 20.0% falling
170 South Korea 1.2 per 1,000 2024 unchanged volatile
170 Monaco 1.2 per 1,000 2024 down 20.0% falling
170 Portugal 1.2 per 1,000 2024 up 9.1% volatile
170 Singapore 1.2 per 1,000 2024 up 20.0% falling
182 Switzerland 1.1 per 1,000 2024 unchanged falling
182 France 1.1 per 1,000 2024 unchanged falling
182 Ireland 1.1 per 1,000 2024 down 15.4% falling
182 Netherlands 1.1 per 1,000 2024 up 10.0% falling
186 Belgium 1 per 1,000 2024 down 23.1% falling
186 Italy 1 per 1,000 2024 down 9.1% falling
186 Slovenia 1 per 1,000 2024 down 33.3% falling
186 Sweden 1 per 1,000 2024 down 16.7% falling
190 Denmark 0.9 per 1,000 2024 down 10.0% falling
190 Spain 0.9 per 1,000 2024 unchanged falling
190 Malta 0.9 per 1,000 2024 down 18.2% falling
193 Luxembourg 0.8 per 1,000 2024 down 20.0% volatile
194 Cyprus 0.7 per 1,000 2024 down 36.4% volatile
194 San Marino 0.7 per 1,000 2024 down 30.0% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
Unit
per 1,000
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 8,505 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Probability of dying between age 15-19 years of age expressed per 1,000 adolescents age 15, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.