Adult mortality rate, male — all countries

Adult mortality rate, male — Malawi

Adult mortality rate, male in Malawi in 2024 — 272.6 per 1,000. Ranked 166 in the world out of 191. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 39.4%.

2024 272.6 per 1,000 −1% vs 2023
World rank 166of 191
Period maximum 557 per 1,0001998
Period minimum 272.6 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 male adults

Adult mortality rate, male — Malawi, 1960–202420030040050060019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 449.9 per 1,0001962: 440.3 per 1,0001964: 442.8 per 1,0001966: 449.7 per 1,0001968: 452.5 per 1,0001970: 449.9 per 1,0001972: 446.9 per 1,0001974: 429.1 per 1,0001976: 416.9 per 1,0001978: 403.7 per 1,0001980: 400 per 1,0001982: 402.7 per 1,0001984: 407.3 per 1,0001986: 420.6 per 1,0001988: 444.2 per 1,0001990: 459.8 per 1,0001992: 483.8 per 1,0001994: 505.5 per 1,0001996: 528.1 per 1,0001998: 557 per 1,0002000: 544.5 per 1,0002002: 531.8 per 1,0002004: 500.7 per 1,0002006: 465.5 per 1,0002008: 432.7 per 1,0002010: 410.1 per 1,0002012: 385.8 per 1,0002014: 367.3 per 1,0002016: 347.9 per 1,0002018: 337.4 per 1,0002020: 324.6 per 1,0002022: 308.8 per 1,0002024: 272.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −177.2 (−39.4%) Average annual rate: -0.78 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malawi

Malawi 272.6 per 1,000
World 176 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 295.7 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 279.8 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 256.8 per 1,000
Adult mortality rate, male — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 272.6 −2.7 −1%
2023 275.4 −33.4 −10.83%
2022 308.8 −33.8 −9.88%
2021 342.6 +18.1 +5.57%
2020 324.6 −4.3 −1.32%
2019 328.9 −8.4 −2.5%
2018 337.4 +0 +0.01%
2017 337.3 −10.6 −3.05%
2016 347.9 −11.2 −3.12%
2015 359.2 −8.1 −2.21%
2014 367.3 −9.5 −2.52%
2013 376.8 −9 −2.34%
2012 385.8 −11.4 −2.86%
2011 397.2 −12.9 −3.15%
2010 410.1 −10.4 −2.48%
2009 420.5 −12.2 −2.81%
2008 432.7 −14.5 −3.24%
2007 447.2 −18.3 −3.93%
2006 465.5 −17.1 −3.53%
2005 482.6 −18.1 −3.61%
2004 500.7 −20.3 −3.9%
2003 521 −10.9 −2.04%
2002 531.8 −4.8 −0.89%
2001 536.6 −7.9 −1.45%
2000 544.5 −9.2 −1.66%
1999 553.7 −3.2 −0.58%
1998 557 +16.7 +3.1%
1997 540.2 +12.1 +2.3%
1996 528.1 +10.3 +1.98%
1995 517.8 +12.3 +2.44%
1994 505.5 +10.3 +2.08%
1993 495.2 +11.4 +2.35%
1992 483.8 +11.1 +2.36%
1991 472.7 +12.9 +2.8%
1990 459.8 +7.3 +1.6%
1989 452.5 +8.3 +1.87%
1988 444.2 +11.5 +2.65%
1987 432.8 +12.1 +2.89%
1986 420.6 +6.9 +1.67%
1985 413.7 +6.4 +1.57%
1984 407.3 +5.6 +1.4%
1983 401.7 −1 −0.26%
1982 402.7 +2.6 +0.65%
1981 400.1 +0.2 +0.04%
1980 400 −1.3 −0.33%
1979 401.3 −2.4 −0.6%
1978 403.7 −7 −1.71%
1977 410.8 −6.1 −1.46%
1976 416.9 −6.2 −1.46%
1975 423 −6.1 −1.42%
1974 429.1 −9.8 −2.23%
1973 438.9 −7.9 −1.78%
1972 446.9 −1.6 −0.35%
1971 448.4 −1.4 −0.32%
1970 449.9 −2.2 −0.49%
1969 452.1 −0.4 −0.1%
1968 452.5 −0.9 −0.2%
1967 453.4 +3.7 +0.83%
1966 449.7 +2.8 +0.62%
1965 446.9 +4.2 +0.95%
1964 442.8 +5.8 +1.33%
1963 437 −3.4 −0.77%
1962 440.3 −3.9 −0.88%
1961 444.2 −5.6 −1.25%
1960 449.9

About the indicator

The probability of death between the ages of 15 and 60 for men, expressed as the number of deaths per thousand fifteen-year-olds. The indicator picks out what happens in working ages more precisely than life expectancy does: life expectancy depends heavily on child mortality, and this series does not account for it at all. It is this series that shows the excess male mortality in the countries of Eastern Europe, where the values run three times the Western European ones.

Important: Not an annual rate but a probability over 45 years of life, computed from current age-specific rates. Child and old-age mortality are not part of it.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.