Adult mortality rate, male — all countries

Adult mortality rate, male — Sub-Saharan Africa

Adult mortality rate, male in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024 — 295.7 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 37.3%.

2024 295.7 per 1,000 −0.49% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 471.6 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 295.7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 male adults

Adult mortality rate, male — Sub-Saharan Africa, 1960–202425030035040045050019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 471.6 per 1,0001962: 459.9 per 1,0001964: 456.7 per 1,0001966: 453.2 per 1,0001968: 450.8 per 1,0001970: 438.1 per 1,0001972: 435.9 per 1,0001974: 423.9 per 1,0001976: 415.2 per 1,0001978: 411.7 per 1,0001980: 403.2 per 1,0001982: 400.4 per 1,0001984: 412.8 per 1,0001986: 406.8 per 1,0001988: 401.2 per 1,0001990: 407.9 per 1,0001992: 409.4 per 1,0001994: 411.4 per 1,0001996: 414.1 per 1,0001998: 422 per 1,0002000: 407.1 per 1,0002002: 404 per 1,0002004: 395.9 per 1,0002006: 384.5 per 1,0002008: 371.9 per 1,0002010: 358.3 per 1,0002012: 345.1 per 1,0002014: 338.7 per 1,0002016: 328.9 per 1,0002018: 317.5 per 1,0002020: 315.1 per 1,0002022: 307.7 per 1,0002024: 295.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −175.9 (−37.3%) Average annual rate: -0.73 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 295.7 per 1,000
World 176 per 1,000
Adult mortality rate, male — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 295.7 −1.5 −0.49%
2023 297.1 −10.6 −3.43%
2022 307.7 −24.6 −7.4%
2021 332.3 +17.1 +5.43%
2020 315.1 +1.8 +0.58%
2019 313.3 −4.2 −1.31%
2018 317.5 −7.4 −2.27%
2017 324.9 −4 −1.23%
2016 328.9 −4.7 −1.42%
2015 333.7 −5.1 −1.5%
2014 338.7 −1.9 −0.57%
2013 340.7 −4.4 −1.28%
2012 345.1 −8.6 −2.44%
2011 353.7 −4.6 −1.28%
2010 358.3 −9.2 −2.5%
2009 367.5 −4.5 −1.2%
2008 371.9 −6.1 −1.61%
2007 378 −6.5 −1.68%
2006 384.5 −7.4 −1.88%
2005 391.8 −4.1 −1.02%
2004 395.9 −4.2 −1.05%
2003 400.1 −3.9 −0.97%
2002 404 −1.4 −0.35%
2001 405.4 −1.7 −0.41%
2000 407.1 −13 −3.08%
1999 420 −2 −0.46%
1998 422 +7.6 +1.84%
1997 414.4 +0.3 +0.07%
1996 414.1 +5.4 +1.31%
1995 408.7 −2.7 −0.66%
1994 411.4 +0.9 +0.22%
1993 410.5 +1 +0.25%
1992 409.4 +2.4 +0.58%
1991 407.1 −0.8 −0.2%
1990 407.9 +6.4 +1.61%
1989 401.5 +0.2 +0.06%
1988 401.2 −0.7 −0.18%
1987 402 −4.8 −1.18%
1986 406.8 −2.9 −0.71%
1985 409.7 −3.1 −0.75%
1984 412.8 +3.5 +0.86%
1983 409.3 +8.8 +2.21%
1982 400.4 −1 −0.25%
1981 401.4 −1.8 −0.43%
1980 403.2 −3.5 −0.86%
1979 406.7 −5 −1.22%
1978 411.7 +0.3 +0.08%
1977 411.4 −3.8 −0.91%
1976 415.2 −5.4 −1.29%
1975 420.6 −3.3 −0.78%
1974 423.9 −3.4 −0.8%
1973 427.3 −8.6 −1.98%
1972 435.9 +1.2 +0.27%
1971 434.7 −3.4 −0.77%
1970 438.1 −10.4 −2.31%
1969 448.5 −2.3 −0.51%
1968 450.8 −6.8 −1.49%
1967 457.6 +4.4 +0.97%
1966 453.2 −1.6 −0.36%
1965 454.8 −1.9 −0.41%
1964 456.7 −2.2 −0.48%
1963 458.9 −1 −0.21%
1962 459.9 −11.4 −2.41%
1961 471.3 −0.3 −0.06%
1960 471.6

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.