Adult mortality rate, male — all countries

Adult mortality rate, male — Middle Africa

Adult mortality rate, male in Middle Africa in 2024 — 290.7 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 43%.

2024 290.7 per 1,000 −0.66% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 532.8 per 1,0001961
Period minimum 290.7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 male adults

Adult mortality rate, male — Middle Africa, 1960–202420030040050060019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 509.7 per 1,0001962: 478.1 per 1,0001964: 488.4 per 1,0001966: 459.8 per 1,0001968: 453.5 per 1,0001970: 448.3 per 1,0001972: 439.5 per 1,0001974: 434.4 per 1,0001976: 439.1 per 1,0001978: 441.4 per 1,0001980: 429 per 1,0001982: 425.7 per 1,0001984: 425.3 per 1,0001986: 419.9 per 1,0001988: 419.1 per 1,0001990: 422.7 per 1,0001992: 411.7 per 1,0001994: 413.6 per 1,0001996: 410.4 per 1,0001998: 438.1 per 1,0002000: 393.9 per 1,0002002: 391 per 1,0002004: 369.3 per 1,0002006: 361.1 per 1,0002008: 351 per 1,0002010: 345.6 per 1,0002012: 335.4 per 1,0002014: 336.6 per 1,0002016: 322.1 per 1,0002018: 315 per 1,0002020: 315.3 per 1,0002022: 321.8 per 1,0002024: 290.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −219 (−42.97%) Average annual rate: -0.87 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Middle Africa 290.7 per 1,000
World 176 per 1,000
Adult mortality rate, male — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 290.7 −1.9 −0.66%
2023 292.6 −29.2 −9.06%
2022 321.8 −16.3 −4.83%
2021 338.1 +22.8 +7.23%
2020 315.3 −7.3 −2.26%
2019 322.6 +7.6 +2.4%
2018 315 −7.6 −2.36%
2017 322.7 +0.6 +0.18%
2016 322.1 −3.4 −1.03%
2015 325.5 −11.1 −3.3%
2014 336.6 +2.9 +0.87%
2013 333.7 −1.8 −0.53%
2012 335.4 −3.7 −1.09%
2011 339.2 −6.4 −1.87%
2010 345.6 −21.7 −5.92%
2009 367.3 +16.3 +4.65%
2008 351 −4.3 −1.2%
2007 355.3 −5.8 −1.59%
2006 361.1 −3.5 −0.95%
2005 364.5 −4.7 −1.28%
2004 369.3 −7 −1.85%
2003 376.2 −14.7 −3.77%
2002 391 −2.1 −0.54%
2001 393.1 −0.8 −0.21%
2000 393.9 −42.4 −9.72%
1999 436.4 −1.7 −0.39%
1998 438.1 +31 +7.62%
1997 407 −3.3 −0.8%
1996 410.4 +18.1 +4.62%
1995 392.2 −21.3 −5.16%
1994 413.6 −5.9 −1.41%
1993 419.5 +7.8 +1.9%
1992 411.7 +4.8 +1.18%
1991 406.9 −15.8 −3.75%
1990 422.7 +4.6 +1.09%
1989 418.1 −1 −0.23%
1988 419.1 −16.9 −3.88%
1987 436 +16.1 +3.83%
1986 419.9 −1 −0.23%
1985 420.9 −4.4 −1.04%
1984 425.3 −2.1 −0.5%
1983 427.5 +1.8 +0.42%
1982 425.7 −2.1 −0.49%
1981 427.8 −1.3 −0.29%
1980 429 −3.7 −0.86%
1979 432.7 −8.7 −1.97%
1978 441.4 +5.1 +1.16%
1977 436.3 −2.8 −0.64%
1976 439.1 +2.5 +0.57%
1975 436.6 +2.2 +0.52%
1974 434.4 −1.3 −0.3%
1973 435.7 −3.8 −0.86%
1972 439.5 −5.7 −1.29%
1971 445.2 −3 −0.68%
1970 448.3 −3.5 −0.78%
1969 451.8 −1.7 −0.37%
1968 453.5 −5.2 −1.13%
1967 458.7 −1.1 −0.24%
1966 459.8 −21.1 −4.39%
1965 480.9 −7.5 −1.55%
1964 488.4 +12.3 +2.58%
1963 476.2 −2 −0.41%
1962 478.1 −54.7 −10.27%
1961 532.8 +23.1 +4.53%
1960 509.7

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.