Adult mortality rate, male — all countries

Adult mortality rate, male — Western Africa

Adult mortality rate, male in Western Africa in 2024 — 310.3 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 35.8%.

2024 310.3 per 1,000 −0.99% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 494.9 per 1,0001967
Period minimum 310.3 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 male adults

Adult mortality rate, male — Western Africa, 1960–202430035040045050019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 483.7 per 1,0001962: 479.8 per 1,0001964: 477.5 per 1,0001966: 474.4 per 1,0001968: 483.3 per 1,0001970: 458.3 per 1,0001972: 446.7 per 1,0001974: 435.7 per 1,0001976: 419.9 per 1,0001978: 409.1 per 1,0001980: 404.3 per 1,0001982: 399 per 1,0001984: 396.4 per 1,0001986: 394.9 per 1,0001988: 391.2 per 1,0001990: 393.3 per 1,0001992: 392.4 per 1,0001994: 395.4 per 1,0001996: 394.7 per 1,0001998: 392.1 per 1,0002000: 383 per 1,0002002: 374.4 per 1,0002004: 365.2 per 1,0002006: 361.4 per 1,0002008: 353.1 per 1,0002010: 348.2 per 1,0002012: 342.8 per 1,0002014: 339.2 per 1,0002016: 333.1 per 1,0002018: 327.5 per 1,0002020: 329.3 per 1,0002022: 318.5 per 1,0002024: 310.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: −173.4 (−35.85%) Average annual rate: -0.69 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Africa 310.3 per 1,000
World 176 per 1,000
Adult mortality rate, male — Western Africa, by year Western Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 310.3 −3.1 −0.99%
2023 313.4 −5.1 −1.59%
2022 318.5 −16 −4.79%
2021 334.5 +5.2 +1.58%
2020 329.3 +4.8 +1.48%
2019 324.5 −3 −0.93%
2018 327.5 −3.1 −0.93%
2017 330.6 −2.5 −0.74%
2016 333.1 −4.8 −1.43%
2015 337.9 −1.3 −0.39%
2014 339.2 −2 −0.57%
2013 341.2 −1.6 −0.46%
2012 342.8 −2.5 −0.72%
2011 345.3 −2.9 −0.84%
2010 348.2 −2.6 −0.73%
2009 350.7 −2.4 −0.67%
2008 353.1 −4 −1.12%
2007 357.1 −4.4 −1.21%
2006 361.4 −2.8 −0.77%
2005 364.3 −1 −0.26%
2004 365.2 −5.7 −1.52%
2003 370.9 −3.5 −0.95%
2002 374.4 −4.7 −1.23%
2001 379.1 −3.9 −1.02%
2000 383 −6.6 −1.71%
1999 389.6 −2.4 −0.62%
1998 392.1 −1.3 −0.32%
1997 393.3 −1.4 −0.35%
1996 394.7 +0.6 +0.15%
1995 394.1 −1.3 −0.33%
1994 395.4 +3.2 +0.82%
1993 392.2 −0.2 −0.05%
1992 392.4 −1.2 −0.3%
1991 393.6 +0.3 +0.07%
1990 393.3 +3.4 +0.88%
1989 389.9 −1.4 −0.35%
1988 391.2 −1.6 −0.4%
1987 392.8 −2.1 −0.54%
1986 394.9 −1.2 −0.3%
1985 396.1 −0.3 −0.08%
1984 396.4 −0.8 −0.21%
1983 397.3 −1.7 −0.43%
1982 399 −2.1 −0.52%
1981 401.1 −3.3 −0.81%
1980 404.3 −1.4 −0.34%
1979 405.7 −3.4 −0.83%
1978 409.1 −4.3 −1.05%
1977 413.4 −6.5 −1.55%
1976 419.9 −11.1 −2.57%
1975 431 −4.7 −1.08%
1974 435.7 −6.5 −1.47%
1973 442.2 −4.5 −1.01%
1972 446.7 −6 −1.32%
1971 452.7 −5.7 −1.23%
1970 458.3 −22.3 −4.63%
1969 480.6 −2.7 −0.55%
1968 483.3 −11.6 −2.35%
1967 494.9 +20.5 +4.33%
1966 474.4 −0.2 −0.05%
1965 474.6 −2.9 −0.62%
1964 477.5 −1.2 −0.25%
1963 478.7 −1.1 −0.22%
1962 479.8 −2.1 −0.44%
1961 481.9 −1.8 −0.37%
1960 483.7

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.