Adult mortality rate, male — all countries

Adult mortality rate, male — Zambia

Adult mortality rate, male in Zambia in 2024 — 230.6 per 1,000. Ranked 138 in the world out of 191. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 27.2%.

2024 230.6 per 1,000 −0.82% vs 2023
World rank 138of 191
Period maximum 542.9 per 1,0001999
Period minimum 230.6 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 male adults

Adult mortality rate, male — Zambia, 1960–202420030040050060019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 316.8 per 1,0001962: 309.9 per 1,0001964: 327.3 per 1,0001966: 302.1 per 1,0001968: 299.8 per 1,0001970: 294.3 per 1,0001972: 287.1 per 1,0001974: 277.7 per 1,0001976: 272.1 per 1,0001978: 271.8 per 1,0001980: 296.7 per 1,0001982: 322.8 per 1,0001984: 351.7 per 1,0001986: 385.8 per 1,0001988: 409.8 per 1,0001990: 439.7 per 1,0001992: 473.8 per 1,0001994: 500.1 per 1,0001996: 527.4 per 1,0001998: 542.1 per 1,0002000: 537.4 per 1,0002002: 517.2 per 1,0002004: 491.5 per 1,0002006: 467.2 per 1,0002008: 443.5 per 1,0002010: 410.8 per 1,0002012: 381 per 1,0002014: 359.4 per 1,0002016: 343.6 per 1,0002018: 328.2 per 1,0002020: 299.6 per 1,0002022: 258.2 per 1,0002024: 230.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −86.2 (−27.21%) Average annual rate: -0.5 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zambia 230.6 per 1,000
World 176 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 295.7 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 279.8 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 202.3 per 1,000
Adult mortality rate, male — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 230.6 −1.9 −0.82%
2023 232.5 −25.7 −9.96%
2022 258.2 −75.4 −22.61%
2021 333.7 +34 +11.35%
2020 299.6 −13.8 −4.4%
2019 313.4 −14.8 −4.51%
2018 328.2 −10.8 −3.18%
2017 339 −4.6 −1.34%
2016 343.6 −6.1 −1.74%
2015 349.7 −9.7 −2.69%
2014 359.4 −7.9 −2.14%
2013 367.2 −13.8 −3.62%
2012 381 −16.1 −4.06%
2011 397.2 −13.6 −3.31%
2010 410.8 −13 −3.06%
2009 423.7 −19.8 −4.45%
2008 443.5 −11 −2.43%
2007 454.5 −12.7 −2.71%
2006 467.2 −10.4 −2.17%
2005 477.6 −13.9 −2.83%
2004 491.5 −15.5 −3.06%
2003 507 −10.2 −1.97%
2002 517.2 −12 −2.28%
2001 529.3 −8.1 −1.51%
2000 537.4 −5.5 −1.02%
1999 542.9 +0.8 +0.14%
1998 542.1 +7 +1.3%
1997 535.2 +7.8 +1.48%
1996 527.4 +12.8 +2.5%
1995 514.5 +14.4 +2.88%
1994 500.1 +12.6 +2.57%
1993 487.6 +13.8 +2.91%
1992 473.8 +15.1 +3.29%
1991 458.7 +19 +4.32%
1990 439.7 +13.1 +3.07%
1989 426.6 +16.9 +4.12%
1988 409.8 +12.2 +3.08%
1987 397.5 +11.8 +3.05%
1986 385.8 +15.6 +4.21%
1985 370.2 +18.5 +5.26%
1984 351.7 +16.2 +4.83%
1983 335.5 +12.7 +3.93%
1982 322.8 +14.2 +4.59%
1981 308.6 +11.9 +4.01%
1980 296.7 +13.5 +4.77%
1979 283.2 +11.4 +4.19%
1978 271.8 −0.2 −0.06%
1977 272 −0.1 −0.02%
1976 272.1 −3 −1.1%
1975 275.1 −2.7 −0.96%
1974 277.7 −3.3 −1.18%
1973 281 −6 −2.1%
1972 287.1 −3.6 −1.24%
1971 290.7 −3.7 −1.24%
1970 294.3 −3.1 −1.05%
1969 297.4 −2.3 −0.78%
1968 299.8 −0.8 −0.27%
1967 300.6 −1.5 −0.49%
1966 302.1 −2 −0.66%
1965 304.1 −23.2 −7.09%
1964 327.3 +20.5 +6.68%
1963 306.8 −3.2 −1.02%
1962 309.9 −2.3 −0.74%
1961 312.3 −4.6 −1.44%
1960 316.8

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.