Year-over-year change: -1.7%, trend down
5-year change: -10.1%, trend down
Monaco
Risk of dying before 60: 28.88 per 1,000 live births
View MoreProbability of dying before age 60 (both sexes)
Global168.61per 1,000 live births
19502100
2026
Rankings at a glance
Highest 10 · Probability of dying before age 60 (both sexes) (2026)
With 441.04 per 1,000 live births in 2026, Lesotho is projected to lead the world in probability of dying before age 60 (both sexes), followed by Nigeria (439.94 per 1,000 live births) and Chad (431.58 per 1,000 live births). The top 5 is rounded off by the Central African Republic (414.6 per 1,000 live births) and South Sudan (388.7 per 1,000 live births). Further down, Somalia (365.33 per 1,000 live births) and Nauru (362.77 per 1,000 live births) hold the next two spots. Côte d'Ivoire (340.75 per 1,000 live births), Kenya (339.76 per 1,000 live births), and Zimbabwe (338.37 per 1,000 live births) round out the top ten. Nine of the top ten are in Africa, with four from Eastern Africa.
Rank changes
How probability of dying before age 60 (both sexes) changed between 2025 and 2026
2025and2026
Historical trends
Key terms
- Life expectancy
- — Average number of years a newborn would live under current mortality conditions.
- Infant mortality rate
- — Deaths of infants under one year per 1,000 live births.
- Under-five mortality
- — Deaths of children under five per 1,000 live births.
- Crude death rate
- — Total deaths per 1,000 people each year.
Frequently asked questions
- Which country has the lowest mortality before age 60?
- Monaco is projected to have the lowest mortality before age 60 at 28.88 per 1,000 live births in 2026, according to UN Population Division (2024).
- Which country has the highest mortality before age 60?
- Lesotho is projected to have the highest mortality before age 60 at 441.04 per 1,000 live births in 2026, according to UN Population Division (2024).
- What is the global mortality before age 60?
- The global mortality before age 60 is projected to be 168.61 per 1,000 live births in 2026, as published by the United Nations in World Population Prospects 2024.
