Crude death rate in Sub-Saharan Africa
The crude death rate in Sub-Saharan Africa was 8.0 per 1,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
8.0
Change from 2023
−0.1per 1,000 people
World, 2024
7.6 per 1,000 people
Crude death rate in Sub-Saharan Africa over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Deaths per 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.0 per 1,000 people | 7.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2023 | 8.1 per 1,000 people | 7.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2022 | 8.5 per 1,000 people | 7.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2021 | 8.9 per 1,000 people | 8.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | 8.7 per 1,000 people | 8.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | 8.8 per 1,000 people | 7.5 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | 8.9 per 1,000 people | 7.5 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | 9.3 per 1,000 people | 7.5 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 9.5 per 1,000 people | 7.5 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | 9.7 per 1,000 people | 7.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | 9.9 per 1,000 people | 7.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | 10.0 per 1,000 people | 7.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | 10.3 per 1,000 people | 7.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | 10.8 per 1,000 people | 7.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | 10.9 per 1,000 people | 7.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 11.5 per 1,000 people | 7.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 11.6 per 1,000 people | 8.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2007 | 12.0 per 1,000 people | 8.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2006 | 12.4 per 1,000 people | 8.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 12.8 per 1,000 people | 8.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 13.1 per 1,000 people | 8.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 13.5 per 1,000 people | 8.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 13.8 per 1,000 people | 8.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 14.1 per 1,000 people | 8.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2000 | 14.3 per 1,000 people | 8.5 per 1,000 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 from 8.1 per 1,000 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 9.9 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −1.9.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 7.6 per 1,000 people.