Barbados: Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Barbados' mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) rose 6.3 on 2023 (from 135.21 to 141.5).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −1.61 and a typical year strayed about 3.27 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9.12 in 1973 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.52 in 1998. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 7% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Barbados had the 121st highest value of the 191 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Barbados in the 2024 ranking

• Iraq — 118th of 191: 153.92
• Azerbaijan — 119th of 191: 153.16
• Malaysia — 120th of 191: 147.76
• Bangladesh — 122nd of 191: 141.38
• Serbia — 123rd of 191: 137.37
• Estonia — 124th of 191: 137.23

What this measures

Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.

Limitations: Data from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are originally 5-year period data and the presented are linearly interpolated by the World Bank for annual series. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 65 values

Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 122.41 (2024)
• Argentina — 125.9 (2024)
• Aruba — 122.04 (2024)
• Bahamas, The — 208.11 (2024)
• Belize — 194.66 (2024)
• Bolivia — 227.68 (2024)
• Brazil — 169.8 (2024)
• British Virgin Islands — 100.81 (2024)
• Cayman Islands — 122.82 (2023)
• Chile

More health data for Barbados

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 5.23% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 5.86% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 23,719 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 16.12% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 24,507 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 18.08% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 48,226 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 17.06% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 5.35% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Barbados's mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)?

141.5 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is down 35.25% from 218.54 in 1960 (0.68% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 218.58 in 1961 and the lowest 133.62 in 2020.

How does Barbados rank?

121st highest of 191 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) unusual for Barbados?

In 2024, Barbados' mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) rose 6.3 on 2023 (from 135.21 to 141.5). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −1.61 and a typical year strayed about 3.27 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.DYN.AMRT.MA, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Human Mortality Database, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), uri: www.mortality.org; University of California, Berkeley (USA), uri: www.mortality.org, note: Human Mortality Database; French Instit… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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