Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes of premature deaths — Low temperature, premature deaths by country
The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual...
Countries reporting
164
Highest
1,173 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
Bulgaria
Lowest
0 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
Brunei Darussalam
Median
58.26 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
Years covered
20
2000–2019
Data points
4,849
What the numbers show
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes of premature deaths — Low temperature, premature deaths is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 1,173 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants in Bulgaria; the lowest is 0 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants in Brunei Darussalam.
The median across all reporting countries is 58.26 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants, and the mean is 186.7 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants.
Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in United Arab Emirates (up 392.1%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgaria | 1,173 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 2 | Serbia | 954.05 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 3 | Ukraine | 803.33 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 4 | Georgia | 789.22 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 5 | Romania | 770.02 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 6 | North Macedonia | 756.8 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 7 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 664.74 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 8 | Greece | 664.46 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 9 | Hungary | 647.27 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 10 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 617.89 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 11 | Montenegro | 605.97 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 12 | Portugal | 603.31 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 18.5% | flat |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 599.17 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 14 | Belarus | 589.42 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 15 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 527.62 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 16 | Armenia | 523.29 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 17 | Germany | 516.12 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 18 | Czechia | 511.35 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 19 | Italy | 494.34 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 14.2% | flat |
| 20 | Belgium | 488.07 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 21 | Denmark | 485.35 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 22 | Albania | 467.66 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 23 | Finland | 438.83 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 24 | Japan | 435.55 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 25 | Azerbaijan | 426.18 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 26 | Spain | 422.67 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 27 | Sweden | 410.11 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 28 | China | 408.48 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 29 | Austria | 386.6 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 30 | Argentina | 374.9 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 31 | Ireland | 372.14 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 32 | United States of America | 368.17 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 365.98 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 34 | OECD | 364.74 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 8.1% | flat |
| 35 | Norway | 358.81 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 36 | Canada | 355.89 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 354.32 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 38 | Switzerland | 347.62 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 39 | France | 340.5 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 40 | Uruguay | 336.6 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 41 | Nepal | 331.36 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 42 | Tajikistan | 329.87 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 43 | New Zealand | 320.02 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 44 | Iceland | 313.21 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 45 | Bhutan | 312.72 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 46 | Kyrgyzstan | 309.79 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 47 | Morocco | 303.19 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 48 | Turkmenistan | 299.26 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 49 | Lebanon | 298.86 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 50 | San Marino | 292.59 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 51 | Andorra | 288.17 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 52 | Luxembourg | 282.27 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 53 | Mongolia | 257.08 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 54 | Malta | 252.17 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 55 | Tunisia | 252.13 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 56 | Chile | 251.69 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 57 | Cyprus | 220.53 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 58 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 206.74 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 59 | Afghanistan | 190.84 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 60 | South Africa | 188.65 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 61 | Egypt | 169.61 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 62 | Mexico | 168.9 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 63 | Australia | 158.06 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 64 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 158.02 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 65 | Algeria | 155.51 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 66 | Iraq | 135.34 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 67 | Peru | 131.58 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 68 | Israel | 127.91 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 69 | Pakistan | 127.27 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 70 | Myanmar | 126.92 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 71 | Libya | 125.28 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 72 | Jordan | 112.63 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 19.9% | falling |
| 73 | Ecuador | 95.6 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 74 | Papua New Guinea | 84.99 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 75 | India | 81.77 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 76 | Namibia | 81.34 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 77 | Rwanda | 76.35 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 78 | Colombia | 66.79 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 79 | Mauritius | 64.8 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 80 | Sudan | 63.19 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 25.9% | falling |
| 81 | Kuwait | 60.35 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 82 | Botswana | 59.21 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 83 | Brazil | 57.31 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 57.16 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 85 | Paraguay | 56.66 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 86 | Kenya | 54.72 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 87 | Bangladesh | 54.5 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 88 | Yemen | 54.3 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 89 | Bahrain | 52.87 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 24.7% | falling |
| 90 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 50.89 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 91 | Burundi | 49.18 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 92 | Zimbabwe | 48.45 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 93 | Costa Rica | 47.01 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 94 | Guatemala | 44.19 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 95 | Mali | 43.37 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 96 | United Arab Emirates | 43.1 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 392.1% | flat |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 42 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 98 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 38.76 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 47.6% | rising |
| 99 | Chad | 38.69 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 100 | Niger | 38.65 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 101 | Honduras | 36.05 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 102 | Malawi | 34.77 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 103 | Oman | 34.11 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 104 | Eritrea | 30.58 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 105 | Zambia | 30.41 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 106 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 29.78 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 107 | Dominica | 28 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 92.6% | falling |
| 108 | Cuba | 26.07 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 47.3% | flat |
| 109 | Indonesia | 25.15 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 110 | Djibouti | 22.35 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 111 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 20.96 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Mozambique | 20.57 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 113 | Vanuatu | 19.71 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 114 | Angola | 19.23 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 115 | Tonga | 19.06 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 116 | Guyana | 16.28 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 117 | Sri Lanka | 15.38 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 118 | Nigeria | 13.58 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 119 | Panama | 13.47 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 120 | Thailand | 11.85 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 36.7% | rising |
| 121 | Qatar | 11.76 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Nicaragua | 11.7 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 123 | Malaysia | 11.31 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 124 | Senegal | 11.25 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 54.7% | rising |
| 125 | Barbados | 10.71 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 126 | Uganda | 10.5 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 127 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.53 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Cameroon | 9.08 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 129 | Gambia | 8.37 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 43.9% | rising |
| 130 | Grenada | 8.15 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 131 | Philippines | 7.96 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 132 | Burkina Faso | 7.83 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 133 | Comoros | 7.59 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 134 | Somalia | 7.45 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 135 | Bahamas | 7.42 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 136 | Congo | 6.82 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 137 | Saint Lucia | 5.6 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Guinea | 5.51 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 139 | Gabon | 5.35 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 63.1% | falling |
| 140 | Haiti | 5.29 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 141 | Singapore | 5.11 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 142 | Suriname | 5 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 169.9% | rising |
| 143 | Samoa | 4.72 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 77.2% | falling |
| 144 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.66 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 145 | Sierra Leone | 4.1 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 65.3% | falling |
| 146 | Jamaica | 3.91 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 60.6% | falling |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.04 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 75.5% | rising |
| 148 | Solomon Islands | 2.96 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 73.9% | falling |
| 149 | Liberia | 2.81 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 150 | Belize | 2.57 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Ghana | 2.57 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 152 | Benin | 2.52 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 153 | Cambodia | 2.47 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 80.5% | flat |
| 154 | El Salvador | 2.39 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 155 | South Sudan | 2.2 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 156 | Côte d’Ivoire | 1.91 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 157 | Togo | 1.82 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.32 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 159 | Central African Republic | 1.15 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 160 | Kiribati | 0 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Maldives | 0 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 160 | Seychelles | 0 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 160 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants | 2019 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Moldova 714.26 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Latvia 675.69 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Croatia 645.08 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Lithuania 595.63 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Slovak Republic 468.84 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Estonia 470.97 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Lesotho 433.57 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Poland 450.13 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Korea 257.49 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Netherlands 417.55 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- Resource-rich countries 249.34 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
- World outside Africa 245.23 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants
About this data
The Statistical Annex to the annual Africa's Development Dynamics (AFDD) report is a collection of development indicators that were gathered and analysed while conducting the research that went into the report. These data are also available online for free viewing or download at https://oe.cd/AFDD-2024, a bilingual website which links to the electronic version of the Africa's Development Dynamics book in both English and French. Table 30 shows the economic costs of premature deaths caused by various environmental hazards, such as air pollution, unsafe water, and high and low temperatures.