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Mortality in Albania, by the numbers

Albania sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 79.8 years of life, 53rd of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Albania, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
79.8 yrs
53rd of 212
Premature NCD mortality
10.0 %
24th lowest of 182
Suicide rate
2.8 /100k
26th lowest of 182

16 measures · sources: World Bank Open Data and WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) · latest available year per figure

How Albania ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 79.8 yrs 53 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 6.5 /1,000 131 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 8.5 /1,000 72 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 19.9 yrs 55 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 47.2 /1,000 139 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 3.7 yrs 174 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 87.9 men/100 women 168 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 8.3 /1,000 119 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 7.0 /100k 155 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 10.0 % 159 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 2.8 /100k 157 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 11.7 /100k 115 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 4.5 L 92 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 16.9 % 53 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $591 80 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $11,378 98 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Albania's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 24th lowest premature NCD mortality in the world (10.0 %) and the 26th lowest suicide rate in the world (2.8 /100k). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Albania; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.