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Mortality in Antigua and Barbuda, by the numbers

Antigua and Barbuda sits in Latin America & Caribbean. A newborn there can expect about 77.6 years of life, 76th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Antigua and Barbuda, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
77.6 yrs
76th of 212
Road-traffic deaths
0.0 /100k
3rd lowest of 187
Suicide rate
1.5 /100k
12th 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 Antigua and Barbuda ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 77.6 yrs 76 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 5.7 /1,000 142 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 7.0 /1,000 115 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 20.9 yrs 44 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 38.0 /1,000 162 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 5.7 yrs 71 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 69.1 men/100 women 42 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 7.0 /1,000 132 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 35.0 /100k 107 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 12.1 % 142 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 1.5 /100k 171 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 0.0 /100k 185 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 6.7 L 65 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 11.8 % 82 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $841 68 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $23,542 67 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Antigua and Barbuda's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 3rd lowest road-traffic deaths in the world (0.0 /100k) and the 12th lowest suicide rate in the world (1.5 /100k). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Antigua and Barbuda; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.