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Mortality in Armenia, by the numbers

Armenia sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 78.4 years of life, 63rd of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Armenia, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
78.4 yrs
63rd of 212
Old-age sex ratio (65+)
57.8 men/100 women
13th lowest of 212
Male mortality penalty
118 /1,000
20th highest of 212

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

How Armenia ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 78.4 yrs 63 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 8.2 /1,000 93 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 8.4 /1,000 74 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 17.7 yrs 105 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 118 /1,000 20 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 6.6 yrs 39 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 57.8 men/100 women 13 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 8.5 /1,000 118 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 19.0 /100k 120 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 20.6 % 71 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 2.5 /100k 160 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 20.0 /100k 68 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 19.5 % 57 of 143 2016
Recorded alcohol per adult 4.3 L 95 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 13.7 % 70 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $767 70 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $8,556 106 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Armenia's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 13th lowest old-age sex ratio in the world (57.8 men/100 women) and the 20th highest male mortality penalty in the world (118 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Armenia; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.