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Mortality in Azerbaijan, by the numbers

Azerbaijan sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 74.5 years of life, 109th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Azerbaijan, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
74.5 yrs
109th of 212
Suicide rate
1.6 /100k
15th lowest of 182
Road-traffic deaths
6.7 /100k
40th lowest of 187

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

How Azerbaijan ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 74.5 yrs 109 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 7.7 /1,000 110 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 5.8 /1,000 163 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 18.4 yrs 82 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 82.0 /1,000 58 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 5.6 yrs 77 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 70.5 men/100 women 47 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 12.5 /1,000 95 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 18.0 /100k 123 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 17.4 % 104 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 1.6 /100k 168 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 6.7 /100k 148 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 9.5 % 103 of 143 2011
Recorded alcohol per adult 2.5 L 127 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 8.6 % 104 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $300 113 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $7,284 117 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Azerbaijan's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 15th lowest suicide rate in the world (1.6 /100k) and the 40th lowest road-traffic deaths in the world (6.7 /100k). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Azerbaijan; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.