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Mortality in Bahrain, by the numbers

Bahrain sits in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. A newborn there can expect about 81.5 years of life, 40th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Bahrain, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
81.5 yrs
40th of 212
Male mortality penalty
8.6 /1,000
3rd lowest of 212
Life-expectancy gap (F−M)
1.3 yrs
3rd lowest of 212

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

How Bahrain ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 81.5 yrs 40 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 8.4 /1,000 90 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 2.2 /1,000 208 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 17.8 yrs 101 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 8.6 /1,000 210 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 1.3 yrs 210 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 111 men/100 women 207 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 7.3 /1,000 131 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 17.0 /100k 125 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 14.8 % 124 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 4.7 /100k 129 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 5.2 /100k 158 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 36.3 % 11 of 143 2007
Recorded alcohol per adult 1.3 L 148 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 3.9 % 164 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $1,176 59 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $29,654 55 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Bahrain's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 3rd lowest male mortality penalty in the world (8.6 /1,000) and the 3rd lowest life-expectancy gap in the world (1.3 yrs). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Bahrain; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.