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Mortality in Bangladesh, by the numbers

Bangladesh sits in South Asia. A newborn there can expect about 75.0 years of life, 104th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Bangladesh, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
75.0 yrs
104th of 212
Adult obesity
2.2 %
7th lowest of 143
Recorded alcohol per adult
0.1 L
12th lowest of 185

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

How Bangladesh ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 75.0 yrs 104 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 7.2 /1,000 114 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 5.1 /1,000 184 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 19.7 yrs 61 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 39.9 /1,000 157 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 3.4 yrs 186 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 95.8 men/100 women 196 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 24.4 /1,000 55 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 115 /100k 61 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 18.1 % 96 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 2.8 /100k 156 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 15.3 /100k 89 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 2.2 % 137 of 143 2003
Recorded alcohol per adult 0.1 L 174 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 6.5 % 128 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $53 170 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $2,593 164 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Bangladesh's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 7th lowest adult obesity in the world (2.2 %) and the 12th lowest recorded alcohol per adult in the world (0.1 L). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Bangladesh; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.