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Mortality in Belarus, by the numbers

Belarus sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 74.5 years of life, 110th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Belarus, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
74.5 yrs
110th of 212
Maternal mortality
1.0 /100k
2nd lowest of 191
Old-age sex ratio (65+)
51.4 men/100 women
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 Belarus ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 74.5 yrs 110 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 7.9 /1,000 101 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 13.1 /1,000 11 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 18.1 yrs 94 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 152 /1,000 5 of 212 2018
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 9.5 yrs 5 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 51.4 men/100 women 3 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 1.8 /1,000 188 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 1.0 /100k 190 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 23.8 % 39 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 15.6 /100k 25 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 7.6 /100k 141 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 25.2 % 34 of 143 2016
Recorded alcohol per adult 11.6 L 8 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 17.7 % 49 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $558 82 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $8,318 108 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Belarus's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 2nd lowest maternal mortality in the world (1.0 /100k) and the 3rd lowest old-age sex ratio in the world (51.4 men/100 women). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Belarus; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.