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Mortality in Bolivia, by the numbers

Bolivia sits in Latin America & Caribbean. A newborn there can expect about 68.8 years of life, 159th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Bolivia, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
68.8 yrs
159th of 212
Life expectancy at 60
13.8 yrs
7th lowest of 182
Age-standardized death rate
13.1 /1,000
21st highest of 182

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

How Bolivia ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 68.8 yrs 159 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 13.1 /1,000 21 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 7.2 /1,000 108 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 13.8 yrs 176 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 80.9 /1,000 62 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 5.1 yrs 100 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 80.5 men/100 women 111 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 14.2 /1,000 88 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 146 /100k 49 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 19.9 % 82 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 4.2 /100k 138 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 21.1 /100k 60 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 3.6 L 109 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 5.6 % 136 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $255 120 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $4,421 142 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Bolivia's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 7th lowest life expectancy at 60 in the world (13.8 yrs) and the 21st highest age-standardized death rate in the world (13.1 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Bolivia; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.