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Mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, by the numbers

Bosnia and Herzegovina sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 77.9 years of life, 72nd of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Bosnia and Herzegovina, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
77.9 yrs
72nd of 212
Crude death rate
13.5 /1,000
7th highest of 212
Population aged 65+
22.2 %
15th highest of 212

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

How Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 77.9 yrs 72 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 7.2 /1,000 116 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 13.5 /1,000 7 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 18.3 yrs 88 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 57.2 /1,000 114 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 6.4 yrs 45 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 61.9 men/100 women 17 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 5.5 /1,000 139 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 6.0 /100k 160 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 17.2 % 107 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 9.0 /100k 62 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 13.5 /100k 100 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 9.0 % 107 of 143 2003
Recorded alcohol per adult 5.9 L 75 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 22.2 % 15 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $773 69 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $9,359 103 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Bosnia and Herzegovina's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 7th highest crude death rate in the world (13.5 /1,000) and the 15th highest population aged 65+ in the world (22.2 %). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Bosnia and Herzegovina; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.