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Mortality in Brazil, by the numbers

Brazil sits in Latin America & Caribbean. A newborn there can expect about 76.0 years of life, 97th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Brazil, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
76.0 yrs
97th of 212
Male mortality penalty
86.4 /1,000
54th highest of 212
Life-expectancy gap (F−M)
6.2 yrs
55th 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 Brazil ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 76.0 yrs 97 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 7.9 /1,000 103 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 7.1 /1,000 112 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 19.4 yrs 69 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 86.4 /1,000 54 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 6.2 yrs 55 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 78.4 men/100 women 91 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 12.3 /1,000 96 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 67.0 /100k 79 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 14.5 % 127 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 7.6 /100k 87 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 16.0 /100k 83 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 10.0 % 98 of 143 2003
Recorded alcohol per adult 7.7 L 52 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 11.0 % 89 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $1,010 64 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $10,311 101 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Brazil's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 54th highest male mortality penalty in the world (86.4 /1,000) and the 55th highest life-expectancy gap in the world (6.2 yrs). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Brazil; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.