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Mortality in Brunei Darussalam, by the numbers

Brunei Darussalam sits in East Asia & Pacific. A newborn there can expect about 75.6 years of life, 100th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Brunei Darussalam, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
75.6 yrs
100th of 212
Recorded alcohol per adult
0.5 L
27th lowest of 185
Crude death rate
5.3 /1,000
35th lowest of 212

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

How Brunei Darussalam ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 75.6 yrs 100 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 5.7 /1,000 144 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 5.3 /1,000 178 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 21.4 yrs 37 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 42.8 /1,000 150 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.2 yrs 144 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 87.9 men/100 women 169 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 8.6 /1,000 117 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 36.0 /100k 104 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 14.9 % 123 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 3.1 /100k 150 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 7.5 /100k 143 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 0.5 L 159 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 6.9 % 119 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $733 74 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $33,153 49 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Brunei Darussalam's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 27th lowest recorded alcohol per adult in the world (0.5 L) and the 35th lowest crude death rate in the world (5.3 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Brunei Darussalam; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.