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Mortality in Burundi, by the numbers

Burundi sits in Sub-Saharan Africa. A newborn there can expect about 63.8 years of life, 194th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Burundi, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
63.8 yrs
194th of 212
GDP per capita
$219
1st lowest of 212
Road-traffic deaths
35.5 /100k
7th highest of 187

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

How Burundi ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 63.8 yrs 194 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 12.0 /1,000 37 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 6.7 /1,000 130 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 16.1 yrs 146 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 67.0 /1,000 92 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.1 yrs 150 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 77.3 men/100 women 85 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 30.5 /1,000 44 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 392 /100k 13 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 24.8 % 31 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 7.7 /100k 85 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 35.5 /100k 7 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 4.2 L 98 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 2.5 % 203 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $28 184 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $219 212 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Burundi's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 1st lowest GDP per capita in the world ($219) and the 7th highest road-traffic deaths in the world (35.5 /100k). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Burundi; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.