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Mortality in Cabo Verde, by the numbers

Cabo Verde sits in Sub-Saharan Africa. A newborn there can expect about 76.2 years of life, 96th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Cabo Verde, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
76.2 yrs
96th of 212
Crude death rate
5.1 /1,000
28th lowest of 212
Old-age sex ratio (65+)
64.6 men/100 women
28th lowest of 212

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

How Cabo Verde ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 76.2 yrs 96 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 7.7 /1,000 109 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 5.1 /1,000 185 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 19.0 yrs 72 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 96.0 /1,000 41 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 6.3 yrs 50 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 64.6 men/100 women 28 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 10.6 /1,000 107 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 40.0 /100k 101 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 17.2 % 108 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 14.9 /100k 29 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 26.8 /100k 39 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 10.6 % 94 of 143 2007
Recorded alcohol per adult 6.0 L 73 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 6.9 % 120 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $290 117 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $5,192 136 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Cabo Verde's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 28th lowest crude death rate in the world (5.1 /1,000) and the 28th lowest old-age sex ratio in the world (64.6 men/100 women). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Cabo Verde; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.