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Mortality in Cambodia, by the numbers

Cambodia sits in East Asia & Pacific. A newborn there can expect about 70.8 years of life, 145th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Cambodia, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
70.8 yrs
145th of 212
Adult obesity
1.9 %
6th lowest of 143
Old-age sex ratio (65+)
63.8 men/100 women
24th 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 Cambodia ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 70.8 yrs 145 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 10.1 /1,000 59 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 6.5 /1,000 138 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 16.8 yrs 131 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 75.7 /1,000 79 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 5.2 yrs 87 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 63.8 men/100 women 24 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 16.4 /1,000 75 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 137 /100k 53 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 22.6 % 52 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 4.5 /100k 132 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 19.6 /100k 70 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 1.9 % 138 of 143 2010
Recorded alcohol per adult 6.7 L 64 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 6.2 % 131 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $115 141 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $2,628 163 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Cambodia's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 6th lowest adult obesity in the world (1.9 %) and the 24th lowest old-age sex ratio in the world (63.8 men/100 women). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Cambodia; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.