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Mortality in Canada, by the numbers

Canada sits in North America. A newborn there can expect about 82.2 years of life, 33rd of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Canada, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
82.2 yrs
33rd of 212
Life expectancy at 60
24.8 yrs
11th highest of 182
Health spending per capita
$6,378
15th highest of 191

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

How Canada ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 82.2 yrs 33 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 3.7 /1,000 167 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 7.9 /1,000 82 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 24.8 yrs 11 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 40.6 /1,000 154 of 212 2023
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.3 yrs 143 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 86.0 men/100 women 153 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 4.7 /1,000 144 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 12.0 /100k 139 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 9.7 % 164 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 9.4 /100k 59 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 5.3 /100k 155 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 9.9 L 31 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 19.8 % 37 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $6,378 15 of 191 2024
GDP per capita $54,340 26 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Canada's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 11th highest life expectancy at 60 in the world (24.8 yrs) and the 15th highest health spending per capita in the world ($6,378). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Canada; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.