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Mortality in Chile, by the numbers

Chile sits in Latin America & Caribbean. A newborn there can expect about 81.3 years of life, 43rd of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Chile, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
81.3 yrs
43rd of 212
Premature NCD mortality
9.4 %
16th lowest of 182
Age-standardized death rate
4.7 /1,000
30th lowest of 182

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

How Chile ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 81.3 yrs 43 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 4.7 /1,000 153 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 6.6 /1,000 134 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 22.9 yrs 30 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 37.9 /1,000 163 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 3.8 yrs 170 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 84.1 men/100 women 137 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 5.8 /1,000 138 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 10.0 /100k 146 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 9.4 % 167 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 7.7 /100k 83 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 14.9 /100k 92 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 18.1 % 60 of 143 2011
Recorded alcohol per adult 7.6 L 55 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 14.1 % 68 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $1,760 45 of 191 2024
GDP per capita $16,710 81 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Chile's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 16th lowest premature NCD mortality in the world (9.4 %) and the 30th lowest age-standardized death rate in the world (4.7 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Chile; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.