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Mortality in Cote d'Ivoire, by the numbers

Cote d'Ivoire sits in Sub-Saharan Africa. A newborn there can expect about 62.2 years of life, 200th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Cote d'Ivoire, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
62.2 yrs
200th of 212
Old-age sex ratio (65+)
98.4 men/100 women
12th highest of 212
Population aged 65+
2.6 %
14th 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 Cote d'Ivoire ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 62.2 yrs 200 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 11.7 /1,000 39 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 7.6 /1,000 94 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 16.8 yrs 130 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 55.8 /1,000 121 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.1 yrs 149 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 98.4 men/100 women 201 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 44.8 /1,000 17 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 359 /100k 16 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 22.7 % 48 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 7.4 /100k 90 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 24.1 /100k 47 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 8.1 % 111 of 143 2005
Recorded alcohol per adult 2.9 L 121 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 2.6 % 199 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $88 147 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $2,728 160 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Cote d'Ivoire's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 12th highest old-age sex ratio in the world (98.4 men/100 women) and the 14th lowest population aged 65+ in the world (2.6 %). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Cote d'Ivoire; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.