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Mortality in Croatia, by the numbers

Croatia sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 79.0 years of life, 58th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Croatia, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
79.0 yrs
58th of 212
Population aged 65+
23.2 %
9th highest of 212
Crude death rate
13.2 /1,000
10th highest of 212

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

How Croatia ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 79.0 yrs 58 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 5.9 /1,000 140 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 13.2 /1,000 10 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 20.3 yrs 47 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 63.4 /1,000 105 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 5.8 yrs 66 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 69.4 men/100 women 43 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 4.1 /1,000 151 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 3.0 /100k 179 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 15.9 % 117 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 15.7 /100k 23 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 7.9 /100k 137 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 26.3 % 30 of 143 2014
Recorded alcohol per adult 7.7 L 54 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 23.2 % 9 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $1,548 51 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $24,050 63 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Croatia's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 9th highest population aged 65+ in the world (23.2 %) and the 10th highest crude death rate in the world (13.2 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Croatia; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.