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Mortality in Cyprus, by the numbers

Cyprus sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 81.8 years of life, 38th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Cyprus, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
81.8 yrs
38th of 212
Premature NCD mortality
8.5 %
10th lowest of 182
Age-standardized death rate
3.7 /1,000
15th 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 Cyprus ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 81.8 yrs 38 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 3.7 /1,000 168 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 7.0 /1,000 116 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 24.2 yrs 17 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 26.6 /1,000 187 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.0 yrs 163 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 85.7 men/100 women 150 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 4.1 /1,000 152 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 14.0 /100k 136 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 8.5 % 173 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 3.0 /100k 151 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 5.8 /100k 153 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 19.7 % 55 of 143 2014
Recorded alcohol per adult 6.4 L 70 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 14.6 % 66 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $2,899 32 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $38,674 43 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Cyprus's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 10th lowest premature NCD mortality in the world (8.5 %) and the 15th lowest age-standardized death rate in the world (3.7 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Cyprus; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.