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Mortality in Djibouti, by the numbers

Djibouti sits in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. A newborn there can expect about 66.2 years of life, 182nd of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Djibouti, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
66.2 yrs
182nd of 212
Infant mortality
43.0 /1,000
20th highest of 192
Recorded alcohol per adult
0.4 L
23rd lowest of 185

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

How Djibouti ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 66.2 yrs 182 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 11.5 /1,000 42 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 7.5 /1,000 99 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 16.7 yrs 135 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 74.5 /1,000 81 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 5.0 yrs 103 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 80.8 men/100 women 113 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 43.0 /1,000 20 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 162 /100k 44 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 20.6 % 72 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 8.0 /100k 79 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 23.5 /100k 49 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 0.4 L 163 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 4.9 % 144 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $78 156 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $3,553 151 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Djibouti's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 20th highest infant mortality in the world (43.0 /1,000) and the 23rd lowest recorded alcohol per adult in the world (0.4 L). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Djibouti; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.