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Mortality in Egypt, Arab Rep., by the numbers

Egypt, Arab Rep. sits in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. A newborn there can expect about 71.8 years of life, 137th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Egypt, Arab Rep., each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
71.8 yrs
137th of 212
Suicide rate
0.6 /100k
4th lowest of 182
Recorded alcohol per adult
0.1 L
14th lowest of 185

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

How Egypt, Arab Rep. ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 71.8 yrs 137 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 11.4 /1,000 43 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 5.5 /1,000 173 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 15.0 yrs 167 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 67.8 /1,000 90 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.4 yrs 137 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 75.7 men/100 women 74 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 20.8 /1,000 65 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 17.0 /100k 126 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 26.0 % 20 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 0.6 /100k 179 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 10.1 /100k 123 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 32.0 % 17 of 143 2011
Recorded alcohol per adult 0.1 L 172 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 5.1 % 141 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $141 137 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $3,338 156 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Egypt, Arab Rep.'s sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 4th lowest suicide rate in the world (0.6 /100k) and the 14th lowest recorded alcohol per adult in the world (0.1 L). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Egypt, Arab Rep.; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.