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Mortality in Estonia, by the numbers

Estonia sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 79.4 years of life, 55th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Estonia, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
79.4 yrs
55th of 212
Infant mortality
1.5 /1,000
2nd lowest of 192
Old-age sex ratio (65+)
55.3 men/100 women
11th 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 Estonia ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 79.4 yrs 55 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 5.6 /1,000 145 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 11.5 /1,000 22 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 21.0 yrs 42 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 83.0 /1,000 56 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 8.6 yrs 12 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 55.3 men/100 women 11 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 1.5 /1,000 191 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 5.0 /100k 165 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 15.5 % 119 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 14.9 /100k 28 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 4.5 /100k 165 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 20.8 % 47 of 143 2014
Recorded alcohol per adult 10.7 L 19 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 21.3 % 21 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $2,438 34 of 191 2024
GDP per capita $31,428 53 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Estonia's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 2nd lowest infant mortality in the world (1.5 /1,000) and the 11th lowest old-age sex ratio in the world (55.3 men/100 women). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Estonia; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.