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Mortality in Fiji, by the numbers

Fiji sits in East Asia & Pacific. A newborn there can expect about 67.5 years of life, 167th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Fiji, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
67.5 yrs
167th of 212
Premature NCD mortality
37.9 %
4th highest of 182
Life expectancy at 60
14.5 yrs
13th 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 Fiji ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 67.5 yrs 167 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 13.2 /1,000 20 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 9.5 /1,000 48 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 14.5 yrs 170 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 71.2 /1,000 85 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.1 yrs 153 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 74.8 men/100 women 69 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 23.5 /1,000 57 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 30.0 /100k 114 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 37.9 % 4 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 8.3 /100k 74 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 13.5 /100k 101 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 18.1 % 61 of 143 2002
Recorded alcohol per adult 3.6 L 110 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 6.5 % 130 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $213 128 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $6,426 125 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Fiji's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 4th highest premature NCD mortality in the world (37.9 %) and the 13th lowest life expectancy at 60 in the world (14.5 yrs). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Fiji; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.