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Mortality in France, by the numbers

France sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 83.1 years of life, 22nd of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for France, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
83.1 yrs
22nd of 212
Life expectancy at 60
24.9 yrs
8th highest of 182
Age-standardized death rate
3.6 /1,000
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 France ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 83.1 yrs 22 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 3.6 /1,000 170 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 9.4 /1,000 51 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 24.9 yrs 8 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 43.5 /1,000 149 of 212 2023
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 5.7 yrs 72 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 76.6 men/100 women 82 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 3.4 /1,000 159 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 7.0 /100k 156 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 10.2 % 157 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 16.6 /100k 20 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 5.1 /100k 159 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 17.3 % 67 of 143 2014
Recorded alcohol per adult 10.3 L 24 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 22.1 % 16 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $5,327 19 of 191 2024
GDP per capita $46,103 34 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, France's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 8th highest life expectancy at 60 in the world (24.9 yrs) and the 13th lowest age-standardized death rate in the world (3.6 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for France; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.