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Mortality in Gambia, The, by the numbers

Gambia, The sits in Sub-Saharan Africa. A newborn there can expect about 66.1 years of life, 183rd of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Gambia, The, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
66.1 yrs
183rd of 212
Health spending per capita
$26
5th lowest of 191
GDP per capita
$871
13th 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 Gambia, The ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 66.1 yrs 183 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 12.5 /1,000 30 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 6.2 /1,000 145 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 15.7 yrs 155 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 50.0 /1,000 134 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 3.4 yrs 184 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 80.0 men/100 women 108 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 32.7 /1,000 40 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 354 /100k 18 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 21.8 % 59 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 4.8 /100k 125 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 29.6 /100k 26 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 12.2 % 86 of 143 2010
Recorded alcohol per adult 0.6 L 156 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 3.1 % 186 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $26 187 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $871 200 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Gambia, The's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 5th lowest health spending per capita in the world ($26) and the 13th lowest GDP per capita in the world ($871). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Gambia, The; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.