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Mortality in Greece, by the numbers

Greece sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 81.9 years of life, 37th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Greece, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
81.9 yrs
37th of 212
Population aged 65+
23.9 %
6th highest of 212
Crude death rate
12.1 /1,000
17th highest of 212

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

How Greece ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 81.9 yrs 37 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 4.6 /1,000 154 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 12.1 /1,000 17 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 22.6 yrs 32 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 46.7 /1,000 141 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 5.0 yrs 105 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 76.4 men/100 women 78 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 3.2 /1,000 163 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 5.0 /100k 166 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 12.0 % 144 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 4.7 /100k 128 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 8.3 /100k 131 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 23.7 % 39 of 143 2014
Recorded alcohol per adult 5.8 L 76 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 23.9 % 6 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $1,963 41 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $24,626 62 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Greece's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 6th highest population aged 65+ in the world (23.9 %) and the 17th highest crude death rate in the world (12.1 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Greece; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.