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Mortality in Grenada, by the numbers

Grenada sits in Latin America & Caribbean. A newborn there can expect about 75.5 years of life, 102nd of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Grenada, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
75.5 yrs
102nd of 212
Suicide rate
1.3 /100k
11th lowest of 182
Adult obesity
25.3 %
33rd highest of 143

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

How Grenada ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 75.5 yrs 102 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 7.9 /1,000 104 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 8.9 /1,000 62 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 18.6 yrs 79 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 56.3 /1,000 120 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 6.0 yrs 59 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 82.7 men/100 women 127 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 16.4 /1,000 76 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 48.0 /100k 92 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 17.1 % 109 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 1.3 /100k 172 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 8.0 /100k 136 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 25.3 % 33 of 143 2010
Recorded alcohol per adult 7.3 L 57 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 12.2 % 78 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $526 87 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $11,705 96 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Grenada's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 11th lowest suicide rate in the world (1.3 /100k) and the 33rd highest adult obesity in the world (25.3 %). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Grenada; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.