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Mortality in Haiti, by the numbers

Haiti sits in Latin America & Caribbean. A newborn there can expect about 65.2 years of life, 186th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Haiti, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
65.2 yrs
186th of 212
Premature NCD mortality
31.6 %
11th highest of 182
Age-standardized death rate
13.4 /1,000
17th highest of 182

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

How Haiti ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 65.2 yrs 186 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 13.4 /1,000 17 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 7.8 /1,000 85 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 15.2 yrs 165 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 105 /1,000 30 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 6.6 yrs 40 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 74.6 men/100 women 66 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 39.0 /1,000 26 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 328 /100k 22 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 31.6 % 11 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 7.8 /100k 82 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 18.8 /100k 71 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 3.1 L 113 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 4.7 % 147 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $54 168 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $2,143 171 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Haiti's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 11th highest premature NCD mortality in the world (31.6 %) and the 17th highest age-standardized death rate in the world (13.4 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Haiti; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.