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Mortality in Hungary, by the numbers

Hungary sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 76.8 years of life, 85th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Hungary, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
76.8 yrs
85th of 212
Crude death rate
13.4 /1,000
8th highest of 212
Old-age sex ratio (65+)
62.5 men/100 women
18th 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 Hungary ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 76.8 yrs 85 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 7.2 /1,000 117 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 13.4 /1,000 8 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 18.7 yrs 77 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 86.2 /1,000 55 of 212 2020
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 6.2 yrs 54 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 62.5 men/100 women 18 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 3.1 /1,000 167 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 12.0 /100k 140 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 21.7 % 60 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 16.5 /100k 21 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 7.7 /100k 139 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 21.5 % 43 of 143 2014
Recorded alcohol per adult 9.9 L 29 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 21.0 % 23 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $1,420 53 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $23,292 69 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Hungary's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 8th highest crude death rate in the world (13.4 /1,000) and the 18th lowest old-age sex ratio in the world (62.5 men/100 women). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Hungary; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.