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Mortality in Indonesia, by the numbers

Indonesia sits in East Asia & Pacific. A newborn there can expect about 71.3 years of life, 142nd of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Indonesia, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
71.3 yrs
142nd of 212
Recorded alcohol per adult
0.1 L
9th lowest of 185
Suicide rate
1.2 /100k
10th lowest of 182

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

How Indonesia ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 71.3 yrs 142 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 11.3 /1,000 44 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 7.6 /1,000 93 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 15.4 yrs 161 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 51.6 /1,000 127 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.3 yrs 141 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 76.2 men/100 women 76 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 15.2 /1,000 81 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 140 /100k 51 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 21.9 % 58 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 1.2 /100k 173 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 11.3 /100k 117 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 2.4 % 135 of 143 2001
Recorded alcohol per adult 0.1 L 177 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 7.3 % 117 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $132 139 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $4,925 138 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Indonesia's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 9th lowest recorded alcohol per adult in the world (0.1 L) and the 10th lowest suicide rate in the world (1.2 /100k). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Indonesia; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.