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Mortality in Israel, by the numbers

Israel sits in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. A newborn there can expect about 83.3 years of life, 16th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Israel, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
83.3 yrs
16th of 212
Premature NCD mortality
7.6 %
3rd lowest of 182
Maternal mortality
2.0 /100k
4th lowest of 191

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

How Israel ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 83.3 yrs 16 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 3.7 /1,000 166 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 5.3 /1,000 179 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 24.1 yrs 19 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 33.2 /1,000 171 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.3 yrs 139 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 80.9 men/100 women 116 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 2.7 /1,000 171 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 2.0 /100k 188 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 7.6 % 180 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 4.4 /100k 134 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 3.9 /100k 170 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 15.2 % 73 of 143 2011
Recorded alcohol per adult 2.8 L 122 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 12.6 % 75 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $3,928 21 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $54,177 27 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Israel's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 3rd lowest premature NCD mortality in the world (7.6 %) and the 4th lowest maternal mortality in the world (2.0 /100k). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Israel; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.