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Mortality in Italy, by the numbers

Italy sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 84.0 years of life, 11th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Italy, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
84.0 yrs
11th of 212
Population aged 65+
24.6 %
4th highest of 212
Age-standardized death rate
3.5 /1,000
12th 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 Italy ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 84.0 yrs 11 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 3.5 /1,000 171 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 11.0 /1,000 27 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 24.4 yrs 15 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 28.1 /1,000 182 of 212 2022
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.0 yrs 159 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 78.9 men/100 women 96 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 2.3 /1,000 176 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 6.0 /100k 162 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 9.1 % 171 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 7.0 /100k 96 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 5.3 /100k 156 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 11.4 % 89 of 143 2015
Recorded alcohol per adult 7.0 L 61 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 24.6 % 4 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $3,398 27 of 191 2024
GDP per capita $40,385 39 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Italy's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 4th highest population aged 65+ in the world (24.6 %) and the 12th lowest age-standardized death rate in the world (3.5 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Italy; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.