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Mortality in Jordan, by the numbers

Jordan sits in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. A newborn there can expect about 78.1 years of life, 68th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Jordan, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
78.1 yrs
68th of 212
Suicide rate
0.6 /100k
3rd lowest of 182
Crude death rate
3.1 /1,000
8th 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 Jordan ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 78.1 yrs 68 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 6.4 /1,000 134 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 3.1 /1,000 205 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 20.0 yrs 54 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 29.7 /1,000 178 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.4 yrs 131 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 94.4 men/100 women 191 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 12.0 /1,000 99 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 31.0 /100k 113 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 11.6 % 147 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 0.6 /100k 180 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 17.0 /100k 74 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 35.4 % 12 of 143 2007
Recorded alcohol per adult 0.2 L 169 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 4.5 % 152 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $342 108 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $4,618 140 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Jordan's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 3rd lowest suicide rate in the world (0.6 /100k) and the 8th lowest crude death rate in the world (3.1 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Jordan; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.