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Mortality in Kazakhstan, by the numbers

Kazakhstan sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 74.4 years of life, 112th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Kazakhstan, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
74.4 yrs
112th of 212
Old-age sex ratio (65+)
57.5 men/100 women
12th lowest of 212
Male mortality penalty
125 /1,000
14th highest of 212

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

How Kazakhstan ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 74.4 yrs 112 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 9.8 /1,000 66 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 6.7 /1,000 129 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 16.4 yrs 141 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 125 /1,000 14 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 8.3 yrs 16 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 57.5 men/100 women 12 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 7.4 /1,000 130 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 10.0 /100k 147 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 21.2 % 67 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 14.6 /100k 31 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 12.7 /100k 106 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 10.1 % 97 of 143 2002
Recorded alcohol per adult 4.5 L 91 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 8.7 % 103 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $490 94 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $14,155 87 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Kazakhstan's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 12th lowest old-age sex ratio in the world (57.5 men/100 women) and the 14th highest male mortality penalty in the world (125 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Kazakhstan; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.