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Mortality in Kiribati, by the numbers

Kiribati sits in East Asia & Pacific. A newborn there can expect about 66.5 years of life, 177th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Kiribati, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
66.5 yrs
177th of 212
Premature NCD mortality
44.1 %
1st highest of 182
Road-traffic deaths
1.9 /100k
6th lowest of 187

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

How Kiribati ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 66.5 yrs 177 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 15.5 /1,000 10 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 7.1 /1,000 113 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 14.1 yrs 172 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 50.6 /1,000 131 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 3.6 yrs 176 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 63.3 men/100 women 22 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 38.8 /1,000 27 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 80.0 /100k 72 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 44.1 % 1 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 17.5 /100k 16 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 1.9 /100k 182 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 39.8 % 8 of 143 2004
Recorded alcohol per adult 0.7 L 155 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 4.2 % 158 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $238 123 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $2,289 170 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Kiribati's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 1st highest premature NCD mortality in the world (44.1 %) and the 6th lowest road-traffic deaths in the world (1.9 /100k). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Kiribati; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.