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Mortality in Lebanon, by the numbers

Lebanon sits in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. A newborn there can expect about 77.9 years of life, 75th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Lebanon, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
77.9 yrs
75th of 212
Suicide rate
0.7 /100k
6th lowest of 182
Male mortality penalty
26.5 /1,000
24th 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 Lebanon ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 77.9 yrs 75 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 6.9 /1,000 125 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 6.0 /1,000 155 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 19.4 yrs 70 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 26.5 /1,000 189 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.0 yrs 162 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 78.2 men/100 women 90 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 15.3 /1,000 80 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 15.0 /100k 131 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 11.9 % 145 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 0.7 /100k 177 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 16.4 /100k 79 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 27.6 % 28 of 143 2008
Recorded alcohol per adult 1.3 L 146 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 10.1 % 92 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $261 119 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $3,478 153 of 212 2023

Measured against the rest of the world, Lebanon's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 6th lowest suicide rate in the world (0.7 /100k) and the 24th lowest male mortality penalty in the world (26.5 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Lebanon; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.