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Mortality in Liberia, by the numbers

Liberia sits in Sub-Saharan Africa. A newborn there can expect about 62.3 years of life, 198th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Liberia, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
62.3 yrs
198th of 212
Infant mortality
63.2 /1,000
4th highest of 192
Maternal mortality
628 /100k
4th highest of 191

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

How Liberia ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 62.3 yrs 198 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 11.6 /1,000 40 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 8.0 /1,000 79 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 16.8 yrs 132 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 43.9 /1,000 148 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 2.6 yrs 204 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 85.1 men/100 women 144 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 63.2 /1,000 4 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 628 /100k 4 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 22.0 % 56 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 6.0 /100k 108 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 38.9 /100k 4 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 2.9 L 120 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 3.3 % 177 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $104 143 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $851 201 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Liberia's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 4th highest infant mortality in the world (63.2 /1,000) and the 4th highest maternal mortality in the world (628 /100k). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Liberia; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.