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Mortality in Luxembourg, by the numbers

Luxembourg sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 83.3 years of life, 17th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Luxembourg, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
83.3 yrs
17th of 212
GDP per capita
$137,782
4th highest of 212
Health spending per capita
$8,170
5th highest of 191

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

How Luxembourg ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 83.3 yrs 17 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 3.3 /1,000 176 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 6.6 /1,000 132 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 24.7 yrs 12 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 23.6 /1,000 193 of 212 2023
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.5 yrs 126 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 85.1 men/100 women 145 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 1.9 /1,000 186 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 11.0 /100k 143 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 7.8 % 178 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 8.2 /100k 75 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 4.1 /100k 166 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 18.7 % 58 of 143 2014
Recorded alcohol per adult 10.8 L 16 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 15.5 % 63 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $8,170 5 of 191 2024
GDP per capita $137,782 4 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Luxembourg's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 4th highest GDP per capita in the world ($137,782) and the 5th highest health spending per capita in the world ($8,170). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Luxembourg; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.