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Mortality in Marshall Islands, by the numbers

Marshall Islands sits in East Asia & Pacific. A newborn there can expect about 67.3 years of life, 172nd of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Marshall Islands, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
67.3 yrs
172nd of 212
Old-age sex ratio (65+)
98.4 men/100 women
11th highest of 212
Adult obesity
31.9 %
18th highest of 143

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

How Marshall Islands ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 67.3 yrs 172 of 212 2024
Crude death rate 7.1 /1,000 109 of 212 2024
Male mortality penalty 65.9 /1,000 94 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.5 yrs 130 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 98.4 men/100 women 202 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 22.7 /1,000 61 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 155 /100k 46 of 191 2023
Road-traffic deaths 5.7 /100k 154 of 187 2013
Adult obesity 31.9 % 18 of 143 2002
Population aged 65+ 4.6 % 149 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $894 67 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $7,726 112 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Marshall Islands's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 11th highest old-age sex ratio in the world (98.4 men/100 women) and the 18th highest adult obesity in the world (31.9 %). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Marshall Islands; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.