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Mortality in Mauritius, by the numbers

Mauritius sits in Sub-Saharan Africa. A newborn there can expect about 73.9 years of life, 116th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Mauritius, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
73.9 yrs
116th of 212
Life-expectancy gap (F−M)
7.1 yrs
31st highest of 212
Crude death rate
10.0 /1,000
39th highest of 212

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

How Mauritius ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 73.9 yrs 116 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 7.2 /1,000 121 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 10.0 /1,000 39 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 19.9 yrs 58 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 88.0 /1,000 50 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 7.1 yrs 31 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 82.9 men/100 women 129 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 13.8 /1,000 90 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 66.0 /100k 82 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 21.7 % 61 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 10.5 /100k 52 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 12.2 /100k 111 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 10.4 % 95 of 143 2004
Recorded alcohol per adult 6.9 L 62 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 13.5 % 72 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $616 79 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $11,991 94 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Mauritius's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 31st highest life-expectancy gap in the world (7.1 yrs) and the 39th highest crude death rate in the world (10.0 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Mauritius; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.