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Mortality in Micronesia, Fed. Sts., by the numbers

Micronesia, Fed. Sts. sits in East Asia & Pacific. A newborn there can expect about 67.5 years of life, 169th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Micronesia, Fed. Sts., each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
67.5 yrs
169th of 212
Premature NCD mortality
40.5 %
3rd highest of 182
Road-traffic deaths
0.2 /100k
4th lowest of 187

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

How Micronesia, Fed. Sts. ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 67.5 yrs 169 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 12.1 /1,000 33 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 7.7 /1,000 91 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 15.8 yrs 154 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 136 /1,000 10 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 7.7 yrs 22 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 71.1 men/100 women 52 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 20.3 /1,000 66 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 129 /100k 55 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 40.5 % 3 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 19.8 /100k 11 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 0.2 /100k 184 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 2.0 L 133 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 5.9 % 132 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $508 90 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $4,166 146 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Micronesia, Fed. Sts.'s sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 3rd highest premature NCD mortality in the world (40.5 %) and the 4th lowest road-traffic deaths in the world (0.2 /100k). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Micronesia, Fed. Sts.; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.