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Mortality in Mongolia, by the numbers

Mongolia sits in East Asia & Pacific. A newborn there can expect about 72.5 years of life, 130th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Mongolia, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
72.5 yrs
130th of 212
Male mortality penalty
160 /1,000
4th highest of 212
Life-expectancy gap (F−M)
9.2 yrs
7th 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 Mongolia ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 72.5 yrs 130 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 9.3 /1,000 73 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 5.5 /1,000 175 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 17.9 yrs 98 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 160 /1,000 4 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 9.2 yrs 7 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 63.7 men/100 women 23 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 11.2 /1,000 102 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 41.0 /100k 100 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 26.3 % 19 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 18.5 /100k 14 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 21.0 /100k 61 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 19.7 % 56 of 143 2013
Recorded alcohol per adult 7.7 L 53 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 5.1 % 140 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $360 105 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $6,751 122 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Mongolia's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 4th highest male mortality penalty in the world (160 /1,000) and the 7th highest life-expectancy gap in the world (9.2 yrs). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Mongolia; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.