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Mortality in Montenegro, by the numbers

Montenegro sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 78.0 years of life, 70th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Montenegro, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
78.0 yrs
70th of 212
Infant mortality
1.9 /1,000
6th lowest of 192
Recorded alcohol per adult
10.3 L
23rd highest of 185

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

How Montenegro ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 78.0 yrs 70 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 7.3 /1,000 113 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 10.2 /1,000 36 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 18.4 yrs 85 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 65.6 /1,000 97 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.9 yrs 107 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 68.4 men/100 women 40 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 1.9 /1,000 187 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 6.0 /100k 163 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 18.0 % 100 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 11.3 /100k 50 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 7.6 /100k 142 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 10.3 L 23 of 185 2019
Population aged 65+ 17.8 % 46 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $1,148 62 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $13,263 93 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Montenegro's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 6th lowest infant mortality in the world (1.9 /1,000) and the 23rd highest recorded alcohol per adult in the world (10.3 L). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Montenegro; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.