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Mortality in Mozambique, by the numbers

Mozambique sits in Sub-Saharan Africa. A newborn there can expect about 63.6 years of life, 195th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Mozambique, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
63.6 yrs
195th of 212
Old-age sex ratio (65+)
49.0 men/100 women
1st lowest of 212
Age-standardized death rate
16.8 /1,000
6th highest of 182

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

How Mozambique ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 63.6 yrs 195 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 16.8 /1,000 6 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 6.9 /1,000 124 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 14.1 yrs 174 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 137 /1,000 9 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 6.3 yrs 53 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 49.0 men/100 women 1 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 43.7 /1,000 18 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 99.0 /100k 65 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 26.6 % 17 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 10.6 /100k 51 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 30.0 /100k 22 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 7.0 % 116 of 143 2005
Recorded alcohol per adult 1.9 L 137 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 2.8 % 196 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $53 171 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $657 204 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Mozambique's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 1st lowest old-age sex ratio in the world (49.0 men/100 women) and the 6th highest age-standardized death rate in the world (16.8 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Mozambique; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.