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Mortality in Nauru, by the numbers

Nauru sits in East Asia & Pacific. A newborn there can expect about 62.3 years of life, 199th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Nauru, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
62.3 yrs
199th of 212
Old-age sex ratio (65+)
60.1 men/100 women
16th lowest of 212
Population aged 65+
2.9 %
19th lowest of 212

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

How Nauru ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 62.3 yrs 199 of 212 2024
Crude death rate 7.6 /1,000 95 of 212 2024
Male mortality penalty 79.5 /1,000 67 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 3.8 yrs 171 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 60.1 men/100 women 16 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 7.7 /1,000 126 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 273 /100k 24 of 191 2023
Recorded alcohol per adult 2.8 L 123 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 2.9 % 194 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $2,292 36 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $13,609 90 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Nauru's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 16th lowest old-age sex ratio in the world (60.1 men/100 women) and the 19th lowest population aged 65+ in the world (2.9 %). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Nauru; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.