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Mortality in Netherlands, by the numbers

Netherlands sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 82.0 years of life, 36th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Netherlands, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
82.0 yrs
36th of 212
Life-expectancy gap (F−M)
2.8 yrs
10th lowest of 212
Health spending per capita
$6,845
11th highest of 191

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

How Netherlands ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 82.0 yrs 36 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 4.0 /1,000 160 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 9.6 /1,000 47 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 23.5 yrs 24 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 20.5 /1,000 198 of 212 2023
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 2.8 yrs 203 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 87.2 men/100 women 162 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 3.4 /1,000 161 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 4.0 /100k 175 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 9.9 % 162 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 11.5 /100k 49 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 4.0 /100k 168 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 14.3 % 80 of 143 2014
Recorded alcohol per adult 8.7 L 43 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 20.5 % 30 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $6,845 11 of 191 2024
GDP per capita $67,520 18 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Netherlands's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 10th lowest life-expectancy gap in the world (2.8 yrs) and the 11th highest health spending per capita in the world ($6,845). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Netherlands; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.