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Mortality in Norway, by the numbers

Norway sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 83.2 years of life, 18th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Norway, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
83.2 yrs
18th of 212
Maternal mortality
1.0 /100k
1st lowest of 191
Health spending per capita
$8,296
4th 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 Norway ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 83.2 yrs 18 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 3.3 /1,000 177 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 7.9 /1,000 83 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 24.8 yrs 10 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 23.2 /1,000 194 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 3.2 yrs 191 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 89.3 men/100 women 176 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 2.0 /1,000 183 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 1.0 /100k 191 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 7.8 % 179 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 13.2 /100k 41 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 2.1 /100k 179 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 15.1 % 75 of 143 2015
Recorded alcohol per adult 7.4 L 56 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 18.8 % 41 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $8,296 4 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $86,785 10 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Norway's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 1st lowest maternal mortality in the world (1.0 /100k) and the 4th highest health spending per capita in the world ($8,296). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Norway; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.