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Mortality in Oman, by the numbers

Oman sits in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. A newborn there can expect about 80.4 years of life, 51st of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Oman, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
80.4 yrs
51st of 212
Crude death rate
1.9 /1,000
4th lowest of 212
Suicide rate
0.9 /100k
8th lowest of 182

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

How Oman ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 80.4 yrs 51 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 9.3 /1,000 74 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 1.9 /1,000 209 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 17.3 yrs 119 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 18.2 /1,000 202 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 3.3 yrs 187 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 93.2 men/100 women 188 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 8.3 /1,000 120 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 13.0 /100k 138 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 14.6 % 126 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 0.9 /100k 175 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 10.6 /100k 120 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 28.6 % 25 of 143 2006
Recorded alcohol per adult 0.5 L 161 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 2.6 % 198 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $732 75 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $20,285 73 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Oman's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 4th lowest crude death rate in the world (1.9 /1,000) and the 8th lowest suicide rate in the world (0.9 /100k). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Oman; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.