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Mortality in Pakistan, by the numbers

Pakistan sits in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. A newborn there can expect about 67.9 years of life, 164th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Pakistan, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
67.9 yrs
164th of 212
Health spending per capita
$30
9th lowest of 191
Recorded alcohol per adult
0.1 L
10th lowest of 185

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

How Pakistan ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 67.9 yrs 164 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 10.7 /1,000 52 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 6.4 /1,000 139 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 16.9 yrs 126 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 71.1 /1,000 86 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.9 yrs 109 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 86.1 men/100 women 157 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 48.2 /1,000 13 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 155 /100k 47 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 25.5 % 25 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 5.6 /100k 111 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 13.0 /100k 103 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 14.6 % 78 of 143 2014
Recorded alcohol per adult 0.1 L 176 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 4.3 % 156 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $30 183 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $1,479 181 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Pakistan's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 9th lowest health spending per capita in the world ($30) and the 10th lowest recorded alcohol per adult in the world (0.1 L). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Pakistan; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.