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Mortality in Paraguay, by the numbers

Paraguay sits in Latin America & Caribbean. A newborn there can expect about 74.1 years of life, 113th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Paraguay, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
74.1 yrs
113th of 212
Crude death rate
5.7 /1,000
44th lowest of 212
Life-expectancy gap (F−M)
6.1 yrs
56th highest of 212

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

How Paraguay ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 74.1 yrs 113 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 9.2 /1,000 76 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 5.7 /1,000 169 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 17.2 yrs 120 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 82.4 /1,000 57 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 6.1 yrs 56 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 79.7 men/100 women 104 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 14.5 /1,000 86 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 58.0 /100k 87 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 16.1 % 114 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 6.4 /100k 103 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 22.0 /100k 57 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 11.1 % 91 of 143 2002
Recorded alcohol per adult 5.6 L 78 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 6.5 % 126 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $527 86 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $6,416 126 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Paraguay's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 44th lowest crude death rate in the world (5.7 /1,000) and the 56th highest life-expectancy gap in the world (6.1 yrs). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Paraguay; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.