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Mortality in Senegal, by the numbers

Senegal sits in Sub-Saharan Africa. A newborn there can expect about 69.0 years of life, 158th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Senegal, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
69.0 yrs
158th of 212
Old-age sex ratio (65+)
94.8 men/100 women
20th highest of 212
Recorded alcohol per adult
0.4 L
22nd 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 Senegal ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 69.0 yrs 158 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 10.3 /1,000 57 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 5.5 /1,000 174 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 16.8 yrs 127 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 64.7 /1,000 99 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.0 yrs 157 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 94.8 men/100 women 193 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 28.9 /1,000 48 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 237 /100k 29 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 21.4 % 64 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 6.8 /100k 100 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 23.5 /100k 50 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 6.3 % 120 of 143 2015
Recorded alcohol per adult 0.4 L 164 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 3.6 % 171 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $73 159 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $1,773 177 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Senegal's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 20th highest old-age sex ratio in the world (94.8 men/100 women) and the 22nd lowest recorded alcohol per adult in the world (0.4 L). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Senegal; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.