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Mortality in Singapore, by the numbers

Singapore sits in East Asia & Pacific. A newborn there can expect about 83.4 years of life, 15th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Singapore, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
83.4 yrs
15th of 212
Age-standardized death rate
3.0 /1,000
3rd lowest of 182
Life expectancy at 60
26.1 yrs
3rd highest of 182

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

How Singapore ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 83.4 yrs 15 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 3.0 /1,000 180 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 6.0 /1,000 157 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 26.1 yrs 3 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 27.6 /1,000 184 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.4 yrs 135 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 85.4 men/100 women 148 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 2.2 /1,000 180 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 6.0 /100k 164 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 10.3 % 156 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 8.1 /100k 77 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 2.1 /100k 180 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 1.8 L 138 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 13.7 % 71 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $3,922 23 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $90,674 8 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Singapore's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 3rd lowest age-standardized death rate in the world (3.0 /1,000) and the 3rd highest life expectancy at 60 in the world (26.1 yrs). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Singapore; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.