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Mortality in Solomon Islands, by the numbers

Solomon Islands sits in East Asia & Pacific. A newborn there can expect about 70.8 years of life, 146th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Solomon Islands, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
70.8 yrs
146th of 212
Premature NCD mortality
40.6 %
2nd highest of 182
Life-expectancy gap (F−M)
2.8 yrs
11th lowest of 212

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

How Solomon Islands ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 70.8 yrs 146 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 13.4 /1,000 18 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 5.1 /1,000 186 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 14.8 yrs 169 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 39.3 /1,000 160 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 2.8 yrs 202 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 96.7 men/100 women 197 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 16.4 /1,000 78 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 123 /100k 57 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 40.6 % 2 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 19.6 /100k 12 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 16.5 /100k 77 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 24.0 % 37 of 143 2006
Recorded alcohol per adult 1.5 L 144 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 3.6 % 170 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $111 142 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $1,934 175 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Solomon Islands's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 2nd highest premature NCD mortality in the world (40.6 %) and the 11th lowest life-expectancy gap in the world (2.8 yrs). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Solomon Islands; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.