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Mortality in Spain, by the numbers

Spain sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 84.0 years of life, 12th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Spain, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
84.0 yrs
12th of 212
Maternal mortality
3.0 /100k
7th lowest of 191
Life expectancy at 60
25.0 yrs
7th highest of 182

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

How Spain ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 84.0 yrs 12 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 3.4 /1,000 175 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 8.9 /1,000 63 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 25.0 yrs 7 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 31.4 /1,000 174 of 212 2023
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 5.1 yrs 94 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 77.7 men/100 women 88 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 2.6 /1,000 173 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 3.0 /100k 185 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 9.3 % 169 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 8.7 /100k 65 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 3.9 /100k 171 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 19.9 % 54 of 143 2014
Recorded alcohol per adult 9.2 L 39 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 21.1 % 22 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $3,107 30 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $35,327 46 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Spain's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 7th lowest maternal mortality in the world (3.0 /100k) and the 7th highest life expectancy at 60 in the world (25.0 yrs). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Spain; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.