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Mortality in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, by the numbers

St. Vincent and the Grenadines sits in Latin America & Caribbean. A newborn there can expect about 71.6 years of life, 140th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for St. Vincent and the Grenadines, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
71.6 yrs
140th of 212
Suicide rate
0.4 /100k
1st lowest of 182
Crude death rate
11.5 /1,000
21st highest of 212

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

How St. Vincent and the Grenadines ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 71.6 yrs 140 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 7.5 /1,000 112 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 11.5 /1,000 21 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 19.9 yrs 57 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 80.6 /1,000 63 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 5.7 yrs 73 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 92.4 men/100 women 185 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 10.2 /1,000 110 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 56.0 /100k 88 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 23.6 % 42 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 0.4 /100k 182 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 7.4 /100k 145 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 5.6 L 79 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 11.9 % 81 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $469 98 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $11,501 97 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, St. Vincent and the Grenadines's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 1st lowest suicide rate in the world (0.4 /100k) and the 21st highest crude death rate in the world (11.5 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for St. Vincent and the Grenadines; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.