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Mortality in Syrian Arab Republic, by the numbers

Syrian Arab Republic sits in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. A newborn there can expect about 72.6 years of life, 127th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Syrian Arab Republic, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
72.6 yrs
127th of 212
Suicide rate
0.6 /100k
2nd lowest of 182
Health spending per capita
$33
10th lowest of 191

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

How Syrian Arab Republic ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 72.6 yrs 127 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 8.4 /1,000 89 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 4.9 /1,000 190 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 18.4 yrs 87 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 59.9 /1,000 110 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.7 yrs 117 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 79.4 men/100 women 99 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 17.7 /1,000 70 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 20.0 /100k 119 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 21.3 % 65 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 0.6 /100k 181 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 14.9 /100k 93 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 0.1 L 175 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 4.7 % 146 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $33 182 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $1,052 193 of 212 2022

Measured against the rest of the world, Syrian Arab Republic's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 2nd lowest suicide rate in the world (0.6 /100k) and the 10th lowest health spending per capita in the world ($33). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Syrian Arab Republic; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.