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Mortality in Tajikistan, by the numbers

Tajikistan sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 71.9 years of life, 136th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Tajikistan, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
71.9 yrs
136th of 212
Crude death rate
4.6 /1,000
14th lowest of 212
Suicide rate
2.4 /100k
22nd lowest of 182

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

How Tajikistan ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 71.9 yrs 136 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 8.1 /1,000 97 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 4.6 /1,000 199 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 18.4 yrs 84 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 58.0 /1,000 113 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.5 yrs 128 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 79.2 men/100 women 98 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 23.5 /1,000 58 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 14.0 /100k 137 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 18.1 % 98 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 2.4 /100k 161 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 15.7 /100k 85 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 9.3 % 105 of 143 2011
Recorded alcohol per adult 0.7 L 154 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 3.9 % 165 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $85 149 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $1,341 184 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Tajikistan's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 14th lowest crude death rate in the world (4.6 /1,000) and the 22nd lowest suicide rate in the world (2.4 /100k). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Tajikistan; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.