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Mortality in Tanzania, by the numbers

Tanzania sits in Sub-Saharan Africa. A newborn there can expect about 67.2 years of life, 174th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Tanzania, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
67.2 yrs
174th of 212
Health spending per capita
$36
14th lowest of 191
Recorded alcohol per adult
11.0 L
14th highest of 185

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

How Tanzania ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 67.2 yrs 174 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 10.2 /1,000 58 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 5.7 /1,000 166 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 17.7 yrs 106 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 79.9 /1,000 65 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 5.6 yrs 76 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 66.3 men/100 women 32 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 28.7 /1,000 49 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 276 /100k 23 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 18.8 % 91 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 5.1 /100k 118 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 31.1 /100k 18 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 8.8 % 110 of 143 2012
Recorded alcohol per adult 11.0 L 14 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 3.0 % 189 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $36 178 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $1,187 187 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Tanzania's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 14th lowest health spending per capita in the world ($36) and the 14th highest recorded alcohol per adult in the world (11.0 L). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Tanzania; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.