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Mortality in Timor-Leste, by the numbers

Timor-Leste sits in East Asia & Pacific. A newborn there can expect about 68.0 years of life, 163rd of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Timor-Leste, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
68.0 yrs
163rd of 212
Recorded alcohol per adult
0.2 L
15th lowest of 185
GDP per capita
$1,332
28th lowest of 212

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

How Timor-Leste ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 68.0 yrs 163 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 9.8 /1,000 65 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 7.2 /1,000 106 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 17.5 yrs 112 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 46.4 /1,000 142 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 3.4 yrs 183 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 86.0 men/100 women 156 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 34.6 /1,000 33 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 192 /100k 36 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 20.1 % 79 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 3.6 /100k 144 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 11.9 /100k 114 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 0.2 L 171 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 5.3 % 139 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $144 135 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $1,332 185 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Timor-Leste's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 15th lowest recorded alcohol per adult in the world (0.2 L) and the 28th lowest GDP per capita in the world ($1,332). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Timor-Leste; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.