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Mortality in Togo, by the numbers

Togo sits in Sub-Saharan Africa. A newborn there can expect about 62.9 years of life, 196th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Togo, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
62.9 yrs
196th of 212
Life-expectancy gap (F−M)
0.5 yrs
1st lowest of 212
Male mortality penalty
12.5 /1,000
5th lowest of 212

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

How Togo ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 62.9 yrs 196 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 12.0 /1,000 36 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 8.5 /1,000 71 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 16.1 yrs 145 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 12.5 /1,000 208 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 0.5 yrs 212 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 89.0 men/100 women 174 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 34.8 /1,000 32 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 349 /100k 21 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 25.4 % 27 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 9.3 /100k 60 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 28.7 /100k 31 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 6.1 % 121 of 143 2010
Recorded alcohol per adult 1.4 L 145 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 3.2 % 182 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $60 164 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $1,119 189 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Togo's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 1st lowest life-expectancy gap in the world (0.5 yrs) and the 5th lowest male mortality penalty in the world (12.5 /1,000). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Togo; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.