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Mortality in Tonga, by the numbers

Tonga sits in East Asia & Pacific. A newborn there can expect about 73.0 years of life, 124th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Tonga, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
73.0 yrs
124th of 212
Adult obesity
62.0 %
1st highest of 143
Road-traffic deaths
33.0 /100k
13th highest of 187

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

How Tonga ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 73.0 yrs 124 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 7.7 /1,000 107 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 6.4 /1,000 140 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 18.9 yrs 73 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 100 /1,000 33 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 7.0 yrs 32 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 72.9 men/100 women 56 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 7.8 /1,000 125 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 67.0 /100k 80 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 26.9 % 16 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 4.7 /100k 126 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 33.0 /100k 13 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 62.0 % 1 of 143 2004
Recorded alcohol per adult 0.4 L 165 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 6.7 % 122 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $358 106 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $5,652 132 of 212 2023

Measured against the rest of the world, Tonga's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 1st highest adult obesity in the world (62.0 %) and the 13th highest road-traffic deaths in the world (33.0 /100k). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Tonga; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.