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Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago, by the numbers

Trinidad and Tobago sits in Latin America & Caribbean. A newborn there can expect about 73.7 years of life, 118th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Trinidad and Tobago, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
73.7 yrs
118th of 212
Suicide rate
13.3 /100k
39th highest of 182
Adult obesity
25.5 %
32nd highest of 143

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

How Trinidad and Tobago ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 73.7 yrs 118 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 7.9 /1,000 102 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 8.7 /1,000 65 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 19.4 yrs 67 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 80.5 /1,000 64 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 6.3 yrs 51 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 76.2 men/100 women 77 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 17.0 /1,000 72 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 54.0 /100k 90 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 20.3 % 75 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 13.3 /100k 39 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 9.3 /100k 126 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 25.5 % 32 of 143 2011
Recorded alcohol per adult 6.0 L 72 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 12.4 % 77 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $1,276 56 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $18,733 76 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Trinidad and Tobago's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 39th highest suicide rate in the world (13.3 /100k) and the 32nd highest adult obesity in the world (25.5 %). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Trinidad and Tobago; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.