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Mortality in Turkmenistan, by the numbers

Turkmenistan sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 70.0 years of life, 152nd of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Turkmenistan, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
70.0 yrs
152nd of 212
Old-age sex ratio (65+)
54.3 men/100 women
9th lowest of 212
Maternal mortality
5.0 /100k
23rd lowest of 191

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

How Turkmenistan ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 70.0 yrs 152 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 9.0 /1,000 79 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 5.8 /1,000 162 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 18.2 yrs 92 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 98.4 /1,000 36 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 6.0 yrs 58 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 54.3 men/100 women 9 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 30.4 /1,000 45 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 5.0 /100k 169 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 25.7 % 23 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 6.8 /100k 98 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 13.5 /100k 102 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 2.6 L 125 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 4.5 % 151 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $581 81 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $6,857 121 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Turkmenistan's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 9th lowest old-age sex ratio in the world (54.3 men/100 women) and the 23rd lowest maternal mortality in the world (5.0 /100k). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Turkmenistan; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.