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Mortality in Turks and Caicos Islands, by the numbers

Turks and Caicos Islands sits in Latin America & Caribbean. A newborn there can expect about 78.2 years of life, 65th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Turks and Caicos Islands, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
78.2 yrs
65th of 212
Infant mortality
3.0 /1,000
25th lowest of 192
GDP per capita
$37,507
44th highest of 212

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

How Turks and Caicos Islands ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 78.2 yrs 65 of 212 2024
Crude death rate 7.4 /1,000 103 of 212 2024
Male mortality penalty 36.4 /1,000 165 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.4 yrs 132 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 82.0 men/100 women 124 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 3.0 /1,000 168 of 192 2024
Population aged 65+ 11.3 % 87 of 212 2024
GDP per capita $37,507 44 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Turks and Caicos Islands's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 25th lowest infant mortality in the world (3.0 /1,000) and the 44th highest GDP per capita in the world ($37,507). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Turks and Caicos Islands; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.