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Mortality in Tuvalu, by the numbers

Tuvalu sits in East Asia & Pacific. A newborn there can expect about 67.4 years of life, 171st of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Tuvalu, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
67.4 yrs
171st of 212
Male mortality penalty
123 /1,000
16th highest of 212
Old-age sex ratio (65+)
63.2 men/100 women
21st lowest of 212

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

How Tuvalu ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 67.4 yrs 171 of 212 2024
Crude death rate 9.3 /1,000 54 of 212 2024
Male mortality penalty 123 /1,000 16 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 7.0 yrs 36 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 63.2 men/100 women 21 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 16.5 /1,000 74 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 170 /100k 42 of 191 2023
Recorded alcohol per adult 1.3 L 147 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 6.7 % 124 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $1,724 46 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $6,345 127 of 212 2023

Measured against the rest of the world, Tuvalu's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 16th highest male mortality penalty in the world (123 /1,000) and the 21st lowest old-age sex ratio in the world (63.2 men/100 women). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Tuvalu; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.