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Mortality in Ukraine, by the numbers

Ukraine sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 74.6 years of life, 108th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Ukraine, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
74.6 yrs
108th of 212
Life-expectancy gap (F−M)
9.6 yrs
3rd highest of 212
Old-age sex ratio (65+)
51.8 men/100 women
5th lowest of 212

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

How Ukraine ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 74.6 yrs 108 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 9.0 /1,000 80 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 13.6 /1,000 6 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 17.5 yrs 111 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 151 /1,000 6 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 9.6 yrs 3 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 51.8 men/100 women 5 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 7.6 /1,000 128 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 15.0 /100k 134 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 24.8 % 32 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 21.2 /100k 10 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 10.2 /100k 122 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 13.4 % 83 of 143 2002
Recorded alcohol per adult 9.2 L 38 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 19.0 % 40 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $370 104 of 191 2021
GDP per capita $5,389 135 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Ukraine's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 3rd highest life-expectancy gap in the world (9.6 yrs) and the 5th lowest old-age sex ratio in the world (51.8 men/100 women). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Ukraine; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.