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Mortality in United Arab Emirates, by the numbers

United Arab Emirates sits in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. A newborn there can expect about 83.2 years of life, 19th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for United Arab Emirates, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
83.2 yrs
19th of 212
Crude death rate
1.0 /1,000
1st lowest of 212
Old-age sex ratio (65+)
126 men/100 women
2nd highest of 212

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

How United Arab Emirates ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 83.2 yrs 19 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 5.5 /1,000 148 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 1.0 /1,000 212 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 20.4 yrs 46 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 18.9 /1,000 200 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 2.2 yrs 206 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 126 men/100 women 211 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 3.8 /1,000 156 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 3.0 /100k 186 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 11.6 % 149 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 1.7 /100k 166 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 8.9 /100k 129 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 17.9 % 63 of 143 2003
Recorded alcohol per adult 2.1 L 131 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 1.8 % 211 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $2,402 35 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $50,274 31 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, United Arab Emirates's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 1st lowest crude death rate in the world (1.0 /1,000) and the 2nd highest old-age sex ratio in the world (126 men/100 women). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for United Arab Emirates; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.