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Mortality in Uzbekistan, by the numbers

Uzbekistan sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 72.6 years of life, 128th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Uzbekistan, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
72.6 yrs
128th of 212
Premature NCD mortality
24.6 %
35th highest of 182
Old-age sex ratio (65+)
71.0 men/100 women
51st 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 Uzbekistan ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 72.6 yrs 128 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 8.7 /1,000 83 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 6.0 /1,000 156 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 17.5 yrs 109 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 81.6 /1,000 59 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 6.0 yrs 60 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 71.0 men/100 women 51 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 12.8 /1,000 94 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 26.0 /100k 116 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 24.6 % 35 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 8.3 /100k 73 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 11.7 /100k 116 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 20.5 % 49 of 143 2014
Recorded alcohol per adult 2.1 L 130 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 5.9 % 134 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $192 131 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $3,162 157 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Uzbekistan's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 35th highest premature NCD mortality in the world (24.6 %) and the 51st lowest old-age sex ratio in the world (71.0 men/100 women). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Uzbekistan; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.