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Mortality in Venezuela, RB, by the numbers

Venezuela, RB sits in Latin America & Caribbean. A newborn there can expect about 72.8 years of life, 125th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Venezuela, RB, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
72.8 yrs
125th of 212
Road-traffic deaths
39.0 /100k
3rd highest of 187
Life-expectancy gap (F−M)
7.8 yrs
20th highest of 212

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

How Venezuela, RB ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 72.8 yrs 125 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 8.3 /1,000 91 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 7.7 /1,000 92 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 19.6 yrs 64 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 111 /1,000 25 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 7.8 yrs 20 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 75.2 men/100 women 72 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 21.2 /1,000 64 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 227 /100k 33 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 18.7 % 94 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 8.6 /100k 67 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 39.0 /100k 3 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 2.0 L 134 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 9.7 % 96 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $186 132 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $4,218 144 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Venezuela, RB's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 3rd highest road-traffic deaths in the world (39.0 /100k) and the 20th highest life-expectancy gap in the world (7.8 yrs). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Venezuela, RB; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.