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Mortality in West Bank and Gaza, by the numbers

West Bank and Gaza sits in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. A newborn there can expect about 69.7 years of life, 153rd of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for West Bank and Gaza, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
69.7 yrs
153rd of 212
Suicide rate
0.7 /100k
5th lowest of 182
Life-expectancy gap (F−M)
9.0 yrs
8th highest of 212

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

How West Bank and Gaza ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 69.7 yrs 153 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 7.8 /1,000 106 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 5.9 /1,000 161 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 18.2 yrs 91 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 117 /1,000 21 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 9.0 yrs 8 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 80.8 men/100 women 114 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 17.0 /1,000 73 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 16.0 /100k 130 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 18.3 % 95 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 0.7 /100k 178 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 5.3 /100k 157 of 187 2016
Population aged 65+ 3.8 % 166 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $346 107 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $2,592 165 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, West Bank and Gaza's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 5th lowest suicide rate in the world (0.7 /100k) and the 8th highest life-expectancy gap in the world (9.0 yrs). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for West Bank and Gaza; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.