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What each figure on the site counts, the indicator code it comes from, its unit, and its source. Direct measures are pulled as the most-recent non-empty value per country; derived measures are computed at ingest. See the methodology for how age-standardization works.

Direct indicators
MeasureCodeUnitSourceDefinition
GDP per capita NY.GDP.PCAP.CD US$ World Bank Open Data Gross domestic product divided by midyear population, current US dollars.
Crude death rate SP.DYN.CDRT.IN /1,000 World Bank Open Data Deaths per 1,000 people of any age. Reflects a country's age structure, not just its mortality risk.
Urban population SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS % World Bank Open Data Share of the population living in urban areas.
Life expectancy, male SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN yrs World Bank Open Data Years a newborn male would live under current mortality.
Life expectancy, female SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN yrs World Bank Open Data Years a newborn female would live under current mortality.
Adult mortality, male SP.DYN.AMRT.MA /1,000 World Bank Open Data Probability a 15-year-old male dies before 60, per 1,000.
Adult mortality, female SP.DYN.AMRT.FE /1,000 World Bank Open Data Probability a 15-year-old female dies before 60, per 1,000.
Infant mortality SP.DYN.IMRT.IN /1,000 World Bank Open Data Deaths before age 1 per 1,000 live births.
Maternal mortality SH.STA.MMRT /100k World Bank Open Data Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.
Suicide mortality SH.STA.SUIC.P5 /100k World Bank Open Data Age-standardized suicide deaths per 100,000.
Premature NCD mortality SH.DYN.NCOM.ZS % World Bank Open Data Probability of dying of heart disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic lung disease between 30 and 70.
Road-traffic deaths SH.STA.TRAF.P5 /100k World Bank Open Data Deaths from road-traffic injury per 100,000 people.
Alcohol consumption SH.ALC.PCAP.LI L World Bank Open Data Recorded litres of pure alcohol per person aged 15+. Excludes home-distilled and untaxed alcohol, which is large in some countries.
CO2 per capita EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 t World Bank Open Data Carbon-dioxide emissions per person, metric tonnes (excluding land use).
Health spending per capita SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD US$ World Bank Open Data Current health expenditure per person, current US dollars.
Health spending, % GDP SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS % World Bank Open Data Current health expenditure as a share of GDP.
Military spending, % GDP MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS % World Bank Open Data Military expenditure as a share of GDP.
Population aged 65+ SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS % World Bank Open Data Share of the population aged 65 and over.

 

Derived measures (computed at ingest)
MeasureCodeUnitSourceDefinition
Military spending per capita derived US$ World Bank Open Data Military expenditure divided by population.
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) derived yrs World Bank Open Data Female minus male life expectancy at birth.
Old-age sex ratio (65+) derived men/100 women World Bank Open Data Men per 100 women among those aged 65 and over — an artifact of who survived.
Obesity prevalence derived % World Bank Open Data Share of adults (18+) with a body-mass index of 30 or more; the mean of the male and female rates.
Age-standardized death rate derived /1,000 WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) Crude death rate reweighted to the WHO World Standard Population, removing the effect of a country's age structure.
Life expectancy at 60 derived yrs WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) Further years a 60-year-old can expect to live under current mortality.

Sources: World Bank Open Data and WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021). Data refreshed 2026-06-15.