Life Expectancy By Country

Data on life expectancy offers insight into the health of countries around the world and, as such, into their citizens' chances and ability to prosper.

June 10, 2015

Author: Gilly Wright

Project Coordinator: Denise Bedell

The Global Health Observatory World Health Statistics 2014 published by the World Health Organization is based on 2013 figures and is used to help chart global progress towards the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and identify gaps requiring attention. The United Nations Millennium Declaration, signed in September 2000 commits world leaders to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women. The MDGs are derived from this Declaration, and all have specific targets and indicators.

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY COUNTRY

		At Birth (years)			At Age 60 (years)			Healthy At Birth (years)
Country	Year	M	F	Avg.	M	F	Avg.	M	F	Avg.
Afghanistan	2013	61	62	61	15	17	16	50	50	50
	2000	54	56	55	14	16	15	45	45	45
	1990	49	50	49	13	15	14
Albania	2013	73	76	74	18	20	19	64	66	65
	2000	68	73	70	15	18	17	60	64	62
	1990	67	71	69	15	18	16
Algeria	2013	70	74	72	17	19	18	62	63	62
	2000	68	71	70	17	18	18	59	61	60
	1990	66	69	68	16	18	17
Andorra	2013	79	86	83	23	28	25	70	74	72
	2000	76	83	80	21	26	23	67	72	69
	1990	74	81	77	19	24	22
Angola	2013	50	53	52	15	16	16	43	46	44
	2000	44	47	46	14	15	15	38	40	39
	1990	41	45	43	13	14	14
Antigua & Barbuda	2013	73	77	75	21	23	22	63	66	64
	2000	72	74	73	20	20	20	63	65	64
	1990	70	72	71	17	18	17
Argentina	2013	73	80	76	19	24	22	64	69	67
	2000	71	78	75	18	23	21	62	68	65
	1990	69	76	73	17	22	20
Armenia	2013	67	75	71	15	19	17	59	66	62
	2000	68	74	71	16	19	18	60	64	62
	1990	63	71	67	14	18	16
Australia	2013	80	85	83	24	27	25	71	74	73
	2000	77	83	80	21	25	23	68	72	70
	1990	74	80	77	19	23	21
Austria	2013	79	84	81	22	26	24	68	73	71
	2000	75	81	78	20	24	22	66	71	69
	1990	72	79	76	18	22	21
Azerbaijan	2013	70	75	72	17	20	19	61	65	63
	2000	64	69	66	16	18	17	56	60	58
	1990	60	66	63	15	17	16
Bahamas	2013	73	78	76	19	23	21	62	67	64
	2000	69	76	73	18	23	21	61	65	63
	1990	69	74	72	17	20	19
Bahrain	2013	76	78	77	20	21	20	66	66	66
	2000	73	76	74	18	19	18	63	64	63
	1990	72	74	73	17	19	18
Bangladesh	2013	70	72	71	18	19	18	60	62	61
	2000	65	65	65	17	18	18	55	55	55
	1990	60	59	60	17	17	17
Barbados	2013	75	81	78	21	25	23	64	68	66
	2000	72	78	75	20	23	22	63	66	65
	1990	71	77	74	18	22	20
Belarus	2013	66	78	72	14	22	18	57	68	62
	2000	63	75	69	14	20	17	55	65	60
	1990	66	76	71	16	21	19
Belgium	2013	78	83	80	22	25	24	69	72	71
	2000	75	81	78	19	24	22	66	71	69
	1990	73	79	76	18	23	21
Belize	2013	72	78	75	19	23	21	61	66	64
	2000	69	76	72	17	21	19	59	65	62
	1990	69	74	71	18	20	19
Benin	2013	57	60	59	15	16	16	50	51	50
	2000	53	56	54	14	15	15	45	47	46
	1990	51	56	53	14	16	15
Bhutan	2013	68	69	68	19	19	19	59	60	59
	2000	60	60	60	17	17	17	52	52	52
	1990	53	53	53	16	16	16
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2013	65	70	68	18	20	19	57	61	59
	2000	61	65	63	17	19	18	53	56	54
	1990	56	60	58	16	18	17
Bosnia & Herzegovina	2013	75	80	77	19	22	21	66	70	68
	2000	72	78	75	18	21	19	63	68	66
	1990	70	75	73	16	19	18
Botswana	2013	63	65	64	18	18	18	53	55	54
	2000	48	47	47	16	17	17	42	41	41
	1990	65	66	65	18	17	17
Brazil	2013	72	79	75	20	23	22	63	68	65
	2000	67	74	71	18	21	19	59	64	61
	1990	63	70	66	16	19	18
Brunei Darussalam	2013	76	79	77	20	21	21	68	69	69
	2000	74	79	76	19	22	21	67	69	68
	1990	71	75	73	17	20	18
Bulgaria	2013	71	78	75	17	22	20	62	68	65
	2000	68	75	71	16	19	18	60	66	63
	1990	68	75	71	16	19	18
Burkina Faso	2013	58	59	59	15	15	15	50	51	51
	2000	49	50	49	14	15	15	42	43	42
	1990	48	51	50	14	15	15
Burundi	2013	54	58	56	15	17	16	47	49	48
	2000	46	50	48	15	16	15	40	43	41
	1990	48	51	49	14	16	15
Cabo Verde	2013	71	78	75	17	22	20	61	66	64
	2000	66	73	70	16	19	18	57	61	59
	1990	63	68	66	16	18	17
Cambodia	2013	70	75	73	22	25	24	60	64	62
	2000	58	63	61	19	22	20	49	53	51
	1990	51	57	54	16	18	17
Cameroon	2013	56	58	57	16	17	17	48	49	49
	2000	50	52	51	15	16	16	43	44	44
	1990	53	56	54	15	16	16
Canada	2013	80	84	82	23	26	25	71	73	72
	2000	77	82	79	21	25	23	68	72	70
	1990	74	81	77	19	24	22
Central African Republic	2013	50	52	51	15	16	16	43	44	44
	2000	44	46	45	14	15	15	38	39	38
	1990	46	50	48	14	15	15
Chad	2013	51	53	52	14	15	15	44	45	44
	2000	45	47	46	13	15	14	39	40	40
	1990	43	47	45	13	15	14
Chile	2013	77	83	80	22	26	24	68	72	70
	2000	74	80	77	20	24	22	65	70	68
	1990	69	76	73	17	21	19
China	2013	74	77	75	18	21	19	67	69	68
	2000	70	73	71	17	20	18	62	66	64
	1990	67	71	69	16	19	18
Colombia	2013	75	81	78	23	25	24	65	69	67
	2000	69	78	74	21	24	22	60	66	63
	1990	67	75	71	19	22	21
Comoros	2013	60	63	62	15	17	16	53	55	54
	2000	57	60	59	15	16	15	50	52	51
	1990	54	58	56	14	16	15
Congo	2013	58	60	59	17	18	17	50	51	50
	2000	52	53	52	16	17	16	45	45	45
	1990	55	58	56	16	17	16
Cook Islands	2013	74	78	76	20	22	21	63	66	64
	2000	69	75	72	16	20	18	59	64	61
	1990	67	72	69	17	18	17
Costa Rica	2013	77	81	79	22	25	23	68	71	69
	2000	76	79	77	21	23	22	66	69	67
	1990	75	78	77	21	22	22
Cote D'Ivoire	2013	52	54	53	15	16	16	45	46	46
	2000	47	49	48	15	16	15	41	42	41
	1990	50	54	51	15	17	16
Croatia	2013	75	81	78	19	24	22	65	70	68
	2000	71	78	74	17	21	19	62	68	65
	1990	69	76	73	16	20	18
Cuba	2013	77	80	78	21	23	22	65	68	66
	2000	75	79	77	20	23	22	65	68	66
	1990	73	76	74	19	21	20
Cyprus	2013	80	84	82	23	26	24	73	76	74
	2000	75	79	77	19	22	21	68	71	70
	1990	74	79	76	19	22	20
Czech Republic	2013	75	81	78	19	24	22	66	71	69
	2000	72	78	75	17	21	19	63	69	66
	1990	68	75	71	15	19	17
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2013	66	73	70	14	19	17	60	65	63
	2000	60	69	65	12	18	16	55	61	58
	1990	66	73	70	14	20	17
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2013	51	54	52	15	16	15	43	46	44
	2000	47	50	48	14	15	15	40	42	41
	1990	48	51	49	14	16	15
Denmark	2013	78	82	80	21	24	23	69	71	70
	2000	75	79	77	19	22	21	66	70	68
	1990	72	78	75	18	22	20
Djibouti	2013	60	63	62	15	17	16	52	54	53
	2000	55	59	57	15	16	16	48	50	49
	1990	55	59	57	15	16	15
Dominica	2013	72	77	75	21	22	21	61	65	63
	2000	73	76	74	20	21	21	63	66	64
	1990	72	76	74	19	21	20
Dominican Republic	2013	73	74	74	21	21	21	62	64	63
	2000	72	74	73	22	22	22	63	64	63
	1990	68	70	69	19	20	19
Ecuador	2013	73	79	76	21	24	22	64	68	66
	2000	70	76	73	20	23	21	61	65	63
	1990	67	72	69	19	21	20
Egypt	2013	69	74	71	16	19	18	61	63	62
	2000	66	71	68	16	18	17	57	60	59
	1990	63	67	65	16	18	17
El Salvador	2013	68	77	73	20	23	22	60	66	63
	2000	66	74	70	20	22	21	58	64	61
	1990	61	70	65	18	20	19
Equatorial Guinea	2013	55	57	56	16	17	16	47	48	47
	2000	49	52	50	15	16	15	42	44	43
	1990	46	49	48	14	15	15
Eritrea	2013	61	66	64	14	17	15	53	56	55
	2000	39	54	45	12	15	14	34	46	39
	1990	46	50	48	11	13	12
Estonia	2013	72	82	77	18	24	22	63	71	67
	2000	65	76	71	15	21	19	57	67	62
	1990	64	75	70	15	20	18
Ethiopia	2013	63	66	65	17	19	18	54	57	56
	2000	50	53	51	15	17	16	43	45	44
	1990	42	48	45	14	15	15
Fiji	2013	67	73	70	15	19	17	58	63	60
	2000	65	70	68	15	17	16	56	60	58
	1990	64	68	66	14	16	15
Finland	2013	78	84	81	22	26	24	68	73	71
	2000	74	81	78	19	24	22	66	71	69
	1990	71	79	75	17	22	20
France	2013	79	85	82	23	28	25	69	74	72
	2000	75	83	79	20	26	23	67	72	69
	1990	73	82	78	20	25	22
Gabon	2013	62	65	64	18	19	18	53	55	54
	2000	59	60	59	17	18	17	50	51	50
	1990	60	63	61	17	18	17
Gambia	2013	60	63	61	16	17	17	52	54	53
	2000	55	58	56	16	17	16	48	49	48
	1990	50	53	52	15	16	16
Georgia	2013	71	78	74	18	22	20	62	68	65
	2000	68	76	72	17	20	19	60	66	63
	1990	67	75	71	17	20	19
Germany	2013	79	83	81	22	25	24	69	73	71
	2000	75	81	78	20	24	22	67	71	69
	1990	72	79	76	18	22	20
Ghana	2013	62	64	63	17	18	17	53	55	54
	2000	57	59	58	16	17	17	49	50	50
	1990	55	58	57	16	17	16
Greece	2013	79	84	81	23	26	24	69	73	71
	2000	76	81	78	21	23	22	67	71	69
	1990	75	80	77	20	23	21
Grenada	2013	70	77	73	16	23	19	60	66	62
	2000	70	76	73	17	22	20	61	65	63
	1990	67	74	70	15	20	18
Guatemala	2013	68	75	72	20	23	21	60	65	62
	2000	64	71	68	19	21	20	56	61	58
	1990	60	65	62	17	19	18
Guinea	2013	57	59	58	16	17	16	49	50	50
	2000	50	52	51	15	16	15	43	43	43
	1990	46	48	47	15	16	15
Guinea-Bissau	2013	53	55	54	14	15	15	45	47	46
	2000	51	53	52	14	15	15	43	45	44
	1990	47	52	49	14	15	14
Guyana	2013	60	67	64	13	17	15	52	57	54
	2000	62	67	65	16	18	17	54	58	56
	1990	59	67	63	14	18	16
Haiti	2013	61	64	63	16	18	17	50	53	52
	2000	55	57	56	15	16	16	47	49	48
	1990	52	56	54	15	16	15
Honduras	2013	72	77	74	21	23	22	62	65	64
	2000	69	73	71	19	22	21	59	62	61
	1990	65	69	67	18	20	19
Hungary	2013	71	79	75	17	22	20	61	68	65
	2000	68	76	72	16	21	18	58	66	62
	1990	65	74	69	15	19	17
Iceland	2013	81	84	82	23	26	24	71	73	72
	2000	78	82	80	22	24	23	69	72	70
	1990	75	81	78	20	24	22
India	2013	65	68	66	16	18	17	56	59	58
	2000	61	63	62	15	17	16	52	53	53
	1990	57	58	58	14	16	15
Indonesia	2013	69	73	71	17	19	18	61	64	62
	2000	65	69	67	16	18	17	57	60	58
	1990	60	64	62	15	17	16
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2013	72	76	74	19	20	20	63	65	64
	2000	69	71	70	18	18	18	60	61	60
	1990	63	64	64	16	16	16
Iraq	2013	67	74	70	16	19	18	59	64	61
	2000	68	73	71	17	20	18	60	62	61
	1990	67	71	69	17	19	18
Ireland	2013	79	83	81	22	26	24	69	73	71
	2000	74	79	77	19	22	20	66	70	68
	1990	72	78	75	17	21	19
Israel	2013	81	84	82	23	26	25	71	74	72
	2000	77	81	79	21	24	22	67	71	69
	1990	75	79	77	20	22	21
Italy	2013	80	85	83	23	27	25	71	74	73
	2000	77	83	80	21	25	23	68	72	70
	1990	74	80	77	19	23	21
Jamaica	2013	72	77	74	20	23	21	61	66	63
	2000	68	75	71	19	22	21	60	64	62
	1990	69	74	71	19	21	20
Japan	2013	80	87	84	23	29	26	72	78	75
	2000	78	85	81	22	27	25	70	76	73
	1990	76	82	79	20	25	23
Jordan	2013	72	76	74	18	20	19	64	65	64
	2000	70	73	72	17	19	18	62	63	62
	1990	68	71	70	17	18	17
Kazakhstan	2013	63	73	68	13	18	16	56	64	60
	2000	58	68	63	12	17	15	51	60	56
	1990	61	70	66	15	19	17
Kenya	2013	60	63	61	17	18	18	52	54	53
	2000	51	53	52	16	18	17	45	46	45
	1990	58	62	60	16	18	17
Kiribati	2013	64	69	67	16	18	17	56	60	58
	2000	61	66	64	15	17	16	53	56	55
	1990	57	62	60	15	17	16
Kuwait	2013	78	79	78	21	21	21	68	67	68
	2000	74	76	75	18	18	18	65	65	65
	1990	73	74	73	19	18	18
Kyrgyzstan	2013	66	73	69	16	19	17	58	64	61
	2000	62	69	66	15	18	16	55	60	58
	1990	62	69	66	16	19	18
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2013	65	68	66	16	18	17	56	58	57
	2000	58	61	59	15	17	16	50	52	51
	1990	51	54	53	14	16	15
Latvia	2013	69	79	74	16	22	20	61	69	65
	2000	65	76	70	15	21	19	57	66	62
	1990	64	74	69	15	20	18
Lebanon	2013	78	82	80	21	25	23	69	71	70
	2000	73	76	74	18	20	19	64	66	65
	1990	64	71	67	16	18	17
Lesotho	2013	48	52	50	15	17	16	41	44	43
	2000	47	49	48	15	17	16	41	43	42
	1990	59	62	61	16	17	17
Liberia	2013	61	63	62	15	17	16	52	53	52
	2000	50	52	51	14	15	15	42	44	43
	1990	39	46	42	13	15	14
Libya	2013	73	77	75	18	21	20	64	65	64
	2000	70	74	72	17	19	18	61	62	61
	1990	67	70	68	16	18	17
Lithuania	2013	69	79	74	17	23	20	60	70	65
	2000	67	78	72	17	22	20	58	68	63
	1990	66	76	71	16	21	19
Luxembourg	2013	80	84	82	23	26	25	70	73	72
	2000	75	81	78	20	24	22	66	71	69
	1990	72	79	76	18	22	20
Madagascar	2013	63	66	64	16	17	17	54	56	55
	2000	57	59	58	15	16	16	49	50	49
	1990	50	53	51	15	16	15
Malawi	2013	58	61	60	16	17	16	50	52	51
	2000	45	44	44	15	16	15	39	38	38
	1990	43	46	45	14	15	15
Malaysia	2013	72	76	74	18	20	19	63	66	65
	2000	69	74	71	16	18	17	61	64	62
	1990	68	73	71	16	18	17
Maldives	2013	77	79	78	20	21	21	67	68	68
	2000	67	68	68	16	15	15	59	59	59
	1990	60	57	58	14	12	13
Mali	2013	57	57	57	15	16	16	50	48	49
	2000	48	48	48	14	14	14	41	40	41
	1990	46	46	46	14	14	14
Malta	2013	79	82	81	22	24	23	70	72	71
	2000	76	80	78	20	23	21	67	70	69
	1990	74	78	76	18	21	19
Marshall Islands	2013	68	73	70	17	20	18	58	61	59
	2000	64	68	66	16	18	17	56	59	57
	1990	61	65	63	15	17	16
Mauritania	2013	62	65	63	16	17	16	53	55	54
	2000	59	62	60	15	17	16	50	51	51
	1990	57	60	58	15	16	16
Mauritius	2013	70	78	74	18	22	20	62	68	65
	2000	68	75	72	16	20	18	60	65	63
	1990	66	74	70	15	19	17
Mexico	2013	73	78	75	20	22	21	65	69	67
	2000	72	77	75	20	23	21	64	68	66
	1990	68	75	71	20	22	21
Micronesia (Federated States of)	2013	68	70	69	16	18	17	59	61	60
	2000	66	68	67	16	18	17	57	58	58
	1990	65	67	66	16	17	17
Monaco	2013	79	85	82	23	28	25	70	74	72
	2000	76	84	80	21	27	24	67	73	70
	1990	74	81	78	20	25	22
Mongolia	2013	64	72	68	14	18	16	57	64	60
	2000	60	66	63	13	16	14	53	58	55
	1990	58	64	61	14	16	15
Montenegro	2013	74	78	76	19	21	20	64	67	66
	2000	72	77	75	19	21	20	63	66	64
	1990	73	79	76	19	23	22
Morocco	2013	69	73	71	17	19	18	60	62	61
	2000	66	70	68	16	18	17	57	59	58
	1990	63	66	64	16	18	17
Mozambique	2013	53	55	54	16	17	16	46	47	46
	2000	46	49	47	14	16	15	40	41	41
	1990	41	45	43	14	15	14
Myanmar	2013	64	68	66	16	17	17	56	59	57
	2000	60	64	62	15	17	16	52	55	54
	1990	57	61	59	15	16	16
Namibia	2013	66	70	68	18	19	19	56	60	58
	2000	57	57	57	16	17	16	49	49	49
	1990	62	64	63	16	16	16
Nauru	2013	75	83	79	20	27	23	64	69	66
	2000	73	81	77	18	25	21	62	68	65
	1990	69	77	73	17	23	20
Nepal	2013	67	70	68	16	18	17	58	60	59
	2000	61	63	62	15	17	16	53	54	53
	1990	54	55	54	14	16	15
Netherlands	2013	79	83	81	22	25	24	70	72	71
	2000	76	81	78	19	24	22	67	70	69
	1990	74	80	77	18	23	21
New Zealand	2013	80	84	82	24	26	25	71	73	72
	2000	76	81	79	21	24	23	67	71	69
	1990	73	78	76	18	22	20
Nicaragua	2013	71	77	74	20	22	21	62	66	64
	2000	70	76	73	21	24	22	61	65	63
	1990	68	74	71	20	24	22
Niger	2013	59	59	59	15	16	16	51	51	51
	2000	50	50	50	15	15	15	43	42	42
	1990	43	43	43	14	15	15
Nigeria	2013	54	55	55	15	16	16	47	47	47
	2000	47	48	47	14	15	15	40	41	41
	1990	45	47	46	14	15	15
Niue	2013	72	78	75	17	21	19	62	66	64
	2000	70	76	73	16	20	18	60	65	62
	1990	69	75	71	16	19	17
Norway	2013	80	84	82	23	26	24	69	72	71
	2000	76	82	79	20	24	22	66	70	68
	1990	74	80	77	18	23	21
Oman	2013	74	79	76	19	22	20	65	67	66
	2000	71	75	72	17	19	18	62	63	62
	1990	66	70	68	16	18	17
Pakistan	2013	65	67	66	17	18	17	56	57	57
	2000	62	64	63	17	18	17	53	54	54
	1990	59	61	60	17	18	17
Palau	2013	71	75	73	17	20	18	61	64	63
	2000	68	71	70	16	18	17	59	61	60
	1990	65	68	66	15	17	16
Panama	2013	74	80	77	22	25	24	65	70	67
	2000	74	79	76	21	24	23	64	68	66
	1990	72	76	74	20	22	21
Papua New Guinea	2013	60	65	62	13	17	15	52	55	53
	2000	56	61	59	12	16	14	49	52	50
	1990	53	59	56	12	15	13
Paraguay	2013	72	78	75	20	23	21	63	67	65
	2000	71	77	74	19	23	21	62	65	64
	1990	71	76	73	19	22	21
Peru	2013	76	79	77	22	24	23	66	68	67
	2000	70	74	72	19	21	20	61	64	62
	1990	68	72	70	20	22	21
Philippines	2013	65	72	69	15	19	17	57	63	60
	2000	66	73	69	17	20	19	57	62	60
	1990	63	70	66	17	19	18
Poland	2013	73	81	77	19	24	21	63	71	67
	2000	70	78	74	17	22	19	61	68	65
	1990	67	76	71	15	20	18
Portugal	2013	78	84	81	22	26	24	68	73	71
	2000	73	80	77	19	23	21	65	70	68
	1990	71	78	74	18	22	20
Qatar	2013	79	80	79	22	22	22	68	67	68
	2000	77	76	77	21	20	20	66	64	65
	1990	74	76	75	19	20	19
Republic of Korea	2013	78	85	82	22	27	24	70	75	73
	2000	73	80	76	18	23	21	65	71	68
	1990	68	76	72	15	20	18
Republic of Moldova	2013	66	75	70	15	19	17	59	66	62
	2000	64	71	67	14	17	16	57	62	60
	1990	65	72	68	15	19	17
Romania	2013	71	78	74	18	22	20	63	69	66
	2000	68	75	71	17	20	19	60	66	63
	1990	66	73	70	17	19	18
Russian Federation	2013	63	75	69	14	20	17	55	66	61
	2000	59	72	65	13	19	17	51	63	57
	1990	63	74	69	15	20	18
Rwanda	2013	64	67	65	17	19	18	55	57	56
	2000	46	47	46	15	16	15	39	40	40
	1990	46	50	48	14	15	15
Saint Kitts & Nevis	2013	71	78	74	17	21	19	60	66	63
	2000	68	74	71	17	19	18	60	64	62
	1990	65	71	68	16	19	17
Saint Lucia	2013	72	79	75	19	23	21	60	66	63
	2000	71	77	74	20	22	21	62	65	63
	1990	70	74	72	19	21	20
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	2013	72	76	74	20	22	21	61	65	63
	2000	67	73	70	18	21	19	59	63	61
	1990	69	75	72	18	21	19
Samoa	2013	70	77	73	16	21	19	62	67	64
	2000	67	74	70	15	19	17	59	64	61
	1990	63	69	66	14	18	15
San Marino	2013	83	84	83	25	26	25	73	73	73
	2000	78	85	82	22	26	24	69	74	72
	1990	76	83	79	20	25	23
Sao Tome & Principe	2013	65	69	67	17	19	18	56	59	57
	2000	61	65	63	17	18	18	53	55	54
	1990	59	63	61	17	18	17
Saudi Arabia	2013	74	78	76	18	21	19	65	66	65
	2000	71	75	73	17	19	18	61	63	62
	1990	67	71	69	16	18	17
Senegal	2013	63	66	64	15	17	16	55	56	55
	2000	56	59	57	15	16	16	48	49	49
	1990	56	59	57	15	16	16
Serbia	2013	72	77	75	17	20	19	63	67	65
	2000	69	75	72	16	19	18	61	65	63
	1990	69	75	72	17	20	19
Seychelles	2013	70	78	74	17	23	20	63	71	67
	2000	67	77	72	16	21	19	61	69	65
	1990	64	75	69	14	21	17
Sierra Leone	2013	46	46	46	12	13	13	39	40	39
	2000	38	39	39	11	11	11	33	33	33
	1990	38	38	38	11	11	11
Singapore	2013	81	85	83	23	27	25	75	78	76
	2000	76	81	79	20	24	22	70	73	71
	1990	73	78	75	18	21	20
Slovakia	2013	72	80	76	18	23	21	63	70	67
	2000	69	77	73	16	21	19	60	68	64
	1990	66	75	71	15	20	18
Slovenia	2013	77	84	80	21	26	23	66	72	69
	2000	72	80	76	18	23	21	63	69	66
	1990	70	78	74	17	21	19
Solomon Islands	2013	67	70	69	16	18	17	59	61	60
	2000	64	67	65	15	17	16	55	57	56
	1990	61	63	62	15	16	15
Somalia	2013	53	56	54	16	17	16	45	47	46
	2000	49	52	50	15	16	15	42	44	43
	1990	45	50	47	14	15	15
South Africa	2013	57	64	60	14	19	17	49	54	52
	2000	55	62	59	13	18	16	48	53	51
	1990	59	66	62	13	17	15
South Sudan	2013	55	57	56	16	17	16	48	49	48
	2000	47	50	49	15	16	15	41	42	42
	1990	41	44	42	13	14	14
Spain	2013	80	86	83	23	28	25	71	75	73
	2000	76	83	79	21	25	23	68	73	70
	1990	73	81	77	19	24	22
Sri Lanka	2013	72	78	75	18	22	20	63	68	65
	2000	65	75	70	17	20	18	57	65	61
	1990	65	75	69	18	21	19
Sudan	2013	61	65	63	17	18	17	52	54	53
	2000	57	60	58	16	17	17	48	50	49
	1990	54	57	55	16	17	16
Suriname	2013	74	80	77	21	25	23	63	68	65
	2000	71	77	74	20	24	22	61	65	63
	1990	71	76	73	19	22	21
Swaziland	2013	53	53	53	17	17	17	45	45	45
	2000	48	49	48	16	16	16	41	42	41
	1990	62	61	61	16	15	16
Sweden	2013	80	84	82	23	25	24	70	73	72
	2000	78	82	80	21	24	23	68	72	70
	1990	75	81	78	19	23	21
Switzerland	2013	81	85	83	24	27	25	71	74	72
	2000	77	83	80	21	25	23	68	72	70
	1990	74	81	78	19	24	22
Syrian Arab Republic	2013	73	78	76	18	22	20	65	67	66
	2000	72	75	73	18	20	19	62	64	63
	1990	69	71	70	17	18	18
Tajikistan	2013	68	70	69	17	17	17	60	61	60
	2000	63	65	64	17	16	17	56	57	56
	1990	62	65	64	17	18	18
Thailand	2013	71	79	75	19	23	21	63	69	66
	2000	66	75	70	18	22	20	58	65	62
	1990	66	72	69	16	19	18
The former YugoslavRepublic of Macedonia	2013	74	78	76	18	21	19	64	68	66
	2000	71	76	73	17	19	18	62	66	64
	1990	70	75	72	18	20	19
Timor-Leste	2013	65	69	67	16	18	17	56	59	57
	2000	58	60	59	15	16	16	49	51	50
	1990	48	51	50	13	15	14
Togo	2013	57	60	58	16	17	17	49	51	50
	2000	54	56	55	16	16	16	46	47	47
	1990	54	57	55	16	17	16
Tonga	2013	74	70	71	19	18	18	64	61	62
	2000	68	71	69	16	18	17	60	61	60
	1990	64	74	68	14	19	17
Trinidad & Tobago	2013	67	74	71	16	20	18	58	63	60
	2000	66	73	69	15	20	17	58	63	60
	1990	65	71	68	15	18	17
Tunisia	2013	74	78	76	20	22	21	65	68	66
	2000	71	75	73	19	20	19	63	65	64
	1990	69	72	70	18	19	19
Turkey	2013	72	79	75	19	23	21	63	67	65
	2000	67	74	70	17	21	19	58	63	61
	1990	62	68	65	16	20	18
Turkmenistan	2013	60	68	64	15	17	16	53	59	56
	2000	58	65	62	14	16	15	52	57	54
	1990	59	65	62	14	17	16
Tuvalu	2013	66	70	68	15	18	16	57	60	59
	2000	62	66	64	14	17	15	53	57	55
	1990	59	64	62	13	16	14
Uganda	2013	57	61	59	16	17	17	49	52	50
	2000	44	46	45	14	16	15	38	40	39
	1990	44	49	47	14	16	15
Ukraine	2013	66	76	71	15	20	18	59	67	63
	2000	62	73	68	14	19	17	55	65	60
	1990	65	75	70	15	20	18
United Arab Emirates	2013	76	78	77	19	20	20	67	67	67
	2000	73	75	74	18	19	18	64	64	64
	1990	71	73	72	17	18	17
United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland	2013	79	83	81	22	25	24	69	72	71
	2000	76	80	78	20	23	21	66	70	68
	1990	73	79	76	18	22	20
United Republic of Tanzania	2013	61	65	63	17	18	18	52	55	53
	2000	50	51	50	16	17	16	43	44	43
	1990	49	52	51	15	16	16
United States of America	2013	76	81	79	22	24	23	68	71	69
	2000	74	80	77	20	23	22	66	70	68
	1990	72	79	75	19	23	21
Uruguay	2013	74	81	77	19	25	22	65	70	68
	2000	71	79	75	18	23	21	63	68	66
	1990	69	76	73	17	21	19
Uzbekistan	2013	67	72	69	16	18	17	59	62	61
	2000	63	69	66	15	18	17	56	60	58
	1990	63	70	67	16	20	18
Vanuatu	2013	71	74	72	17	19	18	61	64	62
	2000	67	71	69	16	18	17	58	60	59
	1990	64	67	66	15	17	16
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2013	72	80	76	22	25	23	63	69	66
	2000	71	77	74	20	22	21	62	67	64
	1990	70	74	72	18	20	19
Viet Nam	2013	71	80	76	19	25	22	62	70	66
	2000	69	78	73	18	24	21	60	67	63
	1990	66	75	70	18	23	20
Yemen	2013	63	66	64	15	17	16	54	55	55
	2000	59	62	61	15	17	16	51	52	51
	1990	56	59	58	15	16	16
Zambia	2013	57	60	58	16	18	17	49	51	50
	2000	40	43	41	14	16	15	35	37	36
	1990	40	47	43	14	16	15
Zimbabwe	2013	56	61	59	17	19	18	48	52	50
	2000	42	42	42	15	16	16	37	36	37
	1990	60	64	62	17	18	18

In 2012, life expectancy for both sexes from birth was 70 years, ranging from 62 years in low-income countries to 79 years in high-income countries, giving a ration of 1:3 between the two income groups. Women live, on average, five years longer than men - the same gap as recorded in 1990, although they live more than six years longer in high-income countries and around three years longer in low-income countries.

There are nine countries with life expectancy over 80 years at birth for men, with Iceland heading the pack at 81.2 years, followed by Switzerland (80.7) and Australia (80.5). For women the top 10 countries all have a life expectancy of 84 years or longer. Women in Japan have the highest life expectancy in the world, at 87 years, followed by Spain, Switzerland and Singapore all with 85.1 years.

Life expectancy at birth has increased by six years since 1990, although it decreased in Africa owing to the impact of HIV/AIDS, but life expectancy has begun to increase since the increasing availability of antiretroviral therapy has reduced the spread of the epidemic in the region. As a result, average life expectancy at birth in Africa had increased to 58 years in 2012, whereas it was only 50 years in 2000.

The top six countries that made the greatest progress since 1990 in extending life expectancy were Liberia (by 19.7 years) followed by Ethiopia, Maldives, Cambodia, Timor-Leste and Rwanda.

Among high-income countries, the average gain in life expectancy was 5.1 years, ranging from 0.2 years in the Russian Federation to 9.2 years in the Republic of Korea.

Child survival rates improved significantly between 2000 and 2012: The under-five mortality rate fell from 75 to 48 deaths per 1000 live births.

Is Life Expectancy Linked With Population Distribution?

RATING HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS

Health at a Glance 2013 OECD Indicators provides the latest comparable data on different aspects of the performance of healthcare systems in OECD countries. It reports that in one-in-three OECD countries, total healthcare spending fell between 2009 and 2011, with those hardest hit by the economic crisis being the most affected.

More than three-quarters of OECD countries reported a cut in spending on prevention programmes in 2011 over 2010, and half spent less than in 2008. The report warns that any short-term benefits to budgets are likely to be greatly outweighed by the long-term impact on health spending.

There are indications that Greece’s infant mortality rate, long in decline, has been rising since the crisis started. There is also evidence that more people in countries such as Greece and Italy are foregoing medical care due to financial constraints, reflecting reduced household incomes, but also perhaps rising costs.

Life Expectancy By Country

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LIFE EXPECTANCY BY COUNTRY

At Birth (years)

At Age 60 (years)

Healthy At Birth (years)

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Antigua & Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei Darussalam

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Comoros

Congo

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Cote D'Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Finland

France

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

At Birth
(years)

At Age 60
(years)

Healthy
At Birth
(years)

Bolivia
(Plurinational State of)

Democratic People's
Republic of Korea

Democratic Republic
of the Congo

Iran
(Islamic Republic of)

Lao People's
Democratic Republic

Micronesia
(Federated States of)