Life expectancy at birth, female (years) - Mortality - Health - World Development Indicators



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Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) - Mortality - Health - World Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Japan86.05
2Hong Kong85.50
3Liechtenstein85.40
4France85.20
5Italy84.77
6Switzerland84.61
7Spain84.32
8Euro area83.71
9Australia83.70
10Sweden83.29
11South Korea83.29
12North Korea83.29
13Austria83.28
14Canada83.28
15Finland83.28
16Iceland83.25
17Norway83.20
18Singapore83.20
19Luxembourg83.06
20Israel83
21High income: OECD82.92
22Belgium82.90
23Macau82.85
24High income82.68
25Puerto Rico82.68
26Germany82.67
27Slovenia82.59
28Netherlands82.47
29Virgin Islands (U.S.)82.44
30Portugal82.41
31Greece82.35
32Malta82.33
33Ireland82.30
34New Zealand82.20
35Cyprus82.06
36United Kingdom82.03
37Bermuda81.78
38Chile81.75
39Channel Islands81.56
40Costa Rica81.39
41United States81
42Denmark80.99
43Cuba80.83
44Czech Republic80.52
45New Caledonia80.52
46Mayotte80.22
47Poland80.02
48Kuwait79.94
49Albania79.86
50Barbados79.85
51Brunei Darussalam79.80
52Uruguay79.73
53Croatia79.60
54Estonia79.51
55Netherlands Antilles79.47
56High income: nonOECD79.26
57Argentina79.20
58Slovakia78.98
59Seychelles78.90
60United Arab Emirates78.84
61Panama78.34
62Belize78.28
63Hungary78.25
64Ecuador78.17
65Guam78.03
66Sri Lanka78.01
67Bosnia and Herzegovina77.80
68Latvia77.77
69Lithuania77.63
70Oman77.56
71Bahrain77.55
72Mexico77.51
73Aruba77.40
74Romania77.22
75Bulgaria77.03
76French Polynesia77.01
77Libya76.97
78Qatar76.97
79Grenada76.91
80Armenia76.88
81Malaysia76.79
82Colombia76.76
83Macedonia76.66
84Venezuela76.61
85Latin America & Caribbean76.58
86Belarus76.56
87Montenegro76.55
88Vietnam76.37
89Bahamas76.34
90Nicaragua76.31
91Tunisia76.30
92Serbia76.30
93Syria76.19
94Brazil76.16
95El Salvador76.13
96Mauritius76.11
97Peru76.02
98Dominican Republic75.37
99Saudi Arabia75.36
100Jamaica75.28
101Georgia75.11
102West Bank and Gaza75.09
103Upper middle income75.01
104Samoa74.98
105China74.89
106Tonga74.78
107Europe & Central Asia74.71
108Honduras74.65
109Jordan74.60
110Turkey74.39
111Ukraine74.28
112Lebanon74.26
113Russia74.16
114Philippines74.13
115East Asia & Pacific74.05
116Paraguay74.04
117Guatemala73.95
118Algeria73.86
119St. Vincent and the Grenadines73.86
120Cape Verde73.78
121Morocco73.59
122Maldives73.17
123Trinidad and Tobago72.98
124Indonesia72.84
125Iran72.83
126Suriname72.72
127Azerbaijan72.58
128Middle East & North Africa72.56
129Kazakhstan72.48
130Moldova72.32
131Vanuatu72.28
132Thailand72.11
133Kyrgyzstan72
134Egypt71.95
135Iraq71.81
136Kosovo71.60
137Fiji71.19
138Uzbekistan71.01
139Greenland70.70
140Middle income70.70
141Guyana70.08
142Mongolia69.91
143Lower middle income69.54
144Tajikistan69.50
145Micronesia69.42
146Turkmenistan69.01
147Low & middle income68.87
148Bhutan68.02
149Bolivia67.88
150Comoros67.63
151Sao Tome and Principe67.50
152Nepal67.38
153Solomon Islands67.22
154Bangladesh67.22
155Pakistan66.86
156Laos66.42
157South Asia65.45
158India65.24
159Yemen64.60
160Togo64.29
161Burma63.83
162Papua New Guinea63.33
163Haiti63.06
164Cambodia62.84
165Benin62.56
166Timor-Leste62.03
167Madagascar62
168Namibia61.93
169Eritrea61.84
170Gabon61.81
171Low income60.34
172Guinea59.89
173Sudan59.73
174Liberia59.66
175Ivory Coast58.77
176Mauritania58.73
177Least developed countries: UN classification58.15
178Gambia57.62
179Ghana57.54
180Senegal57.16
181Djibouti56.81
182Ethiopia56.66
183Tanzania56.45
184Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)55.15
185Kenya54.66
186Republic of the Congo54.54
187Burkina Faso54.32
188Botswana54.18
189Malawi54.06
190Uganda53.26
191Sub-Saharan Africa53.19
192South Africa53.06
193Niger52.31
194Rwanda51.96
195Burundi51.94
196Cameroon51.64
197Equatorial Guinea51.45
198Somalia51.31
199Chad50.05
200Guinea-Bissau49.42
201Democratic Republic of the Congo49.26
202Mali49.14
203Angola49.09
204Sierra Leone48.90
205Mozambique48.72
206Central African Republic48.51
207Nigeria48.43
208Zambia45.91
209Lesotho45.56
210Swaziland45.11
211Zimbabwe44.53
212Afghanistan43.92
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