Health > Life expectancy at birth, female > Years: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
Life expectancy at birth, female (years). 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.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Hong Kong | 86.7 | 2011 | ||
2 | San Marino | 86.34 | 2011 | ||
3 | Japan | 85.9 | 2011 | ||
4 | Spain | 85.4 | 2011 | ||
5 | France | 85.1 | 2011 | ||
6 | Switzerland | 85 | 2011 | ||
7 | Faeroe Islands | 84.9 | 2011 | ||
8 | Italy | 84.7 | 2011 | ||
9 | South Korea | 84.4 | 2011 | ||
10 | Singapore | 84.3 | 2011 | ||
=11 | Iceland | 84.1 | 2011 | ||
=11 | Australia | 84.1 | 2011 | ||
13 | Portugal | 84 | 2011 | ||
=14 | Malta | 83.9 | 2011 | ||
=14 | Austria | 83.9 | 2011 | ||
=16 | Sweden | 83.8 | 2011 | ||
=16 | Finland | 83.8 | 2011 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 83.71 | 2011 | |||
=18 | Israel | 83.6 | 2011 | ||
=18 | Luxembourg | 83.6 | 2011 | ||
=18 | Norway | 83.6 | 2011 | ||
21 | Canada | 83.3 | 2011 | ||
22 | Slovenia | 83.3 | 2011 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 83.26 | 2011 | |||
=23 | Germany | 83.2 | 2011 | ||
=23 | Belgium | 83.2 | 2011 | ||
=25 | Greece | 83.1 | 2011 | ||
=25 | Netherlands | 83.1 | 2011 | ||
27 | European Union | 83.09 | 2011 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 83.03 | 2011 | |||
=28 | New Zealand | 82.8 | 2011 | ||
=28 | Ireland | 82.8 | 2011 | ||
30 | United Kingdom | 82.7 | 2011 | ||
31 | Puerto Rico | 82.27 | 2011 | ||
32 | Chile | 82.27 | 2011 | ||
33 | Macau | 82.25 | 2011 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 82.11 | 2011 | |||
34 | Channel Islands | 82.09 | 2011 | ||
35 | Bermuda | 82.08 | 2011 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 81.96 | 2011 | |||
36 | Denmark | 81.9 | 2011 | ||
37 | Costa Rica | 81.84 | 2011 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 81.81 | 2011 | |||
38 | Lebanon | 81.77 | 2011 | ||
39 | Cyprus | 81.57 | 2011 | ||
40 | Isle of Man | 81.5 | 2002 | ||
41 | Estonia | 81.3 | 2011 | ||
42 | Guam | 81.17 | 2011 | ||
=43 | Poland | 81.1 | 2011 | ||
=43 | United States | 81.1 | 2011 | ||
=43 | Czech Republic | 81.1 | 2011 | ||
46 | Cuba | 80.98 | 2011 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 80.62 | 2011 | |||
47 | Uruguay | 80.32 | 2011 | ||
48 | Albania | 80.3 | 2011 | ||
49 | Vietnam | 80.27 | 2011 | ||
50 | Panama | 80.15 | 2011 | ||
51 | Brunei | 80.13 | 2011 | ||
52 | Curacao | 80.1 | 2009 | ||
53 | Croatia | 80 | 2011 | ||
54 | Slovakia | 79.8 | 2011 | ||
55 | Argentina | 79.61 | 2011 | ||
56 | Mexico | 79.36 | 2011 | ||
57 | Lithuania | 79.3 | 2011 | ||
58 | Qatar | 79.19 | 2011 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 79.07 | 2011 | |||
59 | New Caledonia | 79.02 | 2011 | ||
60 | Ecuador | 78.89 | 2011 | ||
=61 | Latvia | 78.8 | 2011 | ||
=61 | Dominica | 78.8 | 2002 | ||
63 | Hungary | 78.7 | 2011 | ||
64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78.59 | 2011 | ||
65 | Oman | 78.5 | 2011 | ||
66 | Maldives | 78.27 | 2011 | ||
67 | French Polynesia | 78.25 | 2011 | ||
68 | Cape Verde | 78.2 | 2011 | ||
=69 | Romania | 78.2 | 2011 | ||
=69 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 78.2 | 2009 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 78.12 | 2011 | |||
Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 78.1 | 2011 | |||
71 | Turkey | 78.09 | 2011 | ||
72 | Antigua and Barbuda | 77.96 | 2011 | ||
73 | The Bahamas | 77.87 | 2011 | ||
74 | United Arab Emirates | 77.81 | 2011 | ||
75 | Bulgaria | 77.8 | 2011 | ||
76 | Armenia | 77.77 | 2011 | ||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 77.74 | 2011 | |||
77 | Syria | 77.6 | 2011 | ||
78 | Aruba | 77.56 | 2011 | ||
79 | Georgia | 77.54 | 2011 | ||
80 | Thailand | 77.44 | 2011 | ||
81 | Barbados | 77.42 | 2011 | ||
82 | Seychelles | 77.4 | 2011 | ||
83 | Venezuela | 77.38 | 2011 | ||
84 | Colombia | 77.34 | 2011 | ||
85 | Serbia | 77.3 | 2011 | ||
86 | Saint Lucia | 77.28 | 2011 | ||
87 | Nicaragua | 77.28 | 2011 | ||
88 | Republic of Macedonia | 77.2 | 2011 | ||
89 | Bahrain | 77.2 | 2011 | ||
90 | Saudi Arabia | 77.16 | 2011 | ||
91 | Malaysia | 77.07 | 2011 | ||
92 | Sri Lanka | 77.06 | 2011 | ||
93 | Brazil | 77.05 | 2011 | ||
94 | Peru | 76.98 | 2011 | ||
95 | Mauritius | 76.97 | 2011 | ||
96 | Libya | 76.96 | 2011 | ||
97 | Belarus | 76.9 | 2011 | ||
98 | Montenegro | 76.9 | 2011 | ||
99 | Tunisia | 76.7 | 2011 | ||
100 | El Salvador | 76.67 | 2011 | ||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 76.61 | 2011 | |||
101 | Belize | 76.56 | 2011 | ||
102 | China | 76.36 | 2011 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 76.3 | 2011 | |||
103 | Dominican Republic | 76.25 | 2011 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 76.23 | 2011 | |||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 76.06 | 2011 | |||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 75.94 | 2011 | |||
104 | Samoa | 75.94 | 2011 | ||
105 | Ukraine | 75.88 | 2011 | ||
106 | Jamaica | 75.71 | 2011 | ||
107 | Honduras | 75.66 | 2011 | ||
108 | Iran | 75.43 | 2011 | ||
109 | Tonga | 75.33 | 2011 | ||
=110 | Kuwait | 75.26 | 2011 | ||
=110 | Jordan | 75.26 | 2011 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 75.18 | 2011 | |||
112 | Russia | 75.1 | 2011 | ||
113 | Grenada | 75 | 2011 | ||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 74.97 | 2011 | |||
114 | Guatemala | 74.94 | 2011 | ||
115 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 74.47 | 2011 | ||
116 | Paraguay | 74.36 | 2011 | ||
117 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 74 | 2002 | ||
118 | Suriname | 73.89 | 2011 | ||
119 | Cambodia | 73.8 | 2011 | ||
120 | Kazakhstan | 73.79 | 2011 | ||
121 | Azerbaijan | 73.73 | 2011 | ||
122 | Kyrgyzstan | 73.7 | 2011 | ||
123 | Trinidad and Tobago | 73.38 | 2011 | ||
Christian countries average (profile) | 73.29 | 2011 | |||
124 | Vanuatu | 73.16 | 2011 | ||
125 | Egypt | 73.09 | 2011 | ||
126 | Greenland | 72.8 | 2010 | ||
127 | Iraq | 72.78 | 2011 | ||
128 | North Korea | 72.75 | 2011 | ||
129 | Fiji | 72.61 | 2011 | ||
130 | Moldova | 72.55 | 2011 | ||
131 | Indonesia | 72.47 | 2011 | ||
132 | Algeria | 72.38 | 2011 | ||
133 | Kosovo | 72.3 | 2011 | ||
134 | Morocco | 72.21 | 2011 | ||
135 | Palau | 72.1 | 2005 | ||
136 | Philippines | 71.9 | 2011 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 71.72 | 2011 | |||
137 | Uzbekistan | 71.39 | 2011 | ||
138 | Mongolia | 71.21 | 2011 | ||
139 | Kiribati | 71.1 | 2011 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 70.97 | 2011 | |||
140 | Bangladesh | 70.66 | 2011 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 70.58 | 2011 | |||
141 | Tajikistan | 70.53 | 2011 | ||
142 | Federated States of Micronesia | 69.64 | 2011 | ||
143 | Turkmenistan | 69.46 | 2011 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 69.3 | 2011 | |||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 69.24 | 2011 | |||
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 69.08 | 2011 | |||
Hot countries average (profile) | 69 | 2011 | |||
144 | Bolivia | 68.86 | 2011 | ||
145 | Laos | 68.72 | 2011 | ||
146 | Solomon Islands | 68.69 | 2011 | ||
147 | Nepal | 68.68 | 2011 | ||
148 | Guyana | 68.52 | 2011 | ||
149 | East Timor | 68.05 | 2011 | ||
150 | Sao Tome and Principe | 68.01 | 2011 | ||
151 | Marshall Islands | 67.8 | 2000 | ||
152 | Bhutan | 67.79 | 2011 | ||
153 | India | 67.74 | 2011 | ||
154 | Pakistan | 67.17 | 2011 | ||
Landlocked countries average (profile) | 66.98 | 2011 | |||
South Asia average (profile) | 66.94 | 2011 | |||
155 | Burma | 66.87 | 2011 | ||
156 | Namibia | 66.15 | 2011 | ||
157 | Madagascar | 65.31 | 2011 | ||
158 | Rwanda | 64.52 | 2011 | ||
159 | Senegal | 64.51 | 2011 | ||
160 | Papua New Guinea | 64.32 | 2011 | ||
161 | Haiti | 64.18 | 2011 | ||
162 | Eritrea | 64.11 | 2011 | ||
163 | Yemen | 64.08 | 2011 | ||
164 | Ethiopia | 63.79 | 2011 | ||
165 | Gabon | 63.75 | 2011 | ||
166 | Sudan | 63.49 | 2011 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 63.27 | 2011 | |||
167 | Mauritania | 62.74 | 2011 | ||
168 | Djibouti | 62.4 | 2011 | ||
169 | Kenya | 62.12 | 2011 | ||
170 | Comoros | 61.83 | 2011 | ||
171 | Ghana | 61.73 | 2011 | ||
172 | Afghanistan | 61.35 | 2011 | ||
173 | Tanzania | 61.31 | 2011 | ||
174 | Liberia | 60.81 | 2011 | ||
175 | Benin | 60.36 | 2011 | ||
176 | The Gambia | 59.71 | 2011 | ||
177 | Republic of the Congo | 59.19 | 2011 | ||
178 | Uganda | 59.05 | 2011 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 58.58 | 2011 | |||
failed states average (profile) | 58 | 2011 | |||
179 | Niger | 57.65 | 2011 | ||
180 | Zambia | 57.3 | 2011 | ||
181 | South Africa | 57.2 | 2011 | ||
182 | Togo | 56.64 | 2011 | ||
183 | Zimbabwe | 56.46 | 2011 | ||
184 | Guinea | 56.38 | 2011 | ||
185 | Burkina Faso | 56.03 | 2011 | ||
186 | Somalia | 56 | 2011 | ||
187 | Guinea-Bissau | 55.37 | 2011 | ||
188 | Cameroon | 55.23 | 2011 | ||
189 | South Sudan | 55.09 | 2011 | ||
190 | Burundi | 54.96 | 2011 | ||
191 | Malawi | 54.23 | 2011 | ||
192 | Mali | 54.03 | 2011 | ||
193 | Equatorial Guinea | 53.56 | 2011 | ||
194 | Angola | 52.56 | 2011 | ||
195 | Nigeria | 52.02 | 2011 | ||
196 | Chad | 51.09 | 2011 | ||
197 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 51.08 | 2011 | ||
198 | Cote d'Ivoire | 50.86 | 2011 | ||
199 | Central African Republic | 50.66 | 2011 | ||
200 | Mozambique | 50.48 | 2011 | ||
201 | Lesotho | 48.46 | 2011 | ||
202 | Swaziland | 48.16 | 2011 | ||
203 | Botswana | 46.04 | 2011 | ||
204 | Sierra Leone | 45.27 | 2011 |
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Interesting observations about Health > Life expectancy at birth, female > Years
- Hong Kong ranked first for life expectancy at birth, female > years amongst Hot countries in 2011.
- Lebanon ranked first for life expectancy at birth, female > years amongst Muslim countries in 2011.
- Japan ranked first for life expectancy at birth, female > years amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2011.
- Spain ranked second for life expectancy at birth, female > years amongst Christian countries in 2011.
- Singapore ranked first for life expectancy at birth, female > years amongst Former British colonies in 2011.
- Sierra Leone has ranked last for life expectancy at birth, female > years since 1997.
- Switzerland ranked first for life expectancy at birth, female > years amongst Cold countries in 2011.
- 40 of the bottom 41 countries by life expectancy at birth, female > years are Sub-Saharan African.
- Chile ranked first for life expectancy at birth, female > years amongst Emerging markets in 2011.
- San Marino ranked first for life expectancy at birth, female > years amongst Europe in 2011.