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The map shows the indicator: Life expectancy (years). The data are for the different sovereign countries of the world.

Data source: The World Bank. The data correspond to the last date of registration provided by the source.

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Définition (source World Bank):

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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Ranking of statistics – Life expectancy (years)

The 5 highest records for sovereign countries (1 per country) since 1960 :

1 - Japan - Life expectancy (years) was 83.33 years in 2013
2 - San Marino - Life expectancy (years) was 83.32 years in 2011
3 - Iceland - Life expectancy (years) was 83.12 years in 2013
4 - Switzerland - Life expectancy (years) was 82.75 years in 2013
5 - Liechtenstein - Life expectancy (years) was 82.68 years in 2008

The 5 lowest records for sovereign countries (1 per country) since 1960 :

1 - Cambodia - Life expectancy (years) was 19.27 years in 1977
2 - Rwanda - Life expectancy (years) was 27.08 years in 1993
3 - Mali - Life expectancy (years) was 28.21 years in 1960
4 - Sierra Leone - Life expectancy (years) was 30.33 years in 1960
5 - South Sudan - Life expectancy (years) was 31.68 years in 1960

Data table - Life expectancy (years)

Ranking	Country	Data	Date of information
1	Japan	83.33	2013
2	San Marino	83.32	2011
3	Iceland	83.12	2013
4	Switzerland	82.75	2013
5	Spain	82.43	2013
6	Liechtenstein	82.38	2013
7	Singapore	82.35	2013
8	Italy	82.29	2013
9	Australia	82.20	2013
10	Israel	82.06	2013
11	France	81.97	2013
12	Luxembourg	81.80	2013
13	Sweden	81.70	2013
14	South Korea	81.46	2013
15	Norway	81.45	2013
16	New Zealand	81.41	2013
17	Canada	81.40	2013
18	Chile	81.20	2013
19	Netherlands	81.10	2013
20	Ireland	81.04	2013
21	Germany	81.04	2013
22	United Kingdom	80.96	2013
23	Austria	80.89	2013
24	Finland	80.83	2013
25	Malta	80.75	2013
26	Greece	80.63	2013
27	Belgium	80.39	2013
28	Portugal	80.37	2013
29	Denmark	80.30	2013
30	Slovenia	80.28	2013
31	Lebanon	80.13	2013
32	Cyprus	79.95	2013
33	Cuba	79.26	2013
34	Costa Rica	79.23	2013
35	United States	78.84	2013
36	Brunei	78.55	2013
37	Qatar	78.42	2013
38	Czech Republic	78.28	2013
39	Albania	77.54	2013
40	Panama	77.42	2013
41	United Arab Emirates	77.20	2013
42	Croatia	77.13	2013
43	Poland	76.85	2013
44	Oman	76.84	2013
45	Uruguay	76.84	2013
46	Dominica	76.60	2002
47	Maldives	76.60	2013
48	Bahrain	76.55	2013
49	Mexico	76.53	2013
50	Estonia	76.42	2013
51	Bosnia and Herzegovina	76.28	2013
52	Slovakia	76.26	2013
53	Argentina	75.99	2013
54	Antigua and Barbuda	75.78	2013
55	Vietnam	75.76	2013
56	Ecuador	75.65	2013
57	China	75.35	2013
58	Barbados	75.33	2013
59	Hungary	75.27	2013
60	Macedonia	75.19	2013
61	Turkey	75.18	2013
62	Serbia	75.14	2013
63	Iran	75.13	2013
64	Bahamas	75.07	2013
65	Saint Lucia	74.91	2013
66	Montenegro	74.76	2013
67	Syria	74.72	2013
68	Malaysia	74.57	2013
69	Algeria	74.57	2013
70	Armenia	74.56	2013
71	Nicaragua	74.51	2013
72	Bulgaria	74.47	2013
73	Romania	74.46	2013
74	Mauritius	74.46	2013
75	Kuwait	74.46	2013
76	Peru	74.28	2013
77	Thailand	74.25	2013
78	Sri Lanka	74.24	2013
79	Seychelles	74.23	2013
80	Saudi Arabia	74.18	2013
81	Lithuania	74.16	2013
82	Brazil	74.12	2013
83	Georgia	74.08	2013
84	Venezuela	74.07	2013
85	Latvia	73.98	2013
86	Jordan	73.90	2013
87	Colombia	73.81	2013
88	Morocco	73.71	2013
89	Tunisia	73.65	2013
90	Jamaica	73.47	2013
91	Dominican Republic	73.32	2013
92	Samoa	73.25	2013
93	Grenada	73.19	2013
94	Cape Verde	72.97	2013
95	Honduras	72.94	2013
96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	72.81	2013
97	Paraguay	72.80	2013
98	Tonga	72.64	2013
99	El Salvador	72.50	2013
100	Belarus	72.47	2013
101	Vanuatu	71.67	2013
102	Libya	71.66	2013
103	Guatemala	71.49	2013
104	Saint Kitts and Nevis	71.34	2002
105	Bangladesh	71.25	2013
106	Ukraine	71.16	2013
107	Russia	71.07	2013
108	Suriname	70.99	2013
109	Egypt	70.93	2013
110	Azerbaijan	70.69	2013
111	Kazakhstan	70.45	2013
112	Trinidad and Tobago	70.31	2013
113	Kyrgyzstan	70.20	2013
114	Belize	69.98	2013
115	Fiji	69.92	2013
116	North Korea	69.79	2013
117	Iraq	69.47	2013
118	Tajikistan	69.40	2013
119	Nepal	69.22	2013
120	Palau	69.13	2005
121	Bhutan	69.10	2013
122	Mongolia	69.06	2013
123	Micronesia	68.97	2013
124	Moldova	68.81	2013
125	Indonesia	68.70	2013
126	Uzbekistan	68.23	2013
127	Philippines	68.13	2013
128	Bolivia	67.91	2013
129	Cambodia	67.77	2013
130	Solomon Islands	67.72	2013
131	India	67.66	2013
132	East Timor	67.52	2013
133	Guyana	66.31	2013
134	São Tomé and Príncipe	66.26	2013
135	Pakistan	65.96	2013
136	Senegal	65.88	2013
137	Kiribati	65.77	2013
138	Laos	65.69	2013
139	Myanmar	65.65	2013
140	Turkmenistan	65.46	2013
141	Marshall Islands	65.24	2000
142	Madagascar	64.67	2013
143	Botswana	64.36	2013
144	Namibia	64.34	2013
145	Tanzania	64.29	2013
146	Gabon	63.84	2013
147	Yemen	63.58	2013
148	Ethiopia	63.44	2013
149	Rwanda	63.39	2013
150	Eritrea	63.18	2013
151	Sudan	63.17	2013
152	Comoros	62.93	2013
153	Mauritania	62.80	2013
154	Papua New Guinea	62.45	2013
155	Haiti	62.40	2013
156	Djibouti	61.69	2013
157	Republic of the Congo	61.67	2013
158	Malawi	61.47	2013
159	Ghana	61.14	2013
160	Kenya	60.95	2013
161	Niger	60.83	2013
162	Liberia	60.52	2013
163	Afghanistan	60.03	2013
164	Gambia	60.00	2013
165	Benin	59.31	2013
166	Zambia	59.24	2013
167	Togo	59.13	2013
168	Democratic Republic of the Congo	58.27	2013
169	Burkina Faso	58.24	2013
170	Guinea	58.22	2013
171	Uganda	57.77	2013
172	Mali	57.54	2013
173	Equatorial Guinea	57.29	2013
174	South Africa	56.74	2013
175	Burundi	56.25	2013
176	Zimbabwe	55.63	2013
177	South Sudan	55.22	2013
178	Cameroon	55.04	2013
179	Somalia	55.02	2013
180	Guinea-Bissau	54.84	2013
181	Mozambique	54.64	2013
182	Nigeria	52.44	2013
183	Angola	51.87	2013
184	Côte d'Ivoire	51.21	2013
185	Chad	51.19	2013
186	Sierra Leone	50.36	2013
187	Central African Republic	49.88	2013
188	Lesotho	49.33	2013
189	Swaziland	48.94	2013