Life Expectancy by Country in 1997

In 1997, 🇦🇩Andorra was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 80.9439 years. Closely followed by 🇯🇵Japan with a life expectancy of 80.5718 years of age, and 🇬🇮Gibraltar with 80.343 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇸🇸South Sudan with 32.2424 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 76.69 years. Closely followed by Oceania with an average life expectancy of 74.58 years, and Europe with 73.25 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 78.41 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 77.74 years, and Southern Europe with 77.42 years of average life expectancy.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that High-income countries has the highest average life expectancy of 76.91 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 50.73 years of age.