Life Expectancy by Country in 1998

In 1998, 🇬🇮Gibraltar was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 80.6635 years. Closely followed by 🇯🇵Japan with a life expectancy of 80.6402 years of age, and 🇲🇨Monaco with 80.5857 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇸🇸South Sudan with 18.3852 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 76.85 years. Closely followed by Oceania with an average life expectancy of 74.71 years, and Europe with 73.57 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 78.88 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 77.99 years, and Southern Europe with 77.47 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 77.11 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 49.95 years of age.