Life Expectancy by Country in 2002

In 2002, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 82.5074 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra with a life expectancy of 82.2368 years of age, and ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan with 81.7953 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟEswatini with 44.4856 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 77.25 years. Closely followed by Oceania with an average life expectancy of 75.53 years, and Europe with 73.76 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 79.87 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 78.83 years, and Southern Europe with 78.62 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 78.05 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 53.58 years of age.

Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2002

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 82.5074
2 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra 82.2368
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 81.7953
4 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด China, Macao SAR 81.2928
5 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ China, Hong Kong SAR 81.2536
6 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 80.7656
7 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda 80.6312
8 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 80.5426
9 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 80.4431
10 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar 80.26
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 80.1136
12 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia 80.0639
13 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey 79.9909
14 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 79.9347
15 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Holy See 79.9134
16 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein 79.8533
17 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 79.8238
18 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia 79.7114
19 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 79.568
20 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 79.4129
21 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore 79.3025
22 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel 79.2593
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 78.9691
24 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 78.9605
25 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand 78.8773
26 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 78.8469
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 78.4827
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 78.4667
29 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique 78.427
30 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 78.4046
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 78.3607
32 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 78.2698
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom 78.2411
34 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey 78.17
35 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 78.1667
36 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe 78.0656
37 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica 77.9833
38 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 77.5999
39 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Republic of Korea 77.5435
40 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 77.4873
41 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile 77.4445
42 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 77.3676
43 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy 77.2092
44 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 77.0973
45 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin (French part) 77.0308
46 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America 77.0005
47 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait 76.9822
48 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ China, Taiwan Province of China 76.932
49 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 76.7904
50 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico 76.7276
51 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands 76.6253
52 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba 76.6124
53 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla 76.4679
54 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion 76.3795
55 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain 76.0875
56 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands 76.0546
57 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania 75.8899
58 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis and Futuna Islands 75.7967
59 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam 75.7926
60 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte 75.7917
61 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena 75.7817
62 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia 75.6191
63 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos Islands 75.5401
64 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay 75.5399
65 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda 75.5357
66 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 75.4435
67 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man 75.4196
68 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar 75.4118
69 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon 75.0642
70 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 75.0019
71 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and Miquelon 74.9965
72 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates 74.901
73 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 74.8581
74 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama 74.8238
75 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat 74.7834
76 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 74.7357
77 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 74.6757
78 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina 74.6115
79 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 74.5826
80 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei Darussalam 74.4256
81 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina 74.408
82 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados 74.3656
83 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico 74.1059
84 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia 74.0595
85 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro 74.0432
86 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands 73.8914
87 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman 73.8687
88 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 73.7669
89 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba 73.7261
90 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana 73.666
91 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador 73.6134
92 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia 73.5627
93 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao 73.3918
94 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands 73.3538
95 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia 73.3366
96 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 73.3126
97 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives 73.2915
98 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada 73.167
99 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 73.1458
100 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ United States Virgin Islands 73.1114
101 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China 72.985
102 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand 72.9296
103 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam 72.8009
104 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 72.6618
105 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye 72.5785
106 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 72.5074
107 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan 72.3585
108 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica 72.3395
109 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau 72.3358
110 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 72.2585
111 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas 72.2316
112 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 72.1682
113 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 72.1619
114 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius 72.0109
115 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Republic 71.9394
116 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia 71.9389
117 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 71.8708
118 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 71.8008
119 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru 71.6608
120 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia 71.472
121 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa 71.2761
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa 71.2689
123 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria 71.2296
124 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka 71.1165
125 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia 71.0179
126 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya 71.004
127 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ State of Palestine 70.9694
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica 70.8882
129 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde 70.7054
130 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 70.7048
131 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands 70.5339
132 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago 70.4878
133 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis 70.4518
134 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran (Islamic Republic of) 70.4454
135 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil 70.4103
136 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles 70.3955
137 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 70.3509
138 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador 70.2324
139 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay 70.025
140 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 70.0244
141 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic 69.923
142 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines 69.781
143 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia (Fed. States of) 69.4595
144 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras 69.3664
145 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga 69.3348
146 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu 69.196
147 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland 68.8688
148 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize 68.7521
149 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt 68.5635
150 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 68.4835
151 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala 68.3865
152 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 68.1732
153 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 67.5468
154 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands 67.5148
155 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue 67.4531
156 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua 67.1799
157 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia 67.1336
158 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq 67.0836
159 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau 66.9603
160 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Republic of Moldova 66.9379
161 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh 66.6115
162 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan 66.6037
163 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan 66.2392
164 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan 65.8621
165 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji 65.7482
166 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname 65.5313
167 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan 65.3846
168 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation 65.1401
169 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan 64.8464
170 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati 64.8402
171 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana 64.7275
172 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan 64.2693
173 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan 64.0779
174 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen 63.9062
175 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands 63.7195
176 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara 63.6879
177 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India 63.616
178 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu 63.5803
179 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia 63.5178
180 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 63.3064
181 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal 63.2638
182 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan 62.6264
183 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe 62.6003
184 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea 61.6978
185 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon 61.2916
186 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania 61.2679
187 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia 61.2262
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Dem. People's Republic of Korea 60.7917
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar 60.7248
190 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste 60.1483
191 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao People's Democratic Republic 59.5342
192 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros 59.0556
193 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan 58.9763
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar 58.8925
195 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti 58.8545
196 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea 58.8113
197 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana 58.6079
198 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal 58.231
199 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru 58.1807
200 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti 57.2147
201 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia 57.0798
202 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin 56.6064
203 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan 56.4538
204 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa 55.6662
205 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo 55.3112
206 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo 55.0878
207 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya 54.9896
208 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea 54.0851
209 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ United Republic of Tanzania 53.8634
210 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia 53.7879
211 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon 53.4148
212 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea 53.2782
213 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo 52.3327
214 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali 52.2222
215 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia 51.5171
216 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso 51.2722
217 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia 51.2539
218 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda 51.0322
219 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau 50.9855
220 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire 50.8857
221 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia 50.7309
222 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana 50.6324
223 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique 50.5895
224 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger 50.5616
225 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi 49.8911
226 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda 49.6476
227 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad 47.9462
228 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria 47.9285
229 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan 47.4915
230 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola 47.3865
231 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi 47.2214
232 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia 46.9791
233 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone 46.3586
234 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho 45.5946
235 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic 45.4092
236 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe 44.5654
237 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini 44.4856

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2002

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 77.2454
2 Oceania 75.5341
3 Europe 73.7608
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 71.7569
5 Asia 68.5285
6 Africa 53.9987

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2002

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 79.8653
2 Western Europe 78.8256
3 Southern Europe 78.6239
4 Northern Europe 77.7554
5 Eastern Asia 73.9485
6 Polynesia 73.8152
7 Central America 73.0909
8 South America 71.5051
9 Western Asia 70.9535
10 Micronesia 70.3533
11 Caribbean 69.8446
12 South-Eastern Asia 68.3602
13 Eastern Europe 68.0542
14 Northern Africa 67.3938
15 Central Asia 65.2673
16 Southern Asia 63.9097
17 Melanesia 62.993
18 Southern Africa 54.6419
19 Eastern Africa 51.668
20 Middle Africa 51.1138
21 Western Africa 50.5638

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2002

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 78.0455
2 No income group available 72.5587
3 Upper-middle-income countries 71.1787
4 Middle-income countries 66.2777
5 Lower-middle-income countries 62.9393
6 Low-income countries 53.5847