Life Expectancy by Country in 2002

In 2002, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 83.0547 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra with a life expectancy of 82.4485 years of age, and ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan with 81.7952 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟEswatini with 45.3799 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 77.24 years. Closely followed by Oceania with an average life expectancy of 75.40 years, and Americas 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 79.85 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 78.82 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 78.04 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 54.18 years of age.

Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2002

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 83.0547
2 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra 82.4485
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 81.7952
4 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ China, Hong Kong SAR 81.18
5 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 81.0608
6 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar 80.5898
7 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 80.4438
8 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 80.2778
9 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 80.112
10 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด China, Macao SAR 80.098
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia 80.0515
12 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Holy See 79.9531
13 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 79.9349
14 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy 79.9035
15 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 79.8177
16 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein 79.7588
17 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey 79.6117
18 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 79.5658
19 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia 79.5438
20 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel 79.5137
21 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 79.4109
22 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 79.0305
23 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 78.9602
24 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique 78.8801
25 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand 78.8659
26 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 78.8464
27 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda 78.8406
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey 78.8352
29 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 78.7582
30 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore 78.7357
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates 78.7211
32 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 78.4749
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 78.4668
34 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 78.4119
35 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands 78.3664
36 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 78.27
37 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom 78.237
38 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 78.1678
39 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica 77.9394
40 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile 77.8397
41 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe 77.8108
42 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 77.5903
43 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 77.5518
44 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 77.3698
45 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion 77.3519
46 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Republic of Korea 77.2304
47 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin (French part) 77.2189
48 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 77.0989
49 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America 76.9883
50 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ China, Taiwan Province of China 76.8708
51 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico 76.8192
52 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba 76.7655
53 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte 76.6887
54 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 76.3155
55 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait 76.1881
56 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina 75.9938
57 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands 75.9336
58 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 75.8828
59 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena 75.83
60 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man 75.785
61 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar 75.7655
62 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis and Futuna Islands 75.7205
63 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla 75.6564
64 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam 75.5056
65 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 75.4424
66 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and Miquelon 75.3259
67 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania 75.2987
68 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda 75.237
69 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain 75.2086
70 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay 74.9788
71 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands 74.9708
72 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos Islands 74.8434
73 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon 74.8356
74 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados 74.8203
75 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 74.6461
76 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands 74.6095
77 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 74.5847
78 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 74.5183
79 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei Darussalam 74.3652
80 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina 74.3122
81 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia 74.2781
82 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman 74.2761
83 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama 74.1947
84 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro 74.1306
85 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 73.765
86 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat 73.5523
87 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana 73.4925
88 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao 73.4722
89 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia 73.4695
90 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia 73.2959
91 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 73.2425
92 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador 73.1643
93 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada 73.1424
94 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam 73.1384
95 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba 73.1355
96 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico 73.1056
97 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia 73.0695
98 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China 73.0339
99 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas 73.0234
100 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 72.8225
101 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 72.709
102 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau 72.6536
103 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye 72.6047
104 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 72.5994
105 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 72.5072
106 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives 72.3597
107 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan 72.3587
108 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka 72.2711
109 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 72.2266
110 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 72.128
111 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius 72.0549
112 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ United States Virgin Islands 72.0544
113 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica 71.9275
114 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 71.8389
115 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand 71.7747
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa 71.7547
117 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Republic 71.7424
118 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia 71.7065
119 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria 71.6437
120 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles 71.5458
121 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia 71.5366
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia 71.4859
123 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica 71.478
124 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 71.3637
125 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa 71.2333
126 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran (Islamic Republic of) 71.1118
127 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ State of Palestine 70.8805
128 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 70.8348
129 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru 70.8147
130 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya 70.7883
131 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic 70.7193
132 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 70.6579
133 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay 70.5393
134 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 70.438
135 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil 70.3958
136 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands 70.3447
137 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis 70.1939
138 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 70.1755
139 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga 70.0301
140 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize 69.5285
141 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde 69.4471
142 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago 69.2322
143 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu 68.8358
144 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras 68.7141
145 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador 68.5264
146 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 68.2983
147 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua 67.9504
148 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines 67.886
149 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt 67.8456
150 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala 67.8345
151 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Republic of Moldova 67.7926
152 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 67.6986
153 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 67.5817
154 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands 67.3501
155 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland 67.0072
156 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia 66.9535
157 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan 66.769
158 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue 66.6898
159 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan 66.3763
160 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq 65.724
161 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan 65.5934
162 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji 65.4923
163 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan 65.3418
164 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname 65.2744
165 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati 65.1233
166 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau 65.0756
167 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan 64.8983
168 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation 64.73
169 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan 64.4405
170 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana 64.1832
171 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia 63.9924
172 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan 63.984
173 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia (Fed. States of) 63.9075
174 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands 63.8483
175 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu 63.8246
176 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen 63.8066
177 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara 63.7369
178 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India 63.6486
179 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh 63.5914
180 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal 63.5071
181 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 63.0676
182 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan 62.5561
183 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania 62.249
184 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon 62.1752
185 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe 61.8262
186 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea 61.6432
187 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia 61.3945
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar 60.9245
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Dem. People's Republic of Korea 60.8772
190 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros 59.7228
191 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste 59.4766
192 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru 59.427
193 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan 59.3078
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao People's Democratic Republic 59.3024
195 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar 59.1704
196 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti 59.0411
197 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea 58.9406
198 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal 58.9124
199 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana 58.7086
200 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti 57.8239
201 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia 57.7361
202 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin 56.851
203 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya 56.7587
204 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo 56.414
205 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan 56.2251
206 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa 55.5795
207 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo 55.0319
208 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ United Republic of Tanzania 54.9396
209 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea 54.3235
210 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia 54.0612
211 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon 53.9219
212 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea 53.2002
213 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana 52.3733
214 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo 52.3712
215 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia 52.0851
216 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali 51.9954
217 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia 51.9882
218 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau 51.6083
219 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire 51.5441
220 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso 51.4475
221 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda 51.4432
222 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda 51.262
223 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique 50.8793
224 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia 50.8202
225 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger 50.6448
226 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi 49.9237
227 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan 49.3942
228 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia 48.4614
229 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad 48.3596
230 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi 48.1757
231 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria 48.0201
232 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola 47.8736
233 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic 46.8395
234 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone 46.1739
235 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho 45.9501
236 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe 45.9381
237 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini 45.3799

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2002

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 77.236
2 Oceania 75.4028
3 Americas 73.758
4 Europe 73.6257
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 71.5195
6 Asia 68.4026
7 Africa 54.3921

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2002

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 79.8533
2 Western Europe 78.8196
3 Southern Europe 78.6191
4 Northern Europe 77.7507
5 Eastern Asia 73.9479
6 Polynesia 73.8769
7 Central America 72.2115
8 South America 71.4104
9 Western Asia 70.8076
10 Caribbean 70.0953
11 Micronesia 68.9449
12 South-Eastern Asia 67.9917
13 Eastern Europe 67.7594
14 Northern Africa 67.0334
15 Central Asia 65.2549
16 Southern Asia 63.7326
17 Melanesia 62.8283
18 Southern Africa 54.7057
19 Eastern Africa 52.6075
20 Middle Africa 51.4551
21 Western Africa 50.689

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2002