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Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1966

1966, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1966 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Lithuania is highest, at 15.8640; South Sudan is lowest, at 7.9751. The middle country reads 12.3770. Against 1965, 222 values changed (193 up, 29 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Age 65 · Data for 1966

HighestLithuania

15.8640

LowestSouth Sudan

7.9751

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1966, as published. UN DESA Population Division ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1966: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe15.864016.809414.4330
2GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe15.801216.356414.8508
3AndorraANDSouthern Europe15.652617.503513.6555
4Puerto RicoPRICaribbean15.638616.445114.8765
5IcelandISLNorthern Europe15.522116.524314.4484
6Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe15.367416.877113.9473
7San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe15.326617.076413.6440
8GreeceGRCSouthern Europe15.309616.446014.0192
9NorwayNORNorthern Europe15.288816.463914.0135
10CanadaCANNorthern America15.224216.907313.6314
11MonacoMCOWestern Europe15.142816.458013.4574
12SwedenSWENorthern Europe15.133216.228313.9619
13NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe15.091116.211513.8923
14FranceFRAWestern Europe14.993116.508312.9502
15LatviaLVANorthern Europe14.980316.045113.0668
16BelarusBLREastern Europe14.969116.038713.2177
17SpainESPSouthern Europe14.754715.914513.3162
18RussiaRUSEastern Europe14.709215.706512.5784
19ItalyITASouthern Europe14.685215.824713.3094
20United StatesUSANorthern America14.677316.390512.8512
21LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe14.671016.082713.1385
22UkraineUKREastern Europe14.667415.805012.7351
23Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe14.650115.606813.3262
24BulgariaBGREastern Europe14.501515.112613.8123
25SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe14.477215.641613.0321

02In 1966

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1Lithuania15.8640
  2. 2Gibraltar15.8012
  3. 3Andorra15.6526
  4. 4Puerto Rico15.6386
  5. 5Iceland15.5221

Lowest

  1. 222South Sudan7.9751
  2. 221Mali9.1428
  3. 220Niger9.2312
  4. 219Afghanistan9.6347
  5. 218Timor-Leste9.6779

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 12.3770. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

What changed between 1965 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 193 · 29rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1966.

  • The position is ours

    UN DESA Population Division publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1966). Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy-at-65/1966

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1966: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy at 65 in Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1966?

Lithuania, at 15.8640, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1966 describe?

1966.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1966 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1966?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1966 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2023.

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