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Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1981

1981, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1981 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Andorra is highest, at 17.0878; Timor-Leste is lowest, at 9.2890. The middle country reads 13.2618. Against 1980, 222 values changed (191 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Age 65 · Data for 1981

HighestAndorra

17.0878

LowestTimor-Leste

9.2890

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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1AndorraANDSouthern Europe17.087819.987614.8889
2CanadaCANNorthern America16.917918.997214.6709
3GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe16.892417.796015.4894
4Puerto RicoPRICaribbean16.665017.905715.4663
5IcelandISLNorthern Europe16.650518.031615.2073
6United StatesUSANorthern America16.600618.521914.2960
7JapanJPNEastern Asia16.561117.964614.8754
8San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe16.524018.133714.7796
9SpainESPSouthern Europe16.506617.988114.6769
10SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe16.472818.225714.3462
11NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe16.338418.409013.9794
12FranceFRAWestern Europe16.304518.195313.9704
13NorwayNORNorthern Europe16.292618.134114.2637
14SwedenSWENorthern Europe16.260418.042814.3525
15AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand16.103918.129713.8431
16Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe16.082917.544414.6938
17CubaCUBCaribbean16.014517.417114.8856
18GreeceGRCSouthern Europe15.996217.327614.6916
19MonacoMCOWestern Europe15.936417.624013.9520
20LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe15.931717.542613.9895
21Hong KongHKGEastern Asia15.842017.303013.8817
22LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe15.792617.206213.7626
23DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe15.714917.604713.6410
24Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe15.686817.256713.7818
25ItalyITASouthern Europe15.627717.285213.6686

02In 1981

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Andorra17.0878
  2. 2Canada16.9179
  3. 3Gibraltar16.8924
  4. 4Puerto Rico16.6650
  5. 5Iceland16.6505

Lowest

  1. 222Timor-Leste9.2890
  2. 221Afghanistan9.9495
  3. 220Mali10.2409
  4. 219South Sudan10.3103
  5. 218Niger10.4497

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 13.2618. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (further years at 65)

    HighestAndorra19.9876

    LowestMali10.3898

    Middle country: 14.2058

  • Men (further years at 65)

    HighestGibraltar15.4894

    LowestTimor-Leste8.1064

    Middle country: 12.1653

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 191 · 31rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Iceland17.2852 → 16.6505−0.6347
  • Mozambique11.7119 → 11.3084−0.4035
  • Syria13.5011 → 13.1712−0.3299
  • Fiji11.8084 → 11.5713−0.2371
  • Zambia13.3864 → 13.2375−0.1489

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 1981.

  • 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 (1981). Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy-at-65/1981

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1981: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy at 65 in Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1981?

Andorra, at 17.0878, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1981 describe?

1981.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1981 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1981?

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, 1981 the newest?

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

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