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Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1982

1982, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1982 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Iceland is highest, at 17.3241; Afghanistan is lowest, at 9.2834. The middle country reads 13.3283. Against 1981, 222 values changed (187 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Age 65 · Data for 1982

HighestIceland

17.3241

LowestAfghanistan

9.2834

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, 1982, 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, 1982: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1IcelandISLNorthern Europe17.324118.973915.6098
2AndorraANDSouthern Europe17.201820.181714.9791
3GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe17.031617.923015.6006
4JapanJPNEastern Asia16.981118.421315.2363
5SpainESPSouthern Europe16.901718.381515.0546
6CanadaCANNorthern America16.848018.900514.6141
7SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe16.740818.469214.6327
8United StatesUSANorthern America16.732818.654714.4184
9San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe16.625218.233714.8738
10FranceFRAWestern Europe16.619218.514014.2641
11Puerto RicoPRICaribbean16.572417.574515.5645
12NorwayNORNorthern Europe16.539618.441014.4386
13SwedenSWENorthern Europe16.513118.321314.5658
14NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe16.417018.507614.0248
15CubaCUBCaribbean16.248317.619815.1152
16LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe16.141417.580714.0604
17GreeceGRCSouthern Europe16.129917.441514.8139
18Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe16.116117.649614.6653
19MonacoMCOWestern Europe16.079617.869414.0222
20LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe16.028017.781213.9564
21DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe16.001617.844513.9464
22Hong KongHKGEastern Asia15.967917.394214.0822
23AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand15.964817.990713.7202
24ItalyITASouthern Europe15.923117.569913.9568
25Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe15.887617.530813.9097

02In 1982

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Iceland17.3241
  2. 2Andorra17.2018
  3. 3Gibraltar17.0316
  4. 4Japan16.9811
  5. 5Spain16.9017

Lowest

  1. 222Afghanistan9.2834
  2. 221Timor-Leste9.4656
  3. 220Mali10.3478
  4. 219South Sudan10.3776
  5. 218Lebanon10.4220

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 13.3283. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (further years at 65)

    HighestAndorra20.1817

    LowestAfghanistan9.8217

    Middle country: 14.2895

  • Men (further years at 65)

    HighestIceland15.6098

    LowestTimor-Leste8.2545

    Middle country: 12.2124

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 187 · 35rose · 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 1982.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 12.3827. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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 (1982). Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy-at-65/1982

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1982: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy at 65 in Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1982?

Iceland, at 17.3241, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1982 describe?

1982.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1982 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1982?

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, 1982 the newest?

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

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