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Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1991

1991, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1991 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Monaco is highest, at 18.6507; Somalia is lowest, at 8.2849. The middle country reads 13.9565. Against 1990, 222 values changed (165 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Age 65 · Data for 1991

HighestMonaco

18.6507

LowestSomalia

8.2849

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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1MonacoMCOWestern Europe18.650721.428515.7276
2JapanJPNEastern Asia18.553620.279416.3855
3GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe18.503219.725916.6232
4AndorraANDSouthern Europe18.183321.234116.0023
5FranceFRAWestern Europe18.153920.156115.6870
6LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe17.969920.076815.4000
7SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe17.854719.751915.5462
8CanadaCANNorthern America17.788819.700015.5760
9SpainESPSouthern Europe17.645719.339515.6020
10IcelandISLNorthern Europe17.592519.717215.4686
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand17.511119.310215.4556
12IsraelISRWestern Asia17.437118.435816.3366
13SwedenSWENorthern Europe17.401519.198315.4124
14United StatesUSANorthern America17.383519.117515.2455
15Hong KongHKGEastern Asia17.380219.109315.3792
16Costa RicaCRICentral America17.253418.458315.9501
17ItalyITASouthern Europe17.242118.995615.1179
18GreeceGRCSouthern Europe17.188118.516915.7066
19San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe17.110618.586715.4644
20NorwayNORNorthern Europe16.958318.812414.8565
21NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe16.949218.972914.5237
22New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand16.935918.580315.0243
23Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe16.934518.910514.6648
24Puerto RicoPRICaribbean16.923518.429715.3846
25LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe16.751118.353314.5678

02In 1991

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Monaco18.6507
  2. 2Japan18.5536
  3. 3Gibraltar18.5032
  4. 4Andorra18.1833
  5. 5France18.1539

Lowest

  1. 222Somalia8.2849
  2. 221South Sudan9.8571
  3. 220Burundi10.4435
  4. 219Timor-Leste10.7014
  5. 218Afghanistan10.7307

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 13.9565. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (further years at 65)

    HighestMonaco21.4285

    LowestSomalia8.8172

    Middle country: 14.9890

  • Men (further years at 65)

    HighestGibraltar16.6232

    LowestSomalia7.7360

    Middle country: 12.5417

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 165 · 57rose · 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 1991.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 14.6268. 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 (1991). Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy-at-65/1991

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1991: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy at 65 in Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1991?

Monaco, at 18.6507, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1991 describe?

1991.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1991 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1991?

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, 1991 the newest?

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

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