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Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2003

2003, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Life expectancy at 65 is how many more years a person who has reached 65 would live if that year's death rates held for the rest of their life. Because it starts the count after childhood, it measures old-age health directly, free of the child deaths that pull life expectancy at birth down in poorer countries.

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2003 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Monaco is highest, at 21.2888; Lesotho is lowest, at 10.6962. The middle country reads 14.6018. Against 2002, 222 values changed (180 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Age 65 · Data for 2003

HighestMonaco

21.2888

LowestLesotho

10.6962

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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1MonacoMCOWestern Europe21.288824.305618.1289
2JapanJPNEastern Asia20.677722.947117.9780
3AndorraANDSouthern Europe20.483122.431218.8288
4GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe20.464821.462619.0601
5Hong KongHKGEastern Asia19.748321.789617.6319
6AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand19.405620.989517.6476
7San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe19.380120.762117.7828
8SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe19.356020.894617.4498
9FranceFRAWestern Europe19.332021.260616.9990
10IcelandISLNorthern Europe19.150020.144918.0245
11CanadaCANNorthern America19.024020.582117.1983
12SpainESPSouthern Europe18.985620.840916.8427
13ItalyITASouthern Europe18.918820.615216.8519
14LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe18.918520.755516.6295
15IsraelISRWestern Asia18.871619.955517.5720
16SwedenSWENorthern Europe18.758320.303317.0113
17Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe18.637020.472616.4182
18New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand18.593420.008416.9741
19BermudaBMUNorthern America18.577121.053515.7971
20NorwayNORNorthern Europe18.537320.108616.7002
21United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia18.535419.032018.1792
22Costa RicaCRICentral America18.500519.821417.0236
23French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia18.497220.423716.5067
24ChileCHLSouth America18.423019.874916.7195
25MacauMACEastern Asia18.410819.944016.5637

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Monaco21.2888
  2. 2Japan20.6777
  3. 3Andorra20.4831
  4. 4Gibraltar20.4648
  5. 5Hong Kong19.7483

Lowest

  1. 222Lesotho10.6962
  2. 221Zimbabwe11.1113
  3. 220Eswatini11.1225
  4. 219Nauru11.1566
  5. 218Togo11.1990

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 14.6018. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (further years at 65)

    HighestMonaco24.3056

    LowestTogo11.3710

    Middle country: 15.7926

  • Men (further years at 65)

    HighestGibraltar19.0601

    LowestLesotho9.7284

    Middle country: 13.1996

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 180 · 42rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

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04Caveats

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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, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2003.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 14.3242. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

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UN DESA Population Division (2003). Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy-at-65/2003

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