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Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2012

2012, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2012 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Monaco is highest, at 22.2314; Fiji is lowest, at 11.2798. The middle country reads 15.4374. Against 2011, 222 values changed (188 up, 34 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Age 65 · Data for 2012

HighestMonaco

22.2314

LowestFiji

11.2798

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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1MonacoMCOWestern Europe22.231424.332920.2134
2AndorraANDSouthern Europe21.687823.605519.9360
3GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe21.638123.229819.7358
4JapanJPNEastern Asia21.455723.758018.8561
5Hong KongHKGEastern Asia21.383223.584519.1965
6San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe21.216922.602819.6180
7FranceFRAWestern Europe20.978022.820718.7724
8SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe20.714222.059219.0983
9AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand20.664721.952619.2688
10CanadaCANNorthern America20.548421.914218.9691
11SpainESPSouthern Europe20.506222.362218.4076
12IcelandISLNorthern Europe20.481021.121119.7295
13SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia20.334921.884218.5410
14ItalyITASouthern Europe20.300921.852818.4506
15IsraelISRWestern Asia20.229321.215019.0709
16LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe20.219721.820118.3773
17Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe20.043221.704718.0537
18Costa RicaCRICentral America20.003921.345518.4860
19Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe19.949020.919418.8353
20New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand19.936121.123418.6450
21Puerto RicoPRICaribbean19.815621.249818.2115
22SwedenSWENorthern Europe19.793821.010918.4316
23French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia19.792521.907517.8052
24MacauMACEastern Asia19.782121.439917.9453
25MaltaMLTSouthern Europe19.742321.420717.7799

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Monaco22.2314
  2. 2Andorra21.6878
  3. 3Gibraltar21.6381
  4. 4Japan21.4557
  5. 5Hong Kong21.3832

Lowest

  1. 222Fiji11.2798
  2. 221Lesotho11.3456
  3. 220Nauru11.4505
  4. 219Togo11.4610
  5. 218Sierra Leone11.5586

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 15.4374. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (further years at 65)

    HighestMonaco24.3329

    LowestTogo11.5880

    Middle country: 16.8959

  • Men (further years at 65)

    HighestMonaco20.2134

    LowestFiji10.0827

    Middle country: 13.8960

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 188 · 34rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Syria14.7987 → 13.9817−0.8170
  • Fiji11.9110 → 11.2798−0.6312
  • Argentina17.6728 → 17.4474−0.2254
  • Belgium19.5626 → 19.3767−0.1859
  • Albania18.1239 → 17.9394−0.1845

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 2012.

  • 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 (2012). Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy-at-65/2012

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy at 65 in Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2012?

Monaco, at 22.2314, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2012 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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