Data for 1993

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1993

Name: Life Expectancy at Birth, 1993
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

Figures for 1993, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1993 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 80.365; South Sudan is lowest, at 22.263. The middle country reads 68.839. Against 1992, 222 values changed (168 up, 54 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1993

HighestMonaco

80.365

LowestSouth Sudan

22.263

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

222countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
222distinct values4 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Life Expectancy at Birth, 1993, 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.

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Life Expectancy at Birth, 1993: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	80.365
2	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	80.186
3	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	79.446
4	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	78.809
5	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	78.452
6	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	78.373
7	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	78.327
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	78.234
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	78.136
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	78.006
11	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	77.862
12	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	77.728
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	77.725
14	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	77.722
15	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	77.691
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	77.653
17	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	77.471
18	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	77.406
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	77.349
20	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	77.221
21	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	77.041
22	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	77.020
23	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	76.834
24	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	76.499
25	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	76.363
26	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	76.315
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	76.294
28	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	76.225
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	76.160
30	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	76.080
31	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	75.885
32	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	75.772
33	United States`USA`Northern America	75.568
34	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	75.533
35	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	75.426
36	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	75.349
37	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	75.289
38	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	75.191
39	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	75.189
40	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	74.766
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	74.762
42	Chile`CHL`South America	74.679
43	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	74.564
44	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	74.071
45	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	74.005
46	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	73.874
47	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	73.869
48	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	73.739
49	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	73.638
50	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	73.584
51	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	73.431
52	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	73.390
53	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	73.309
54	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	73.250
55	Uruguay`URY`South America	73.147
56	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	73.120
57	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	72.939
58	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	72.853
59	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	72.822
60	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	72.777
61	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	72.745
62	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	72.703
63	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	72.462
64	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	72.333
65	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	72.305
66	Argentina`ARG`South America	72.303
67	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	71.880
68	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	71.876
69	Panama`PAN`Central America	71.805
70	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	71.758
71	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	71.731
72	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	71.721
73	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	71.654
74	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	71.559
75	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	71.540
76	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	71.450
77	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	71.420
78	Venezuela`VEN`South America	71.385
79	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	71.345
80	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	71.194
81	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	71.185
82	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	71.159
83	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	71.156
84	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	71.090
85	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	71.050
86	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	70.794
87	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	70.621
88	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	70.612
89	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	70.608
90	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	70.568
91	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	70.504
92	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	70.415
93	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	70.365
94	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	70.309
95	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	70.247
96	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	70.208
97	Ecuador`ECU`South America	70.070
98	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	70.049
99	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	69.992
100	Mexico`MEX`Central America	69.961
101	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	69.957
102	Belize`BLZ`Central America	69.595
103	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	69.568
104	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	69.522
105	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	69.512
106	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	69.492
107	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	69.180
108	Colombia`COL`South America	69.083
109	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	69.018
110	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	68.934
111	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	68.860
112	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	68.818
113	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	68.759
114	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	68.287
115	Paraguay`PRY`South America	68.234
116	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	68.222
117	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	68.157
118	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	68.143
119	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	67.997
120	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	67.945
121	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	67.825
122	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	67.797
123	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	67.724
124	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	67.405
125	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	67.037
126	Brazil`BRA`South America	66.892
127	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	66.708
128	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	66.660
129	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	66.629
130	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	66.558
131	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	66.409
132	Honduras`HND`Central America	66.074
133	Peru`PER`South America	65.732
134	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	65.661
135	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	65.510
136	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	65.434
137	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	65.310
138	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	65.039
139	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	64.924
140	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	64.851
141	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	64.538
142	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	64.458
143	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	64.147
144	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	64.093
145	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	64.079
146	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	64.041
147	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	63.998
148	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	63.868
149	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	63.646
150	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	63.586
151	Guyana`GUY`South America	63.016
152	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	62.980
153	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	62.618
154	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	62.442
155	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	62.406
156	Suriname`SUR`South America	62.382
157	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	62.110
158	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	62.085
159	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	61.426
160	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	61.125
161	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	60.829
162	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	60.618
163	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	60.466
164	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	60.083
165	India`IND`Southern Asia	59.823
166	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	59.761
167	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	59.655
168	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	59.260
169	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	58.733
170	Bolivia`BOL`South America	58.660
171	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	58.092
172	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	58.060
173	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	58.032
174	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	57.906
175	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	57.597
176	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	57.348
177	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	57.316
178	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	57.073
179	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	57.026
180	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	56.668
181	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	56.286
182	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	56.102
183	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	56.041
184	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	56.036
185	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	55.734
186	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	55.583
187	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	55.512
188	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	54.612
189	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	54.478
190	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	53.976
191	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	53.872
192	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	53.858
193	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	53.733
194	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	53.189
195	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	53.150
196	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	52.247
197	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	51.671
198	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	51.215
199	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	51.021
200	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	50.894
201	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	50.551
202	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	49.621
203	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	49.412
204	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	48.899
205	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	48.819
206	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	47.840
207	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	47.681
208	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	47.676
209	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	47.586
210	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	47.008
211	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	47.002
212	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	46.678
213	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	45.783
214	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	45.675
215	Niger`NER`Western Africa	43.838
216	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	43.649
217	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	43.428
218	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	43.022
219	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	42.937
220	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	42.190
221	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	37.221
222	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	22.263

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Monaco80.365
2Andorra80.186
3Japan79.446
4Iceland78.809
5Liechtenstein78.452

Lowest

222South Sudan22.263
221Burundi37.221
220Angola42.190
219Rwanda42.937
218Liberia43.022

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 68.839. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
168 · 54rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Somalia25.034 → 50.551+25.516
Afghanistan46.569 → 51.021+4.452
Tuvalu60.290 → 62.110+1.820
Djibouti54.375 → 55.734+1.359
El Salvador62.944 → 63.998+1.054

Fell most

Burundi44.469 → 37.221−7.248
Russia67.843 → 65.039−2.804
Latvia68.451 → 66.629−1.823
Zimbabwe55.602 → 53.976−1.626
Tajikistan57.085 → 55.512−1.573

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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UN DESA Population Division (1993). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1993

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