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Life Expectancy at Birth, 2011

Figures for 2011, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2011 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 85.010; Somalia is lowest, at 32.453. The middle country reads 73.003. Against 2010, 222 values changed (205 up, 17 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 2011

HighestMonaco

85.010

LowestSomalia

32.453

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 Birth, 2011, 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 Birth, 2011: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1MonacoMCOWestern Europe85.010
2AndorraANDSouthern Europe84.297
3San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe83.713
4Hong KongHKGEastern Asia83.160
5JapanJPNEastern Asia82.671
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe82.574
7GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe82.333
8ItalyITASouthern Europe82.228
9SpainESPSouthern Europe82.180
10LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe82.157
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand82.091
12MacauMACEastern Asia81.992
13IsraelISRWestern Asia81.989
14IcelandISLNorthern Europe81.973
15SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia81.942
16United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia81.898
17FranceFRAWestern Europe81.781
18SwedenSWENorthern Europe81.758
19Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe81.707
20CanadaCANNorthern America81.513
21French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia81.434
22NorwayNORNorthern Europe81.245
23South KoreaKOREastern Asia81.169
24NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe81.110
25CyprusCYPWestern Asia80.855

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Monaco85.010
  2. 2Andorra84.297
  3. 3San Marino83.713
  4. 4Hong Kong83.160
  5. 5Japan82.671

Lowest

  1. 222Somalia32.453
  2. 221Lesotho46.930
  3. 220Eswatini49.057
  4. 219Central African Republic50.107
  5. 218Chad50.426

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 73.003. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 205 · 17rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Somalia48.900 → 32.453−16.447
  • Libya72.196 → 69.950−2.247
  • Syria73.542 → 72.259−1.282
  • Malta81.398 → 80.804−0.594
  • Japan82.916 → 82.671−0.245

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

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • 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 (2011). Life Expectancy at Birth, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/2011

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy in Life Expectancy at Birth, 2011?

Monaco, at 85.010, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Birth, 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Birth, 2011 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Birth, 2011?

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 Birth, 2011 the newest?

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

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