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Life Expectancy at Birth, 2013

Figures for 2013, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2013 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 85.0557; Central African Republic is lowest, at 49.4871. The middle country reads 73.3864. Against 2012, 222 values changed (204 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 2013

HighestMonaco

85.0557

LowestCentral African Republic

49.4871

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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1MonacoMCOWestern Europe85.0557
2AndorraANDSouthern Europe84.4065
3San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe84.1749
4Hong KongHKGEastern Asia83.6955
5JapanJPNEastern Asia83.4018
6SpainESPSouthern Europe82.6943
7SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe82.6892
8ItalyITASouthern Europe82.6522
9GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe82.5861
10AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand82.5511
11MacauMACEastern Asia82.4764
12Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe82.4736
13SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia82.4676
14LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe82.3739
15IsraelISRWestern Asia82.3540
16FranceFRAWestern Europe81.9786
17United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia81.9500
18SwedenSWENorthern Europe81.9354
19French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia81.9352
20South KoreaKOREastern Asia81.8356
21MaltaMLTSouthern Europe81.8181
22CanadaCANNorthern America81.7852
23IcelandISLNorthern Europe81.7425
24NorwayNORNorthern Europe81.6683
25New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand81.6119

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Monaco85.0557
  2. 2Andorra84.4065
  3. 3San Marino84.1749
  4. 4Hong Kong83.6955
  5. 5Japan83.4018

Lowest

  1. 222Central African Republic49.4871
  2. 221Lesotho49.5475
  3. 220Chad51.0508
  4. 219Nigeria51.8271
  5. 218Eswatini52.1102

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 73.3864. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 204 · 18rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 77.1292. 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 (2013). Life Expectancy at Birth, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/2013

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2013: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy in Life Expectancy at Birth, 2013?

Monaco, at 85.0557, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Birth, 2013 describe?

2013.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Birth, 2013 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Birth, 2013?

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, 2013 the newest?

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

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