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Life Expectancy at Birth, 2020

Figures for 2020, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2020 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 86.0893; Central African Republic is lowest, at 50.5959. The middle country reads 73.0632. Against 2019, 222 values changed (66 up, 156 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 2020

HighestMonaco

86.0893

LowestCentral African Republic

50.5959

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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1MonacoMCOWestern Europe86.0893
2Hong KongHKGEastern Asia84.7073
3JapanJPNEastern Asia84.6703
4MacauMACEastern Asia84.6100
5South KoreaKOREastern Asia83.6752
6AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand83.6639
7SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia83.6607
8NorwayNORNorthern Europe83.1953
9GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe83.0698
10SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe83.0626
11Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe82.9860
12IcelandISLNorthern Europe82.7113
13IsraelISRWestern Asia82.6997
14New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand82.6628
15San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe82.6495
16French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia82.4588
17SwedenSWENorthern Europe82.4271
18IrelandIRLNorthern Europe82.3897
19MaltaMLTSouthern Europe82.3358
20SpainESPSouthern Europe82.2413
21FranceFRAWestern Europe82.1993
22ItalyITASouthern Europe82.1814
23LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe82.0370
24United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia81.9363
25FinlandFINNorthern Europe81.8219

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Monaco86.0893
  2. 2Hong Kong84.7073
  3. 3Japan84.6703
  4. 4Macau84.6100
  5. 5South Korea83.6752

Lowest

  1. 222Central African Republic50.5959
  2. 221Nigeria53.0724
  3. 220Chad53.0818
  4. 219Lesotho55.1325
  5. 218Somalia57.0948

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 73.0632. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 66 · 156rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Armenia75.1931 → 68.8898−6.3033
  • Ecuador77.2862 → 72.0036−5.2826
  • Bolivia67.8198 → 62.9060−4.9138
  • Andorra84.0980 → 79.4177−4.6803
  • Mexico74.5302 → 70.4492−4.0810

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 (2020). Life Expectancy at Birth, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/2020

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy in Life Expectancy at Birth, 2020?

Monaco, at 86.0893, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Birth, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Birth, 2020 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Birth, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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