List of world regions by life expectancy

World regions by life expectancy at birth

This is a list of world regions by life expectancy at birth.

List by the World Bank Group (2022)

Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2022.[1][2][3] The values in the World Bank Group tables are rounded. All calculations are based on raw data, so due to the nuances of rounding, in some places illusory inconsistencies of indicators arose, with a size of 0.01 year.

Countries &
territories 		2022 Historical data recovery from
COVID-19:
2019→2022
All Male Female Sex gap 2014 2014
→2019 		2019 2019
→2020 		2020 2020
→2021 		2021 2021
→2022 		2022
European Union 80.80 78.19 83.56 5.38 80.87 0.44 81.31 −0.86 80.45 −0.13 80.32 0.49 80.80 −0.51
North America 77.84 75.25 80.55 5.30 79.14 0.00 79.14 −1.68 77.46 −0.59 76.87 0.97 77.84 −1.30
Europe & Central Asia 77.84 74.79 81.06 6.27 77.30 0.89 78.19 −1.23 76.96 −0.29 76.67 1.17 77.84 −0.35
East Asia & Pacific 76.90 74.22 79.71 5.49 75.73 1.07 76.80 −0.04 76.76 −0.37 76.39 0.51 76.90 0.10
Central Europe & the Baltics 76.79 73.21 80.56 7.35 76.68 0.59 77.27 −1.18 76.08 −1.28 74.80 1.99 76.79 −0.48
Latin America & Caribbean 73.75 70.65 76.93 6.28 74.55 0.49 75.04 −2.00 73.04 −0.89 72.15 1.60 73.75 −1.29
Middle East & North Africa 73.21 71.12 75.52 4.40 72.62 1.34 73.96 −1.01 72.95 −0.20 72.75 0.47 73.21 −0.75
World 72.00 69.60 74.53 4.93 71.88 1.10 72.98 −0.74 72.24 −0.92 71.33 0.67 72.00 −0.98
Arab world 71.23 69.26 73.37 4.12 70.49 1.35 71.84 −0.92 70.92 −0.11 70.81 0.41 71.23 −0.62
South Asia 68.16 66.43 70.06 3.63 68.64 1.83 70.47 −0.72 69.75 −2.17 67.58 0.58 68.16 −2.31
Africa Eastern & Southern 62.90 60.36 65.49 5.13 61.34 2.42 63.76 −0.44 63.31 −0.86 62.45 0.44 62.90 −0.86
Sub-Saharan Africa 60.76 58.81 62.77 3.97 59.14 2.10 61.24 −0.40 60.85 −0.61 60.24 0.52 60.76 −0.48
Africa Western & Central 57.63 56.56 58.72 2.16 55.92 1.63 57.56 −0.33 57.23 −0.24 56.99 0.64 57.63 0.07

United Nations (2022)

Estimation of the analytical agency of the UN.[4][5][6] By default, the list is sorted by 2022.

World regions 2019 2019
→2021 		2021 2021
→2022 		2022 2019
→2022
overall male female F Δ M overall male female F Δ M overall male female F Δ M
East Asia & Pacific 75.4 73.1 78.0 4.9 0.2 75.6 72.9 78.5 5.6 0.6 76.2 73.6 79.0 5.4 0.8
Latin America & Caribbean 75.6 72.4 78.7 6.3 −3.5 72.1 68.8 75.6 6.8 1.6 73.7 70.6 76.9 6.3 −1.9
Europe & Central Asia 74.4 71.1 77.7 6.6 −1.5 72.9 69.4 76.4 7.0 0.7 73.6 70.2 77.0 6.8 −0.8
World 72.8 70.6 75.0 4.4 −1.4 71.4 68.9 74.0 5.1 0.6 72.0 69.6 74.5 4.9 −0.8
Arab states 72.1 70.4 73.9 3.5 −1.2 70.9 68.9 73.1 4.2 0.4 71.3 69.3 73.5 4.2 −0.8
South Asia 69.9 68.7 71.3 2.6 −2.0 67.9 66.1 69.8 3.7 0.5 68.4 66.7 70.4 3.7 −1.5
Sub-Saharan Africa 61.5 59.8 63.3 3.5 −1.4 60.1 58.2 62.1 3.9 0.5 60.6 58.7 62.6 3.9 −0.9

List by World Health Organization (2019)

Estimation of the World Health Organization for 2019.[7]

WHO regions[8] Life expectancy at birth HALE at birth Life expectancy at age 60 HALE at age 60
All M F FΔM Δ
2000 		All M F FΔM Δ
2000 		All M F FΔM Δ
2000 		All M F FΔM Δ
2000
Europe[9] 78.2 75.1 81.3 6.2 5.7 68.3 66.6 70.0 3.4 4.6 22.5 20.5 24.3 3.8 2.9 17.1 15.8 18.3 2.5 2.1
Western Pacific[10] 77.7 74.8 80.8 6.0 5.3 68.6 67.0 70.2 3.2 4.3 21.8 19.8 23.9 4.1 2.5 16.5 15.4 17.7 2.3 1.8
Americas[11] 77.2 74.5 79.8 5.3 3.1 66.2 64.8 67.5 2.7 2.1 22.7 21.2 24.0 2.8 1.6 16.6 15.7 17.4 1.7 0.9
World 73.3 70.8 75.9 5.1 6.5 63.7 62.5 64.9 2.4 5.4 21.1 19.5 22.7 3.2 2.3 15.8 14.8 16.6 1.8 1.7
South-East Asia[12] 71.4 69.9 73.1 3.2 8.0 61.5 61.1 61.9 0.8 7.0 19.1 18.2 20.0 1.8 2.5 13.7 13.3 14.1 0.8 1.7
Eastern Mediterranean[13] 69.7 68.3 71.3 3.0 4.7 60.4 60.2 60.7 0.5 3.8 18.5 17.8 19.3 1.5 1.1 13.6 13.4 13.9 0.5 0.7
Africa[14] 64.5 62.4 66.6 4.2 11.8 56.0 55.0 57.1 2.1 10.2 17.9 16.7 19.0 2.3 2.4 13.3 12.6 13.9 1.3 1.8

Charts

  • Life expectancy in the world on average[1]
    Life expectancy in the world on average[1]
  • Comparison of life expectancy in countries with different income[1]
    Comparison of life expectancy in countries with different income[1]
  • Life expectancy and HALE in regions of WHO in 2019[7]
    Life expectancy and HALE in regions of WHO in 2019[7]
  • Elaboration by sex[7]
    Elaboration by sex[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Life expectancy at birth, total". The World Bank Group. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Life expectancy at birth, male". The World Bank Group. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Life expectancy at birth, female". The World Bank Group. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Human Development Report 2020 (tables 1 and 4)" (PDF). UN Development Programme. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Human Development Report 2021/2022 (tables 1 and 4)" (PDF). UN Development Programme. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Human Development Report 2023/2024 (tables 1 and 4)" (PDF). UN Development Programme. 13 March 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy, data by WHO region". World Health Organization. 7 December 2020.
  8. ^ "WHO: Countries". World Health Organization. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  9. ^ "WHO: Europe: Countries". World Health Organization. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  10. ^ "WHO: Western Pacific: Where we work". World Health Organization. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  11. ^ "WHO: PAHO: Countries and Centers". World Health Organization. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  12. ^ "WHO: South-East Asia: Where we work". World Health Organization. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  13. ^ "WHO: Eastern Mediterranean: Countries". World Health Organization. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  14. ^ "WHO: Africa: Countries". World Health Organization. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
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