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Life expectancy at birth — Health

Compare life expectancy at birth — health across 46 countries or territories using one fixed 2023 OECD reference slice.

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)•46 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
80.0Years
Median: 81.5Years
Countries Covered
46
with available data
Highest
Switzerland
84.3Years
Lowest
South Africa
66.1Years
Top 5 Countries
1Switzerland84.3Years
2Japan84.1Years
3Spain84.0Years
4Israel83.8Years
5Italy83.5Years
By Region
Oceania82.5Years(2 countries)
Other81.0Years(1 countries)
Europe80.8Years(29 countries)
Asia79.8Years(5 countries)
North America78.5Years(3 countries)
Key Findings
  • •46 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Years observation in the fixed 2023 slice.
  • •Switzerland has the highest published value (84.3 Years).
  • •South Africa has the lowest published value (66.1 Years).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (66.1Years)High (84.3Years)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 80.0Years)

Oceania (2)
Other (1)
Europe (29)
Asia (5)
North America (3)
South America (5)
Africa (1)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Current well-being: Life expectancy at birth — Health. Unit: Years. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2023 OECD slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Current well-being: Life expectancy at birth — Health. Unit: Years. Exact fixed dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Switzerland84.3Years
2Japan84.1Years
3Spain84.0Years
4Israel83.8Years
5Italy83.5Years
6South Korea83.5Years
7Luxembourg83.4Years
8Sweden83.4Years
9Norway83.1Years
10France83.0Years
11Australia83.0Years
12Ireland82.9Years
13Portugal82.5Years
14Belgium82.5Years
15Iceland82.4Years
16New Zealand82.0Years
17Slovenia82.0Years
18Netherlands81.9Years
19Austria81.9Years
20Denmark81.8Years
21Greece81.8Years
22Canada81.7Years
23Finland81.6Years
24Chile81.4Years
25Germany81.1Years
26Costa Rica81.0Years
27United Kingdom81.0Years
28Czech Republic79.9Years
29Estonia79.1Years
30Croatia78.6Years
31Poland78.4Years
32United States of America78.4Years
33Slovakia78.2Years
34Lithuania77.6Years
35Argentina77.4Years
36Colombia77.2Years
37Peru77.2Years
38Hungary76.7Years
39Romania76.4Years
40Thailand76.4Years
41Bulgaria75.8Years
42Brazil75.8Years
43Latvia75.6Years
44Mexico75.3Years
45Indonesia71.1Years
46South Africa66.1Years
Showing 46 of 46 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2023).

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