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Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•41 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
31.7years
Median: 32.5years
Countries Covered
41
with available data
Highest
Luxembourg
39.8years
Lowest
Russian Federation
18.6years
Top 5 Countries
1Luxembourg39.8years
2Spain38.6years
3Italy38.0years
4Switzerland38.0years
5Hong Kong37.9years
By Region
Asia34.0years(5 countries)
Europe32.6years(29 countries)
Oceania30.4years(2 countries)
South America25.1years(1 countries)
North America24.7years(2 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (18.6years)High (39.8years)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 31.7years)

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

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

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Luxembourg39.8years
2Spain38.6years
3Italy38.0years
4Switzerland38.0years
5Hong Kong37.9years
6Denmark37.2years
7Sweden37.0years
8Germany36.3years
9Netherlands36.2years
10Japan35.4years
11Belgium35.4years
12Norway34.9years
13Slovenia34.9years
14Israel34.7years
15Austria34.2years
16Ireland34.0years
17South Korea33.8years
18Portugal33.7years
19Greece33.5years
20France32.8years
21Australia32.5years
22United Kingdom32.4years
23Czech Republic32.2years
24Hungary31.6years
25Finland31.5years
26Croatia31.4years
27Estonia29.2years
28Belarus28.4years
29Lithuania28.4years
30New Zealand28.3years
31Taiwan, Province of China28.3years
32Poland28.3years
33Iceland28.1years
34Slovakia27.6years
35Canada27.0years
36Latvia26.9years
37Chile25.1years
38Bulgaria23.4years
39United States of America22.5years
40Ukraine20.5years
41Russian Federation18.6years
Showing 41 of 41 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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