Life expectancy at birth
Methodology
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life. Performance score from 0 to 100. The highest score reflects the best situation.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2015. Derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.
Score
- Africa-
- Sub-Saharan Africa-
- Middle East and North Africa-
- Southern Africa-
- Central Africa-
- East Africa-
- West Africa-
- North Africa-
- Brazil-India-China (BIC)-
- Least Developped Countries (LDC)-
- No LDC-
- High income non OECD-
- Upper middle income countries-
- Lower middle income-
- Low income countries-
- Outsize the Franc zone-
- Franc CFA zone-
- WAMEU-
- CEMAC-
- Algeria-
- Angola-
- Benin-
- Botswana-
- Brazil-
- Burkina Faso-
- Burundi-
- Cameroon-
- Cape Verde-
- Central African Republic-
- Chad-
- China-
- Comoros-
- Congo, Dem. Rep.-
- Congo, Rep-
- Cote d'Ivoire-
- Djibouti-
- Egypt-
- Equatorial Guinea-
- Eritrea-
- Ethiopia-
- Gabon-
- Gambia-
- Ghana-
- Guinea-
- Guinea-Bissau-
- India-
- Kenya-
- Lesotho-
- Liberia-
- Libya-
- Madagascar-
- Malawi-
- Mali-
- Mauritania-
- Mauritius-
- Morocco-
- Mozambique-
- Namibia-
- Niger-
- Nigeria-
- Rwanda-
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic-
- Sao Tome and Principe-
- Senegal-
- Seychelles-
- Sierra Leone-
- Somalia-
- South Africa-
- South Sudan-
- Sudan-
- Swaziland-
- Tanzania-
- Togo-
- Tunisia-
- Uganda-
- Zambia-
- Zimbabwe-