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Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1990

1990, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1990 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Monaco is highest, at 18.4471; South Sudan is lowest, at 9.7474. The middle country reads 13.8837. Against 1989, 222 values changed (150 up, 72 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Age 65 · Data for 1990

HighestMonaco

18.4471

LowestSouth Sudan

9.7474

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1990, 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 Age 65, 1990: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1MonacoMCOWestern Europe18.447121.148615.5851
2JapanJPNEastern Asia18.329719.982316.2466
3GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe18.327419.541716.4896
4FranceFRAWestern Europe17.962619.939215.5266
5AndorraANDSouthern Europe17.939921.174615.6922
6IcelandISLNorthern Europe17.926419.580916.1905
7LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe17.885820.088915.2445
8IsraelISRWestern Asia17.867718.898216.7526
9CanadaCANNorthern America17.748619.660015.5333
10SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe17.544519.422715.2710
11SpainESPSouthern Europe17.523619.210415.4823
12United StatesUSANorthern America17.286719.037615.1282
13AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand17.279919.081315.2202
14SwedenSWENorthern Europe17.267119.030215.3151
15Hong KongHKGEastern Asia17.219418.925715.2080
16GreeceGRCSouthern Europe17.168718.502215.6897
17ItalyITASouthern Europe17.160018.889115.0551
18Costa RicaCRICentral America17.132218.350915.8235
19San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe17.014518.477615.3830
20Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe16.919518.859614.6733
21NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe16.866518.959214.3836
22NorwayNORNorthern Europe16.694118.559614.5950
23Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe16.648018.323114.9773
24BelgiumBELWestern Europe16.625918.533414.3047
25GuamGUMMicronesia16.615817.760815.4034

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1Monaco18.4471
  2. 2Japan18.3297
  3. 3Gibraltar18.3274
  4. 4France17.9626
  5. 5Andorra17.9399

Lowest

  1. 222South Sudan9.7474
  2. 221Burundi10.5857
  3. 220Liberia10.6558
  4. 219Afghanistan10.6671
  5. 218Angola10.7361

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 13.8837. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (further years at 65)

    HighestAndorra21.1746

    LowestSouth Sudan10.2475

    Middle country: 14.9539

  • Men (further years at 65)

    HighestIsrael16.7526

    LowestSouth Sudan9.1354

    Middle country: 12.5196

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 150 · 72rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Liberia11.2555 → 10.6558−0.5997
  • Latvia14.8585 → 14.3086−0.5499
  • Portugal16.3669 → 15.9681−0.3988
  • Estonia14.7607 → 14.3756−0.3851
  • Fiji12.3813 → 12.0434−0.3379

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. 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.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1990.

  • The position is ours

    UN DESA Population Division publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • 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. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1990). Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy-at-65/1990

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy at 65 in Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1990?

Monaco, at 18.4471, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1990 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1990?

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 Age 65, 1990 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2023.

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