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Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1999

1999, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1999 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Monaco is highest, at 20.0034; Timor-Leste is lowest, at 10.5588. The middle country reads 14.2920. Against 1998, 222 values changed (172 up, 50 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Age 65 · Data for 1999

HighestMonaco

20.0034

LowestTimor-Leste

10.5588

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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1MonacoMCOWestern Europe20.003422.751817.0704
2GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe19.904720.693918.7051
3AndorraANDSouthern Europe19.665122.395917.5410
4JapanJPNEastern Asia19.661021.800117.0899
5Hong KongHKGEastern Asia19.112921.071817.0594
6FranceFRAWestern Europe18.921020.990016.4314
7SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe18.871920.569316.7698
8AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand18.702620.418416.7854
9San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe18.578720.065416.8769
10SpainESPSouthern Europe18.407420.313116.2002
11ItalyITASouthern Europe18.398720.197716.2136
12CanadaCANNorthern America18.356220.114316.3209
13SwedenSWENorthern Europe18.277919.891216.4439
14IcelandISLNorthern Europe18.183019.338516.9142
15BermudaBMUNorthern America18.181920.689315.3893
16IsraelISRWestern Asia18.152819.101317.0083
17GuamGUMMicronesia17.941419.160016.6849
18Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe17.932819.947515.5550
19New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand17.838019.361216.0906
20MacauMACEastern Asia17.795019.347615.8928
21French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia17.771019.579815.9273
22GreeceGRCSouthern Europe17.747619.202516.1243
23LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe17.725819.945415.0655
24AustriaAUTWestern Europe17.712519.253815.5775
25NorwayNORNorthern Europe17.700119.481915.6724

02In 1999

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Monaco20.0034
  2. 2Gibraltar19.9047
  3. 3Andorra19.6651
  4. 4Japan19.6610
  5. 5Hong Kong19.1129

Lowest

  1. 222Timor-Leste10.5588
  2. 221Sierra Leone10.9238
  3. 220Rwanda10.9252
  4. 219Burkina Faso11.1023
  5. 218Mali11.1250

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 14.2920. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (further years at 65)

    HighestMonaco22.7518

    LowestRwanda11.0831

    Middle country: 15.5188

  • Men (further years at 65)

    HighestGibraltar18.7051

    LowestTimor-Leste9.8760

    Middle country: 12.9508

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 172 · 50rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 1999.

  • 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 (1999). Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy-at-65/1999

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy at 65 in Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1999?

Monaco, at 20.0034, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1999 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1999?

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, 1999 the newest?

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

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