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Life Expectancy at Birth, 1997

Figures for 1997, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1997 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 81.3580; South Sudan is lowest, at 33.0682. The middle country reads 69.7461. Against 1996, 222 values changed (181 up, 41 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1997

HighestMonaco

81.3580

LowestSouth Sudan

33.0682

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 Birth, 1997, 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 Birth, 1997: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1MonacoMCOWestern Europe81.3580
2AndorraANDSouthern Europe81.1446
3JapanJPNEastern Asia80.5836
4Hong KongHKGEastern Asia79.7316
5San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe79.6773
6SwedenSWENorthern Europe79.2724
7SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe79.2329
8GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe79.0973
9SpainESPSouthern Europe78.8504
10ItalyITASouthern Europe78.7346
11IcelandISLNorthern Europe78.6723
12AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand78.6256
13IsraelISRWestern Asia78.5522
14CanadaCANNorthern America78.4649
15MacauMACEastern Asia78.4397
16FranceFRAWestern Europe78.4246
17GreeceGRCSouthern Europe78.3991
18NorwayNORNorthern Europe78.2382
19Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe78.1935
20NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe77.9311
21Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe77.8983
22LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe77.5960
23AustriaAUTWestern Europe77.4279
24BelgiumBELWestern Europe77.4025
25French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia77.3803

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Monaco81.3580
  2. 2Andorra81.1446
  3. 3Japan80.5836
  4. 4Hong Kong79.7316
  5. 5San Marino79.6773

Lowest

  1. 222South Sudan33.0682
  2. 221Rwanda41.9785
  3. 220Sierra Leone43.6493
  4. 219Malawi44.1995
  5. 218Burundi45.7207

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 69.7461. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 181 · 41rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. 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

  • 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 (1997). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1997

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy in Life Expectancy at Birth, 1997?

Monaco, at 81.3580, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1997 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Birth, 1997?

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 Birth, 1997 the newest?

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

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