List by the United Nations (2005–2010)
Rank | Country (State/territory) | Overall | Male | Female |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Japan | 82.6 | 79.0 | 86.1 |
2 | Hong Kong ( China) | 82.2 | 79.4 | 85.1 |
3 | Switzerland | 82.1 | 80.0 | 84.2 |
4 | Israel | 82.0 | 80.0 | 84.0 |
5 | Iceland | 81.8 | 80.2 | 83.3 |
6 | Australia | 81.2 | 78.9 | 83.6 |
7 | Singapore | 81.0 | 79.0 | 83.0 |
8 | Spain | 80.9 | 77.7 | 84.2 |
9 | Sweden | 80.9 | 78.7 | 83.0 |
10 | Macau ( China) | 80.7 | 78.5 | 82.8 |
11 | France (metropolitan) | 80.7 | 77.1 | 84.1 |
12 | Canada | 80.7 | 78.3 | 82.9 |
13 | Italy | 80.5 | 77.5 | 83.5 |
13 | United Kingdom | 80.5 | 78.1 | 82.1 |
13 | New Zealand | 80.2 | 78.2 | 82.2 |
15 | Norway | 80.2 | 77.8 | 82.5 |
16 | Austria | 79.8 | 76.9 | 82.6 |
16 | Netherlands | 79.8 | 77.5 | 81.9 |
18 | Martinique ( France) | 79.5 | 76.5 | 82.3 |
18 | Greece | 79.5 | 77.1 | 81.9 |
20 | Belgium | 79.4 | 76.5 | 82.3 |
20 | Malta | 79.4 | 77.3 | 81.3 |
20 | Germany | 79.4 | 76.5 | 82.1 |
20 | U.S. Virgin Islands ( US) | 79.4 | 75.5 | 83.3 |
25 | Finland | 79.3 | 76.1 | 82.4 |
26 | Guadeloupe ( France) | 79.2 | 76.0 | 82.2 |
27 | Channel Islands ( Jersey and Guernsey) ( UK) | 79.0 | 76.6 | 81.5 |
27 | Cyprus | 79.0 | 76.5 | 81.6 |
29 | Ireland | 78.9 | 76.5 | 81.3 |
30 | Costa Rica | 78.8 | 76.5 | 81.2 |
31 | Puerto Rico ( US) | 78.7 | 74.7 | 82.7 |
31 | Luxembourg | 78.7 | 75.7 | 81.6 |
31 | United Arab Emirates | 78.7 | 77.2 | 81.5 |
34 | South Korea | 78.6 | 75.0 | 82.2 |
34 | Chile | 78.6 | 75.5 | 81.5 |
36 | Denmark | 78.3 | 76.0 | 80.6 |
36 | Cuba | 78.3 | 76.2 | 80.4 |
38 | United States | 78.2 | 75.6 | 80.8 |
39 | Portugal | 78.1 | 75.0 | 81.2 |
40 | Slovenia | 77.9 | 74.1 | 81.5 |
41 | Kuwait | 77.6 | 76.0 | 79.9 |
42 | Barbados | 77.3 | 74.4 | 79.8 |
43 | Brunei | 77.1 | 75.0 | 79.7 |
44 | Czech Republic | 76.5 | 73.4 | 79.5 |
45 | Réunion ( France) | 76.4 | 72.3 | 80.5 |
45 | Albania | 76.4 | 73.4 | 79.7 |
45 | Uruguay | 76.4 | 72.8 | 79.9 |
48 | Mexico | 76.2 | 73.7 | 78.6 |
49 | Belize | 76.1 | 73.3 | 79.2 |
49 | New Caledonia ( France) | 76.1 | 72.8 | 79.7 |
51 | French Guiana ( France) | 75.9 | 72.5 | 79.9 |
52 | Croatia | 75.7 | 72.3 | 79.2 |
53 | Oman | 75.6 | 74.2 | 77.5 |
53 | Bahrain | 75.6 | 74.3 | 77.5 |
53 | Qatar | 75.6 | 75.2 | 76.4 |
53 | Poland | 75.6 | 71.3 | 79.8 |
57 | Panama | 75.5 | 73.0 | 78.2 |
58 | Guam ( US) | 75.5 | 73.3 | 77.9 |
59 | Argentina | 75.3 | 71.6 | 79.1 |
60 | Netherlands Antilles ( Netherlands) | 75.1 | 71.3 | 78.8 |
61 | Ecuador | 75.0 | 72.1 | 78.0 |
62 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 74.9 | 72.2 | 77.4 |
63 | Slovakia | 74.7 | 70.7 | 78.5 |
64 | Montenegro | 74.5 | 72.4 | 76.8 |
65 | Vietnam | 74.2 | 72.3 | 76.2 |
65 | Malaysia | 74.2 | 72.0 | 76.7 |
65 | Aruba ( Netherlands) | 74.2 | 71.3 | 77.1 |
65 | Macedonia | 74.2 | 71.8 | 76.6 |
69 | Syria | 74.1 | 72.3 | 76.1 |
69 | French Polynesia ( France) | 74.1 | 71.7 | 76.8 |
71 | Serbia | 74.0 | 71.7 | 76.3 |
71 | Libya | 74.0 | 71.7 | 76.9 |
73 | Tunisia (10% above world average) | 73.9 | 71.9 | 76.0 |
74 | Venezuela | 73.7 | 70.9 | 76.8 |
74 | Saint Lucia | 73.7 | 71.8 | 75.6 |
76 | Bahamas | 73.5 | 70.6 | 76.3 |
77 | Palestinian territories | 73.4 | 71.8 | 75.0 |
78 | Hungary | 73.3 | 69.2 | 77.4 |
78 | Tonga | 73.3 | 72.3 | 74.3 |
80 | Bulgaria | 73.0 | 69.5 | 76.7 |
80 | Lithuania | 73.0 | 67.5 | 78.3 |
80 | People's Republic of China (mainland) | 73.0 | 71.3 | 74.8 |
83 | Nicaragua | 72.9 | 69.9 | 76.0 |
83 | Colombia | 72.9 | 69.2 | 76.6 |
85 | Mauritius | 72.8 | 69.5 | 76.2 |
85 | Saudi Arabia | 72.8[5] | 70.9 | 75.3 |
87 | Latvia | 72.7 | 67.3 | 77.7 |
88 | Jamaica | 72.6 | 70.0 | 75.2 |
89 | Jordan | 72.5 | 70.8 | 74.5 |
89 | Romania | 72.5 | 69.0 | 76.1 |
91 | Sri Lanka | 72.4 | 68.8 | 76.2 |
91 | Brazil | 72.4 | 68.8 | 76.1 |
93 | Algeria | 72.3 | 70.9 | 73.7 |
94 | Dominican Republic | 72.2 | 69.3 | 75.5 |
95 | Lebanon | 72.0 | 69.9 | 74.2 |
95 | Armenia | 72.0 | 68.4 | 75.1 |
97 | El Salvador | 71.9 | 68.8 | 74.9 |
98 | Turkey | 71.8 | 69.4 | 74.3 |
98 | Paraguay | 71.8 | 69.7 | 73.9 |
100 | Philippines | 71.7 | 69.5 | 73.9 |
100 | Cape Verde | 71.7 | 68.3 | 74.5 |
102 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.6 | 69.5 | 73.8 |
103 | Samoa | 71.5 | 68.5 | 74.8 |
104 | Peru | 71.4 | 68.9 | 74.0 |
104 | Estonia | 71.4 | 65.9 | 76.8 |
106 | Egypt | 71.3 | 69.1 | 73.6 |
107 | Morocco | 71.2 | 69.0 | 73.4 |
108 | Georgia | 71.0 | 67.1 | 74.8 |
108 | Iran | 71.0 | 69.4 | 72.6 |
110 | Indonesia | 70.7 | 68.7 | 72.7 |
111 | Thailand | 70.6 | 66.5 | 75.0 |
112 | Russia | 70.3 | 64.3 | 76.4 |
113 | Guatemala | 70.3 | 66.7 | 73.8 |
114 | Suriname | 70.2 | 67.0 | 73.6 |
115 | Honduras | 70.2 | 66.9 | 73.7 |
116 | Vanuatu | 70.0 | 68.3 | 72.1 |
117 | Trinidad and Tobago | 69.8 | 67.8 | 71.8 |
118 | Belarus | 69.0 | 63.1 | 75.2 |
119 | Moldova | 68.9 | 65.1 | 72.5 |
120 | Fiji | 68.8 | 66.6 | 71.1 |
121 | Grenada | 68.7 | 67.0 | 70.3 |
122 | Federated States of Micronesia | 68.5 | 67.7 | 69.3 |
123 | Maldives | 68.5 | 67.6 | 69.5 |
124 | Ukraine | 67.9 | 62.1 | 73.8 |
125 | Azerbaijan | 67.5 | 63.8 | 71.2 |
126 | North Korea | 67.3 | 65.1 | 69.3 |
127 | Uzbekistan | 67.2 | 64.0 | 70.4 |
- | World Avg. | 67.2 | 65.0 | 69.5 |
128 | Kazakhstan | 67.0 | 61.6 | 72.4 |
129 | Guyana | 66.8 | 64.2 | 69.9 |
130 | Mongolia | 66.8 | 63.9 | 69.9 |
131 | Tajikistan | 66.7 | 64.1 | 69.4 |
132 | Western Sahara | 65.9 | 64.3 | 68.1 |
133 | Kyrgyzstan | 65.9 | 62.0 | 69.9 |
134 | Bhutan | 65.6 | 64.0 | 67.5 |
135 | Bolivia | 65.6 | 63.4 | 67.7 |
136 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 65.5 | 63.6 | 67.4 |
137 | Pakistan | 65.5 | 65.2 | 65.8 |
138 | Comoros | 65.2 | 63.0 | 67.4 |
139 | India | 64.7 | 63.2 | 66.4 |
140 | Laos | 64.4 | 63.0 | 65.8 |
141 | Mauritania | 64.2 | 62.4 | 66.0 |
142 | Bangladesh | 64.1 | 63.2 | 65.0 |
143 | Nepal | 63.8 | 63.2 | 64.2 |
144 | Solomon Islands | 63.6 | 62.7 | 64.5 |
145 | Turkmenistan | 63.2 | 59.0 | 67.5 |
146 | Senegal | 63.1 | 61.0 | 65.1 |
147 | Yemen | 62.7 | 61.1 | 64.3 |
148 | Myanmar | 62.1 | 59.0 | 65.3 |
149 | Haiti | 60.9 | 59.1 | 62.8 |
150 | East Timor (10% below world average) | 60.8 | 60.0 | 61.7 |
151 | Ghana | 60.0 | 59.6 | 60.5 |
152 | Cambodia | 59.7 | 57.3 | 61.9 |
153 | Iraq | 59.5 | 57.8 | 61.5 |
154 | Gambia | 59.4 | 58.6 | 60.3 |
155 | Madagascar | 59.4 | 57.7 | 61.3 |
156 | Sudan | 58.6 | 57.1 | 60.1 |
157 | Togo | 58.4 | 56.7 | 60.1 |
158 | Eritrea | 58.0 | 55.6 | 60.3 |
159 | Papua New Guinea | 57.2 | 54.6 | 60.4 |
160 | Niger | 56.9 | 57.8 | 56.0 |
161 | Gabon | 56.7 | 56.4 | 57.1 |
161 | Benin | 56.7 | 55.6 | 57.8 |
163 | Guinea | 56.0 | 54.4 | 57.6 |
164 | Republic of the Congo | 55.3 | 54.0 | 56.6 |
165 | Djibouti | 54.8 | 53.6 | 56.0 |
166 | Mali | 54.5 | 52.1 | 56.6 |
167 | Kenya (20% below world average) | 54.1 | 53.0 | 55.2 |
168 | Ethiopia | 52.9 | 51.7 | 54.3 |
168 | Namibia | 52.9 | 52.5 | 53.1 |
170 | Tanzania | 52.5 | 51.4 | 53.6 |
171 | Burkina Faso | 52.3 | 50.7 | 53.8 |
172 | Equatorial Guinea | 51.6 | 50.4 | 52.8 |
173 | Uganda | 51.5 | 50.8 | 52.2 |
174 | Botswana | 50.7 | 50.5 | 50.7 |
175 | Chad | 50.6 | 49.3 | 52.0 |
176 | Cameroon | 50.4 | 50.0 | 50.8 |
177 | Burundi | 49.6 | 48.1 | 51.0 |
178 | South Africa | 49.3 | 48.8 | 49.7 |
179 | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.3 | 47.5 | 49.3 |
179 | Malawi | 48.3 | 48.1 | 48.4 |
181 | Somalia | 48.2 | 46.9 | 49.4 |
182 | Nigeria (30% below world average) | 46.9 | 46.4 | 47.3 |
183 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 46.5 | 45.2 | 47.7 |
184 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.4 | 44.9 | 47.9 |
185 | Rwanda | 46.2 | 44.6 | 47.8 |
186 | Liberia | 45.7 | 44.8 | 46.6 |
187 | Central African Republic | 44.7 | 43.3 | 46.1 |
188 | Afghanistan | 43.8 | 43.9 | 43.8 |
189 | Zimbabwe | 43.5 | 44.1 | 42.6 |
190 | Lesotho | 42.6 | 42.9 | 42.3 |
190 | Sierra Leone | 42.6 | 41.0 | 44.1 |
192 | Zambia | 42.4 | 42.1 | 42.5 |
193 | Swaziland (40% below world average) | 39.6 | 39.8 | 39.4 |
194 | Mozambique | 39.2 | 38.3 | 39 |