This is a list of Asian countries by life expectancy at birth.
Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2021. [1] [2] [3] The data is filtered according to the list of countries in Asia. The values in the World Bank Group tables are rounded. All calculations are based on raw data, so due to the nuances of rounding, in some places illusory inconsistencies of indicators arose, with a size of 0.01 year.
Countries & territories | 2021 | Historical data | COVID-19 impact | |||||||||||||
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All | Male | Female | Sex gap | 2000 | 2000 →2014 | 2014 | 2014 →2019 | 2019 | 2019 →2020 | 2020 | 2020 →2021 | 2021 | 2019 →2021 | 2014 →2021 | ||
Hong Kong SAR, China | 85.49 | 83.20 | 87.90 | 4.70 | 80.88 | 3.10 | 83.98 | 1.20 | 85.18 | 0.32 | 85.50 | −0.00 | 85.49 | 0.31 | 1.51 | |
Macao SAR, China | 85.40 | 82.82 | 87.95 | 5.12 | 80.96 | 2.92 | 83.88 | 1.09 | 84.98 | 0.21 | 85.18 | 0.22 | 85.40 | 0.42 | 1.52 | |
Japan | 84.45 | 81.47 | 87.57 | 6.10 | 81.08 | 2.51 | 83.59 | 0.77 | 84.36 | 0.20 | 84.56 | −0.11 | 84.45 | 0.09 | 0.86 | |
South Korea | 83.53 | 80.60 | 86.60 | 6.00 | 75.91 | 5.81 | 81.72 | 1.50 | 83.23 | 0.20 | 83.43 | 0.10 | 83.53 | 0.30 | 1.80 | |
Singapore | 83.44 | 81.10 | 85.90 | 4.80 | 77.95 | 4.54 | 82.50 | 1.10 | 83.60 | 0.87 | 84.47 | −1.02 | 83.44 | −0.15 | 0.95 | |
Israel | 82.50 | 80.50 | 84.60 | 4.10 | 78.95 | 3.20 | 82.15 | 0.65 | 82.80 | −0.16 | 82.65 | −0.15 | 82.50 | −0.30 | 0.35 | |
Cyprus | 81.20 | 79.21 | 83.20 | 3.99 | 76.57 | 4.20 | 80.77 | 0.63 | 81.40 | −0.01 | 81.39 | −0.19 | 81.20 | −0.19 | 0.43 | |
Maldives | 79.92 | 79.08 | 81.02 | 1.94 | 70.88 | 8.55 | 79.42 | 0.69 | 80.12 | −0.24 | 79.88 | 0.04 | 79.92 | −0.20 | 0.49 | |
Qatar | 79.27 | 78.31 | 80.94 | 2.62 | 74.83 | 4.94 | 79.77 | 1.22 | 80.99 | −1.89 | 79.10 | 0.17 | 79.27 | −1.72 | −0.50 | |
Bahrain | 78.76 | 77.76 | 80.02 | 2.26 | 75.50 | 3.83 | 79.33 | 0.69 | 80.02 | −0.84 | 79.17 | −0.41 | 78.76 | −1.26 | −0.57 | |
Thailand | 78.72 | 74.52 | 83.04 | 8.52 | 72.32 | 5.10 | 77.42 | 1.56 | 78.97 | 0.30 | 79.27 | −0.56 | 78.72 | −0.26 | 1.30 | |
United Arab Emirates | 78.71 | 77.22 | 80.94 | 3.72 | 74.38 | 4.66 | 79.04 | 0.68 | 79.73 | −0.78 | 78.95 | −0.24 | 78.71 | −1.02 | −0.33 | |
Kuwait | 78.67 | 77.19 | 81.46 | 4.27 | 76.72 | 2.72 | 79.44 | 0.24 | 79.69 | −2.77 | 76.92 | 1.75 | 78.67 | −1.01 | −0.77 | |
China | 78.21 | 75.46 | 81.16 | 5.69 | 71.88 | 4.84 | 76.72 | 1.25 | 77.97 | 0.11 | 78.08 | 0.13 | 78.21 | 0.24 | 1.49 | |
Saudi Arabia | 76.94 | 75.59 | 78.77 | 3.18 | 72.47 | 4.29 | 76.76 | 0.55 | 77.30 | −1.06 | 76.24 | 0.70 | 76.94 | −0.37 | 0.18 | |
Sri Lanka | 76.40 | 73.11 | 79.50 | 6.39 | 70.36 | 4.30 | 74.65 | 1.36 | 76.01 | 0.39 | 76.39 | 0.01 | 76.40 | 0.39 | 1.75 | |
Turkey | 76.03 | 73.04 | 79.12 | 6.08 | 71.86 | 4.70 | 76.56 | 1.27 | 77.83 | −1.98 | 75.85 | 0.18 | 76.03 | −1.80 | −0.53 | |
Lebanon | 75.05 | 72.85 | 77.25 | 4.40 | 73.93 | 5.04 | 78.97 | 0.26 | 79.24 | −1.43 | 77.80 | −2.76 | 75.05 | −4.19 | −3.93 | |
Malaysia | 74.88 | 72.66 | 77.36 | 4.70 | 72.78 | 2.37 | 75.15 | 0.61 | 75.76 | 0.18 | 75.94 | −1.05 | 74.88 | −0.88 | −0.26 | |
Brunei | 74.64 | 72.60 | 76.88 | 4.28 | 74.08 | 0.70 | 74.78 | −0.03 | 74.75 | 0.05 | 74.80 | −0.15 | 74.64 | −0.11 | −0.14 | |
Jordan | 74.26 | 72.13 | 76.77 | 4.64 | 71.92 | 2.87 | 74.79 | 1.25 | 76.04 | −0.86 | 75.18 | −0.93 | 74.26 | −1.79 | −0.53 | |
Iran | 73.88 | 71.25 | 76.81 | 5.56 | 69.69 | 5.09 | 74.78 | 1.32 | 76.10 | −1.27 | 74.83 | −0.96 | 73.88 | −2.23 | −0.91 | |
Vietnam | 73.62 | 69.12 | 78.23 | 9.12 | 72.46 | 1.39 | 73.86 | 0.24 | 74.09 | 1.28 | 75.38 | −1.76 | 73.62 | −0.48 | −0.24 | |
Palestine | 73.47 | 71.09 | 75.94 | 4.84 | 70.39 | 2.23 | 72.62 | 2.62 | 75.24 | −0.84 | 74.40 | −0.93 | 73.47 | −1.77 | 0.85 | |
North Korea | 73.28 | 70.83 | 75.74 | 4.91 | 60.76 | 12.18 | 72.94 | 0.26 | 73.20 | 0.08 | 73.27 | 0.01 | 73.28 | 0.09 | 0.34 | |
Oman | 72.54 | 70.98 | 74.72 | 3.73 | 73.47 | 3.98 | 77.45 | 0.56 | 78.00 | −3.24 | 74.76 | −2.22 | 72.54 | −5.46 | −4.91 | |
Bangladesh | 72.38 | 70.60 | 74.27 | 3.67 | 65.78 | 4.21 | 69.99 | 2.82 | 72.81 | −0.84 | 71.97 | 0.41 | 72.38 | −0.42 | 2.39 | |
Syria | 72.06 | 69.06 | 75.17 | 6.12 | 70.76 | −7.61 | 63.15 | 8.67 | 71.82 | 0.32 | 72.14 | −0.08 | 72.06 | 0.24 | 8.91 | |
Armenia | 72.04 | 66.55 | 77.35 | 10.80 | 70.62 | 3.43 | 74.06 | 1.38 | 75.44 | −3.27 | 72.17 | −0.13 | 72.04 | −3.40 | −2.02 | |
Kyrgyzstan | 71.90 | 67.90 | 76.10 | 8.20 | 68.56 | 1.84 | 70.40 | 1.20 | 71.60 | 0.20 | 71.80 | 0.10 | 71.90 | 0.30 | 1.50 | |
Bhutan | 71.81 | 70.14 | 73.77 | 3.63 | 62.01 | 8.04 | 70.05 | 1.34 | 71.39 | 0.22 | 71.61 | 0.21 | 71.81 | 0.42 | 1.77 | |
Georgia | 71.69 | 66.80 | 76.68 | 9.88 | 69.58 | 3.52 | 73.10 | 0.37 | 73.47 | −0.70 | 72.77 | −1.07 | 71.69 | −1.78 | −1.41 | |
Tajikistan | 71.59 | 69.57 | 73.73 | 4.17 | 63.26 | 5.81 | 69.07 | 1.80 | 70.87 | −2.87 | 67.99 | 3.60 | 71.59 | 0.73 | 2.52 | |
World | 71.33 | 68.89 | 73.95 | 5.06 | 67.70 | 4.18 | 71.88 | 1.10 | 72.98 | −0.74 | 72.24 | −0.92 | 71.33 | −1.65 | −0.55 | |
Mongolia | 70.97 | 66.54 | 75.70 | 9.16 | 62.88 | 6.16 | 69.05 | 2.78 | 71.82 | 0.32 | 72.14 | −1.17 | 70.97 | −0.85 | 1.93 | |
Uzbekistan | 70.86 | 68.33 | 73.39 | 5.06 | 65.72 | 4.51 | 70.23 | 1.11 | 71.34 | −1.01 | 70.33 | 0.53 | 70.86 | −0.48 | 0.63 | |
Iraq | 70.38 | 68.20 | 72.42 | 4.22 | 66.82 | 2.10 | 68.91 | 2.66 | 71.58 | −2.45 | 69.12 | 1.25 | 70.38 | −1.20 | 1.46 | |
Kazakhstan | 70.23 | 66.33 | 74.03 | 7.70 | 65.45 | 5.99 | 71.44 | 1.74 | 73.18 | −1.81 | 71.37 | −1.14 | 70.23 | −2.95 | −1.21 | |
Egypt | 70.22 | 67.94 | 72.61 | 4.67 | 68.01 | 2.41 | 70.42 | 0.94 | 71.36 | −0.37 | 70.99 | −0.77 | 70.22 | −1.14 | −0.19 | |
Cambodia | 69.58 | 66.82 | 72.29 | 5.47 | 58.62 | 11.11 | 69.74 | 0.96 | 70.69 | −0.28 | 70.42 | −0.83 | 69.58 | −1.11 | −0.15 | |
Azerbaijan | 69.37 | 65.65 | 73.29 | 7.64 | 64.89 | 6.22 | 71.12 | 1.99 | 73.10 | −6.23 | 66.87 | 2.50 | 69.37 | −3.74 | −1.75 | |
Russia | 69.36 | 64.21 | 74.77 | 10.56 | 65.48 | 5.26 | 70.74 | 2.34 | 73.08 | −1.75 | 71.34 | −1.98 | 69.36 | −3.72 | −1.38 | |
Philippines | 69.27 | 67.17 | 71.48 | 4.31 | 69.41 | 1.74 | 71.15 | 0.71 | 71.86 | 0.25 | 72.12 | −2.85 | 69.27 | −2.60 | −1.88 | |
Turkmenistan | 69.26 | 65.86 | 72.66 | 6.80 | 65.03 | 3.59 | 68.61 | 0.39 | 69.00 | −0.31 | 68.69 | 0.58 | 69.26 | 0.26 | 0.65 | |
Nepal | 68.45 | 66.57 | 70.36 | 3.79 | 62.61 | 5.47 | 68.08 | 1.47 | 69.56 | −0.31 | 69.25 | −0.80 | 68.45 | −1.11 | 0.37 | |
Laos | 68.06 | 66.15 | 70.08 | 3.92 | 58.38 | 7.98 | 66.36 | 1.78 | 68.14 | 0.36 | 68.50 | −0.44 | 68.06 | −0.08 | 1.70 | |
Timor-Leste | 67.74 | 66.10 | 69.54 | 3.44 | 58.57 | 8.22 | 66.79 | 1.48 | 68.27 | 0.21 | 68.47 | −0.74 | 67.74 | −0.53 | 0.95 | |
Indonesia | 67.57 | 65.53 | 69.74 | 4.21 | 66.43 | 3.10 | 69.53 | 0.98 | 70.52 | −1.71 | 68.81 | −1.24 | 67.57 | −2.95 | −1.96 | |
India | 67.24 | 65.76 | 68.89 | 3.13 | 62.67 | 6.41 | 69.07 | 1.84 | 70.91 | −0.76 | 70.15 | −2.91 | 67.24 | −3.67 | −1.83 | |
Pakistan | 66.10 | 63.79 | 68.62 | 4.84 | 62.10 | 3.18 | 65.28 | 1.47 | 66.76 | −0.49 | 66.27 | −0.17 | 66.10 | −0.66 | 0.81 | |
Myanmar | 65.67 | 62.55 | 69.00 | 6.46 | 60.16 | 4.90 | 65.06 | 1.55 | 66.61 | 0.19 | 66.80 | −1.12 | 65.67 | −0.94 | 0.62 | |
Yemen | 63.75 | 60.63 | 67.13 | 6.51 | 62.59 | 4.80 | 67.38 | −2.29 | 65.09 | −0.44 | 64.65 | −0.90 | 63.75 | −1.34 | −3.63 | |
Afghanistan | 61.98 | 58.91 | 65.28 | 6.36 | 55.30 | 7.25 | 62.55 | 1.02 | 63.56 | −0.99 | 62.58 | −0.59 | 61.98 | −1.58 | −0.56 |
Estimation of the analytical agency of the UN. [4] [5] [6] By default, the list is sorted by 2022.
Countries & territories | 2019 | 2019 →2021 | 2021 | 2021 →2022 | 2022 | 2019 →2022 | ||||||||||
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overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | male | female | F Δ M | |||||
Japan | 84.6 | 81.5 | 87.7 | 6.2 | 0.2 | 84.8 | 81.8 | 87.7 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 84.8 | 81.8 | 87.8 | 6.0 | 0.2 | |
Hong Kong SAR, China | 84.9 | 82.0 | 87.7 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 85.5 | 82.7 | 88.3 | 5.6 | −1.2 | 84.3 | 81.8 | 86.9 | 5.1 | −0.6 | |
Singapore | 83.6 | 81.5 | 85.7 | 4.2 | −0.8 | 82.8 | 80.6 | 84.9 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 84.1 | 82.0 | 86.3 | 4.3 | 0.5 | |
South Korea | 83.0 | 79.9 | 86.0 | 6.1 | 0.7 | 83.7 | 80.4 | 86.8 | 6.4 | 0.3 | 84.0 | 80.7 | 87.1 | 6.4 | 1.0 | |
Israel | 83.0 | 81.3 | 84.5 | 3.2 | −0.7 | 82.3 | 80.2 | 84.3 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 82.6 | 80.6 | 84.5 | 3.9 | −0.4 | |
Cyprus | 81.0 | 78.9 | 83.0 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 81.2 | 79.2 | 83.2 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 81.9 | 80.1 | 83.7 | 3.6 | 0.9 | |
Qatar | 80.2 | 79.1 | 82.0 | 2.9 | −0.9 | 79.3 | 78.3 | 80.9 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 81.6 | 80.6 | 83.1 | 2.5 | 1.4 | |
Maldives | 78.9 | 77.5 | 80.8 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 79.9 | 79.1 | 81.0 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 80.8 | 80.1 | 81.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | |
Kuwait | 75.5 | 74.8 | 76.6 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 78.7 | 77.2 | 81.5 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 80.3 | 78.9 | 82.8 | 3.9 | 4.8 | |
Thailand | 77.2 | 73.5 | 80.9 | 7.4 | 1.5 | 78.7 | 74.5 | 83.0 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 79.7 | 75.5 | 83.9 | 8.4 | 2.5 | |
Bahrain | 77.3 | 76.4 | 78.4 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 78.8 | 77.8 | 80.0 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 79.2 | 78.2 | 80.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 | |
United Arab Emirates | 78.0 | 77.3 | 79.3 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 78.7 | 77.2 | 80.9 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 79.2 | 77.7 | 81.4 | 3.7 | 1.2 | |
China | 76.9 | 74.8 | 79.2 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 78.2 | 75.5 | 81.2 | 5.7 | 0.4 | 78.6 | 76.0 | 81.3 | 5.3 | 1.7 | |
Turkey | 77.7 | 74.7 | 80.6 | 5.9 | −1.7 | 76.0 | 73.0 | 79.1 | 6.1 | 2.5 | 78.5 | 75.4 | 81.5 | 6.1 | 0.8 | |
Saudi Arabia | 75.1 | 73.9 | 76.8 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 76.9 | 75.6 | 78.8 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 77.9 | 76.7 | 79.5 | 2.8 | 2.8 | |
Sri Lanka | 77.0 | 73.6 | 80.3 | 6.7 | −0.6 | 76.4 | 73.1 | 79.5 | 6.4 | 0.2 | 76.6 | 72.9 | 80.2 | 7.3 | −0.4 | |
Malaysia | 76.2 | 74.2 | 78.3 | 4.1 | −1.3 | 74.9 | 72.7 | 77.4 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 76.3 | 74.0 | 78.8 | 4.8 | 0.1 | |
Brunei | 75.9 | 74.7 | 77.1 | 2.4 | −1.3 | 74.6 | 72.6 | 76.9 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 74.6 | 72.5 | 76.8 | 4.3 | −1.3 | |
Iran | 76.7 | 75.6 | 77.9 | 2.3 | −2.8 | 73.9 | 71.2 | 76.8 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 74.6 | 71.9 | 77.5 | 5.6 | −2.1 | |
Vietnam | 75.4 | 71.3 | 79.5 | 8.2 | −1.8 | 73.6 | 69.1 | 78.2 | 9.1 | 1.0 | 74.6 | 69.9 | 79.3 | 9.4 | −0.8 | |
Lebanon | 78.9 | 77.1 | 80.9 | 3.8 | −3.9 | 75.0 | 72.8 | 77.3 | 4.5 | −0.6 | 74.4 | 72.2 | 76.6 | 4.4 | −4.5 | |
Jordan | 74.5 | 72.8 | 76.3 | 3.5 | −0.2 | 74.3 | 72.1 | 76.8 | 4.7 | −0.1 | 74.2 | 72.1 | 76.7 | 4.6 | −0.3 | |
Oman | 77.9 | 76.1 | 80.3 | 4.2 | −5.4 | 72.5 | 71.0 | 74.7 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 73.9 | 72.4 | 76.0 | 3.6 | −4.0 | |
Bangladesh | 72.6 | 70.9 | 74.6 | 3.7 | −0.2 | 72.4 | 70.6 | 74.3 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 73.7 | 71.5 | 76.0 | 4.5 | 1.1 | |
North Korea | 72.3 | 68.6 | 75.7 | 7.1 | 1.0 | 73.3 | 70.8 | 75.7 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 73.6 | 71.0 | 76.1 | 5.1 | 1.3 | |
Azerbaijan | 73.0 | 70.5 | 75.5 | 5.0 | −3.6 | 69.4 | 65.6 | 73.3 | 7.7 | 4.1 | 73.5 | 70.6 | 76.2 | 5.6 | 0.5 | |
Palestine | 74.1 | 72.4 | 75.8 | 3.4 | −0.6 | 73.5 | 71.1 | 75.9 | 4.8 | −0.1 | 73.4 | 71.0 | 75.9 | 4.9 | −0.7 | |
Armenia | 75.1 | 71.3 | 78.5 | 7.2 | −3.1 | 72.0 | 66.6 | 77.4 | 10.8 | 1.4 | 73.4 | 67.9 | 78.4 | 10.5 | −1.7 | |
Mongolia | 69.9 | 65.8 | 74.1 | 8.3 | 1.1 | 71.0 | 66.5 | 75.7 | 9.2 | 1.7 | 72.7 | 68.1 | 77.4 | 9.3 | 2.8 | |
Syria | 72.7 | 67.9 | 78.1 | 10.2 | −0.6 | 72.1 | 69.1 | 75.2 | 6.1 | 0.2 | 72.3 | 68.7 | 76.1 | 7.4 | −0.4 | |
Bhutan | 71.8 | 71.4 | 72.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 71.8 | 70.1 | 73.8 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 72.2 | 70.6 | 74.2 | 3.6 | 0.4 | |
Philippines | 71.2 | 67.3 | 75.5 | 8.2 | −1.9 | 69.3 | 67.2 | 71.5 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 72.2 | 70.2 | 74.2 | 4.0 | 1.0 | |
World | 72.8 | 70.6 | 75.0 | 4.4 | −1.4 | 71.4 | 68.9 | 74.0 | 5.1 | 0.6 | 72.0 | 69.6 | 74.5 | 4.9 | −0.8 | |
Uzbekistan | 71.7 | 69.6 | 73.8 | 4.2 | −0.8 | 70.9 | 68.3 | 73.4 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 71.7 | 69.0 | 74.3 | 5.3 | 0.0 | |
Georgia | 73.8 | 69.3 | 78.1 | 8.8 | −2.1 | 71.7 | 66.8 | 76.7 | 9.9 | −0.1 | 71.6 | 66.8 | 76.5 | 9.7 | −2.2 | |
Tajikistan | 71.1 | 68.9 | 73.4 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 71.6 | 69.6 | 73.7 | 4.1 | −0.3 | 71.3 | 69.2 | 73.5 | 4.3 | 0.2 | |
Iraq | 70.6 | 68.6 | 72.7 | 4.1 | −0.2 | 70.4 | 68.2 | 72.4 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 71.3 | 69.2 | 73.4 | 4.2 | 0.7 | |
Nepal | 70.8 | 69.3 | 72.2 | 2.9 | −2.4 | 68.4 | 66.6 | 70.4 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 70.5 | 68.6 | 72.4 | 3.8 | −0.3 | |
Kyrgyzstan | 71.5 | 67.4 | 75.6 | 8.2 | −1.5 | 70.0 | 65.8 | 74.4 | 8.6 | 0.5 | 70.5 | 66.2 | 74.9 | 8.7 | −1.0 | |
Egypt | 72.0 | 69.7 | 74.4 | 4.7 | −1.8 | 70.2 | 67.9 | 72.6 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 70.2 | 67.9 | 72.6 | 4.7 | −1.8 | |
Russia | 72.6 | 67.1 | 77.8 | 10.7 | −3.2 | 69.4 | 64.2 | 74.8 | 10.6 | 0.7 | 70.1 | 64.7 | 75.7 | 11.0 | −2.5 | |
Cambodia | 69.8 | 67.5 | 71.9 | 4.4 | −0.2 | 69.6 | 66.8 | 72.3 | 5.5 | 0.3 | 69.9 | 67.1 | 72.6 | 5.5 | 0.1 | |
Kazakhstan | 73.6 | 69.2 | 77.7 | 8.5 | −4.2 | 69.4 | 65.5 | 73.1 | 7.6 | 0.1 | 69.5 | 65.8 | 73.0 | 7.2 | −4.1 | |
Turkmenistan | 68.2 | 64.7 | 71.7 | 7.0 | 1.1 | 69.3 | 65.9 | 72.7 | 6.8 | 0.1 | 69.4 | 65.9 | 72.9 | 7.0 | 1.2 | |
Timor-Leste | 69.5 | 67.5 | 71.6 | 4.1 | −1.8 | 67.7 | 66.1 | 69.5 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 69.1 | 67.4 | 70.8 | 3.4 | −0.4 | |
Laos | 67.9 | 66.1 | 69.7 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 68.1 | 66.2 | 70.1 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 69.0 | 66.9 | 71.2 | 4.3 | 1.1 | |
Indonesia | 71.7 | 69.6 | 74.0 | 4.4 | −4.1 | 67.6 | 65.5 | 69.7 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 68.3 | 66.2 | 70.4 | 4.2 | −3.4 | |
India | 69.7 | 68.5 | 71.0 | 2.5 | −2.5 | 67.2 | 65.8 | 68.9 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 67.7 | 66.3 | 69.4 | 3.1 | −2.0 | |
Myanmar | 67.1 | 64.0 | 70.1 | 6.1 | −1.4 | 65.7 | 62.5 | 69.0 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 67.3 | 64.2 | 70.5 | 6.3 | 0.2 | |
Pakistan | 67.3 | 66.3 | 68.3 | 2.0 | −1.2 | 66.1 | 63.8 | 68.6 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 66.4 | 64.1 | 68.9 | 4.8 | −0.9 | |
Yemen | 66.1 | 64.4 | 67.8 | 3.4 | −2.3 | 63.8 | 60.6 | 67.1 | 6.5 | −0.1 | 63.7 | 60.5 | 67.2 | 6.7 | −2.4 | |
Afghanistan | 64.8 | 63.4 | 66.4 | 3.0 | −2.8 | 62.0 | 58.9 | 65.3 | 6.4 | 0.9 | 62.9 | 59.8 | 66.2 | 6.4 | −1.9 |
Estimation of the World Health Organization for 2019. [7] [8]
Countries | Life expectancy at birth | HALE at birth | Life expectancy at age 60 | HALE at age 60 | |||||||||||||||||
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All | M | F | FΔM | Δ 2000 | All | M | F | FΔM | Δ 2000 | All | M | F | FΔM | Δ 2000 | All | M | F | FΔM | Δ 2000 | ||
Japan | 84.3 | 81.5 | 86.9 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 74.1 | 72.6 | 75.5 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 26.3 | 23.9 | 28.6 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 20.4 | 18.8 | 21.8 | 3.0 | 1.7 | |
South Korea | 83.3 | 80.3 | 86.1 | 5.8 | 7.1 | 73.1 | 71.3 | 74.7 | 3.4 | 5.7 | 25.8 | 23.4 | 27.9 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 19.8 | 18.2 | 21.2 | 3.0 | 3.9 | |
Singapore | 83.2 | 81.0 | 85.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 73.6 | 72.4 | 74.7 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 25.5 | 23.8 | 27.2 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 20.0 | 18.8 | 21.0 | 2.2 | 3.4 | |
Cyprus | 83.1 | 81.1 | 85.1 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 72.4 | 71.8 | 73.0 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 24.9 | 23.3 | 26.4 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 19.0 | 18.1 | 19.9 | 1.8 | 2.2 | |
Israel | 82.6 | 80.8 | 84.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 72.4 | 72.0 | 72.7 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 24.9 | 23.6 | 26.0 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 19.3 | 18.7 | 19.9 | 1.2 | 2.2 | |
Kuwait | 81.0 | 79.3 | 83.9 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 70.1 | 69.5 | 71.1 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 24.0 | 22.8 | 25.9 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 17.8 | 17.1 | 18.9 | 1.8 | 1.3 | |
Maldives | 79.6 | 78.6 | 80.8 | 2.2 | 8.6 | 70.0 | 69.7 | 70.0 | 0.3 | 7.6 | 22.1 | 21.4 | 23.1 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 17.2 | 0.8 | 3.1 | |
Turkey | 78.6 | 76.4 | 80.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 68.4 | 67.8 | 69.0 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 22.0 | 20.6 | 23.2 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 16.6 | 15.8 | 17.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | |
Jordan | 77.9 | 77.0 | 78.8 | 1.8 | 5.3 | 67.6 | 68.1 | 67.2 | -0.9 | 4.0 | 21.8 | 21.6 | 22.1 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 16.2 | 16.3 | 16.2 | -0.1 | 2.3 | |
Western Pacific [9] | 77.7 | 74.8 | 80.8 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 68.6 | 67.0 | 70.2 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 21.8 | 19.8 | 23.9 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 16.5 | 15.4 | 17.7 | 2.3 | 1.8 | |
Thailand | 77.7 | 74.4 | 81.0 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 68.3 | 65.9 | 70.6 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 23.6 | 22.1 | 24.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 18.0 | 17.0 | 18.8 | 1.8 | 2.4 | |
China | 77.4 | 74.7 | 80.5 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 68.5 | 67.2 | 70.0 | 2.8 | 4.8 | 21.1 | 19.2 | 23.1 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 15.9 | 15.0 | 16.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | |
Iran | 77.3 | 75.7 | 79.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 66.3 | 66.0 | 66.5 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 21.8 | 21.2 | 22.5 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 15.8 | 0.2 | 1.4 | |
Qatar | 77.2 | 78.0 | 76.6 | -1.4 | 5.9 | 67.1 | 68.1 | 65.1 | -3.0 | 4.7 | 19.5 | 20.6 | 18.4 | -2.2 | 3.6 | 14.2 | 15.1 | 13.1 | -2.0 | 2.6 | |
Sri Lanka | 76.9 | 73.8 | 79.8 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 67.0 | 65.1 | 69.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 20.8 | 18.6 | 22.6 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 15.3 | 13.8 | 16.6 | 2.8 | 0.6 | |
Lebanon | 76.4 | 74.0 | 79.2 | 5.2 | 1.8 | 66.0 | 65.1 | 67.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 20.5 | 18.8 | 22.4 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 16.2 | 2.3 | 0.1 | |
United Arab Emirates | 76.1 | 75.1 | 78.4 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 66.0 | 65.8 | 66.2 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 19.9 | 19.2 | 21.7 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 14.5 | 14.1 | 15.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | |
Armenia | 76.0 | 72.5 | 79.2 | 6.7 | 4.1 | 67.1 | 64.9 | 69.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 20.4 | 18.2 | 22.1 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 15.7 | 14.2 | 16.9 | 2.7 | 1.2 | |
Bahrain | 75.8 | 75.0 | 77.0 | 2.0 | 5.3 | 65.9 | 66.0 | 65.5 | -0.5 | 4.0 | 19.0 | 18.7 | 19.4 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 0.1 | 2.7 | |
Malaysia | 74.7 | 72.6 | 77.1 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 65.7 | 64.5 | 66.9 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 19.5 | 18.5 | 20.6 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 14.6 | 14.0 | 15.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | |
Brunei Darussalam | 74.3 | 73.4 | 75.4 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 65.6 | 65.2 | 66.1 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 19.2 | 19.0 | 19.4 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 14.7 | 0.4 | 1.9 | |
Bangladesh | 74.3 | 73.0 | 75.6 | 2.6 | 8.7 | 64.3 | 64.2 | 64.4 | 0.2 | 7.3 | 20.9 | 20.3 | 21.5 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 15.7 | 0.3 | 2.2 | |
Saudi Arabia | 74.3 | 73.1 | 76.1 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 64.0 | 63.8 | 64.4 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 19.9 | 19.3 | 20.8 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 0.6 | 1.6 | |
Kyrgyzstan | 74.2 | 70.7 | 77.3 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 65.8 | 63.6 | 67.7 | 4.1 | 7.1 | 20.0 | 17.8 | 21.7 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 15.7 | 14.2 | 16.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 | |
Kazakhstan | 74.0 | 70.0 | 77.6 | 7.6 | 10.9 | 65.0 | 62.4 | 67.4 | 5.0 | 8.9 | 19.5 | 16.8 | 21.4 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 14.8 | 13.0 | 16.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | |
Oman | 73.9 | 73.0 | 75.3 | 2.3 | 4.8 | 64.7 | 64.5 | 64.5 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 17.8 | 17.2 | 18.5 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 13.5 | 0.6 | 1.5 | |
Viet Nam | 73.7 | 69.6 | 78.1 | 8.5 | 2.3 | 65.3 | 62.4 | 68.3 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 19.6 | 16.9 | 22.0 | 5.1 | 0.7 | 14.8 | 12.9 | 16.4 | 3.5 | 0.5 | |
Georgia | 73.3 | 68.8 | 77.8 | 9.0 | 3.9 | 64.7 | 61.4 | 67.9 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 18.8 | 16.0 | 21.0 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 14.4 | 12.4 | 16.1 | 3.7 | 1.0 | |
World | 73.3 | 70.8 | 75.9 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 63.7 | 62.5 | 64.9 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 21.1 | 19.5 | 22.7 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 15.8 | 14.8 | 16.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | |
Russia | 73.2 | 68.2 | 78.0 | 9.8 | 7.9 | 64.2 | 60.7 | 67.5 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 19.9 | 16.8 | 22.2 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 15.0 | 12.8 | 16.7 | 3.9 | 2.7 | |
Bhutan | 73.1 | 72.0 | 74.4 | 2.4 | 7.4 | 63.4 | 63.2 | 63.5 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 19.4 | 18.9 | 19.9 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 14.7 | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
Uzbekistan | 73.0 | 70.8 | 75.2 | 4.4 | 7.7 | 64.7 | 63.5 | 65.8 | 2.3 | 6.6 | 18.6 | 17.3 | 19.8 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 14.5 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | |
Syria | 72.7 | 71.2 | 74.3 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 62.9 | 62.5 | 63.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 18.7 | 18.2 | 19.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | |
North Korea | 72.6 | 69.3 | 75.7 | 6.4 | 8.6 | 65.0 | 63.3 | 66.6 | 3.3 | 7.2 | 19.1 | 16.8 | 20.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 14.9 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 | |
Iraq | 72.4 | 69.9 | 75.0 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 62.7 | 61.6 | 63.7 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 19.2 | 17.6 | 20.7 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 14.2 | 13.3 | 15.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | |
Egypt | 71.8 | 69.6 | 74.1 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 63.0 | 62.3 | 63.7 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 17.8 | 16.5 | 19.1 | 2.6 | -0.7 | 13.4 | 12.7 | 14.0 | 1.3 | -0.5 | |
Azerbaijan | 71.4 | 68.8 | 74.1 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 63.6 | 62.1 | 65.2 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 17.1 | 15.6 | 18.3 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 13.4 | 12.4 | 14.2 | 1.8 | 0.3 | |
South-East Asia [10] | 71.4 | 69.9 | 73.1 | 3.2 | 8.0 | 61.5 | 61.1 | 61.9 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 19.1 | 18.2 | 20.0 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 13.7 | 13.3 | 14.1 | 0.8 | 1.7 | |
Indonesia | 71.3 | 69.4 | 73.3 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 62.8 | 61.9 | 63.8 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 17.9 | 16.7 | 19.1 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 13.4 | 12.7 | 14.0 | 1.3 | 0.4 | |
Nepal | 70.9 | 68.9 | 72.7 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 61.3 | 60.6 | 62.1 | 1.5 | 5.0 | 18.0 | 16.8 | 19.2 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 13.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | |
India | 70.8 | 69.5 | 72.2 | 2.7 | 8.7 | 60.3 | 60.3 | 60.4 | 0.1 | 7.4 | 18.8 | 18.1 | 19.5 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 0.5 | 1.9 | |
Philippines | 70.4 | 67.4 | 73.6 | 6.2 | 1.4 | 62.0 | 60.1 | 63.9 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 17.8 | 15.8 | 19.6 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 13.4 | 12.1 | 14.6 | 2.5 | 0.1 | |
Cambodia | 70.1 | 67.2 | 72.7 | 5.5 | 11.4 | 61.5 | 59.8 | 63.0 | 3.2 | 10.1 | 17.7 | 15.9 | 19.1 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 13.2 | 12.0 | 14.1 | 2.1 | 1.4 | |
Turkmenistan | 69.7 | 66.5 | 73.0 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 62.1 | 59.9 | 64.3 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 18.7 | 17.1 | 20.1 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 14.7 | 13.6 | 15.6 | 2.0 | 1.8 | |
Eastern Mediterranean [11] | 69.7 | 68.3 | 71.3 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 60.4 | 60.2 | 60.7 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 18.5 | 17.8 | 19.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 13.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | |
Timor-Leste | 69.6 | 67.9 | 71.4 | 3.5 | 6.9 | 60.9 | 59.8 | 62.0 | 2.2 | 7.8 | 17.9 | 16.9 | 18.9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 13.2 | 12.5 | 13.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | |
Tajikistan | 69.5 | 67.6 | 71.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 62.0 | 60.9 | 63.2 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 16.1 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 2.1 | -1.1 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 13.4 | 1.3 | -0.9 | |
Myanmar | 69.1 | 65.9 | 72.2 | 6.3 | 9.1 | 60.9 | 58.8 | 62.8 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 18.1 | 16.2 | 19.6 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 14.6 | 2.2 | 1.9 | |
Laos | 68.5 | 66.2 | 70.9 | 4.7 | 10.1 | 60.5 | 59.2 | 61.9 | 2.7 | 8.7 | 17.6 | 16.3 | 18.9 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 13.3 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | |
Mongolia | 68.1 | 63.8 | 72.8 | 9.0 | 7.6 | 60.3 | 57.1 | 63.8 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 16.4 | 14.2 | 18.5 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 12.6 | 11.0 | 14.2 | 3.2 | 2.3 | |
Yemen | 66.6 | 64.4 | 68.9 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 57.5 | 56.9 | 58.2 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 17.8 | 16.8 | 18.7 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 13.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | |
Pakistan | 65.6 | 64.6 | 66.7 | 2.1 | 5.5 | 56.9 | 56.9 | 56.8 | -0.1 | 4.6 | 17.3 | 16.8 | 17.8 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 12.6 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 0.1 | 1.1 | |
Afghanistan | 63.2 | 63.3 | 63.2 | -0.1 | 8.2 | 53.9 | 54.7 | 53.2 | -1.5 | 7.1 | 15.2 | 15.4 | 15.1 | -0.3 | 1.3 | 10.8 | 11.2 | 10.6 | -0.6 | 0.6 |
Brunei's healthcare system is managed by the Brunei Ministry of Health and funded by the General Treasury. It consists of around 15 health centers, ten clinics and 22 maternal facilities, considered to be of reasonable standard. There are also two private hospitals. Cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes are the leading cause of death in the country, with life expectancy around 75 years, a vast improvement from 1961. Brunei's human development index (HCI) improved from 0.81 in 2002 to 0.83 in 2021, expanding at an average annual rate of 0.14%. According to the UN's Human Development Report 2020, the HCI for girls in the country is greater than for boys, though aren't enough statistics in Brunei to break down HCI by socioeconomic classes. Brunei is the second country in Southeast Asia after Singapore to be rated 47th out of 189 nations on the UN HDI 2019 and has maintained its position in the Very High Human Development category. Being a culturally taboo subject, the rate of suicide has not been investigated.