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Inequality in life expectancy (Atkinson index)
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195 countries · 2010–2023
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2023
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1
San Marino
0.02
2
Iceland
0.02
3
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.02
4
Norway
0.02
5
Korea, Rep.
0.02
6
Japan
0.03
7
Sweden
0.03
8
Italy
0.03
9
Singapore
0.03
10
Slovenia
0.03
11
Spain
0.03
12
Finland
0.03
13
Cyprus
0.03
14
Australia
0.03
15
Estonia
0.03
16
Czechia
0.03
17
Denmark
0.03
18
Switzerland
0.03
19
Ireland
0.03
20
Portugal
0.03
21
Austria
0.03
22
Germany
0.03
23
Greece
0.03
24
Netherlands
0.03
25
Montenegro
0.03
26
Belgium
0.03
27
Belarus
0.04
28
Israel
0.04
29
Croatia
0.04
30
Qatar
0.04
31
Maldives
0.04
32
France
0.04
33
Hungary
0.04
34
Monaco
0.04
35
United Kingdom
0.04
36
United Arab Emirates
0.04
37
Poland
0.04
38
Lithuania
0.04
39
Latvia
0.04
40
Serbia
0.04
41
Canada
0.04
42
North Macedonia
0.04
43
New Zealand
0.04
44
Slovak Republic
0.05
45
Chile
0.05
46
Andorra
0.05
47
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.05
48
Bahrain
0.05
49
Sri Lanka
0.05
50
Cuba
0.05
51
Luxembourg
0.05
52
Bulgaria
0.05
53
Liechtenstein
0.05
54
Romania
0.05
55
Saudi Arabia
0.05
56
China
0.05
57
Malta
0.05
58
United States
0.06
59
Russian Federation
0.06
60
Kuwait
0.06
61
Uruguay
0.06
62
Costa Rica
0.06
63
Malaysia
0.06
64
Albania
0.06
65
Oman
0.07
66
Armenia
0.07
67
Antigua and Barbuda
0.07
68
Georgia
0.07
69
Brunei Darussalam
0.07
70
Tunisia
0.07
71
Kazakhstan
0.07
72
Barbados
0.07
73
Ukraine
0.07
74
Belize
0.07
75
Thailand
0.07
76
Argentina
0.07
77
Cabo Verde
0.08
78
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.08
79
Tonga
0.08
80
Turkiye
0.08
81
Colombia
0.08
82
Ecuador
0.08
83
Jordan
0.09
84
Mongolia
0.09
85
Uzbekistan
0.09
86
El Salvador
0.09
87
Mexico
0.09
88
Moldova
0.09
89
Seychelles
0.09
90
Nicaragua
0.09
91
Bahamas, The
0.09
92
Brazil
0.1
93
Peru
0.1
94
Mauritius
0.1
95
Sao Tome and Principe
0.1
96
Honduras
0.1
97
St. Kitts and Nevis
0.1
98
Panama
0.1
99
Grenada
0.1
100
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
0.1
101
Kyrgyz Republic
0.1
102
Samoa
0.1
103
Azerbaijan
0.1
104
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.1
105
St. Lucia
0.11
106
Morocco
0.11
107
Paraguay
0.11
108
Trinidad and Tobago
0.11
109
Suriname
0.11
110
Lebanon
0.11
111
Vanuatu
0.11
112
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.11
113
Jamaica
0.12
114
Solomon Islands
0.12
115
Algeria
0.12
116
Indonesia
0.13
117
Venezuela, RB
0.13
118
Viet Nam
0.13
119
Guatemala
0.13
120
Tuvalu
0.13
121
Bhutan
0.13
122
Iraq
0.13
123
Syrian Arab Republic
0.13
124
Palau
0.14
125
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
0.14
126
Cambodia
0.15
127
Guyana
0.15
128
Philippines
0.15
129
Nepal
0.15
130
Fiji
0.15
131
India
0.15
132
Tajikistan
0.16
133
Bangladesh
0.16
134
Marshall Islands
0.16
135
Naoero
0.17
136
Libya
0.17
137
Dominican Republic
0.17
138
Dominica
0.17
139
Senegal
0.18
140
West Bank and Gaza
0.18
141
Rwanda
0.19
142
Gabon
0.19
143
Botswana
0.19
144
Namibia
0.19
145
Turkmenistan
0.19
146
Mauritania
0.19
147
Eritrea
0.19
148
Lao PDR
0.2
149
Yemen, Rep.
0.2
150
Malawi
0.2
151
South Africa
0.2
152
Tanzania
0.2
153
Congo, Rep.
0.2
154
Uganda
0.2
155
Papua New Guinea
0.2
156
Myanmar
0.2
157
Kenya
0.21
158
Bolivia
0.21
159
Ghana
0.22
160
Gambia, The
0.22
161
Timor-Leste
0.22
162
Comoros
0.22
163
Zimbabwe
0.22
164
Ethiopia
0.22
165
Zambia
0.23
166
Eswatini
0.24
167
Sudan
0.24
168
Djibouti
0.24
169
Kiribati
0.25
170
Burundi
0.25
171
Afghanistan
0.25
172
Haiti
0.25
173
Pakistan
0.26
174
Togo
0.26
175
Mozambique
0.27
176
Angola
0.27
177
Cameroon
0.28
178
Cote d'Ivoire
0.28
179
Madagascar
0.29
180
Guinea-Bissau
0.29
181
Equatorial Guinea
0.29
182
Liberia
0.29
183
Lesotho
0.3
184
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.31
185
Burkina Faso
0.31
186
Benin
0.32
187
Mali
0.34
188
Central African Republic
0.35
189
Sierra Leone
0.35
190
Guinea
0.35
191
South Sudan
0.37
192
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.37
193
Chad
0.37
194
Niger
0.38
195
Nigeria
0.39
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Inequality in life expectancy (Atkinson index)
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