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Inequality in life expectancy (Atkinson index)

· lower is better · 195 countries

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League table

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  1. 1San Marino0.02
  2. 2Iceland0.02
  3. 3Hong Kong SAR, China0.02
  4. 4Norway0.02
  5. 5Korea, Rep.0.02
  6. 6Japan0.03
  7. 7Sweden0.03
  8. 8Italy0.03
  9. 9Singapore0.03
  10. 10Slovenia0.03
  11. 11Spain0.03
  12. 12Finland0.03
  13. 13Cyprus0.03
  14. 14Australia0.03
  15. 15Estonia0.03
  16. 16Czechia0.03
  17. 17Denmark0.03
  18. 18Switzerland0.03
  19. 19Ireland0.03
  20. 20Portugal0.03
  21. 21Austria0.03
  22. 22Germany0.03
  23. 23Greece0.03
  24. 24Netherlands0.03
  25. 25Montenegro0.03
  26. 26Belgium0.03
  27. 27Belarus0.04
  28. 28Israel0.04
  29. 29Croatia0.04
  30. 30Qatar0.04
  31. 31Maldives0.04
  32. 32France0.04
  33. 33Hungary0.04
  34. 34Monaco0.04
  35. 35United Kingdom0.04
  36. 36United Arab Emirates0.04
  37. 37Poland0.04
  38. 38Lithuania0.04
  39. 39Latvia0.04
  40. 40Serbia0.04
  41. 41Canada0.04
  42. 42North Macedonia0.04
  43. 43New Zealand0.04
  44. 44Slovak Republic0.05
  45. 45Chile0.05
  46. 46Andorra0.05
  47. 47Bosnia and Herzegovina0.05
  48. 48Bahrain0.05
  49. 49Sri Lanka0.05
  50. 50Cuba0.05
  51. 51Luxembourg0.05
  52. 52Bulgaria0.05
  53. 53Liechtenstein0.05
  54. 54Romania0.05
  55. 55Saudi Arabia0.05
  56. 56China0.05
  57. 57Malta0.05
  58. 58United States0.06
  59. 59Russian Federation0.06
  60. 60Kuwait0.06
  61. 61Uruguay0.06
  62. 62Costa Rica0.06
  63. 63Malaysia0.06
  64. 64Albania0.06
  65. 65Oman0.07
  66. 66Armenia0.07
  67. 67Antigua and Barbuda0.07
  68. 68Georgia0.07
  69. 69Brunei Darussalam0.07
  70. 70Tunisia0.07
  71. 71Kazakhstan0.07
  72. 72Barbados0.07
  73. 73Ukraine0.07
  74. 74Belize0.07
  75. 75Thailand0.07
  76. 76Argentina0.07
  77. 77Cabo Verde0.08
  78. 78Iran, Islamic Rep.0.08
  79. 79Tonga0.08
  80. 80Turkiye0.08
  81. 81Colombia0.08
  82. 82Ecuador0.08
  83. 83Jordan0.09
  84. 84Mongolia0.09
  85. 85Uzbekistan0.09
  86. 86El Salvador0.09
  87. 87Mexico0.09
  88. 88Moldova0.09
  89. 89Seychelles0.09
  90. 90Nicaragua0.09
  91. 91Bahamas, The0.09
  92. 92Brazil0.1
  93. 93Peru0.1
  94. 94Mauritius0.1
  95. 95Sao Tome and Principe0.1
  96. 96Honduras0.1
  97. 97St. Kitts and Nevis0.1
  98. 98Panama0.1
  99. 99Grenada0.1
  100. 100St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.1
  101. 101Kyrgyz Republic0.1
  102. 102Samoa0.1
  103. 103Azerbaijan0.1
  104. 104Egypt, Arab Rep.0.1
  105. 105St. Lucia0.11
  106. 106Morocco0.11
  107. 107Paraguay0.11
  108. 108Trinidad and Tobago0.11
  109. 109Suriname0.11
  110. 110Lebanon0.11
  111. 111Vanuatu0.11
  112. 112Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0.11
  113. 113Jamaica0.12
  114. 114Solomon Islands0.12
  115. 115Algeria0.12
  116. 116Indonesia0.13
  117. 117Venezuela, RB0.13
  118. 118Viet Nam0.13
  119. 119Guatemala0.13
  120. 120Tuvalu0.13
  121. 121Bhutan0.13
  122. 122Iraq0.13
  123. 123Syrian Arab Republic0.13
  124. 124Palau0.14
  125. 125Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0.14
  126. 126Cambodia0.15
  127. 127Guyana0.15
  128. 128Philippines0.15
  129. 129Nepal0.15
  130. 130Fiji0.15
  131. 131India0.15
  132. 132Tajikistan0.16
  133. 133Bangladesh0.16
  134. 134Marshall Islands0.16
  135. 135Naoero0.17
  136. 136Libya0.17
  137. 137Dominican Republic0.17
  138. 138Dominica0.17
  139. 139Senegal0.18
  140. 140West Bank and Gaza0.18
  141. 141Rwanda0.19
  142. 142Gabon0.19
  143. 143Botswana0.19
  144. 144Namibia0.19
  145. 145Turkmenistan0.19
  146. 146Mauritania0.19
  147. 147Eritrea0.19
  148. 148Lao PDR0.2
  149. 149Yemen, Rep.0.2
  150. 150Malawi0.2
  151. 151South Africa0.2
  152. 152Tanzania0.2
  153. 153Congo, Rep.0.2
  154. 154Uganda0.2
  155. 155Papua New Guinea0.2
  156. 156Myanmar0.2
  157. 157Kenya0.21
  158. 158Bolivia0.21
  159. 159Ghana0.22
  160. 160Gambia, The0.22
  161. 161Timor-Leste0.22
  162. 162Comoros0.22
  163. 163Zimbabwe0.22
  164. 164Ethiopia0.22
  165. 165Zambia0.23
  166. 166Eswatini0.24
  167. 167Sudan0.24
  168. 168Djibouti0.24
  169. 169Kiribati0.25
  170. 170Burundi0.25
  171. 171Afghanistan0.25
  172. 172Haiti0.25
  173. 173Pakistan0.26
  174. 174Togo0.26
  175. 175Mozambique0.27
  176. 176Angola0.27
  177. 177Cameroon0.28
  178. 178Cote d'Ivoire0.28
  179. 179Madagascar0.29
  180. 180Guinea-Bissau0.29
  181. 181Equatorial Guinea0.29
  182. 182Liberia0.29
  183. 183Lesotho0.3
  184. 184Congo, Dem. Rep.0.31
  185. 185Burkina Faso0.31
  186. 186Benin0.32
  187. 187Mali0.34
  188. 188Central African Republic0.35
  189. 189Sierra Leone0.35
  190. 190Guinea0.35
  191. 191South Sudan0.37
  192. 192Somalia, Fed. Rep.0.37
  193. 193Chad0.37
  194. 194Niger0.38
  195. 195Nigeria0.39

Inequality in life expectancy (Atkinson index)