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Bloomberg ranked Middle Eastern and African countries on life expectancy.
Life expectancy is defined as the number of years a newborn infant would live assuming that age-specific mortality levels are constant.
World Bank
July 5, 2013
Rank | Country | Life expectancy at birth |
---|---|---|
1 | Israel t | 81.76 |
2 | Qatar t | 78.25 |
3 | United Arab Emirates t | 76.74 |
4 | Syria t | 75.84 |
5 | Bahrain t | 75.16 |
6 | Libya t | 74.95 |
7 | Tunisia t | 74.75 |
8 | Kuwait t | 74.73 |
9 | Saudi Arabia t | 74.06 |
10 | Seychelles | 73.46 |
11 | Jordan t | 73.43 |
12 | Oman t | 73.34 |
13 | Mauritius t | 73.27 |
14 | Egypt t | 73.20 |
15 | Algeria t | 73.08 |
16 | Iran t | 73.00 |
17 | Lebanon t | 72.59 |
18 | Morocco t | 72.13 |
19 | Iraq t | 68.98 |
20 | Madagascar | 66.70 |
21 | Yemen t | 65.45 |
22 | Sao Tome and Principe | 64.59 |
23 | Ghana t | 64.22 |
24 | Gabon t | 62.69 |
25 | Namibia | 62.33 |
26 | Sudan t | 61.45 |
27 | Eritrea | 61.42 |
28 | Comoros | 61.04 |
29 | Senegal t | 59.27 |
30 | Ethiopia t | 59.24 |
31 | Mauritania | 58.55 |
32 | Gambia | 58.48 |
33 | Tanzania t | 58.15 |
34 | Djibouti | 57.91 |
35 | Republic of Congo t | 57.36 |
36 | Kenya t | 57.08 |
37 | Togo | 57.03 |
38 | Liberia | 56.74 |
39 | Benin | 56.01 |
40 | Ivory Coast t | 55.42 |
41 | Rwanda | 55.39 |
42 | Burkina Faso | 55.36 |
43 | Niger | 54.69 |
44 | Malawi | 54.14 |
45 | Guinea t | 54.09 |
46 | Uganda t | 54.07 |
47 | Botswana | 53.02 |
48 | South Africa t | 52.61 |
49 | Nigeria t | 51.86 |
50 | Cameroon t | 51.58 |
51 | Mali | 51.37 |
52 | Zimbabwe t | 51.24 |
53 | Equatorial Guinea t | 51.14 |
54 | Angola t | 51.06 |
55 | Burundi | 50.34 |
56 | Mozambique | 50.15 |
57 | Chad t | 49.52 |
58 | Zambia t | 48.97 |
59 | Swaziland | 48.66 |
60 | Democratic Republic of Congo t | 48.37 |
61 | Central African Republic | 48.35 |
62 | Guinea-Bissau | 48.11 |
63 | Lesotho | 47.98 |
64 | Sierra Leone | 47.78 |