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Afghanistan - Life Expectancy 1984

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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

31.5 −5.0 from 1983 Global rank: 215th

Afghanistan's life expectancy was 31.5 in 1984, decreased +5.0 from 36.5 in 1983. This was the 215th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1984▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1984
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Andorra	77.9	0.2%
2nd	Iceland	77.6	1.0%
3rd	Japan	77.3	0.5%
4th	San Marino	77.2	0.2%
5th	Sweden	76.8	0.3%
6th	Switzerland	76.6	0.8%
7th	Monaco	76.4	0.9%
8th	Canada	76.3	0.4%
9th	Spain	76.3	0.5%
10th	Netherlands	76.2	0.1%
11th	Norway	76.2	0.2%
12th	Faroe Islands	76.1	0.1%
13th	Liechtenstein	76.1	0.6%
14th	Hong Kong SAR, China	76.0	1.0%
15th	Greece	75.8	0.4%
16th	Italy	75.4	1.0%
17th	Australia	75.4	0.3%
18th	Channel Islands	75.2	0.4%
19th	France	75.0	0.3%
20th	Gibraltar	74.9	0.4%
21st	Israel	74.8	0.5%
22nd	United Kingdom	74.8	0.5%
23rd	Costa Rica	74.6	0.5%
24th	United States	74.6	0.1%
25th	Denmark	74.6	0.2%
26th	Finland	74.5	0.4%
27th	Belgium	74.4	0.7%
28th	New Zealand	74.4	0.8%
29th	Germany	74.1	0.6%
30th	Macao SAR, China	74.1	0.2%
31st	Cyprus	74.0	0.4%
32nd	Antigua and Barbuda	73.8	0.2%
33rd	European Union	73.7	0.4%
34th	Ireland	73.7	0.6%
35th	Austria	73.6	0.8%
36th	Cuba	73.6	0.0%
37th	Puerto Rico (US)	73.4	0.1%
38th	Bermuda	73.4	0.2%
39th	Barbados	73.3	0.2%
40th	Singapore	73.3	0.3%
41st	Malta	73.2	0.3%
42nd	Kuwait	73.2	0.6%
43rd	St. Martin (French part)	72.7	0.3%
44th	Guam	72.6	0.6%
45th	Luxembourg	72.6	-0.4%
46th	Portugal	72.5	0.3%
47th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	72.3	0.2%
48th	Montenegro	72.1	0.0%
49th	Dominica	71.9	-0.1%
50th	Bahrain	71.9	0.3%
51st	Curaçao	71.7	0.3%
52nd	Aruba	71.7	0.1%
53rd	Uruguay	71.7	0.2%
54th	Bulgaria	71.5	0.2%
55th	Qatar	71.5	0.5%
56th	Chile	71.2	0.5%
57th	Cayman Islands	71.2	0.5%
58th	Serbia	71.1	0.1%
59th	Albania	71.0	0.4%
60th	Slovenia	70.9	0.5%
61st	Czechia	70.8	0.3%
62nd	Poland	70.8	-0.3%
63rd	Slovak Republic	70.8	0.4%
64th	British Virgin Islands	70.7	0.5%
65th	French Polynesia	70.6	1.2%
66th	St. Lucia	70.5	0.8%
67th	Panama	70.4	0.4%
68th	American Samoa	70.3	0.2%
69th	Lithuania	70.3	-0.6%
70th	Brunei Darussalam	70.2	0.4%
71st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	70.2	0.2%
72nd	Croatia	70.2	-0.1%
73rd	Bahamas, The	70.2	0.3%
74th	North Macedonia	70.1	0.7%
75th	Ukraine	70.0	0.1%
76th	Jamaica	69.8	0.4%
77th	United Arab Emirates	69.8	0.5%
78th	Isle of Man	69.8	0.4%
79th	Romania	69.7	-0.1%
80th	Belarus	69.6	-0.3%
81st	Seychelles	69.6	-1.2%
82nd	Malaysia	69.6	0.5%
83rd	Virgin Islands (US)	69.5	0.3%
84th	Argentina	69.4	0.1%
85th	Estonia	69.3	-0.1%
86th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	69.2	0.7%
87th	Latvia	69.2	0.1%
88th	Grenada	69.1	7.4%
89th	Northern Mariana Islands	69.1	0.3%
90th	Hungary	69.0	0.1%
91st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	68.9	0.6%
92nd	Georgia	68.8	-0.5%
93rd	Mauritius	68.8	0.3%
94th	Sri Lanka	68.8	0.1%
95th	Turks and Caicos Islands	68.4	0.5%
96th	Colombia	68.3	0.3%
97th	Jordan	68.2	0.6%
98th	Korea	68.2	1.0%
99th	Belize	68.0	0.5%
100th	Syrian Arab Republic	67.7	0.6%
101st	New Caledonia	67.4	0.7%
102nd	Russian Federation	67.2	-0.7%
103rd	Viet Nam	66.9	0.6%
104th	Tonga	66.8	0.2%
105th	Libya	66.7	0.7%
106th	Armenia	66.6	0.5%
107th	Trinidad and Tobago	66.6	0.2%
108th	Moldova	66.4	0.4%
109th	Tunisia	66.3	0.9%
110th	Samoa	66.3	0.4%
111th	Mexico	66.2	0.7%
112th	China	66.1	0.6%
113th	Paraguay	65.6	0.5%
114th	Thailand	65.6	1.6%
115th	Saudi Arabia	65.4	1.0%
116th	St. Kitts and Nevis	65.3	0.3%
117th	Ecuador	65.2	0.8%
118th	Dominican Republic	65.1	0.8%
119th	Solomon Islands	65.0	0.4%
120th	Kazakhstan	64.8	1.0%
121st	Türkiye	64.8	0.8%
122nd	Oman	64.3	1.7%
123rd	Uzbekistan	64.1	0.6%
124th	Botswana	63.7	0.2%
125th	Brazil	63.6	0.7%
126th	Vanuatu	63.5	0.7%
127th	Greenland	63.5	0.3%
128th	Fiji	63.2	0.5%
129th	Micronesia, Federated States of	62.9	0.1%
130th	Honduras	62.8	0.7%
131st	Algeria	62.7	2.4%
132nd	Palau	62.6	0.3%
133rd	Kyrgyz Republic	62.6	0.8%
134th	Philippines	62.4	0.1%
135th	Turkmenistan	62.4	0.6%
136th	Azerbaijan	62.1	-0.6%
137th	South Africa	61.8	0.7%
138th	Cabo Verde	61.8	0.1%
139th	Marshall Islands	61.6	0.2%
140th	Kosovo	61.5	0.7%
141st	Guyana	61.3	0.2%
142nd	Suriname	61.2	0.2%
143rd	Lebanon	61.2	0.7%
144th	Peru	61.1	0.5%
145th	Tuvalu	61.1	0.2%
146th	Indonesia	60.9	0.9%
147th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	60.9	4.0%
148th	Tajikistan	60.7	0.4%
149th	Zimbabwe	60.6	1.1%
150th	Kenya	60.6	0.4%
151st	Eswatini	60.4	3.5%
152nd	São Tomé and Principe	59.9	0.4%
153rd	Iraq	59.5	0.4%
154th	Gabon	59.3	0.6%
155th	Guatemala	59.1	2.0%
156th	Lesotho	59.0	0.8%
157th	Pakistan	58.9	0.4%
158th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	58.7	1.3%
159th	Nauru	58.7	-0.1%
160th	Papua New Guinea	58.6	0.5%
161st	Morocco	58.4	1.3%
162nd	Kiribati	58.4	0.5%
163rd	Maldives	58.3	1.5%
164th	Namibia	58.1	0.8%
165th	Congo, Republic of	57.5	0.2%
166th	El Salvador	56.6	4.0%
167th	Nicaragua	56.1	-1.3%
168th	Mongolia	56.1	0.5%
169th	India	55.8	1.0%
170th	Myanmar	55.6	0.5%
171st	Mauritania	55.2	1.1%
172nd	Yemen, Republic of	54.6	1.8%
173rd	Togo	54.1	0.6%
174th	Bangladesh	53.8	0.7%
175th	Djibouti	53.7	0.8%
176th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	53.4	1.0%
177th	Cameroon	52.9	0.8%
178th	Zambia	52.9	-1.5%
179th	Comoros	52.8	1.3%
180th	Côte d'Ivoire	52.6	0.6%
181st	Ghana	52.2	0.9%
182nd	Tanzania	52.2	-0.1%
183rd	Senegal	51.7	1.7%
184th	Rwanda	51.4	1.0%
185th	Bhutan	51.3	1.5%
186th	Haiti	51.3	0.6%
187th	Lao PDR	51.0	1.0%
188th	Central African Republic	50.4	0.2%
189th	Nepal	50.2	1.1%
190th	Madagascar	50.2	0.2%
191st	Equatorial Guinea	50.2	0.3%
192nd	Cambodia	50.1	1.4%
193rd	Sudan	49.8	0.5%
194th	Benin	49.4	1.1%
195th	Burkina Faso	48.5	0.8%
196th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	48.4	0.4%
197th	Burundi	47.7	0.5%
198th	Gambia, The	47.5	1.3%
199th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	46.5	0.7%
200th	Nigeria	46.3	-0.2%
201st	Guinea-Bissau	44.9	0.8%
202nd	Guinea	44.9	1.4%
203rd	Malawi	44.8	-0.4%
204th	Chad	44.7	0.6%
205th	Liberia	44.7	0.2%
206th	Uganda	43.7	0.5%
207th	Sierra Leone	43.6	0.2%
208th	Mali	43.4	1.5%
209th	Angola	42.2	0.7%
210th	Niger	40.0	0.0%
211th	Mozambique	38.9	-6.5%
212th	Eritrea	37.7	1.4%
213th	Timor-Leste	34.5	5.4%
214th	South Sudan	31.8	-8.5%
215th	Afghanistan	31.5	-13.8%

FAQ

What was Afghanistan's life expectancy in 1984?▾

Afghanistan's life expectancy in 1984 was 31.5. This ranked 215th globally.

How did Afghanistan's life expectancy change in 1984?▾

Afghanistan's life expectancy decreased by 13.8% in 1984 compared to 1983.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1984?▾

Andorra had the highest life expectancy in 1984 at 77.9.

What is the life expectancy of Afghanistan in 1984?▾

The life expectancy of Afghanistan in 1984 was 31.5. This ranked 215th globally.

How does 1984 compare to 1983 for Afghanistan's life expectancy?▾

Afghanistan's life expectancy went from 36.5 in 1983 to 31.5 in 1984, a 13.8% decrease.

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