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Afghanistan - Life Expectancy 1998

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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

52.5 −0.7 from 1997 Global rank: 189th

Afghanistan's life expectancy was 52.5 in 1998, decreased +0.7 from 53.2 in 1997. This was the 189th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1998▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1998
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	81.6	0.3%
2nd	Andorra	81.3	0.2%
3rd	Japan	80.5	0.1%
4th	Hong Kong SAR, China	80.1	0.0%
5th	San Marino	79.9	0.3%
6th	Iceland	79.6	0.9%
7th	Gibraltar	79.5	0.5%
8th	Sweden	79.3	0.2%
9th	Switzerland	79.3	0.3%
10th	Italy	79.0	0.2%
11th	Spain	78.7	0.1%
12th	Australia	78.6	0.2%
13th	Canada	78.6	0.3%
14th	France	78.6	0.4%
15th	Channel Islands	78.5	0.4%
16th	Norway	78.3	0.2%
17th	Macao SAR, China	78.2	0.8%
18th	Israel	78.1	0.2%
19th	New Zealand	78.1	1.0%
20th	Faroe Islands	78.0	0.3%
21st	Netherlands	77.9	0.1%
22nd	French Polynesia	77.8	0.6%
23rd	Greece	77.8	-0.4%
24th	Liechtenstein	77.7	2.2%
25th	Austria	77.7	0.5%
26th	Malta	77.6	-0.2%
27th	Germany	77.5	0.5%
28th	Belgium	77.5	0.1%
29th	Bermuda	77.4	0.5%
30th	Singapore	77.3	0.5%
31st	United Kingdom	77.2	0.0%
32nd	Cyprus	77.2	0.1%
33rd	Finland	77.1	0.3%
34th	Luxembourg	77.0	0.2%
35th	Costa Rica	76.9	0.3%
36th	United States	76.6	0.2%
37th	European Union	76.5	0.4%
38th	St. Martin (French part)	76.3	0.3%
39th	Chile	76.3	0.7%
40th	Ireland	76.2	0.3%
41st	Denmark	76.1	0.3%
42nd	Kuwait	76.0	0.1%
43rd	Portugal	75.7	0.4%
44th	Cuba	75.4	0.5%
45th	Korea	75.0	0.5%
46th	Qatar	74.9	0.2%
47th	Slovenia	74.8	0.1%
48th	Guam	74.8	0.1%
49th	British Virgin Islands	74.6	0.1%
50th	Puerto Rico (US)	74.6	-0.2%
51st	Czechia	74.5	0.9%
52nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	74.5	0.8%
53rd	Barbados	74.5	0.6%
54th	Albania	74.4	1.3%
55th	Isle of Man	74.2	0.4%
56th	Antigua and Barbuda	74.2	0.2%
57th	Bahrain	74.1	0.4%
58th	Cayman Islands	74.1	0.2%
59th	Uruguay	74.0	0.1%
60th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	73.9	0.5%
61st	United Arab Emirates	73.7	1.5%
62nd	Brunei Darussalam	73.6	0.4%
63rd	Northern Mariana Islands	73.6	0.9%
64th	Argentina	73.4	0.0%
65th	Montenegro	73.3	-0.1%
66th	Lebanon	73.2	0.4%
67th	Turks and Caicos Islands	73.1	0.6%
68th	Curaçao	73.1	0.1%
69th	Poland	73.0	0.5%
70th	Aruba	72.9	0.0%
71st	Oman	72.9	0.6%
72nd	Panama	72.8	0.3%
73rd	Grenada	72.8	0.2%
74th	New Caledonia	72.7	0.7%
75th	Slovak Republic	72.6	-0.2%
76th	Malaysia	72.4	0.1%
77th	Croatia	72.3	-0.2%
78th	North Macedonia	72.3	-0.2%
79th	Viet Nam	72.3	0.9%
80th	Serbia	72.2	-0.9%
81st	Tunisia	72.1	0.6%
82nd	Saudi Arabia	72.0	0.5%
83rd	Ecuador	71.9	-0.1%
84th	Bahamas, The	71.8	0.3%
85th	Mexico	71.8	0.4%
86th	Seychelles	71.7	0.8%
87th	China	71.6	0.5%
88th	American Samoa	71.5	-0.1%
89th	Jordan	71.5	0.3%
90th	Dominica	71.4	0.2%
91st	Virgin Islands (US)	71.2	0.5%
92nd	Lithuania	71.2	0.4%
93rd	Jamaica	71.2	-0.1%
94th	Türkiye	71.1	0.7%
95th	Bulgaria	71.1	1.0%
96th	Colombia	70.9	0.4%
97th	Thailand	70.7	0.5%
98th	St. Lucia	70.7	-0.1%
99th	Libya	70.7	-0.1%
100th	Mauritius	70.6	0.3%
101st	West Bank and Gaza	70.6	0.3%
102nd	Hungary	70.6	-0.2%
103rd	Samoa	70.3	0.4%
104th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	70.3	-0.2%
105th	Syrian Arab Republic	70.2	0.1%
106th	Sri Lanka	70.1	0.3%
107th	Dominican Republic	69.9	0.1%
108th	Romania	69.8	1.2%
109th	Armenia	69.8	0.6%
110th	Georgia	69.8	0.1%
111th	Paraguay	69.5	0.3%
112th	Estonia	69.4	-0.6%
113th	Algeria	69.3	0.7%
114th	Maldives	69.3	1.1%
115th	Tonga	69.2	0.3%
116th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	69.2	0.8%
117th	Latvia	69.0	-0.5%
118th	Belize	68.9	-0.4%
119th	Brazil	68.8	0.5%
120th	Peru	68.7	0.6%
121st	Kosovo	68.6	-1.8%
122nd	Belarus	68.4	-0.1%
123rd	Vanuatu	68.4	0.1%
124th	Trinidad and Tobago	68.3	0.3%
125th	Ukraine	68.0	0.5%
126th	St. Kitts and Nevis	67.9	0.1%
127th	Philippines	67.2	0.3%
128th	Kyrgyz Republic	67.1	0.2%
129th	Russian Federation	67.0	0.5%
130th	Solomon Islands	66.9	0.2%
131st	Moldova	66.8	0.5%
132nd	Cabo Verde	66.7	1.0%
133rd	El Salvador	66.7	0.6%
134th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	66.6	0.6%
135th	Fiji	66.5	0.4%
136th	Greenland	66.2	0.5%
137th	Morocco	66.0	0.6%
138th	Guatemala	66.0	1.1%
139th	Indonesia	65.9	0.3%
140th	Uzbekistan	65.2	0.2%
141st	Micronesia, Federated States of	64.5	0.2%
142nd	Iraq	64.4	0.3%
143rd	Nicaragua	64.1	-2.2%
144th	Kiribati	64.1	0.5%
145th	Turkmenistan	64.0	0.5%
146th	Palau	64.0	0.4%
147th	Azerbaijan	63.8	1.3%
148th	Suriname	63.7	0.5%
149th	Guyana	63.4	0.9%
150th	Kazakhstan	63.3	0.0%
151st	Marshall Islands	63.2	0.3%
152nd	Tuvalu	63.2	0.3%
153rd	Honduras	62.4	-7.6%
154th	Tajikistan	62.4	0.8%
155th	Mongolia	62.1	1.1%
156th	India	61.9	0.7%
157th	Yemen, Republic of	61.8	0.7%
158th	Nepal	61.5	1.2%
159th	Gabon	61.5	0.2%
160th	Bhutan	61.3	1.1%
161st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	61.2	0.8%
162nd	Pakistan	61.1	0.8%
163rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	60.9	0.0%
164th	São Tomé and Principe	60.8	0.2%
165th	Papua New Guinea	60.4	-1.4%
166th	Bangladesh	60.4	1.3%
167th	South Africa	59.9	-1.0%
168th	Myanmar	59.9	0.6%
169th	Mauritania	59.9	0.8%
170th	Nauru	59.9	-0.2%
171st	Sudan	58.3	0.4%
172nd	Comoros	58.3	0.1%
173rd	Cambodia	57.9	1.0%
174th	Lao PDR	57.5	0.4%
175th	Ghana	57.5	0.5%
176th	Haiti	57.1	0.8%
177th	Senegal	57.1	-0.1%
178th	Madagascar	56.8	1.2%
179th	Djibouti	56.4	0.4%
180th	Benin	56.2	0.3%
181st	Gambia, The	56.0	1.4%
182nd	Kenya	55.6	0.2%
183rd	Namibia	54.8	-1.9%
184th	Togo	54.0	0.2%
185th	Cameroon	53.0	-0.1%
186th	Botswana	53.0	-1.2%
187th	Equatorial Guinea	52.6	0.5%
188th	Congo, Republic of	52.6	8.2%
189th	Afghanistan	52.5	-1.4%
190th	Lesotho	52.0	-3.2%
191st	Tanzania	51.8	1.1%
192nd	Guinea	51.6	1.0%
193rd	Côte d'Ivoire	51.2	-0.5%
194th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	50.8	0.9%
195th	Burkina Faso	50.2	1.2%
196th	Eswatini	50.1	-3.2%
197th	Eritrea	50.0	-11.0%
198th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	49.7	-1.6%
199th	Mali	49.6	1.0%
200th	Liberia	49.4	2.2%
201st	Timor-Leste	48.6	-0.8%
202nd	Uganda	48.3	0.5%
203rd	Mozambique	48.2	0.9%
204th	Guinea-Bissau	48.1	0.2%
205th	Niger	47.8	1.5%
206th	Chad	47.8	0.1%
207th	Zimbabwe	47.6	-2.0%
208th	Central African Republic	47.1	-0.4%
209th	Burundi	46.7	2.1%
210th	Nigeria	46.1	0.4%
211th	Zambia	45.7	-0.1%
212th	Angola	45.5	-2.6%
213th	Malawi	44.3	0.2%
214th	Rwanda	43.1	2.7%
215th	Sierra Leone	42.7	-2.1%
216th	South Sudan	19.0	-42.4%

FAQ

What was Afghanistan's life expectancy in 1998?▾

Afghanistan's life expectancy in 1998 was 52.5. This ranked 189th globally.

How did Afghanistan's life expectancy change in 1998?▾

Afghanistan's life expectancy decreased by 1.4% in 1998 compared to 1997.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1998?▾

Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 1998 at 81.6.

What is the life expectancy of Afghanistan in 1998?▾

The life expectancy of Afghanistan in 1998 was 52.5. This ranked 189th globally.

How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Afghanistan's life expectancy?▾

Afghanistan's life expectancy went from 53.2 in 1997 to 52.5 in 1998, a 1.4% decrease.

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