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Afghanistan - Life Expectancy 2003

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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

57.2 +0.9 from 2002 Global rank: 183rd

Afghanistan's life expectancy was 57.2 in 2003, increased +0.9 from 56.2 in 2002. This was the 183rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2003▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 2003
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	83.6	0.7%
2nd	Andorra	82.7	0.3%
3rd	Japan	81.8	0.1%
4th	Hong Kong SAR, China	81.3	-0.1%
5th	San Marino	81.3	0.3%
6th	Macao SAR, China	81.0	0.1%
7th	Iceland	81.0	0.6%
8th	Gibraltar	80.7	0.2%
9th	Switzerland	80.5	0.2%
10th	Australia	80.2	0.4%
11th	Sweden	80.1	0.3%
12th	Italy	80.0	-0.3%
13th	Liechtenstein	80.0	0.4%
14th	Canada	79.7	0.2%
15th	French Polynesia	79.7	0.2%
16th	Israel	79.6	0.2%
17th	Spain	79.6	0.1%
18th	United Arab Emirates	79.6	1.1%
19th	Channel Islands	79.4	0.4%
20th	Norway	79.4	0.5%
21st	New Zealand	79.1	0.4%
22nd	France	79.1	-0.2%
23rd	Singapore	79.0	0.6%
24th	Faroe Islands	78.9	0.2%
25th	Cyprus	78.9	0.2%
26th	Greece	78.8	0.3%
27th	Bermuda	78.7	-0.2%
28th	Austria	78.6	-0.1%
29th	Malta	78.5	-0.2%
30th	Netherlands	78.5	0.3%
31st	United Kingdom	78.4	0.4%
32nd	Germany	78.4	0.2%
33rd	Finland	78.4	0.3%
34th	Costa Rica	78.2	0.4%
35th	Ireland	78.1	0.7%
36th	Belgium	78.1	0.1%
37th	Chile	77.9	0.1%
38th	Luxembourg	77.7	-0.3%
39th	European Union	77.6	0.1%
40th	Virgin Islands (US)	77.5	0.0%
41st	St. Martin (French part)	77.4	0.3%
42nd	Cuba	77.4	0.8%
43rd	Portugal	77.2	0.2%
44th	Korea	77.2	0.6%
45th	Denmark	77.1	0.3%
46th	United States	77.0	0.1%
47th	Puerto Rico (US)	76.9	0.2%
48th	Slovenia	76.9	1.1%
49th	Kuwait	76.6	0.1%
50th	Northern Mariana Islands	76.5	0.8%
51st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	76.4	0.6%
52nd	Isle of Man	76.3	0.7%
53rd	Qatar	76.1	0.4%
54th	Guam	75.9	0.5%
55th	Albania	75.6	0.3%
56th	Bahrain	75.5	0.4%
57th	Antigua and Barbuda	75.3	0.1%
58th	Lebanon	75.3	0.6%
59th	Turks and Caicos Islands	75.3	0.6%
60th	British Virgin Islands	75.2	0.3%
61st	Czechia	75.2	-0.1%
62nd	Uruguay	75.1	0.1%
63rd	Barbados	74.9	0.1%
64th	Cayman Islands	74.6	0.0%
65th	Croatia	74.6	-0.1%
66th	Poland	74.6	0.1%
67th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	74.6	0.0%
68th	Panama	74.6	0.5%
69th	Oman	74.5	0.3%
70th	Brunei Darussalam	74.5	0.2%
71st	New Caledonia	74.5	0.3%
72nd	Argentina	74.3	0.0%
73rd	Montenegro	74.1	0.1%
74th	Malaysia	73.7	0.4%
75th	Saudi Arabia	73.7	0.5%
76th	Ecuador	73.6	0.6%
77th	Slovak Republic	73.6	0.0%
78th	Curaçao	73.6	0.2%
79th	China	73.4	0.5%
80th	Mexico	73.3	0.3%
81st	Tunisia	73.3	0.3%
82nd	Grenada	73.3	0.2%
83rd	Maldives	73.3	1.2%
84th	North Macedonia	73.2	0.3%
85th	Aruba	73.2	0.1%
86th	Viet Nam	73.2	0.1%
87th	Bahamas, The	73.2	0.3%
88th	Türkiye	72.9	0.4%
89th	Armenia	72.8	0.0%
90th	Kosovo	72.7	0.6%
91st	Jordan	72.6	0.3%
92nd	Sri Lanka	72.4	0.2%
93rd	Serbia	72.4	0.2%
94th	Colombia	72.3	1.1%
95th	Hungary	72.3	-0.1%
96th	St. Lucia	72.2	0.7%
97th	Syrian Arab Republic	72.2	0.6%
98th	Mauritius	72.1	0.2%
99th	Thailand	72.1	0.5%
100th	Bulgaria	72.1	0.3%
101st	Lithuania	72.1	0.4%
102nd	Dominica	71.9	0.0%
103rd	Algeria	71.9	0.4%
104th	American Samoa	71.7	-0.1%
105th	Jamaica	71.6	0.1%
106th	Samoa	71.4	0.3%
107th	Georgia	71.4	1.3%
108th	Estonia	71.3	0.6%
109th	Romania	71.3	0.4%
110th	Peru	71.3	0.7%
111th	Latvia	71.3	0.4%
112th	Seychelles	71.0	-0.1%
113th	Libya	71.0	0.3%
114th	West Bank and Gaza	71.0	0.1%
115th	Brazil	70.9	0.7%
116th	Dominican Republic	70.9	0.2%
117th	Paraguay	70.8	0.4%
118th	St. Kitts and Nevis	70.6	0.6%
119th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	70.5	-0.9%
120th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	70.4	-0.3%
121st	Tonga	70.2	0.3%
122nd	Cabo Verde	70.0	0.8%
123rd	Belize	69.8	0.4%
124th	Trinidad and Tobago	69.5	0.3%
125th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	69.4	14.0%
126th	Vanuatu	68.9	0.1%
127th	Honduras	68.9	0.2%
128th	El Salvador	68.8	0.4%
129th	Nicaragua	68.7	1.2%
130th	Belarus	68.6	0.7%
131st	Kyrgyz Republic	68.3	0.1%
132nd	Guatemala	68.2	0.5%
133rd	Philippines	68.0	0.2%
134th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	68.0	0.3%
135th	Morocco	68.0	0.6%
136th	Moldova	67.9	0.2%
137th	Ukraine	67.6	-0.1%
138th	Solomon Islands	67.5	0.2%
139th	Greenland	67.2	0.9%
140th	Indonesia	67.1	0.3%
141st	Azerbaijan	67.0	0.4%
142nd	Uzbekistan	66.9	0.7%
143rd	Tajikistan	65.9	1.5%
144th	Turkmenistan	65.9	0.4%
145th	Suriname	65.8	0.8%
146th	Fiji	65.7	0.2%
147th	Palau	65.4	0.6%
148th	Kiribati	65.3	0.3%
149th	Russian Federation	65.0	-0.2%
150th	Micronesia, Federated States of	64.9	1.6%
151st	Iraq	64.8	-1.4%
152nd	Kazakhstan	64.8	0.5%
153rd	Bhutan	64.7	1.1%
154th	Yemen, Republic of	64.4	0.9%
155th	Bangladesh	64.3	1.1%
156th	Nepal	64.2	1.1%
157th	Guyana	64.1	-0.1%
158th	India	64.1	0.7%
159th	Marshall Islands	64.0	0.2%
160th	Tuvalu	63.9	0.1%
161st	Mongolia	63.6	0.1%
162nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	63.5	0.6%
163rd	Pakistan	62.8	0.4%
164th	Mauritania	62.8	0.9%
165th	Gabon	62.5	0.5%
166th	Cambodia	62.3	1.5%
167th	São Tomé and Principe	62.2	0.5%
168th	Papua New Guinea	61.7	0.2%
169th	Myanmar	61.2	0.4%
170th	Comoros	60.2	0.9%
171st	Timor-Leste	60.1	1.1%
172nd	Madagascar	59.7	0.9%
173rd	Lao PDR	59.6	0.6%
174th	Senegal	59.5	1.0%
175th	Eritrea	59.5	0.9%
176th	Haiti	59.4	0.7%
177th	Nauru	59.4	-0.1%
178th	Ghana	59.0	0.5%
179th	Sudan	58.3	-1.7%
180th	Gambia, The	58.2	0.8%
181st	Djibouti	58.0	0.4%
182nd	Kenya	57.4	1.1%
183rd	Afghanistan	57.2	1.7%
184th	Congo, Republic of	57.1	1.3%
185th	Benin	57.1	0.4%
186th	Tanzania	55.9	1.8%
187th	Togo	55.3	0.5%
188th	Equatorial Guinea	54.8	0.9%
189th	Cameroon	54.3	0.6%
190th	South Africa	54.2	-2.4%
191st	Guinea	53.6	0.7%
192nd	Rwanda	53.5	4.4%
193rd	Liberia	53.0	-1.9%
194th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	53.0	1.1%
195th	Botswana	52.9	0.9%
196th	Mali	52.6	1.2%
197th	Uganda	52.4	1.9%
198th	South Sudan	52.3	5.9%
199th	Guinea-Bissau	52.2	1.1%
200th	Burkina Faso	52.0	1.0%
201st	Namibia	51.9	-0.1%
202nd	Niger	51.5	1.8%
203rd	Côte d'Ivoire	51.4	-0.2%
204th	Mozambique	51.4	1.0%
205th	Burundi	51.0	2.1%
206th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	50.7	-0.2%
207th	Angola	50.2	4.9%
208th	Zambia	49.6	2.4%
209th	Malawi	49.6	3.0%
210th	Nigeria	48.6	1.2%
211th	Chad	48.6	0.5%
212th	Central African Republic	47.3	1.0%
213th	Sierra Leone	46.8	1.3%
214th	Zimbabwe	45.4	-1.2%
215th	Lesotho	44.9	-2.2%
216th	Eswatini	44.6	-1.6%

FAQ

What was Afghanistan's life expectancy in 2003?▾

Afghanistan's life expectancy in 2003 was 57.2. This ranked 183rd globally.

How did Afghanistan's life expectancy change in 2003?▾

Afghanistan's life expectancy increased by 1.7% in 2003 compared to 2002.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2003?▾

Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2003 at 83.6.

What is the life expectancy of Afghanistan in 2003?▾

The life expectancy of Afghanistan in 2003 was 57.2. This ranked 183rd globally.

How does 2003 compare to 2002 for Afghanistan's life expectancy?▾

Afghanistan's life expectancy went from 56.2 in 2002 to 57.2 in 2003, a 1.7% increase.

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