Eritrea - Life Expectancy 1988
48.1
+0.7 from 1987
Eritrea's life expectancy was 48.1 in 1988, increased +0.7 from 47.4 in 1987. This was the 197th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1988▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 79.4 | 0.2% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 78.4 | 0.2% |
| 3rd | Japan | 78.3 | -0.1% |
| 4th | Liechtenstein | 77.8 | 0.3% |
| 5th | San Marino | 77.5 | 0.1% |
| 6th | Switzerland | 77.2 | 0.0% |
| 7th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 77.1 | 0.2% |
| 8th | Iceland | 77.1 | -0.3% |
| 9th | Sweden | 77.0 | -0.1% |
| 10th | Greece | 76.9 | 1.2% |
| 11th | Netherlands | 76.9 | 0.2% |
| 12th | Canada | 76.9 | 0.1% |
| 13th | Spain | 76.7 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Australia | 76.4 | 0.4% |
| 15th | Italy | 76.4 | 0.2% |
| 16th | Norway | 76.2 | 0.2% |
| 17th | Gibraltar | 76.2 | 0.4% |
| 18th | France | 76.1 | 0.4% |
| 19th | Channel Islands | 76.0 | 0.4% |
| 20th | Malta | 75.8 | 0.7% |
| 21st | Faroe Islands | 75.7 | 0.4% |
| 22nd | Belgium | 75.6 | 0.3% |
| 23rd | Costa Rica | 75.5 | 0.4% |
| 24th | Cyprus | 75.4 | 0.2% |
| 25th | United Kingdom | 75.4 | 0.1% |
| 26th | Macao SAR, China | 75.4 | 0.5% |
| 27th | Austria | 75.2 | 0.6% |
| 28th | Germany | 75.0 | 0.3% |
| 29th | Kuwait | 74.9 | 0.6% |
| 30th | Denmark | 74.8 | 0.1% |
| 31st | United States | 74.8 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Singapore | 74.7 | 0.2% |
| 33rd | Finland | 74.6 | 0.0% |
| 34th | European Union | 74.5 | 0.3% |
| 35th | Ireland | 74.4 | 0.0% |
| 36th | Israel | 74.4 | -1.1% |
| 37th | New Zealand | 74.4 | 0.3% |
| 38th | Luxembourg | 74.1 | 0.5% |
| 39th | St. Martin (French part) | 73.9 | 0.5% |
| 40th | Antigua and Barbuda | 73.8 | -0.1% |
| 41st | Cuba | 73.7 | 0.2% |
| 42nd | Portugal | 73.7 | 0.1% |
| 43rd | Bermuda | 73.6 | 0.1% |
| 44th | Barbados | 73.4 | 0.0% |
| 45th | Guam | 73.4 | -0.1% |
| 46th | Montenegro | 73.2 | 0.3% |
| 47th | Puerto Rico (US) | 73.2 | -0.3% |
| 48th | French Polynesia | 73.1 | 0.9% |
| 49th | Qatar | 72.8 | 0.4% |
| 50th | Chile | 72.8 | 0.4% |
| 51st | Aruba | 72.5 | 0.1% |
| 52nd | Bahrain | 72.5 | 0.1% |
| 53rd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 72.5 | 0.0% |
| 54th | Slovenia | 72.4 | 0.6% |
| 55th | Uruguay | 72.4 | 0.3% |
| 56th | Cayman Islands | 72.4 | 0.3% |
| 57th | Curaçao | 72.2 | 0.1% |
| 58th | Albania | 72.2 | 0.3% |
| 59th | Serbia | 72.0 | 0.3% |
| 60th | British Virgin Islands | 71.8 | 0.4% |
| 61st | Lithuania | 71.8 | -0.2% |
| 62nd | Czechia | 71.6 | 0.3% |
| 63rd | Bulgaria | 71.6 | 0.1% |
| 64th | Croatia | 71.5 | 0.0% |
| 65th | Belarus | 71.3 | 0.5% |
| 66th | Poland | 71.3 | 0.6% |
| 67th | Slovak Republic | 71.2 | 0.2% |
| 68th | Brunei Darussalam | 71.2 | 0.3% |
| 69th | Jamaica | 71.2 | 0.4% |
| 70th | Argentina | 71.1 | 0.6% |
| 71st | Isle of Man | 71.1 | 0.5% |
| 72nd | Ukraine | 71.0 | -0.2% |
| 73rd | Dominica | 71.0 | -0.6% |
| 74th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 71.0 | 0.1% |
| 75th | Panama | 70.9 | 0.2% |
| 76th | American Samoa | 70.9 | 0.1% |
| 77th | United Arab Emirates | 70.8 | 0.3% |
| 78th | Estonia | 70.7 | 0.1% |
| 79th | Latvia | 70.6 | -0.1% |
| 80th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.6 | 0.3% |
| 81st | Malaysia | 70.6 | 0.3% |
| 82nd | Korea | 70.5 | 0.8% |
| 83rd | Bahamas, The | 70.5 | 0.2% |
| 84th | Virgin Islands (US) | 70.4 | 0.3% |
| 85th | North Macedonia | 70.3 | 0.1% |
| 86th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 70.1 | 0.4% |
| 87th | Grenada | 70.0 | 0.3% |
| 88th | Hungary | 70.0 | 0.5% |
| 89th | St. Lucia | 69.7 | 0.1% |
| 90th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 69.6 | 0.5% |
| 91st | Northern Mariana Islands | 69.6 | 0.2% |
| 92nd | Jordan | 69.6 | 0.4% |
| 93rd | Mauritius | 69.6 | 0.4% |
| 94th | Russian Federation | 69.5 | 0.0% |
| 95th | Belize | 69.4 | 0.4% |
| 96th | Romania | 69.4 | 0.2% |
| 97th | Syrian Arab Republic | 69.2 | 0.5% |
| 98th | Sri Lanka | 69.0 | 0.0% |
| 99th | New Caledonia | 68.9 | 0.5% |
| 100th | Georgia | 68.8 | -0.6% |
| 101st | Seychelles | 68.7 | 0.7% |
| 102nd | Libya | 68.6 | 0.5% |
| 103rd | Viet Nam | 68.6 | 0.9% |
| 104th | Tunisia | 68.5 | 0.7% |
| 105th | Colombia | 68.3 | 0.2% |
| 106th | Mexico | 68.3 | 0.6% |
| 107th | Thailand | 68.2 | 0.5% |
| 108th | Moldova | 68.2 | 0.4% |
| 109th | Saudi Arabia | 67.8 | 0.9% |
| 110th | Oman | 67.7 | 1.1% |
| 111th | China | 67.6 | 0.5% |
| 112th | Trinidad and Tobago | 67.4 | 0.4% |
| 113th | Samoa | 67.3 | 0.4% |
| 114th | Tonga | 67.3 | 0.2% |
| 115th | Ecuador | 67.0 | 0.7% |
| 116th | Dominican Republic | 66.9 | 0.6% |
| 117th | Algeria | 66.9 | 1.2% |
| 118th | Türkiye | 66.9 | 0.8% |
| 119th | Paraguay | 66.7 | 0.4% |
| 120th | Kazakhstan | 66.0 | 0.1% |
| 121st | Solomon Islands | 65.9 | 0.3% |
| 122nd | Uzbekistan | 65.8 | 0.4% |
| 123rd | Vanuatu | 65.7 | 2.0% |
| 124th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 65.5 | -0.1% |
| 125th | Brazil | 65.2 | 0.6% |
| 126th | Kyrgyz Republic | 65.0 | -0.2% |
| 127th | Fiji | 65.0 | 1.0% |
| 128th | Greenland | 64.6 | -0.1% |
| 129th | Honduras | 64.4 | 0.5% |
| 130th | Kosovo | 64.2 | 1.0% |
| 131st | Philippines | 63.7 | 0.7% |
| 132nd | Turkmenistan | 63.7 | 0.3% |
| 133rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 63.5 | 0.4% |
| 134th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 63.3 | 0.9% |
| 135th | Cabo Verde | 63.2 | 0.5% |
| 136th | Peru | 63.0 | 0.7% |
| 137th | Lebanon | 62.9 | 0.6% |
| 138th | South Africa | 62.9 | 0.3% |
| 139th | Palau | 62.8 | 0.0% |
| 140th | Azerbaijan | 62.7 | -0.2% |
| 141st | Indonesia | 62.4 | 0.5% |
| 142nd | Eswatini | 61.9 | 0.1% |
| 143rd | Guyana | 61.8 | 0.2% |
| 144th | Tajikistan | 61.8 | 0.4% |
| 145th | Marshall Islands | 61.8 | 0.0% |
| 146th | Botswana | 61.7 | -1.8% |
| 147th | Maldives | 61.6 | 1.3% |
| 148th | Guatemala | 61.5 | 0.9% |
| 149th | Suriname | 61.5 | 0.3% |
| 150th | Tuvalu | 61.4 | 0.1% |
| 151st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 61.4 | 1.0% |
| 152nd | Morocco | 61.2 | 1.0% |
| 153rd | São Tomé and Principe | 60.8 | 0.2% |
| 154th | Gabon | 60.4 | 0.3% |
| 155th | Kenya | 60.3 | -0.7% |
| 156th | Zimbabwe | 60.2 | -0.8% |
| 157th | Kiribati | 60.1 | 0.8% |
| 158th | El Salvador | 60.0 | 1.0% |
| 159th | Nicaragua | 59.8 | 4.4% |
| 160th | Lesotho | 59.6 | 0.0% |
| 161st | Papua New Guinea | 59.4 | 0.3% |
| 162nd | Pakistan | 59.4 | 0.2% |
| 163rd | Namibia | 59.0 | -0.2% |
| 164th | Nauru | 58.7 | 0.2% |
| 165th | India | 57.7 | 0.8% |
| 166th | Congo, Republic of | 57.5 | -0.2% |
| 167th | Mauritania | 57.5 | 0.9% |
| 168th | Mongolia | 57.5 | 0.7% |
| 169th | Yemen, Republic of | 57.4 | 1.1% |
| 170th | Iraq | 56.7 | -5.9% |
| 171st | Myanmar | 56.6 | 0.4% |
| 172nd | Senegal | 55.5 | 1.7% |
| 173rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 55.5 | 1.1% |
| 174th | Bangladesh | 55.2 | 0.5% |
| 175th | Djibouti | 55.1 | 0.5% |
| 176th | Sudan | 55.0 | 0.4% |
| 177th | Togo | 54.9 | 0.1% |
| 178th | Comoros | 54.7 | 1.0% |
| 179th | Cambodia | 54.4 | 1.4% |
| 180th | Ghana | 54.4 | 1.1% |
| 181st | Bhutan | 54.4 | 1.4% |
| 182nd | Cameroon | 54.4 | 0.3% |
| 183rd | Nepal | 53.1 | 1.4% |
| 184th | Lao PDR | 53.1 | 0.9% |
| 185th | Côte d'Ivoire | 53.1 | -0.1% |
| 186th | Armenia | 52.6 | -21.9% |
| 187th | Haiti | 52.6 | 0.6% |
| 188th | Tanzania | 52.2 | 0.1% |
| 189th | Benin | 52.0 | 1.5% |
| 190th | Madagascar | 51.4 | 0.6% |
| 191st | Equatorial Guinea | 51.2 | 0.4% |
| 192nd | Rwanda | 50.9 | -1.1% |
| 193rd | Central African Republic | 50.2 | -0.3% |
| 194th | Gambia, The | 50.1 | 1.5% |
| 195th | Zambia | 49.7 | -1.5% |
| 196th | Burkina Faso | 49.2 | 0.2% |
| 197th | Eritrea | 48.1 | 1.5% |
| 198th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 47.8 | 0.8% |
| 199th | Uganda | 47.5 | 0.2% |
| 200th | Guinea | 46.5 | 0.8% |
| 201st | Chad | 46.4 | 7.6% |
| 202nd | Guinea-Bissau | 46.3 | 0.9% |
| 203rd | Nigeria | 45.8 | -0.1% |
| 204th | Mali | 45.7 | 1.1% |
| 205th | Liberia | 44.1 | -0.5% |
| 206th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 43.9 | -10.3% |
| 207th | Sierra Leone | 43.8 | 0.0% |
| 208th | Mozambique | 43.7 | 6.6% |
| 209th | Malawi | 43.6 | -0.8% |
| 210th | Afghanistan | 43.2 | 11.3% |
| 211th | Burundi | 42.9 | -8.9% |
| 212th | Angola | 41.5 | 1.7% |
| 213th | Niger | 40.8 | 0.8% |
| 214th | Timor-Leste | 36.0 | 0.2% |
| 215th | South Sudan | 11.0 | -47.0% |
FAQ
What was Eritrea's life expectancy in 1988?▾
Eritrea's life expectancy in 1988 was 48.1. This ranked 197th globally.
How did Eritrea's life expectancy change in 1988?▾
Eritrea's life expectancy increased by 1.5% in 1988 compared to 1987.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1988?▾
Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 1988 at 79.4.
What is the life expectancy of Eritrea in 1988?▾
The life expectancy of Eritrea in 1988 was 48.1. This ranked 197th globally.
How does 1988 compare to 1987 for Eritrea's life expectancy?▾
Eritrea's life expectancy went from 47.4 in 1987 to 48.1 in 1988, a 1.5% increase.
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