Faroe Islands - Life Expectancy 1996
77.5
+0.2 from 1995
Faroe Islands's life expectancy was 77.5 in 1996, increased +0.2 from 77.3 in 1995. This was the 20th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1996▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 81.1 | 0.3% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 81.0 | 0.3% |
| 3rd | Japan | 80.2 | 0.9% |
| 4th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 79.6 | 1.2% |
| 5th | San Marino | 79.3 | 0.4% |
| 6th | Sweden | 79.0 | 0.3% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 78.9 | 0.6% |
| 8th | Iceland | 78.8 | 1.0% |
| 9th | Gibraltar | 78.7 | 0.4% |
| 10th | Italy | 78.5 | 0.4% |
| 11th | Canada | 78.2 | 0.3% |
| 12th | Norway | 78.2 | 0.5% |
| 13th | Spain | 78.1 | 0.2% |
| 14th | Israel | 78.1 | 0.8% |
| 15th | Australia | 78.1 | 0.3% |
| 16th | France | 78.0 | 0.3% |
| 17th | Channel Islands | 77.8 | 0.1% |
| 18th | Greece | 77.7 | 0.1% |
| 19th | Macao SAR, China | 77.5 | 1.0% |
| 20th | Faroe Islands | 77.5 | 0.3% |
| 21st | Netherlands | 77.4 | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Malta | 77.3 | 0.1% |
| 23rd | Belgium | 77.2 | 0.5% |
| 24th | United Kingdom | 77.1 | 0.3% |
| 25th | Cyprus | 76.9 | 0.4% |
| 26th | Austria | 76.9 | 0.3% |
| 27th | Liechtenstein | 76.8 | -0.7% |
| 28th | French Polynesia | 76.8 | 0.7% |
| 29th | New Zealand | 76.8 | 0.1% |
| 30th | Finland | 76.7 | 0.4% |
| 31st | Germany | 76.7 | 0.3% |
| 32nd | Singapore | 76.6 | 0.4% |
| 33rd | Bermuda | 76.5 | 0.8% |
| 34th | Luxembourg | 76.5 | 0.0% |
| 35th | Costa Rica | 76.4 | 0.0% |
| 36th | United States | 76.0 | 0.5% |
| 37th | European Union | 75.9 | 0.3% |
| 38th | Kuwait | 75.9 | -0.1% |
| 39th | St. Martin (French part) | 75.9 | 0.2% |
| 40th | Ireland | 75.8 | 0.5% |
| 41st | Denmark | 75.6 | 0.5% |
| 42nd | Chile | 75.6 | 0.3% |
| 43rd | Portugal | 75.3 | -0.1% |
| 44th | Cuba | 74.7 | 0.5% |
| 45th | Guam | 74.6 | 0.2% |
| 46th | Qatar | 74.6 | 0.2% |
| 47th | Slovenia | 74.5 | 0.7% |
| 48th | British Virgin Islands | 74.3 | 0.3% |
| 49th | Korea | 74.2 | 0.6% |
| 50th | Albania | 74.1 | 0.1% |
| 51st | Barbados | 74.1 | 0.3% |
| 52nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 74.0 | 0.6% |
| 53rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 73.8 | 0.4% |
| 54th | Uruguay | 73.8 | 0.4% |
| 55th | Cayman Islands | 73.7 | 0.2% |
| 56th | Czechia | 73.7 | 0.9% |
| 57th | Isle of Man | 73.6 | 0.4% |
| 58th | Bahrain | 73.6 | 0.3% |
| 59th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 73.5 | 4.7% |
| 60th | Montenegro | 73.4 | -0.2% |
| 61st | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 73.2 | 0.5% |
| 62nd | Brunei Darussalam | 73.1 | 0.3% |
| 63rd | Argentina | 73.1 | 0.3% |
| 64th | Curaçao | 72.9 | 0.2% |
| 65th | Aruba | 72.9 | 0.0% |
| 66th | Serbia | 72.8 | 0.2% |
| 67th | Slovak Republic | 72.7 | 0.6% |
| 68th | Lebanon | 72.6 | 0.3% |
| 69th | North Macedonia | 72.5 | 0.9% |
| 70th | Northern Mariana Islands | 72.4 | 0.7% |
| 71st | Grenada | 72.4 | 0.4% |
| 72nd | Croatia | 72.4 | 0.4% |
| 73rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 72.3 | 0.5% |
| 74th | Poland | 72.2 | 0.5% |
| 75th | Panama | 72.2 | 0.3% |
| 76th | Malaysia | 72.1 | 0.2% |
| 77th | Oman | 72.0 | 0.6% |
| 78th | United Arab Emirates | 71.8 | 0.6% |
| 79th | Ecuador | 71.8 | 0.7% |
| 80th | New Caledonia | 71.8 | 0.6% |
| 81st | American Samoa | 71.6 | 0.0% |
| 82nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 71.6 | 0.6% |
| 83rd | Seychelles | 71.6 | -1.3% |
| 84th | Bahamas, The | 71.5 | 0.1% |
| 85th | Jamaica | 71.3 | -0.2% |
| 86th | Viet Nam | 71.3 | 0.6% |
| 87th | Saudi Arabia | 71.3 | 0.5% |
| 88th | Tunisia | 71.2 | 0.7% |
| 89th | Jordan | 71.1 | 0.3% |
| 90th | Mexico | 71.1 | 0.5% |
| 91st | Dominica | 71.0 | 0.3% |
| 92nd | St. Lucia | 71.0 | -0.3% |
| 93rd | Bulgaria | 70.9 | -0.2% |
| 94th | China | 70.8 | 0.7% |
| 95th | Libya | 70.7 | 0.1% |
| 96th | Georgia | 70.6 | 1.8% |
| 97th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.5 | -0.2% |
| 98th | Hungary | 70.3 | 0.8% |
| 99th | Mauritius | 70.3 | 0.0% |
| 100th | Türkiye | 70.2 | 0.7% |
| 101st | Colombia | 70.2 | 0.6% |
| 102nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 70.2 | -0.1% |
| 103rd | Lithuania | 70.1 | 1.6% |
| 104th | West Bank and Gaza | 70.0 | 0.6% |
| 105th | Thailand | 69.9 | 0.3% |
| 106th | Sri Lanka | 69.8 | 0.1% |
| 107th | Samoa | 69.8 | 0.4% |
| 108th | Estonia | 69.6 | 3.1% |
| 109th | Dominican Republic | 69.6 | 0.3% |
| 110th | Belize | 69.4 | -0.2% |
| 111th | Kosovo | 69.4 | 0.8% |
| 112th | Romania | 69.1 | -0.5% |
| 113th | Paraguay | 69.1 | 0.4% |
| 114th | Armenia | 69.0 | 0.6% |
| 115th | Tonga | 68.8 | 0.3% |
| 116th | Latvia | 68.8 | 3.6% |
| 117th | Belarus | 68.5 | 0.1% |
| 118th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 68.3 | 0.6% |
| 119th | Algeria | 68.2 | 0.8% |
| 120th | Vanuatu | 68.2 | 0.1% |
| 121st | Brazil | 68.1 | 0.6% |
| 122nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 68.0 | 0.1% |
| 123rd | Peru | 67.9 | 0.9% |
| 124th | Maldives | 67.7 | 1.2% |
| 125th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 67.5 | 0.4% |
| 126th | Honduras | 67.3 | 0.5% |
| 127th | Ukraine | 67.1 | 0.0% |
| 128th | Solomon Islands | 66.7 | 0.0% |
| 129th | Philippines | 66.7 | 0.6% |
| 130th | Kyrgyz Republic | 66.5 | 1.1% |
| 131st | Moldova | 66.2 | 0.0% |
| 132nd | Fiji | 66.2 | 0.3% |
| 133rd | Russian Federation | 65.9 | 1.8% |
| 134th | Greenland | 65.8 | 0.2% |
| 135th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 65.7 | 0.8% |
| 136th | Cabo Verde | 65.5 | 2.9% |
| 137th | El Salvador | 65.5 | 0.9% |
| 138th | Indonesia | 65.5 | 0.3% |
| 139th | Morocco | 65.2 | 0.8% |
| 140th | Nicaragua | 65.2 | 0.5% |
| 141st | Uzbekistan | 64.8 | 0.2% |
| 142nd | Iraq | 64.6 | -0.2% |
| 143rd | Guatemala | 64.5 | 1.4% |
| 144th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 64.3 | 0.2% |
| 145th | Turkmenistan | 63.5 | 0.0% |
| 146th | Kiribati | 63.5 | 0.5% |
| 147th | Kazakhstan | 63.5 | -0.4% |
| 148th | Palau | 63.5 | 0.3% |
| 149th | Suriname | 63.1 | 0.5% |
| 150th | Marshall Islands | 62.8 | 0.4% |
| 151st | Tuvalu | 62.7 | 0.3% |
| 152nd | Guyana | 62.7 | 0.0% |
| 153rd | Azerbaijan | 62.7 | 1.2% |
| 154th | Gabon | 61.3 | 0.0% |
| 155th | South Africa | 61.1 | -0.9% |
| 156th | Papua New Guinea | 61.1 | 0.2% |
| 157th | India | 61.0 | 0.7% |
| 158th | Mongolia | 61.0 | 0.2% |
| 159th | Yemen, Republic of | 60.9 | 0.6% |
| 160th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 60.8 | 0.1% |
| 161st | Tajikistan | 60.8 | -0.9% |
| 162nd | São Tomé and Principe | 60.6 | 0.1% |
| 163rd | Pakistan | 60.5 | 0.3% |
| 164th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 60.3 | 0.8% |
| 165th | Nauru | 60.1 | 0.0% |
| 166th | Nepal | 60.0 | 1.2% |
| 167th | Bhutan | 60.0 | 1.2% |
| 168th | Myanmar | 59.2 | 0.8% |
| 169th | Bangladesh | 58.9 | 1.2% |
| 170th | Mauritania | 58.9 | 0.1% |
| 171st | Comoros | 58.2 | 0.6% |
| 172nd | Sudan | 57.6 | 0.3% |
| 173rd | Senegal | 57.1 | -0.4% |
| 174th | Ghana | 57.0 | 0.5% |
| 175th | Cambodia | 56.8 | 0.5% |
| 176th | Lao PDR | 56.8 | 0.8% |
| 177th | Namibia | 56.6 | -1.5% |
| 178th | Djibouti | 56.3 | 0.2% |
| 179th | Haiti | 56.1 | 1.0% |
| 180th | Benin | 55.6 | 0.5% |
| 181st | Kenya | 55.6 | -0.5% |
| 182nd | Eritrea | 55.5 | 1.2% |
| 183rd | Madagascar | 55.5 | 1.2% |
| 184th | Congo, Republic of | 55.2 | -0.4% |
| 185th | Lesotho | 55.1 | -2.2% |
| 186th | Gambia, The | 54.8 | 1.0% |
| 187th | Botswana | 54.3 | -0.8% |
| 188th | Togo | 53.8 | 0.2% |
| 189th | Eswatini | 53.3 | -3.2% |
| 190th | Cameroon | 53.2 | -0.3% |
| 191st | Afghanistan | 52.8 | 1.4% |
| 192nd | Equatorial Guinea | 52.1 | 0.4% |
| 193rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.6 | -0.2% |
| 194th | Tanzania | 51.1 | 0.2% |
| 195th | Guinea | 50.5 | 1.4% |
| 196th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 50.5 | -0.2% |
| 197th | Burkina Faso | 49.7 | 0.3% |
| 198th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 49.4 | -2.0% |
| 199th | Zimbabwe | 49.0 | -4.2% |
| 200th | Guinea-Bissau | 48.8 | 0.5% |
| 201st | Mali | 48.5 | 0.4% |
| 202nd | Timor-Leste | 48.3 | 1.5% |
| 203rd | Uganda | 47.8 | 0.1% |
| 204th | Central African Republic | 47.7 | -0.9% |
| 205th | Chad | 47.6 | 0.2% |
| 206th | Mozambique | 47.1 | 1.2% |
| 207th | Angola | 46.4 | 0.6% |
| 208th | Niger | 46.3 | 1.8% |
| 209th | Nigeria | 45.8 | -0.1% |
| 210th | Zambia | 45.8 | -0.6% |
| 211th | Liberia | 44.9 | 0.8% |
| 212th | Burundi | 44.8 | 0.5% |
| 213th | Malawi | 44.0 | 0.5% |
| 214th | Sierra Leone | 43.5 | 2.2% |
| 215th | Rwanda | 42.5 | 2.3% |
| 216th | South Sudan | 32.1 | 1.9% |
FAQ
What was Faroe Islands's life expectancy in 1996?▾
Faroe Islands's life expectancy in 1996 was 77.5. This ranked 20th globally.
How did Faroe Islands's life expectancy change in 1996?▾
Faroe Islands's life expectancy increased by 0.3% in 1996 compared to 1995.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1996?▾
Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 1996 at 81.1.
What is the life expectancy of Faroe Islands in 1996?▾
The life expectancy of Faroe Islands in 1996 was 77.5. This ranked 20th globally.
How does 1996 compare to 1995 for Faroe Islands's life expectancy?▾
Faroe Islands's life expectancy went from 77.3 in 1995 to 77.5 in 1996, a 0.3% increase.
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