Faroe Islands - Life Expectancy 2008
80.1
+0.2 from 2007
Faroe Islands's life expectancy was 80.1 in 2008, increased +0.2 from 79.9 in 2007. This was the 27th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2008▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Andorra | 83.9 | 0.3% |
| 2nd | Monaco | 83.8 | -0.1% |
| 3rd | San Marino | 82.9 | 0.3% |
| 4th | Liechtenstein | 82.7 | 1.7% |
| 5th | Japan | 82.6 | 0.1% |
| 6th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 82.3 | 0.0% |
| 7th | Macao SAR, China | 82.0 | 0.4% |
| 8th | Switzerland | 82.0 | 0.3% |
| 9th | Iceland | 81.6 | 0.2% |
| 10th | United Arab Emirates | 81.6 | 0.2% |
| 11th | Gibraltar | 81.5 | 0.3% |
| 12th | Italy | 81.5 | 0.1% |
| 13th | Australia | 81.4 | 0.1% |
| 14th | France | 81.2 | 0.1% |
| 15th | Spain | 81.2 | 0.4% |
| 16th | Sweden | 81.1 | 0.2% |
| 17th | Israel | 81.0 | 0.6% |
| 18th | Channel Islands | 80.8 | 0.2% |
| 19th | Singapore | 80.8 | 0.4% |
| 20th | Canada | 80.7 | 0.2% |
| 21st | Norway | 80.6 | 0.2% |
| 22nd | French Polynesia | 80.6 | 0.3% |
| 23rd | Luxembourg | 80.5 | 1.5% |
| 24th | Austria | 80.4 | 0.3% |
| 25th | New Zealand | 80.4 | 0.2% |
| 26th | Netherlands | 80.3 | 0.2% |
| 27th | Faroe Islands | 80.1 | 0.3% |
| 28th | Ireland | 80.1 | 0.6% |
| 29th | Greece | 79.9 | 0.6% |
| 30th | Cyprus | 79.9 | 0.1% |
| 31st | Germany | 79.7 | 0.3% |
| 32nd | Belgium | 79.7 | -0.1% |
| 33rd | Malta | 79.6 | -0.2% |
| 34th | United Kingdom | 79.6 | 0.2% |
| 35th | Finland | 79.6 | 0.4% |
| 36th | Korea | 79.5 | 0.5% |
| 37th | Costa Rica | 79.2 | 0.1% |
| 38th | European Union | 79.1 | 0.3% |
| 39th | Bermuda | 79.1 | 0.1% |
| 40th | Isle of Man | 78.9 | 0.6% |
| 41st | Slovenia | 78.8 | 0.3% |
| 42nd | Chile | 78.8 | 0.1% |
| 43rd | Portugal | 78.5 | 0.3% |
| 44th | Denmark | 78.4 | 0.3% |
| 45th | St. Martin (French part) | 78.3 | 0.2% |
| 46th | Qatar | 78.3 | 0.7% |
| 47th | Albania | 78.2 | 0.7% |
| 48th | Puerto Rico (US) | 78.1 | 0.6% |
| 49th | United States | 78.0 | 0.1% |
| 50th | Northern Mariana Islands | 77.9 | 0.1% |
| 51st | Cuba | 77.6 | 0.1% |
| 52nd | Bahrain | 77.5 | 0.7% |
| 53rd | Kuwait | 77.2 | 0.2% |
| 54th | Virgin Islands (US) | 77.2 | 0.4% |
| 55th | Czechia | 77.0 | 0.3% |
| 56th | Lebanon | 77.0 | 0.3% |
| 57th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 76.3 | 0.2% |
| 58th | Uruguay | 76.3 | 0.2% |
| 59th | Guam | 76.2 | -0.2% |
| 60th | Oman | 76.1 | 0.7% |
| 61st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 76.1 | -0.4% |
| 62nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 76.1 | 0.5% |
| 63rd | British Virgin Islands | 76.1 | 0.2% |
| 64th | Maldives | 76.0 | 0.4% |
| 65th | Panama | 75.9 | 0.3% |
| 66th | Croatia | 75.9 | 0.3% |
| 67th | Poland | 75.5 | 0.4% |
| 68th | Argentina | 75.4 | 0.9% |
| 69th | New Caledonia | 75.4 | 0.3% |
| 70th | Cayman Islands | 75.4 | 0.3% |
| 71st | Saudi Arabia | 75.3 | 0.3% |
| 72nd | Barbados | 75.3 | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Malaysia | 75.2 | 0.3% |
| 74th | Montenegro | 75.1 | 1.1% |
| 75th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 74.9 | 0.1% |
| 76th | China | 74.8 | 0.1% |
| 77th | Brunei Darussalam | 74.8 | 0.0% |
| 78th | Kosovo | 74.7 | 0.4% |
| 79th | Ecuador | 74.7 | 0.7% |
| 80th | Slovak Republic | 74.7 | 0.7% |
| 81st | North Macedonia | 74.4 | 0.8% |
| 82nd | Türkiye | 74.4 | 0.3% |
| 83rd | Grenada | 74.4 | 0.3% |
| 84th | Curaçao | 74.3 | 0.2% |
| 85th | Thailand | 74.2 | 0.6% |
| 86th | Colombia | 74.2 | 0.6% |
| 87th | Tunisia | 74.2 | 0.2% |
| 88th | Serbia | 73.9 | 0.3% |
| 89th | Aruba | 73.8 | 0.2% |
| 90th | Estonia | 73.8 | 1.3% |
| 91st | Hungary | 73.7 | 0.8% |
| 92nd | Mexico | 73.7 | -0.1% |
| 93rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 73.7 | 0.5% |
| 94th | Algeria | 73.6 | 0.4% |
| 95th | Jordan | 73.6 | 0.2% |
| 96th | Viet Nam | 73.5 | 0.1% |
| 97th | Bahamas, The | 73.4 | 0.0% |
| 98th | Syrian Arab Republic | 73.4 | 0.2% |
| 99th | Seychelles | 73.2 | 0.0% |
| 100th | Brazil | 73.1 | 0.5% |
| 101st | Armenia | 73.1 | 0.3% |
| 102nd | Bulgaria | 73.0 | 0.4% |
| 103rd | St. Lucia | 73.0 | 0.1% |
| 104th | Peru | 72.7 | 0.0% |
| 105th | Mauritius | 72.6 | 0.0% |
| 106th | Romania | 72.6 | 0.0% |
| 107th | Sri Lanka | 72.6 | -0.6% |
| 108th | American Samoa | 72.4 | 0.1% |
| 109th | Latvia | 72.4 | 2.0% |
| 110th | West Bank and Gaza | 72.2 | 0.2% |
| 111th | Paraguay | 72.0 | 0.3% |
| 112th | Dominica | 71.9 | 0.1% |
| 113th | Libya | 71.9 | 0.2% |
| 114th | Cabo Verde | 71.9 | 0.6% |
| 115th | Lithuania | 71.8 | 1.3% |
| 116th | Samoa | 71.5 | -0.1% |
| 117th | Jamaica | 71.5 | 0.1% |
| 118th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 71.5 | 0.1% |
| 119th | Nicaragua | 71.4 | 0.3% |
| 120th | Dominican Republic | 71.3 | 0.3% |
| 121st | Trinidad and Tobago | 71.1 | 0.5% |
| 122nd | Tonga | 71.0 | 0.2% |
| 123rd | Georgia | 70.9 | -0.1% |
| 124th | Belize | 70.7 | 0.0% |
| 125th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.6 | 0.2% |
| 126th | Belarus | 70.5 | 0.4% |
| 127th | El Salvador | 70.1 | 0.5% |
| 128th | Morocco | 70.1 | 0.6% |
| 129th | Honduras | 69.7 | 0.2% |
| 130th | Guatemala | 69.5 | 0.3% |
| 131st | Greenland | 69.4 | 0.5% |
| 132nd | Azerbaijan | 69.4 | 1.0% |
| 133rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 69.3 | 0.4% |
| 134th | Vanuatu | 69.3 | 0.2% |
| 135th | Uzbekistan | 69.0 | 0.8% |
| 136th | Moldova | 69.0 | 0.5% |
| 137th | Suriname | 68.9 | 0.8% |
| 138th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 68.8 | 0.2% |
| 139th | Philippines | 68.6 | 0.1% |
| 140th | Kyrgyz Republic | 68.5 | 0.8% |
| 141st | Solomon Islands | 68.3 | 0.7% |
| 142nd | Ukraine | 68.3 | 0.8% |
| 143rd | Indonesia | 68.1 | 0.3% |
| 144th | Russian Federation | 67.9 | 0.5% |
| 145th | Tajikistan | 67.9 | 0.8% |
| 146th | Bhutan | 67.7 | 0.9% |
| 147th | Turkmenistan | 67.6 | 0.8% |
| 148th | Palau | 67.6 | 0.7% |
| 149th | Mongolia | 67.2 | 1.0% |
| 150th | Bangladesh | 67.0 | 0.9% |
| 151st | Kazakhstan | 66.8 | 0.9% |
| 152nd | Yemen, Republic of | 66.6 | 0.6% |
| 153rd | Iraq | 66.5 | 3.2% |
| 154th | Nepal | 66.4 | 0.4% |
| 155th | Fiji | 66.3 | 0.2% |
| 156th | India | 66.2 | 0.7% |
| 157th | Cambodia | 66.1 | 0.9% |
| 158th | Kiribati | 65.7 | 0.1% |
| 159th | Guyana | 65.7 | 0.4% |
| 160th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 65.3 | 0.6% |
| 161st | Mauritania | 65.2 | 0.5% |
| 162nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 64.8 | 0.0% |
| 163rd | Tuvalu | 64.5 | 0.2% |
| 164th | Marshall Islands | 64.3 | 0.1% |
| 165th | Gabon | 64.0 | 0.6% |
| 166th | Pakistan | 64.0 | 0.3% |
| 167th | São Tomé and Principe | 63.4 | 0.2% |
| 168th | Senegal | 63.2 | 0.9% |
| 169th | Timor-Leste | 62.9 | 0.7% |
| 170th | Papua New Guinea | 62.5 | 0.5% |
| 171st | Eritrea | 62.4 | 0.7% |
| 172nd | Lao PDR | 62.2 | 0.9% |
| 173rd | Madagascar | 62.0 | 0.7% |
| 174th | Comoros | 62.0 | 0.8% |
| 175th | Haiti | 61.3 | 0.3% |
| 176th | Sudan | 61.3 | -0.3% |
| 177th | Congo, Republic of | 60.8 | 1.2% |
| 178th | Rwanda | 60.6 | 1.9% |
| 179th | Ghana | 60.6 | 0.5% |
| 180th | Gambia, The | 60.5 | 0.8% |
| 181st | Kenya | 60.0 | 0.9% |
| 182nd | Tanzania | 59.9 | 1.1% |
| 183rd | Djibouti | 59.8 | 0.8% |
| 184th | Afghanistan | 59.7 | 1.3% |
| 185th | Nauru | 59.7 | 0.3% |
| 186th | Liberia | 58.7 | 0.9% |
| 187th | Uganda | 58.3 | 1.8% |
| 188th | Benin | 58.1 | -0.3% |
| 189th | Botswana | 57.7 | 1.6% |
| 190th | Equatorial Guinea | 57.4 | 0.9% |
| 191st | Togo | 56.7 | 0.5% |
| 192nd | Myanmar | 56.4 | -9.6% |
| 193rd | South Sudan | 56.3 | 1.5% |
| 194th | Cameroon | 56.1 | 0.7% |
| 195th | South Africa | 56.0 | 1.9% |
| 196th | Niger | 55.9 | 1.4% |
| 197th | Malawi | 55.7 | 1.9% |
| 198th | Guinea | 55.7 | 0.9% |
| 199th | Burundi | 55.6 | 1.4% |
| 200th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 55.4 | 0.8% |
| 201st | Guinea-Bissau | 55.3 | 0.8% |
| 202nd | Angola | 55.3 | 2.0% |
| 203rd | Burkina Faso | 55.2 | 1.5% |
| 204th | Mali | 55.2 | 0.8% |
| 205th | Zambia | 54.8 | 2.1% |
| 206th | Namibia | 54.7 | 1.3% |
| 207th | Côte d'Ivoire | 54.2 | 1.4% |
| 208th | Mozambique | 53.8 | 1.0% |
| 209th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 51.5 | 1.1% |
| 210th | Nigeria | 50.7 | 0.7% |
| 211th | Sierra Leone | 50.7 | 1.3% |
| 212th | Central African Republic | 49.9 | 1.1% |
| 213th | Chad | 49.5 | 0.6% |
| 214th | Zimbabwe | 48.5 | 1.8% |
| 215th | Eswatini | 45.9 | 1.5% |
| 216th | Lesotho | 44.3 | 1.5% |
FAQ
What was Faroe Islands's life expectancy in 2008?▾
Faroe Islands's life expectancy in 2008 was 80.1. This ranked 27th globally.
How did Faroe Islands's life expectancy change in 2008?▾
Faroe Islands's life expectancy increased by 0.3% in 2008 compared to 2007.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2008?▾
Andorra had the highest life expectancy in 2008 at 83.9.
What is the life expectancy of Faroe Islands in 2008?▾
The life expectancy of Faroe Islands in 2008 was 80.1. This ranked 27th globally.
How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Faroe Islands's life expectancy?▾
Faroe Islands's life expectancy went from 79.9 in 2007 to 80.1 in 2008, a 0.3% increase.
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