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Greenland - Life Expectancy 1966

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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

61.8 +0.4 from 1965 Global rank: 91st

Greenland's life expectancy was 61.8 in 1966, increased +0.4 from 61.4 in 1965. This was the 91st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1966▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1966
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Faroe Islands	74.3	0.3%
2nd	Sweden	74.1	0.3%
3rd	Andorra	74.0	0.2%
4th	Norway	74.0	0.4%
5th	San Marino	73.8	0.2%
6th	Netherlands	73.5	-0.1%
7th	Iceland	73.3	-0.8%
8th	Monaco	73.0	0.2%
9th	Denmark	72.4	0.1%
10th	Switzerland	72.3	0.2%
11th	Channel Islands	72.3	1.0%
12th	Israel	72.3	0.2%
13th	Canada	72.0	0.2%
14th	Greece	71.8	0.6%
15th	Liechtenstein	71.6	0.6%
16th	United Kingdom	71.6	-0.1%
17th	Lithuania	71.5	0.3%
18th	Bulgaria	71.2	-0.1%
19th	Gibraltar	71.2	0.6%
20th	Ukraine	71.2	0.0%
21st	New Zealand	71.1	-0.1%
22nd	Spain	71.1	0.3%
23rd	France	71.0	0.2%
24th	Italy	70.9	1.1%
25th	Japan	70.9	0.9%
26th	Australia	70.8	0.0%
27th	Belarus	70.8	0.2%
28th	Latvia	70.7	0.0%
29th	Belgium	70.7	0.1%
30th	European Union	70.6	0.4%
31st	Germany	70.5	0.2%
32nd	Czechia	70.4	0.3%
33rd	Slovak Republic	70.4	0.2%
34th	Puerto Rico (US)	70.2	1.3%
35th	Ireland	70.2	-0.7%
36th	United States	70.2	0.0%
37th	Estonia	70.1	0.0%
38th	Austria	70.0	0.5%
39th	Poland	69.8	0.6%
40th	Hungary	69.8	1.1%
41st	Malta	69.7	0.4%
42nd	Finland	69.5	0.7%
43rd	St. Martin (French part)	69.4	0.5%
44th	Serbia	69.3	1.0%
45th	Hong Kong SAR, China	69.3	0.6%
46th	Slovenia	69.0	0.9%
47th	Luxembourg	68.9	-0.5%
48th	Romania	68.9	1.8%
49th	Croatia	68.7	0.6%
50th	Russian Federation	68.6	0.1%
51st	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	68.5	0.7%
52nd	Montenegro	68.4	0.8%
53rd	Uruguay	68.3	0.1%
54th	Bermuda	67.7	0.2%
55th	Barbados	67.7	0.7%
56th	Singapore	67.5	0.5%
57th	Curaçao	67.1	0.4%
58th	Antigua and Barbuda	66.9	1.1%
59th	Macao SAR, China	66.7	0.7%
60th	Cyprus	66.5	0.6%
61st	Aruba	66.1	0.8%
62nd	Cuba	66.1	0.7%
63rd	Jamaica	65.9	0.4%
64th	Grenada	65.6	1.3%
65th	Lebanon	65.5	0.3%
66th	British Virgin Islands	65.5	0.5%
67th	Portugal	65.5	-0.7%
68th	Argentina	65.4	0.5%
69th	Isle of Man	65.2	0.4%
70th	Kuwait	65.1	1.4%
71st	Costa Rica	65.1	0.5%
72nd	Guam	64.6	0.4%
73rd	Bahamas, The	64.6	0.5%
74th	Dominica	64.5	0.9%
75th	Trinidad and Tobago	64.3	0.2%
76th	Virgin Islands (US)	63.7	-1.7%
77th	North Macedonia	63.5	1.5%
78th	Georgia	63.4	0.5%
79th	Northern Mariana Islands	63.3	0.6%
80th	Sri Lanka	63.2	0.6%
81st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	63.1	1.5%
82nd	Cayman Islands	62.8	1.1%
83rd	Panama	62.6	0.5%
84th	St. Lucia	62.5	1.0%
85th	Brunei Darussalam	62.4	1.1%
86th	Qatar	62.2	1.2%
87th	Albania	62.1	1.4%
88th	Mauritius	62.1	0.1%
89th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	62.1	0.8%
90th	Paraguay	61.8	0.4%
91st	Greenland	61.8	0.6%
92nd	Seychelles	61.7	0.4%
93rd	Malaysia	61.7	0.9%
94th	Fiji	61.6	0.2%
95th	Moldova	61.6	0.5%
96th	Armenia	61.5	0.6%
97th	French Polynesia	61.4	0.5%
98th	Tonga	61.2	0.8%
99th	Belize	60.9	0.8%
100th	Philippines	60.6	0.4%
101st	Turks and Caicos Islands	60.4	1.1%
102nd	Chile	60.4	1.5%
103rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	60.1	0.8%
104th	Bahrain	59.7	2.3%
105th	Colombia	59.7	0.8%
106th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	59.4	1.1%
107th	Guyana	59.3	0.3%
108th	Kazakhstan	59.2	0.3%
109th	Suriname	59.2	0.2%
110th	Uzbekistan	58.6	0.6%
111th	Nauru	58.4	0.2%
112th	American Samoa	58.3	-11.7%
113th	Samoa	58.2	0.6%
114th	Jordan	57.8	0.8%
115th	Micronesia, Federated States of	57.8	1.0%
116th	Syrian Arab Republic	57.6	1.1%
117th	Mexico	57.4	1.2%
118th	Iraq	57.3	1.7%
119th	Marshall Islands	57.3	0.9%
120th	Ecuador	57.0	0.9%
121st	Viet Nam	56.9	-0.1%
122nd	New Caledonia	56.9	1.4%
123rd	Kyrgyz Republic	56.8	0.5%
124th	United Arab Emirates	56.6	1.9%
125th	Zimbabwe	56.4	0.8%
126th	Palau	56.2	0.5%
127th	Dominican Republic	56.0	5.9%
128th	Brazil	55.6	0.7%
129th	Korea	55.5	-0.6%
130th	Tajikistan	55.1	0.8%
131st	South Africa	54.7	0.6%
132nd	Türkiye	54.6	0.9%
133rd	Azerbaijan	54.5	1.1%
134th	Turkmenistan	54.4	0.8%
135th	Peru	54.4	1.0%
136th	Botswana	54.4	0.9%
137th	Cabo Verde	53.9	1.7%
138th	Thailand	53.7	1.1%
139th	China	53.7	1.2%
140th	Vanuatu	53.1	1.1%
141st	Tuvalu	52.8	1.4%
142nd	Kosovo	52.5	0.9%
143rd	Kenya	52.4	1.0%
144th	São Tomé and Principe	52.3	2.4%
145th	Namibia	52.3	0.6%
146th	Zambia	52.3	0.4%
147th	Solomon Islands	52.3	1.7%
148th	Kiribati	51.7	1.4%
149th	Honduras	51.6	1.4%
150th	Nicaragua	51.6	1.8%
151st	Congo, Republic of	51.6	1.1%
152nd	Sudan	51.3	0.4%
153rd	Libya	50.9	3.4%
154th	El Salvador	50.7	0.9%
155th	Lesotho	50.4	0.1%
156th	Gabon	50.3	1.2%
157th	Pakistan	49.8	2.7%
158th	Papua New Guinea	49.6	1.3%
159th	Mongolia	49.3	1.3%
160th	Saudi Arabia	49.2	1.6%
161st	Tunisia	49.2	2.0%
162nd	Eswatini	49.0	1.2%
163rd	Uganda	48.5	0.3%
164th	Indonesia	48.4	13.2%
165th	Myanmar	48.2	1.6%
166th	Mauritania	48.1	1.6%
167th	Rwanda	48.1	-0.2%
168th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	48.0	0.9%
169th	Ghana	47.7	0.0%
170th	Bangladesh	47.6	3.5%
171st	Guatemala	47.5	0.7%
172nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	47.1	1.5%
173rd	Morocco	46.5	1.2%
174th	Madagascar	46.0	1.2%
175th	India	45.9	0.7%
176th	Djibouti	45.6	0.9%
177th	Haiti	45.6	0.4%
178th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	45.5	0.9%
179th	Togo	45.2	0.7%
180th	Cambodia	44.9	1.0%
181st	Tanzania	44.9	0.9%
182nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	44.8	0.5%
183rd	Cameroon	44.8	1.5%
184th	Equatorial Guinea	44.3	0.6%
185th	Burundi	43.5	4.0%
186th	Comoros	43.2	1.1%
187th	Central African Republic	42.8	1.4%
188th	Algeria	42.7	-0.2%
189th	Lao PDR	42.3	0.3%
190th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	42.2	3.4%
191st	Oman	42.0	2.9%
192nd	Mozambique	41.8	0.1%
193rd	Maldives	41.4	1.6%
194th	Côte d'Ivoire	41.3	1.6%
195th	Benin	41.3	0.7%
196th	Nepal	41.2	1.4%
197th	Chad	40.1	0.1%
198th	Senegal	39.8	0.2%
199th	Liberia	39.0	0.7%
200th	Bhutan	38.8	1.4%
201st	Nigeria	38.4	0.4%
202nd	Angola	38.3	0.8%
203rd	Burkina Faso	38.1	0.9%
204th	Guinea	38.0	0.8%
205th	Eritrea	37.6	-4.9%
206th	Gambia, The	37.6	1.2%
207th	Sierra Leone	36.6	2.0%
208th	Niger	36.3	-0.2%
209th	Yemen, Republic of	36.3	1.9%
210th	Guinea-Bissau	36.1	0.5%
211th	Malawi	35.8	0.3%
212th	Afghanistan	35.6	1.3%
213th	Timor-Leste	35.2	1.5%
214th	Mali	31.8	0.8%
215th	South Sudan	25.6	-10.9%

FAQ

What was Greenland's life expectancy in 1966?▾

Greenland's life expectancy in 1966 was 61.8. This ranked 91st globally.

How did Greenland's life expectancy change in 1966?▾

Greenland's life expectancy increased by 0.6% in 1966 compared to 1965.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1966?▾

Faroe Islands had the highest life expectancy in 1966 at 74.3.

What is the life expectancy of Greenland in 1966?▾

The life expectancy of Greenland in 1966 was 61.8. This ranked 91st globally.

How does 1966 compare to 1965 for Greenland's life expectancy?▾

Greenland's life expectancy went from 61.4 in 1965 to 61.8 in 1966, a 0.6% increase.

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