Iceland - Life Expectancy 1987
77.3
−0.7 from 1986
Iceland's life expectancy was 77.3 in 1987, decreased +0.7 from 78.0 in 1986. This was the 6th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1987▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 79.3 | 1.1% |
| 2nd | Japan | 78.4 | 0.5% |
| 3rd | Andorra | 78.2 | 0.1% |
| 4th | Liechtenstein | 77.6 | 0.6% |
| 5th | San Marino | 77.5 | 0.1% |
| 6th | Iceland | 77.3 | -0.8% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 77.2 | 0.4% |
| 8th | Sweden | 77.1 | 0.2% |
| 9th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 76.9 | 0.3% |
| 10th | Canada | 76.8 | 0.4% |
| 11th | Spain | 76.7 | 0.3% |
| 12th | Netherlands | 76.7 | 0.6% |
| 13th | Italy | 76.2 | 0.6% |
| 14th | Australia | 76.2 | 0.4% |
| 15th | Norway | 76.1 | -0.2% |
| 16th | Greece | 76.1 | -0.6% |
| 17th | Gibraltar | 75.9 | 0.4% |
| 18th | France | 75.8 | 0.3% |
| 19th | Channel Islands | 75.7 | 0.4% |
| 20th | Belgium | 75.4 | 0.8% |
| 21st | Faroe Islands | 75.4 | 0.3% |
| 22nd | United Kingdom | 75.3 | 0.5% |
| 23rd | Cyprus | 75.3 | 0.4% |
| 24th | Israel | 75.3 | 0.4% |
| 25th | Costa Rica | 75.2 | 0.4% |
| 26th | Malta | 75.2 | 1.1% |
| 27th | Macao SAR, China | 75.0 | 0.2% |
| 28th | Germany | 74.8 | 0.6% |
| 29th | Austria | 74.8 | 0.6% |
| 30th | United States | 74.8 | 0.2% |
| 31st | Denmark | 74.7 | 0.1% |
| 32nd | Finland | 74.6 | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Singapore | 74.5 | 0.4% |
| 34th | Kuwait | 74.5 | 0.6% |
| 35th | Ireland | 74.4 | 1.0% |
| 36th | European Union | 74.3 | 0.3% |
| 37th | New Zealand | 74.2 | 0.1% |
| 38th | Antigua and Barbuda | 73.9 | 0.0% |
| 39th | Luxembourg | 73.7 | -0.3% |
| 40th | Portugal | 73.7 | 0.5% |
| 41st | Cuba | 73.6 | 0.1% |
| 42nd | St. Martin (French part) | 73.5 | 0.4% |
| 43rd | Guam | 73.5 | 0.2% |
| 44th | Barbados | 73.5 | 0.1% |
| 45th | Bermuda | 73.5 | 0.1% |
| 46th | Puerto Rico (US) | 73.4 | 0.2% |
| 47th | Montenegro | 73.0 | 0.5% |
| 48th | Qatar | 72.5 | 0.5% |
| 49th | Chile | 72.5 | 0.6% |
| 50th | Aruba | 72.4 | 0.9% |
| 51st | French Polynesia | 72.4 | 0.7% |
| 52nd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 72.4 | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Bahrain | 72.4 | 0.2% |
| 54th | Uruguay | 72.2 | 0.0% |
| 55th | Curaçao | 72.1 | 0.2% |
| 56th | Cayman Islands | 72.1 | 0.4% |
| 57th | Slovenia | 72.0 | 0.3% |
| 58th | Albania | 72.0 | 0.4% |
| 59th | Lithuania | 71.9 | -0.2% |
| 60th | Serbia | 71.8 | 0.3% |
| 61st | Bulgaria | 71.5 | -0.3% |
| 62nd | British Virgin Islands | 71.5 | 0.3% |
| 63rd | Croatia | 71.5 | 0.1% |
| 64th | Czechia | 71.4 | 0.6% |
| 65th | Dominica | 71.4 | -0.4% |
| 66th | Ukraine | 71.2 | 0.5% |
| 67th | Slovak Republic | 71.1 | 0.1% |
| 68th | Belarus | 71.0 | -0.8% |
| 69th | Brunei Darussalam | 71.0 | 0.3% |
| 70th | Poland | 70.9 | 0.1% |
| 71st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 70.9 | 0.2% |
| 72nd | Jamaica | 70.9 | 0.6% |
| 73rd | American Samoa | 70.8 | 0.2% |
| 74th | Panama | 70.8 | 0.2% |
| 75th | Argentina | 70.7 | 0.6% |
| 76th | Latvia | 70.7 | 0.1% |
| 77th | Isle of Man | 70.7 | 0.5% |
| 78th | Estonia | 70.6 | 0.8% |
| 79th | United Arab Emirates | 70.6 | 0.3% |
| 80th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.4 | 0.5% |
| 81st | Bahamas, The | 70.4 | 0.1% |
| 82nd | Malaysia | 70.4 | 0.3% |
| 83rd | North Macedonia | 70.3 | 0.2% |
| 84th | Virgin Islands (US) | 70.2 | 0.3% |
| 85th | Korea | 70.0 | 0.8% |
| 86th | Grenada | 69.8 | 0.3% |
| 87th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 69.8 | 0.3% |
| 88th | St. Lucia | 69.7 | -0.8% |
| 89th | Hungary | 69.7 | 0.7% |
| 90th | Northern Mariana Islands | 69.5 | 0.2% |
| 91st | Russian Federation | 69.4 | 0.1% |
| 92nd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 69.3 | 0.4% |
| 93rd | Jordan | 69.3 | 0.5% |
| 94th | Mauritius | 69.3 | 0.4% |
| 95th | Romania | 69.2 | -0.4% |
| 96th | Georgia | 69.2 | 0.0% |
| 97th | Belize | 69.1 | 0.5% |
| 98th | Sri Lanka | 69.0 | 0.1% |
| 99th | Syrian Arab Republic | 68.8 | 0.6% |
| 100th | New Caledonia | 68.6 | 0.5% |
| 101st | Libya | 68.3 | 0.7% |
| 102nd | Seychelles | 68.2 | -0.6% |
| 103rd | Colombia | 68.2 | -0.2% |
| 104th | Tunisia | 68.0 | 0.9% |
| 105th | Viet Nam | 68.0 | 0.7% |
| 106th | Moldova | 67.9 | 0.8% |
| 107th | Mexico | 67.9 | 0.8% |
| 108th | Thailand | 67.8 | 0.8% |
| 109th | Armenia | 67.4 | 0.3% |
| 110th | China | 67.3 | 0.6% |
| 111th | Saudi Arabia | 67.2 | 0.9% |
| 112th | Tonga | 67.2 | 0.2% |
| 113th | Trinidad and Tobago | 67.1 | 0.3% |
| 114th | Samoa | 67.0 | 0.3% |
| 115th | Oman | 67.0 | 1.2% |
| 116th | Ecuador | 66.6 | 0.7% |
| 117th | Dominican Republic | 66.5 | 0.7% |
| 118th | Paraguay | 66.5 | 0.4% |
| 119th | Türkiye | 66.4 | 0.8% |
| 120th | Algeria | 66.1 | 1.3% |
| 121st | Kazakhstan | 66.0 | 0.3% |
| 122nd | Solomon Islands | 65.7 | 1.5% |
| 123rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 65.5 | -0.1% |
| 124th | Uzbekistan | 65.5 | 0.7% |
| 125th | Kyrgyz Republic | 65.1 | 1.1% |
| 126th | Brazil | 64.8 | 0.6% |
| 127th | Greenland | 64.7 | 0.6% |
| 128th | Vanuatu | 64.4 | -0.3% |
| 129th | Fiji | 64.3 | 0.5% |
| 130th | Honduras | 64.1 | 0.7% |
| 131st | Kosovo | 63.6 | 1.6% |
| 132nd | Turkmenistan | 63.5 | 0.5% |
| 133rd | Philippines | 63.3 | 0.7% |
| 134th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 63.2 | 0.1% |
| 135th | Cabo Verde | 62.9 | 0.5% |
| 136th | Botswana | 62.8 | -0.8% |
| 137th | Azerbaijan | 62.8 | 0.4% |
| 138th | Palau | 62.8 | 0.0% |
| 139th | South Africa | 62.7 | 0.4% |
| 140th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 62.7 | 0.9% |
| 141st | Peru | 62.5 | 0.6% |
| 142nd | Lebanon | 62.5 | 0.9% |
| 143rd | Indonesia | 62.1 | 0.6% |
| 144th | Eswatini | 61.9 | 0.5% |
| 145th | Marshall Islands | 61.8 | 0.0% |
| 146th | Guyana | 61.7 | 0.3% |
| 147th | Tajikistan | 61.6 | -0.4% |
| 148th | Suriname | 61.3 | 0.3% |
| 149th | Tuvalu | 61.3 | 0.1% |
| 150th | Guatemala | 61.0 | 1.1% |
| 151st | Maldives | 60.8 | 1.3% |
| 152nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 60.7 | 1.1% |
| 153rd | Zimbabwe | 60.7 | -0.4% |
| 154th | Kenya | 60.7 | -0.2% |
| 155th | São Tomé and Principe | 60.7 | 5.3% |
| 156th | Morocco | 60.6 | 1.1% |
| 157th | Iraq | 60.3 | 0.4% |
| 158th | Gabon | 60.2 | 0.4% |
| 159th | Kiribati | 59.6 | 0.8% |
| 160th | Lesotho | 59.6 | 0.4% |
| 161st | El Salvador | 59.4 | 0.1% |
| 162nd | Papua New Guinea | 59.2 | 0.4% |
| 163rd | Pakistan | 59.2 | 0.1% |
| 164th | Namibia | 59.1 | 0.7% |
| 165th | Nauru | 58.6 | 0.1% |
| 166th | Congo, Republic of | 57.6 | -0.1% |
| 167th | Nicaragua | 57.3 | -0.4% |
| 168th | India | 57.3 | 0.8% |
| 169th | Mongolia | 57.1 | 0.6% |
| 170th | Mauritania | 57.0 | 1.1% |
| 171st | Yemen, Republic of | 56.8 | 5.2% |
| 172nd | Myanmar | 56.4 | 0.5% |
| 173rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 54.9 | 1.2% |
| 174th | Bangladesh | 54.9 | 0.6% |
| 175th | Djibouti | 54.8 | 0.6% |
| 176th | Togo | 54.8 | 0.4% |
| 177th | Sudan | 54.7 | 0.3% |
| 178th | Senegal | 54.6 | 1.7% |
| 179th | Cameroon | 54.2 | 1.1% |
| 180th | Comoros | 54.1 | 0.7% |
| 181st | Ghana | 53.8 | 1.0% |
| 182nd | Cambodia | 53.7 | 4.1% |
| 183rd | Bhutan | 53.6 | 1.5% |
| 184th | Côte d'Ivoire | 53.1 | 0.2% |
| 185th | Lao PDR | 52.6 | 0.9% |
| 186th | Nepal | 52.4 | 1.5% |
| 187th | Haiti | 52.2 | 0.7% |
| 188th | Tanzania | 52.2 | 0.0% |
| 189th | Rwanda | 51.5 | -0.5% |
| 190th | Benin | 51.3 | 1.2% |
| 191st | Madagascar | 51.1 | 0.9% |
| 192nd | Equatorial Guinea | 51.0 | 0.3% |
| 193rd | Zambia | 50.4 | -1.4% |
| 194th | Central African Republic | 50.4 | -0.1% |
| 195th | Gambia, The | 49.4 | 1.2% |
| 196th | Burkina Faso | 49.1 | 0.2% |
| 197th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 49.0 | 1.2% |
| 198th | Eritrea | 47.4 | 19.8% |
| 199th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 47.4 | 0.7% |
| 200th | Uganda | 47.4 | 3.7% |
| 201st | Burundi | 47.1 | -0.7% |
| 202nd | Guinea | 46.1 | 0.8% |
| 203rd | Nigeria | 45.9 | -0.1% |
| 204th | Guinea-Bissau | 45.8 | 0.7% |
| 205th | Mali | 45.2 | 1.4% |
| 206th | Liberia | 44.3 | -0.5% |
| 207th | Malawi | 43.9 | -0.9% |
| 208th | Sierra Leone | 43.7 | 0.6% |
| 209th | Chad | 43.1 | -5.5% |
| 210th | Mozambique | 41.0 | 0.1% |
| 211th | Angola | 40.8 | -4.6% |
| 212th | Niger | 40.5 | 0.5% |
| 213th | Afghanistan | 38.8 | 1.1% |
| 214th | Timor-Leste | 36.0 | 3.5% |
| 215th | South Sudan | 20.7 | -36.9% |
FAQ
What was Iceland's life expectancy in 1987?▾
Iceland's life expectancy in 1987 was 77.3. This ranked 6th globally.
How did Iceland's life expectancy change in 1987?▾
Iceland's life expectancy decreased by 0.8% in 1987 compared to 1986.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1987?▾
Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 1987 at 79.3.
What is the life expectancy of Iceland in 1987?▾
The life expectancy of Iceland in 1987 was 77.3. This ranked 6th globally.
How does 1987 compare to 1986 for Iceland's life expectancy?▾
Iceland's life expectancy went from 78.0 in 1986 to 77.3 in 1987, a 0.8% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Iceland matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 1987. Historically: 311 occurrences, 177 successful (57%). Outcome 24 months later: 20.8%. View full analysis →
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