Korea - Life Expectancy 2000
75.9
+0.5 from 1999
Korea's life expectancy was 75.9 in 2000, increased +0.5 from 75.4 in 1999. This was the 47th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2000▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 82.1 | 0.4% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 81.9 | 0.4% |
| 3rd | Japan | 81.1 | 0.8% |
| 4th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 80.9 | 0.6% |
| 5th | San Marino | 80.5 | 0.4% |
| 6th | Macao SAR, China | 80.2 | 1.5% |
| 7th | Gibraltar | 80.1 | 0.4% |
| 8th | Italy | 79.8 | 0.4% |
| 9th | Switzerland | 79.7 | 0.1% |
| 10th | Iceland | 79.7 | 0.4% |
| 11th | Sweden | 79.6 | 0.3% |
| 12th | Australia | 79.2 | 0.4% |
| 13th | Canada | 79.2 | 0.4% |
| 14th | France | 79.1 | 0.4% |
| 15th | French Polynesia | 79.0 | 0.5% |
| 16th | Spain | 79.0 | 0.3% |
| 17th | Israel | 79.0 | 0.4% |
| 18th | Channel Islands | 78.8 | -0.4% |
| 19th | New Zealand | 78.6 | 1.0% |
| 20th | Norway | 78.6 | 0.4% |
| 21st | Faroe Islands | 78.4 | 0.3% |
| 22nd | Malta | 78.3 | 1.1% |
| 23rd | Bermuda | 78.3 | 0.5% |
| 24th | Austria | 78.1 | 0.3% |
| 25th | Netherlands | 78.0 | 0.2% |
| 26th | Singapore | 78.0 | 0.5% |
| 27th | Germany | 77.9 | 0.3% |
| 28th | Cyprus | 77.9 | 0.4% |
| 29th | Greece | 77.9 | -0.1% |
| 30th | Luxembourg | 77.9 | 0.1% |
| 31st | United Kingdom | 77.7 | 0.5% |
| 32nd | Belgium | 77.7 | 0.1% |
| 33rd | Finland | 77.5 | 0.2% |
| 34th | Costa Rica | 77.3 | 0.3% |
| 35th | Chile | 77.1 | 0.5% |
| 36th | European Union | 77.1 | 0.4% |
| 37th | Liechtenstein | 76.8 | -2.9% |
| 38th | St. Martin (French part) | 76.8 | 0.3% |
| 39th | United States | 76.6 | 0.1% |
| 40th | Virgin Islands (US) | 76.6 | 7.7% |
| 41st | Denmark | 76.6 | 0.3% |
| 42nd | Ireland | 76.5 | 0.6% |
| 43rd | United Arab Emirates | 76.3 | 1.8% |
| 44th | Portugal | 76.3 | 0.5% |
| 45th | Kuwait | 76.2 | 0.2% |
| 46th | Cuba | 75.9 | 0.3% |
| 47th | Korea | 75.9 | 0.7% |
| 48th | Puerto Rico (US) | 75.5 | 0.3% |
| 49th | Slovenia | 75.4 | 0.5% |
| 50th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 75.3 | 0.5% |
| 51st | Qatar | 75.3 | 0.3% |
| 52nd | Czechia | 75.0 | 0.4% |
| 53rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 74.9 | 0.9% |
| 54th | Guam | 74.9 | 0.1% |
| 55th | Isle of Man | 74.8 | 0.5% |
| 56th | Albania | 74.8 | 0.3% |
| 57th | Antigua and Barbuda | 74.8 | 0.5% |
| 58th | British Virgin Islands | 74.8 | 0.1% |
| 59th | Uruguay | 74.7 | 0.5% |
| 60th | Bahrain | 74.7 | 0.4% |
| 61st | Barbados | 74.6 | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 74.4 | 0.3% |
| 63rd | Cayman Islands | 74.4 | 0.2% |
| 64th | Brunei Darussalam | 74.0 | 0.3% |
| 65th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 74.0 | 0.6% |
| 66th | Argentina | 73.9 | 0.3% |
| 67th | Lebanon | 73.9 | 0.5% |
| 68th | Poland | 73.7 | 1.0% |
| 69th | Oman | 73.6 | 0.5% |
| 70th | New Caledonia | 73.6 | 0.6% |
| 71st | Panama | 73.4 | 0.4% |
| 72nd | Montenegro | 73.4 | 0.3% |
| 73rd | Curaçao | 73.3 | 0.1% |
| 74th | Slovak Republic | 73.1 | 0.2% |
| 75th | Grenada | 73.0 | 0.1% |
| 76th | North Macedonia | 72.9 | 0.2% |
| 77th | Aruba | 72.9 | 0.1% |
| 78th | Armenia | 72.9 | 3.8% |
| 79th | Croatia | 72.8 | 0.2% |
| 80th | Seychelles | 72.8 | 0.2% |
| 81st | Viet Nam | 72.7 | 0.2% |
| 82nd | Malaysia | 72.7 | 0.4% |
| 83rd | Saudi Arabia | 72.6 | 0.4% |
| 84th | Tunisia | 72.6 | 0.4% |
| 85th | Mexico | 72.6 | 0.5% |
| 86th | Bahamas, The | 72.5 | 0.5% |
| 87th | China | 72.3 | 0.5% |
| 88th | Ecuador | 72.1 | 0.2% |
| 89th | Lithuania | 72.0 | 0.6% |
| 90th | Türkiye | 71.9 | 1.7% |
| 91st | Jordan | 71.9 | 0.3% |
| 92nd | Dominica | 71.7 | 0.3% |
| 93rd | Bulgaria | 71.7 | 0.4% |
| 94th | Mauritius | 71.7 | 1.0% |
| 95th | Serbia | 71.6 | 2.4% |
| 96th | American Samoa | 71.4 | -0.1% |
| 97th | Kosovo | 71.3 | 22.4% |
| 98th | Jamaica | 71.3 | 0.1% |
| 99th | Hungary | 71.2 | 0.8% |
| 100th | Thailand | 71.2 | 0.3% |
| 101st | Sri Lanka | 71.2 | 1.1% |
| 102nd | Romania | 71.2 | 0.9% |
| 103rd | Colombia | 70.9 | 0.0% |
| 104th | Maldives | 70.9 | 1.0% |
| 105th | Syrian Arab Republic | 70.9 | 0.5% |
| 106th | Samoa | 70.8 | 0.3% |
| 107th | St. Lucia | 70.8 | 0.1% |
| 108th | Algeria | 70.6 | 0.7% |
| 109th | Libya | 70.5 | -0.1% |
| 110th | Estonia | 70.4 | 0.5% |
| 111th | Dominican Republic | 70.4 | 0.3% |
| 112th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.4 | 0.1% |
| 113th | Latvia | 70.3 | 0.8% |
| 114th | West Bank and Gaza | 70.3 | -0.7% |
| 115th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 70.2 | 0.7% |
| 116th | Georgia | 70.1 | 0.1% |
| 117th | Paraguay | 70.0 | 0.4% |
| 118th | Peru | 69.8 | 0.7% |
| 119th | Tonga | 69.6 | 0.3% |
| 120th | Brazil | 69.6 | 0.5% |
| 121st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 69.2 | 0.8% |
| 122nd | Belarus | 68.9 | 1.5% |
| 123rd | Belize | 68.9 | -0.1% |
| 124th | Trinidad and Tobago | 68.6 | 0.2% |
| 125th | Vanuatu | 68.6 | 1.0% |
| 126th | Kyrgyz Republic | 68.6 | -0.1% |
| 127th | Honduras | 68.3 | 0.4% |
| 128th | Cabo Verde | 68.1 | 1.1% |
| 129th | Philippines | 67.8 | 0.4% |
| 130th | Ukraine | 67.8 | -0.3% |
| 131st | El Salvador | 67.7 | 0.6% |
| 132nd | Moldova | 67.5 | 0.4% |
| 133rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 67.3 | 0.5% |
| 134th | Solomon Islands | 67.1 | 0.2% |
| 135th | Guatemala | 67.1 | 0.7% |
| 136th | Morocco | 66.8 | 0.6% |
| 137th | Nicaragua | 66.4 | 0.7% |
| 138th | Indonesia | 66.3 | 0.4% |
| 139th | Fiji | 66.2 | -0.8% |
| 140th | Greenland | 66.1 | -0.6% |
| 141st | Russian Federation | 65.5 | -0.8% |
| 142nd | Uzbekistan | 65.5 | 0.2% |
| 143rd | Azerbaijan | 65.4 | 1.0% |
| 144th | Turkmenistan | 64.9 | 0.7% |
| 145th | Iraq | 64.9 | 0.5% |
| 146th | Kiribati | 64.7 | 0.4% |
| 147th | Palau | 64.5 | 0.4% |
| 148th | Suriname | 64.4 | 0.6% |
| 149th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 64.3 | -0.5% |
| 150th | Guyana | 64.1 | 0.5% |
| 151st | Kazakhstan | 63.8 | 0.4% |
| 152nd | Tajikistan | 63.5 | 0.7% |
| 153rd | Tuvalu | 63.5 | 0.3% |
| 154th | Marshall Islands | 63.3 | -0.2% |
| 155th | Mongolia | 63.2 | 0.7% |
| 156th | Yemen, Republic of | 62.8 | 0.8% |
| 157th | India | 62.7 | 0.7% |
| 158th | Nepal | 62.6 | 1.0% |
| 159th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 62.1 | 0.7% |
| 160th | Bangladesh | 62.0 | 1.3% |
| 161st | Pakistan | 61.9 | 0.6% |
| 162nd | Bhutan | 61.8 | -0.3% |
| 163rd | Gabon | 61.8 | 0.2% |
| 164th | Papua New Guinea | 61.6 | 0.2% |
| 165th | São Tomé and Principe | 61.2 | 0.4% |
| 166th | Mauritania | 61.0 | 1.0% |
| 167th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 60.9 | 0.0% |
| 168th | Myanmar | 60.4 | 0.4% |
| 169th | Nauru | 59.6 | -0.2% |
| 170th | Cambodia | 59.5 | 1.5% |
| 171st | Sudan | 58.9 | 0.6% |
| 172nd | Comoros | 58.9 | 0.1% |
| 173rd | South Africa | 58.4 | -1.4% |
| 174th | Lao PDR | 58.3 | 0.8% |
| 175th | Haiti | 58.2 | 0.8% |
| 176th | Ghana | 58.1 | 0.5% |
| 177th | Timor-Leste | 58.1 | 28.4% |
| 178th | Madagascar | 58.0 | 0.9% |
| 179th | Senegal | 57.6 | 0.5% |
| 180th | Gambia, The | 56.9 | 0.8% |
| 181st | Djibouti | 56.7 | 0.3% |
| 182nd | Benin | 56.6 | 0.5% |
| 183rd | Eritrea | 56.3 | 26.5% |
| 184th | Kenya | 56.1 | 0.4% |
| 185th | Congo, Republic of | 55.4 | 1.7% |
| 186th | Afghanistan | 55.0 | 0.9% |
| 187th | Togo | 54.6 | 0.5% |
| 188th | Equatorial Guinea | 53.4 | 0.7% |
| 189th | Cameroon | 53.3 | 0.3% |
| 190th | Tanzania | 53.2 | 1.6% |
| 191st | Namibia | 52.9 | -1.9% |
| 192nd | Guinea | 52.4 | 0.8% |
| 193rd | Botswana | 52.3 | -0.4% |
| 194th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 51.9 | 3.6% |
| 195th | Liberia | 51.9 | 2.9% |
| 196th | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.4 | 0.2% |
| 197th | Burkina Faso | 50.8 | 0.7% |
| 198th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 50.7 | 0.3% |
| 199th | Mali | 50.6 | 1.1% |
| 200th | Guinea-Bissau | 50.6 | 4.3% |
| 201st | Uganda | 49.6 | 1.4% |
| 202nd | Mozambique | 49.5 | 1.3% |
| 203rd | Niger | 49.2 | 1.4% |
| 204th | Lesotho | 48.8 | -3.2% |
| 205th | Chad | 47.9 | 0.0% |
| 206th | Rwanda | 47.8 | 4.5% |
| 207th | Eswatini | 47.6 | -2.4% |
| 208th | Burundi | 47.6 | 0.0% |
| 209th | South Sudan | 47.6 | 6.9% |
| 210th | Nigeria | 47.1 | 1.1% |
| 211th | Central African Republic | 46.6 | -0.6% |
| 212th | Zambia | 46.6 | 1.4% |
| 213th | Angola | 46.5 | 1.5% |
| 214th | Malawi | 46.2 | 2.5% |
| 215th | Zimbabwe | 46.0 | -0.7% |
| 216th | Sierra Leone | 44.8 | 6.8% |
FAQ
What was Korea's life expectancy in 2000?▾
Korea's life expectancy in 2000 was 75.9. This ranked 47th globally.
How did Korea's life expectancy change in 2000?▾
Korea's life expectancy increased by 0.7% in 2000 compared to 1999.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2000?▾
Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2000 at 82.1.
What is the life expectancy of Korea in 2000?▾
The life expectancy of Korea in 2000 was 75.9. This ranked 47th globally.
How does 2000 compare to 1999 for Korea's life expectancy?▾
Korea's life expectancy went from 75.4 in 1999 to 75.9 in 2000, a 0.7% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Korea matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2000. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 7.7%. View full analysis →
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