Libya - Life Expectancy 2016
71.8
+0.2 from 2015
Libya's life expectancy was 71.8 in 2016, increased +0.2 from 71.6 in 2015. This was the 127th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2016▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 85.6 | 0.4% |
| 2nd | San Marino | 84.8 | 0.2% |
| 3rd | Andorra | 84.5 | -0.1% |
| 4th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 84.2 | 0.0% |
| 5th | Japan | 84.0 | 0.2% |
| 6th | Switzerland | 83.6 | 0.9% |
| 7th | Spain | 83.3 | 0.6% |
| 8th | Macao SAR, China | 83.3 | 0.1% |
| 9th | Italy | 83.2 | 0.8% |
| 10th | Singapore | 82.8 | 0.1% |
| 11th | Gibraltar | 82.7 | 0.1% |
| 12th | Luxembourg | 82.7 | 0.5% |
| 13th | France | 82.6 | 0.3% |
| 14th | French Polynesia | 82.6 | 0.3% |
| 15th | Malta | 82.5 | 0.7% |
| 16th | Australia | 82.4 | 0.1% |
| 17th | Israel | 82.4 | 0.4% |
| 18th | Norway | 82.4 | 0.1% |
| 19th | Sweden | 82.3 | 0.1% |
| 20th | Korea | 82.3 | 0.3% |
| 21st | Liechtenstein | 82.3 | -0.5% |
| 22nd | Iceland | 82.2 | -0.3% |
| 23rd | United Arab Emirates | 82.2 | 0.1% |
| 24th | Qatar | 82.1 | 0.4% |
| 25th | Faroe Islands | 82.0 | 0.2% |
| 26th | Canada | 81.9 | 0.1% |
| 27th | New Zealand | 81.7 | 0.1% |
| 28th | Ireland | 81.7 | 0.2% |
| 29th | Austria | 81.6 | 0.6% |
| 30th | Netherlands | 81.6 | 0.1% |
| 31st | Cyprus | 81.5 | 0.1% |
| 32nd | Belgium | 81.4 | 0.6% |
| 33rd | Finland | 81.4 | -0.1% |
| 34th | Greece | 81.4 | 0.4% |
| 35th | Channel Islands | 81.2 | -0.2% |
| 36th | Slovenia | 81.2 | 0.5% |
| 37th | United Kingdom | 81.2 | 0.2% |
| 38th | Portugal | 81.1 | 0.0% |
| 39th | Germany | 81.0 | 0.4% |
| 40th | European Union | 81.0 | 0.5% |
| 41st | Denmark | 80.9 | 0.2% |
| 42nd | Bermuda | 80.5 | 0.2% |
| 43rd | Bahrain | 80.4 | 0.1% |
| 44th | Isle of Man | 80.4 | 0.2% |
| 45th | Puerto Rico (US) | 80.4 | -0.4% |
| 46th | Chile | 80.3 | 0.4% |
| 47th | Costa Rica | 80.0 | -0.5% |
| 48th | St. Martin (French part) | 79.9 | 0.1% |
| 49th | Kuwait | 79.7 | 0.4% |
| 50th | Oman | 79.6 | 0.3% |
| 51st | Virgin Islands (US) | 79.2 | 0.2% |
| 52nd | Czechia | 79.0 | 0.6% |
| 53rd | Maldives | 78.9 | 0.4% |
| 54th | Albania | 78.6 | 0.4% |
| 55th | United States | 78.5 | -0.2% |
| 56th | Cayman Islands | 78.4 | 0.3% |
| 57th | Saudi Arabia | 78.4 | 0.7% |
| 58th | Lebanon | 78.3 | 0.0% |
| 59th | Croatia | 77.9 | 0.8% |
| 60th | Poland | 77.9 | 0.5% |
| 61st | Panama | 77.8 | 0.2% |
| 62nd | Estonia | 77.6 | 0.1% |
| 63rd | Cuba | 77.6 | -0.2% |
| 64th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 77.4 | 0.2% |
| 65th | Northern Mariana Islands | 77.4 | 0.0% |
| 66th | New Caledonia | 77.4 | 0.2% |
| 67th | Uruguay | 77.4 | 0.1% |
| 68th | China | 77.2 | 0.3% |
| 69th | Slovak Republic | 77.2 | 0.8% |
| 70th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77.1 | 0.1% |
| 71st | Antigua and Barbuda | 77.0 | 0.1% |
| 72nd | Thailand | 76.8 | 0.3% |
| 73rd | Kosovo | 76.7 | 1.0% |
| 74th | British Virgin Islands | 76.6 | 0.1% |
| 75th | Türkiye | 76.6 | 0.1% |
| 76th | Montenegro | 76.5 | -0.1% |
| 77th | Guam | 76.4 | 0.0% |
| 78th | Curaçao | 76.3 | -0.2% |
| 79th | Colombia | 76.2 | 0.2% |
| 80th | Barbados | 76.2 | 0.1% |
| 81st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 76.2 | 0.3% |
| 82nd | Sri Lanka | 76.1 | 0.2% |
| 83rd | Argentina | 76.1 | -0.6% |
| 84th | Ecuador | 76.1 | -0.2% |
| 85th | Hungary | 76.1 | 0.7% |
| 86th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 76.0 | 0.1% |
| 87th | Peru | 76.0 | 0.3% |
| 88th | Serbia | 75.7 | 0.5% |
| 89th | Jordan | 75.6 | 0.7% |
| 90th | Aruba | 75.5 | 0.2% |
| 91st | North Macedonia | 75.4 | 0.0% |
| 92nd | Malaysia | 75.4 | 0.1% |
| 93rd | Algeria | 75.3 | 0.2% |
| 94th | Romania | 75.2 | 0.4% |
| 95th | Brazil | 75.1 | 0.0% |
| 96th | Grenada | 75.0 | 0.0% |
| 97th | Tunisia | 75.0 | 0.2% |
| 98th | West Bank and Gaza | 74.9 | 0.5% |
| 99th | Brunei Darussalam | 74.9 | 0.0% |
| 100th | Armenia | 74.9 | 0.0% |
| 101st | Bulgaria | 74.8 | 0.3% |
| 102nd | Lithuania | 74.7 | 0.5% |
| 103rd | Latvia | 74.6 | 0.1% |
| 104th | Mauritius | 74.4 | 0.1% |
| 105th | Mexico | 74.4 | -0.1% |
| 106th | Cabo Verde | 74.4 | 0.3% |
| 107th | Seychelles | 74.3 | 0.0% |
| 108th | Bahamas, The | 74.0 | 0.3% |
| 109th | Viet Nam | 74.0 | 0.0% |
| 110th | Belarus | 73.8 | 0.3% |
| 111th | Paraguay | 73.5 | 0.0% |
| 112th | Ukraine | 73.4 | 1.0% |
| 113th | Morocco | 73.2 | 0.5% |
| 114th | Nicaragua | 73.2 | 0.4% |
| 115th | Georgia | 73.1 | -0.1% |
| 116th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 73.0 | 0.2% |
| 117th | Trinidad and Tobago | 72.9 | 0.1% |
| 118th | Dominican Republic | 72.9 | -0.1% |
| 119th | American Samoa | 72.6 | 0.0% |
| 120th | Azerbaijan | 72.6 | 0.3% |
| 121st | St. Lucia | 72.6 | -0.5% |
| 122nd | Kazakhstan | 72.5 | 0.7% |
| 123rd | Jamaica | 72.1 | -0.2% |
| 124th | Tonga | 72.0 | 0.1% |
| 125th | Belize | 71.8 | 0.3% |
| 126th | Greenland | 71.8 | 0.5% |
| 127th | Libya | 71.8 | 0.2% |
| 128th | Russian Federation | 71.7 | 0.7% |
| 129th | Honduras | 71.6 | 0.4% |
| 130th | Uzbekistan | 71.6 | 0.4% |
| 131st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 71.2 | 0.0% |
| 132nd | Guatemala | 71.2 | 0.4% |
| 133rd | Dominica | 71.2 | 1.7% |
| 134th | Bhutan | 71.1 | 0.5% |
| 135th | Bangladesh | 71.1 | 0.8% |
| 136th | Samoa | 71.0 | -0.1% |
| 137th | Suriname | 71.0 | 0.6% |
| 138th | Kyrgyz Republic | 71.0 | 0.4% |
| 139th | El Salvador | 70.9 | -0.1% |
| 140th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.7 | 0.3% |
| 141st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 70.4 | 0.4% |
| 142nd | Vanuatu | 70.4 | 0.3% |
| 143rd | Mongolia | 70.2 | -0.8% |
| 144th | Moldova | 70.2 | 0.1% |
| 145th | Tajikistan | 70.0 | 0.5% |
| 146th | Indonesia | 69.7 | 0.3% |
| 147th | India | 69.7 | 0.6% |
| 148th | Cambodia | 69.6 | 0.3% |
| 149th | Solomon Islands | 69.5 | 0.3% |
| 150th | Philippines | 69.5 | 0.1% |
| 151st | Turkmenistan | 69.1 | 0.1% |
| 152nd | Palau | 69.0 | 0.0% |
| 153rd | Iraq | 68.7 | -1.8% |
| 154th | Nepal | 68.4 | 1.6% |
| 155th | Guyana | 68.1 | 0.5% |
| 156th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 67.4 | 0.3% |
| 157th | Yemen, Republic of | 67.1 | 0.5% |
| 158th | Lao PDR | 67.0 | 0.5% |
| 159th | Mauritania | 66.8 | 0.5% |
| 160th | Senegal | 66.7 | 0.4% |
| 161st | Fiji | 66.7 | 0.3% |
| 162nd | Gabon | 66.6 | 0.4% |
| 163rd | São Tomé and Principe | 66.6 | 0.8% |
| 164th | Eritrea | 66.2 | 0.5% |
| 165th | Pakistan | 65.9 | 0.5% |
| 166th | Kiribati | 65.8 | 0.0% |
| 167th | Rwanda | 65.7 | 0.5% |
| 168th | Myanmar | 65.6 | 0.5% |
| 169th | Timor-Leste | 65.6 | 0.4% |
| 170th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 65.6 | 0.4% |
| 171st | Tuvalu | 65.5 | 0.2% |
| 172nd | Marshall Islands | 65.5 | 0.3% |
| 173rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 65.2 | 3.0% |
| 174th | Comoros | 64.8 | 0.5% |
| 175th | South Africa | 64.7 | 1.1% |
| 176th | Papua New Guinea | 64.7 | 0.4% |
| 177th | Sudan | 64.7 | 0.5% |
| 178th | Uganda | 64.5 | 1.0% |
| 179th | Tanzania | 64.4 | 0.7% |
| 180th | Botswana | 64.3 | 1.7% |
| 181st | Congo, Republic of | 63.9 | 0.4% |
| 182nd | Ghana | 63.5 | 0.5% |
| 183rd | Madagascar | 63.4 | 0.1% |
| 184th | Gambia, The | 63.4 | 0.7% |
| 185th | Djibouti | 63.3 | 0.8% |
| 186th | Haiti | 63.3 | 0.2% |
| 187th | Malawi | 63.2 | 1.3% |
| 188th | Afghanistan | 62.6 | 0.6% |
| 189th | Kenya | 62.5 | 0.4% |
| 190th | Angola | 61.6 | 0.9% |
| 191st | Zambia | 61.1 | 0.7% |
| 192nd | Equatorial Guinea | 61.1 | 0.7% |
| 193rd | Nauru | 61.0 | 0.2% |
| 194th | Namibia | 60.8 | 1.3% |
| 195th | Burundi | 60.8 | 1.1% |
| 196th | Guinea-Bissau | 60.6 | 0.9% |
| 197th | Liberia | 60.5 | 2.1% |
| 198th | Cameroon | 60.3 | 1.0% |
| 199th | Zimbabwe | 59.8 | 1.3% |
| 200th | Togo | 59.7 | 0.8% |
| 201st | Mozambique | 59.5 | 1.3% |
| 202nd | Benin | 59.3 | 0.3% |
| 203rd | Niger | 59.2 | 0.6% |
| 204th | Burkina Faso | 59.2 | 0.7% |
| 205th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 59.1 | 0.7% |
| 206th | Côte d'Ivoire | 58.8 | 0.9% |
| 207th | Guinea | 58.5 | 1.0% |
| 208th | Mali | 58.3 | 0.8% |
| 209th | Sierra Leone | 56.9 | 2.7% |
| 210th | Eswatini | 56.2 | 2.3% |
| 211th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 55.3 | 0.4% |
| 212th | Lesotho | 52.9 | 2.1% |
| 213th | Nigeria | 52.2 | 0.5% |
| 214th | Chad | 51.6 | 0.6% |
| 215th | Central African Republic | 51.0 | -1.8% |
| 216th | South Sudan | 36.7 | -7.6% |
FAQ
What was Libya's life expectancy in 2016?▾
Libya's life expectancy in 2016 was 71.8. This ranked 127th globally.
How did Libya's life expectancy change in 2016?▾
Libya's life expectancy increased by 0.2% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2016?▾
Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2016 at 85.6.
What is the life expectancy of Libya in 2016?▾
The life expectancy of Libya in 2016 was 71.8. This ranked 127th globally.
How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Libya's life expectancy?▾
Libya's life expectancy went from 71.6 in 2015 to 71.8 in 2016, a 0.2% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Libya matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 2016. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 13.2%. View full analysis →
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