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New Zealand – Life Expectancy 1985

Average number of years a newborn is expected to live if current mortality rates continue throughout their lifetime. · World Bank
73.8 −0.5 from 1984 Global rank: 33rd

New Zealand's life expectancy was 73.8 in 1985, decreased +0.5 from 74.4 in 1984. This was the 33rd highest globally.

Global Ranking – 1985▾
Life Expectancy by Country – 1985
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Andorra 78.0 0.1%
2nd Iceland 77.6 0.0%
3rd Japan 77.6 0.3%
4th Monaco 77.4 1.3%
5th San Marino 77.3 0.1%
6th Switzerland 76.7 0.2%
7th Sweden 76.7 -0.2%
8th Liechtenstein 76.6 0.7%
9th Hong Kong SAR, China 76.4 0.6%
10th Canada 76.3 0.0%
11th Netherlands 76.3 0.1%
12th Spain 76.3 0.0%
13th Faroe Islands 76.2 0.1%
14th Greece 76.1 0.4%
15th Norway 75.9 -0.4%
16th Australia 75.6 0.3%
17th Italy 75.5 0.1%
18th France 75.3 0.4%
19th Channel Islands 75.3 0.1%
20th Gibraltar 75.2 0.4%
21st Israel 75.2 0.5%
22nd Costa Rica 74.8 0.2%
23rd Cyprus 74.6 0.9%
24th United Kingdom 74.6 -0.2%
25th United States 74.6 0.0%
26th Macao SAR, China 74.5 0.6%
27th Belgium 74.5 0.2%
28th Denmark 74.4 -0.2%
29th Finland 74.2 -0.4%
30th Germany 74.2 0.2%
31st Singapore 73.9 0.8%
32nd Antigua and Barbuda 73.9 0.1%
33rd New Zealand 73.8 -0.7%
34th European Union 73.8 0.1%
35th Austria 73.8 0.3%
36th Malta 73.8 0.8%
37th Ireland 73.6 -0.1%
38th Kuwait 73.6 0.6%
39th Cuba 73.5 -0.1%
40th Bermuda 73.4 0.0%
41st Barbados 73.3 0.0%
42nd Luxembourg 73.1 0.8%
43rd Guam 73.1 0.7%
44th St. Martin (French part) 72.9 0.3%
45th Portugal 72.8 0.4%
46th Puerto Rico (US) 72.6 -1.1%
47th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 72.4 0.1%
48th Montenegro 72.2 0.2%
49th Bahrain 72.1 0.3%
50th Dominica 71.9 0.0%
51st Curaçao 71.9 0.2%
52nd Uruguay 71.9 0.2%
53rd Qatar 71.8 0.5%
54th Aruba 71.8 0.1%
55th Chile 71.6 0.6%
56th Cayman Islands 71.6 0.5%
57th Serbia 71.4 0.4%
58th Slovenia 71.4 0.6%
59th Albania 71.3 0.4%
60th Bulgaria 71.2 -0.4%
61st French Polynesia 71.2 0.9%
62nd Czechia 71.0 0.3%
63rd Belarus 71.0 2.1%
64th British Virgin Islands 71.0 0.4%
65th Croatia 70.9 1.0%
66th Slovak Republic 70.7 0.0%
67th Bosnia and Herzegovina 70.6 0.5%
68th Poland 70.5 -0.4%
69th Panama 70.5 0.2%
70th American Samoa 70.5 0.3%
71st Lithuania 70.5 0.3%
72nd Brunei Darussalam 70.5 0.4%
73rd Ukraine 70.4 0.6%
74th St. Lucia 70.3 -0.3%
75th Bahamas, The 70.3 0.1%
76th United Arab Emirates 70.1 0.5%
77th Jamaica 70.1 0.4%
78th North Macedonia 70.1 0.0%
79th Isle of Man 70.0 0.4%
80th Argentina 69.9 0.8%
81st Malaysia 69.9 0.4%
82nd St. Vincent and the Grenadines 69.8 0.8%
83rd Romania 69.7 0.1%
84th Seychelles 69.7 0.2%
85th Virgin Islands (US) 69.6 0.2%
86th Estonia 69.4 0.1%
87th Grenada 69.3 0.4%
88th Latvia 69.3 0.2%
89th Northern Mariana Islands 69.2 0.2%
90th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 69.2 0.5%
91st Georgia 69.0 0.3%
92nd Hungary 69.0 -0.1%
93rd Sri Lanka 68.9 0.2%
94th Mauritius 68.9 0.1%
95th Korea 68.8 0.9%
96th Turks and Caicos Islands 68.7 0.4%
97th Jordan 68.6 0.6%
98th Belize 68.3 0.6%
99th Syrian Arab Republic 68.0 0.5%
100th Russian Federation 67.9 1.0%
101st New Caledonia 67.8 0.6%
102nd Libya 67.3 0.8%
103rd Viet Nam 67.2 0.4%
104th Tonga 66.9 0.2%
105th Armenia 66.9 0.5%
106th Moldova 66.9 0.7%
107th Tunisia 66.9 0.9%
108th Mexico 66.8 0.8%
109th Trinidad and Tobago 66.7 0.3%
110th Samoa 66.6 0.4%
111th Thailand 66.5 1.5%
112th China 66.5 0.6%
113th Saudi Arabia 66.0 1.0%
114th Paraguay 65.9 0.4%
115th Ecuador 65.6 0.6%
116th Dominican Republic 65.6 0.7%
117th St. Kitts and Nevis 65.5 0.2%
118th Kazakhstan 65.4 0.8%
119th Colombia 65.4 -4.3%
120th Türkiye 65.3 0.8%
121st Solomon Islands 65.3 0.4%
122nd Oman 65.3 1.6%
123rd Uzbekistan 64.6 0.7%
124th Algeria 64.2 2.3%
125th Fiji 64.0 1.2%
126th Brazil 64.0 0.7%
127th Vanuatu 63.9 0.6%
128th Greenland 63.8 0.6%
129th Botswana 63.6 -0.1%
130th Kyrgyz Republic 63.4 1.3%
131st Honduras 63.2 0.6%
132nd Micronesia, Federated States of 63.0 0.2%
133rd Turkmenistan 62.8 0.7%
134th Philippines 62.7 0.5%
135th Palau 62.7 0.1%
136th Azerbaijan 62.7 1.0%
137th Cabo Verde 62.3 0.7%
138th South Africa 62.2 0.6%
139th Marshall Islands 61.7 0.2%
140th Peru 61.7 1.1%
141st Lebanon 61.6 0.7%
142nd Iran, Islamic Republic of 61.5 1.1%
143rd Indonesia 61.4 0.8%
144th Guyana 61.4 0.2%
145th Suriname 61.4 0.2%
146th Kosovo 61.2 -0.4%
147th Eswatini 61.2 1.2%
148th Tuvalu 61.1 0.1%
149th Tajikistan 61.0 0.5%
150th Zimbabwe 60.9 0.5%
151st Kenya 60.9 0.4%
152nd São Tomé and Principe 60.1 0.4%
153rd Iraq 59.8 0.4%
154th Guatemala 59.8 1.2%
155th Gabon 59.7 0.5%
156th Egypt, Arab Republic of 59.4 1.2%
157th Lesotho 59.2 0.4%
158th Morocco 59.2 1.3%
159th Maldives 59.2 1.4%
160th Pakistan 59.1 0.3%
161st Papua New Guinea 58.8 0.4%
162nd Kiribati 58.7 0.6%
163rd Nauru 58.6 -0.1%
164th Namibia 58.5 0.6%
165th El Salvador 58.0 2.6%
166th Congo, Republic of 57.6 0.1%
167th Mongolia 56.4 0.5%
168th Nicaragua 56.4 0.5%
169th India 56.3 0.9%
170th Myanmar 55.8 0.4%
171st Mauritania 55.8 1.1%
172nd Yemen, Republic of 55.4 1.5%
173rd Togo 54.4 0.5%
174th Djibouti 54.1 0.6%
175th Bangladesh 53.9 0.2%
176th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 53.8 0.7%
177th Cameroon 53.5 1.1%
178th Comoros 53.3 0.9%
179th Côte d'Ivoire 52.9 0.4%
180th Ghana 52.7 1.0%
181st Senegal 52.6 1.7%
182nd Tanzania 52.2 0.1%
183rd Bhutan 52.0 1.4%
184th Zambia 52.0 -1.7%
185th Rwanda 51.7 0.5%
186th Haiti 51.6 0.6%
187th Lao PDR 51.6 1.1%
188th Nepal 50.9 1.4%
189th Cambodia 50.8 1.4%
190th Equatorial Guinea 50.6 0.8%
191st Central African Republic 50.5 0.1%
192nd Madagascar 50.4 0.4%
193rd Sudan 50.0 0.4%
194th Benin 50.0 1.1%
195th Burkina Faso 48.7 0.6%
196th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 48.3 -0.3%
197th Gambia, The 48.2 1.3%
198th Burundi 47.7 -0.1%
199th Congo, Democratic Republic of 46.7 0.3%
200th Nigeria 46.2 -0.3%
201st Uganda 45.5 4.1%
202nd Chad 45.3 1.3%
203rd Guinea 45.3 1.0%
204th Guinea-Bissau 45.3 0.7%
205th Malawi 44.6 -0.5%
206th Liberia 44.0 -1.5%
207th Mali 43.9 1.2%
208th Sierra Leone 43.6 0.0%
209th Angola 42.5 0.6%
210th Niger 40.1 0.3%
211th Mozambique 39.0 0.2%
212th Eritrea 38.6 2.4%
213th Timor-Leste 34.3 -0.4%
214th South Sudan 32.4 1.8%
215th Afghanistan 32.1 2.1%
Source: World Bank (SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
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