New Zealand - Life Expectancy 1986
74.1
+0.3 from 1985
New Zealand's life expectancy was 74.1 in 1986, increased +0.3 from 73.8 in 1985. This was the 34th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1986▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 78.4 | 1.3% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 78.1 | 0.1% |
| 3rd | Japan | 78.0 | 0.6% |
| 4th | Iceland | 78.0 | 0.5% |
| 5th | San Marino | 77.4 | 0.1% |
| 6th | Liechtenstein | 77.1 | 0.6% |
| 7th | Sweden | 76.9 | 0.3% |
| 8th | Switzerland | 76.9 | 0.2% |
| 9th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 76.7 | 0.3% |
| 10th | Spain | 76.5 | 0.3% |
| 11th | Greece | 76.5 | 0.5% |
| 12th | Canada | 76.5 | 0.2% |
| 13th | Netherlands | 76.3 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Norway | 76.2 | 0.4% |
| 15th | Australia | 75.9 | 0.3% |
| 16th | Italy | 75.8 | 0.4% |
| 17th | France | 75.6 | 0.4% |
| 18th | Gibraltar | 75.6 | 0.4% |
| 19th | Channel Islands | 75.4 | 0.1% |
| 20th | Faroe Islands | 75.2 | -1.4% |
| 21st | Israel | 75.0 | -0.3% |
| 22nd | Costa Rica | 74.9 | 0.2% |
| 23rd | Cyprus | 74.9 | 0.4% |
| 24th | United Kingdom | 74.9 | 0.4% |
| 25th | Macao SAR, China | 74.8 | 0.4% |
| 26th | Belgium | 74.7 | 0.3% |
| 27th | United States | 74.6 | 0.1% |
| 28th | Denmark | 74.6 | 0.2% |
| 29th | Finland | 74.6 | 0.5% |
| 30th | Germany | 74.4 | 0.3% |
| 31st | Malta | 74.4 | 0.9% |
| 32nd | Austria | 74.3 | 0.7% |
| 33rd | Singapore | 74.2 | 0.5% |
| 34th | New Zealand | 74.1 | 0.4% |
| 35th | European Union | 74.1 | 0.3% |
| 36th | Kuwait | 74.1 | 0.6% |
| 37th | Luxembourg | 74.0 | 1.1% |
| 38th | Antigua and Barbuda | 73.9 | 0.0% |
| 39th | Ireland | 73.7 | 0.1% |
| 40th | Cuba | 73.6 | 0.1% |
| 41st | Barbados | 73.4 | 0.1% |
| 42nd | Bermuda | 73.4 | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Guam | 73.3 | 0.3% |
| 44th | Puerto Rico (US) | 73.3 | 0.9% |
| 45th | Portugal | 73.3 | 0.6% |
| 46th | St. Martin (French part) | 73.2 | 0.4% |
| 47th | Montenegro | 72.6 | 0.5% |
| 48th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 72.4 | 0.1% |
| 49th | Bahrain | 72.3 | 0.2% |
| 50th | Uruguay | 72.2 | 0.5% |
| 51st | Qatar | 72.2 | 0.5% |
| 52nd | Lithuania | 72.1 | 2.2% |
| 53rd | Chile | 72.1 | 0.6% |
| 54th | Curaçao | 72.0 | 0.2% |
| 55th | French Polynesia | 72.0 | 1.1% |
| 56th | Cayman Islands | 71.9 | 0.4% |
| 57th | Aruba | 71.8 | 0.1% |
| 58th | Slovenia | 71.8 | 0.6% |
| 59th | Bulgaria | 71.7 | 0.7% |
| 60th | Dominica | 71.7 | -0.3% |
| 61st | Albania | 71.7 | 0.5% |
| 62nd | Serbia | 71.6 | 0.3% |
| 63rd | Belarus | 71.5 | 0.8% |
| 64th | Croatia | 71.4 | 0.8% |
| 65th | British Virgin Islands | 71.3 | 0.4% |
| 66th | Slovak Republic | 71.0 | 0.4% |
| 67th | Czechia | 71.0 | -0.1% |
| 68th | Poland | 70.8 | 0.4% |
| 69th | Ukraine | 70.8 | 0.6% |
| 70th | Brunei Darussalam | 70.8 | 0.4% |
| 71st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 70.8 | 0.2% |
| 72nd | American Samoa | 70.7 | 0.2% |
| 73rd | Panama | 70.7 | 0.2% |
| 74th | Latvia | 70.6 | 1.9% |
| 75th | Jamaica | 70.4 | 0.5% |
| 76th | United Arab Emirates | 70.4 | 0.4% |
| 77th | Isle of Man | 70.3 | 0.5% |
| 78th | Bahamas, The | 70.3 | 0.0% |
| 79th | Argentina | 70.3 | 0.6% |
| 80th | St. Lucia | 70.2 | -0.1% |
| 81st | North Macedonia | 70.2 | 0.1% |
| 82nd | Malaysia | 70.1 | 0.4% |
| 83rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.1 | 0.5% |
| 84th | Estonia | 70.1 | 1.0% |
| 85th | Virgin Islands (US) | 69.9 | 0.4% |
| 86th | Grenada | 69.6 | 0.3% |
| 87th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 69.5 | 0.4% |
| 88th | Romania | 69.5 | -0.3% |
| 89th | Korea | 69.4 | 0.9% |
| 90th | Russian Federation | 69.4 | 2.3% |
| 91st | Northern Mariana Islands | 69.4 | 0.2% |
| 92nd | Georgia | 69.2 | 0.3% |
| 93rd | Hungary | 69.2 | 0.3% |
| 94th | Mauritius | 69.0 | 0.2% |
| 95th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 69.0 | 0.5% |
| 96th | Jordan | 69.0 | 0.5% |
| 97th | Sri Lanka | 69.0 | 0.1% |
| 98th | Belize | 68.7 | 0.6% |
| 99th | Seychelles | 68.7 | -1.5% |
| 100th | Syrian Arab Republic | 68.4 | 0.5% |
| 101st | Colombia | 68.3 | 4.5% |
| 102nd | New Caledonia | 68.2 | 0.6% |
| 103rd | Libya | 67.8 | 0.8% |
| 104th | Viet Nam | 67.6 | 0.5% |
| 105th | Tunisia | 67.4 | 0.8% |
| 106th | Moldova | 67.4 | 0.8% |
| 107th | Mexico | 67.4 | 0.9% |
| 108th | Thailand | 67.3 | 1.1% |
| 109th | Armenia | 67.2 | 0.4% |
| 110th | Tonga | 67.1 | 0.2% |
| 111th | Trinidad and Tobago | 66.9 | 0.2% |
| 112th | China | 66.9 | 0.5% |
| 113th | Samoa | 66.8 | 0.4% |
| 114th | Saudi Arabia | 66.6 | 0.9% |
| 115th | Paraguay | 66.2 | 0.4% |
| 116th | Oman | 66.2 | 1.4% |
| 117th | Ecuador | 66.1 | 0.8% |
| 118th | Dominican Republic | 66.1 | 0.7% |
| 119th | Türkiye | 65.9 | 0.8% |
| 120th | Kazakhstan | 65.8 | 0.6% |
| 121st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 65.6 | 0.1% |
| 122nd | Algeria | 65.3 | 1.7% |
| 123rd | Uzbekistan | 65.0 | 0.7% |
| 124th | Solomon Islands | 64.7 | -0.9% |
| 125th | Vanuatu | 64.6 | 1.1% |
| 126th | Kyrgyz Republic | 64.4 | 1.6% |
| 127th | Brazil | 64.4 | 0.6% |
| 128th | Greenland | 64.2 | 0.7% |
| 129th | Fiji | 64.0 | -0.1% |
| 130th | Honduras | 63.7 | 0.7% |
| 131st | Botswana | 63.4 | -0.4% |
| 132nd | Turkmenistan | 63.2 | 0.7% |
| 133rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 63.2 | 0.2% |
| 134th | Philippines | 62.9 | 0.2% |
| 135th | Palau | 62.8 | 0.1% |
| 136th | Azerbaijan | 62.6 | -0.1% |
| 137th | Cabo Verde | 62.6 | 0.5% |
| 138th | Kosovo | 62.5 | 2.2% |
| 139th | South Africa | 62.4 | 0.4% |
| 140th | Peru | 62.2 | 0.7% |
| 141st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 62.1 | 1.0% |
| 142nd | Lebanon | 62.0 | 0.7% |
| 143rd | Tajikistan | 61.8 | 1.4% |
| 144th | Marshall Islands | 61.8 | 0.1% |
| 145th | Indonesia | 61.7 | 0.6% |
| 146th | Eswatini | 61.6 | 0.7% |
| 147th | Guyana | 61.5 | 0.2% |
| 148th | Tuvalu | 61.2 | 0.1% |
| 149th | Suriname | 61.2 | -0.3% |
| 150th | Zimbabwe | 61.0 | 0.1% |
| 151st | Kenya | 60.8 | -0.1% |
| 152nd | Guatemala | 60.3 | 0.9% |
| 153rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 60.1 | 1.1% |
| 154th | Iraq | 60.0 | 0.4% |
| 155th | Maldives | 60.0 | 1.4% |
| 156th | Gabon | 60.0 | 0.5% |
| 157th | Morocco | 60.0 | 1.3% |
| 158th | Lesotho | 59.3 | 0.2% |
| 159th | El Salvador | 59.3 | 2.2% |
| 160th | Pakistan | 59.2 | 0.2% |
| 161st | Kiribati | 59.1 | 0.7% |
| 162nd | Papua New Guinea | 59.0 | 0.4% |
| 163rd | Namibia | 58.7 | 0.4% |
| 164th | Nauru | 58.6 | 0.0% |
| 165th | Congo, Republic of | 57.6 | 0.0% |
| 166th | São Tomé and Principe | 57.6 | -4.2% |
| 167th | Nicaragua | 57.6 | 2.1% |
| 168th | India | 56.8 | 0.9% |
| 169th | Mongolia | 56.7 | 0.6% |
| 170th | Mauritania | 56.3 | 0.9% |
| 171st | Myanmar | 56.1 | 0.5% |
| 172nd | Togo | 54.6 | 0.5% |
| 173rd | Bangladesh | 54.6 | 1.2% |
| 174th | Sudan | 54.6 | 9.1% |
| 175th | Djibouti | 54.5 | 0.8% |
| 176th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 54.2 | 0.9% |
| 177th | Yemen, Republic of | 54.0 | -2.6% |
| 178th | Comoros | 53.8 | 0.9% |
| 179th | Senegal | 53.7 | 2.2% |
| 180th | Cameroon | 53.6 | 0.2% |
| 181st | Ghana | 53.3 | 1.0% |
| 182nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 53.0 | 0.3% |
| 183rd | Bhutan | 52.8 | 1.5% |
| 184th | Tanzania | 52.2 | 0.0% |
| 185th | Lao PDR | 52.1 | 1.1% |
| 186th | Haiti | 51.9 | 0.6% |
| 187th | Rwanda | 51.7 | 0.0% |
| 188th | Nepal | 51.6 | 1.3% |
| 189th | Cambodia | 51.6 | 1.5% |
| 190th | Zambia | 51.1 | -1.6% |
| 191st | Equatorial Guinea | 50.8 | 0.5% |
| 192nd | Madagascar | 50.7 | 0.5% |
| 193rd | Benin | 50.6 | 1.3% |
| 194th | Central African Republic | 50.4 | 0.0% |
| 195th | Burkina Faso | 49.0 | 0.5% |
| 196th | Gambia, The | 48.8 | 1.3% |
| 197th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 48.4 | 0.3% |
| 198th | Burundi | 47.4 | -0.5% |
| 199th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 47.0 | 0.8% |
| 200th | Nigeria | 46.0 | -0.5% |
| 201st | Guinea | 45.7 | 0.9% |
| 202nd | Uganda | 45.7 | 0.3% |
| 203rd | Chad | 45.6 | 0.6% |
| 204th | Guinea-Bissau | 45.5 | 0.6% |
| 205th | Mali | 44.6 | 1.6% |
| 206th | Liberia | 44.5 | 1.1% |
| 207th | Malawi | 44.3 | -0.6% |
| 208th | Sierra Leone | 43.5 | -0.1% |
| 209th | Angola | 42.7 | 0.6% |
| 210th | Mozambique | 41.0 | 5.0% |
| 211th | Niger | 40.3 | 0.3% |
| 212th | Eritrea | 39.5 | 2.5% |
| 213th | Afghanistan | 38.4 | 19.5% |
| 214th | Timor-Leste | 34.8 | 1.2% |
| 215th | South Sudan | 32.8 | 1.4% |
FAQ
What was New Zealand's life expectancy in 1986?▾
New Zealand's life expectancy in 1986 was 74.1. This ranked 34th globally.
How did New Zealand's life expectancy change in 1986?▾
New Zealand's life expectancy increased by 0.4% in 1986 compared to 1985.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1986?▾
Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 1986 at 78.4.
What is the life expectancy of New Zealand in 1986?▾
The life expectancy of New Zealand in 1986 was 74.1. This ranked 34th globally.
How does 1986 compare to 1985 for New Zealand's life expectancy?▾
New Zealand's life expectancy went from 73.8 in 1985 to 74.1 in 1986, a 0.4% increase.
Related
1985
1987
All years
Full ranking 1986
Population
Population Growth
Population Density
Urban Population
Birth Rate
Peak: 2023
Lowest: 1961
Life Expectancy 1990s
Life Expectancy 2000s
Life Expectancy 2010s
Life Expectancy 2020s
Highest ever
Lowest ever
Average
vs Andorra
vs Malta
vs France
vs United Arab Emirates
OECD Life Expectancy
Global Ranking