New Zealand - Life Expectancy 2002
78.8
+0.2 from 2001
New Zealand's life expectancy was 78.8 in 2002, increased +0.2 from 78.7 in 2001. This was the 21st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2002▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 83.1 | 0.7% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 82.4 | 0.3% |
| 3rd | Japan | 81.7 | 0.3% |
| 4th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 81.5 | 0.0% |
| 5th | San Marino | 81.1 | 0.3% |
| 6th | Macao SAR, China | 80.9 | 0.4% |
| 7th | Gibraltar | 80.6 | 0.2% |
| 8th | Iceland | 80.5 | -0.2% |
| 9th | Switzerland | 80.4 | 0.3% |
| 10th | Italy | 80.2 | 0.1% |
| 11th | Australia | 79.9 | 0.4% |
| 12th | Sweden | 79.8 | 0.1% |
| 13th | Liechtenstein | 79.6 | 0.5% |
| 14th | Spain | 79.6 | 0.3% |
| 15th | French Polynesia | 79.5 | 0.3% |
| 16th | Canada | 79.5 | 0.2% |
| 17th | Israel | 79.5 | 0.1% |
| 18th | France | 79.3 | 0.1% |
| 19th | Channel Islands | 79.1 | 0.1% |
| 20th | Norway | 79.0 | 0.3% |
| 21st | New Zealand | 78.8 | 0.2% |
| 22nd | Bermuda | 78.8 | 0.3% |
| 23rd | Faroe Islands | 78.8 | 0.3% |
| 24th | Cyprus | 78.8 | 0.7% |
| 25th | Malta | 78.7 | -0.1% |
| 26th | United Arab Emirates | 78.7 | 1.4% |
| 27th | Austria | 78.7 | 0.1% |
| 28th | Greece | 78.6 | 0.3% |
| 29th | Singapore | 78.6 | 0.4% |
| 30th | Netherlands | 78.3 | 0.1% |
| 31st | Germany | 78.2 | -0.1% |
| 32nd | United Kingdom | 78.1 | 0.2% |
| 33rd | Finland | 78.1 | 0.2% |
| 34th | Belgium | 78.1 | 0.1% |
| 35th | Luxembourg | 78.0 | 0.2% |
| 36th | Costa Rica | 77.9 | 0.4% |
| 37th | Chile | 77.8 | 0.3% |
| 38th | Ireland | 77.6 | 0.6% |
| 39th | European Union | 77.5 | 0.1% |
| 40th | Virgin Islands (US) | 77.5 | -0.1% |
| 41st | St. Martin (French part) | 77.2 | 0.3% |
| 42nd | Portugal | 77.1 | 0.3% |
| 43rd | United States | 76.9 | 0.1% |
| 44th | Denmark | 76.9 | 0.1% |
| 45th | Puerto Rico (US) | 76.8 | 1.1% |
| 46th | Cuba | 76.8 | 0.4% |
| 47th | Korea | 76.8 | 0.5% |
| 48th | Kuwait | 76.5 | 0.2% |
| 49th | Slovenia | 76.0 | 0.3% |
| 50th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 76.0 | 0.6% |
| 51st | Northern Mariana Islands | 75.9 | 0.7% |
| 52nd | Isle of Man | 75.8 | 0.7% |
| 53rd | Qatar | 75.8 | 0.4% |
| 54th | Guam | 75.5 | 0.4% |
| 55th | Albania | 75.3 | 0.3% |
| 56th | Antigua and Barbuda | 75.2 | 0.2% |
| 57th | Czechia | 75.2 | 0.1% |
| 58th | Bahrain | 75.2 | 0.4% |
| 59th | Uruguay | 75.0 | 0.0% |
| 60th | British Virgin Islands | 75.0 | 0.2% |
| 61st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 74.8 | 0.6% |
| 62nd | Lebanon | 74.8 | 0.6% |
| 63rd | Barbados | 74.8 | 0.2% |
| 64th | Croatia | 74.7 | 0.3% |
| 65th | Cayman Islands | 74.6 | 0.1% |
| 66th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 74.6 | 0.1% |
| 67th | Poland | 74.5 | 0.4% |
| 68th | Brunei Darussalam | 74.4 | 0.2% |
| 69th | Argentina | 74.3 | 0.2% |
| 70th | New Caledonia | 74.3 | 0.4% |
| 71st | Oman | 74.3 | 0.4% |
| 72nd | Panama | 74.2 | 0.5% |
| 73rd | Montenegro | 74.0 | 0.5% |
| 74th | Slovak Republic | 73.6 | 0.3% |
| 75th | Curaçao | 73.5 | 0.2% |
| 76th | Malaysia | 73.5 | 0.5% |
| 77th | Saudi Arabia | 73.3 | 0.5% |
| 78th | Ecuador | 73.2 | 0.8% |
| 79th | Grenada | 73.1 | 0.1% |
| 80th | Viet Nam | 73.1 | 0.2% |
| 81st | Aruba | 73.1 | 0.1% |
| 82nd | Mexico | 73.1 | 0.3% |
| 83rd | Tunisia | 73.1 | 0.3% |
| 84th | North Macedonia | 73.0 | -0.5% |
| 85th | China | 73.0 | 0.5% |
| 86th | Bahamas, The | 73.0 | 0.4% |
| 87th | Armenia | 72.8 | -0.2% |
| 88th | Türkiye | 72.6 | 0.5% |
| 89th | Maldives | 72.4 | 1.0% |
| 90th | Jordan | 72.4 | 0.3% |
| 91st | Hungary | 72.3 | 0.1% |
| 92nd | Serbia | 72.3 | 0.1% |
| 93rd | Sri Lanka | 72.3 | 0.7% |
| 94th | Kosovo | 72.2 | 0.6% |
| 95th | Mauritius | 72.0 | 0.3% |
| 96th | Dominica | 71.9 | 0.1% |
| 97th | Bulgaria | 71.9 | 0.1% |
| 98th | Thailand | 71.8 | 0.4% |
| 99th | Lithuania | 71.8 | 0.1% |
| 100th | American Samoa | 71.8 | 0.3% |
| 101st | Syrian Arab Republic | 71.7 | 0.6% |
| 102nd | St. Lucia | 71.7 | 0.5% |
| 103rd | Algeria | 71.6 | 0.9% |
| 104th | Colombia | 71.5 | 0.5% |
| 105th | Jamaica | 71.5 | 0.3% |
| 106th | Samoa | 71.2 | 0.3% |
| 107th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 71.1 | 0.7% |
| 108th | Seychelles | 71.1 | -3.0% |
| 109th | Romania | 71.0 | -0.2% |
| 110th | Latvia | 71.0 | 0.3% |
| 111th | Estonia | 70.9 | 0.9% |
| 112th | West Bank and Gaza | 70.9 | 1.6% |
| 113th | Peru | 70.8 | 0.7% |
| 114th | Libya | 70.8 | 0.2% |
| 115th | Dominican Republic | 70.7 | 0.2% |
| 116th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.7 | 0.4% |
| 117th | Paraguay | 70.5 | 0.4% |
| 118th | Georgia | 70.4 | 0.1% |
| 119th | Brazil | 70.4 | 0.6% |
| 120th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 70.2 | 0.6% |
| 121st | Tonga | 70.0 | 0.3% |
| 122nd | Belize | 69.5 | 0.8% |
| 123rd | Cabo Verde | 69.4 | 1.1% |
| 124th | Trinidad and Tobago | 69.2 | 0.5% |
| 125th | Vanuatu | 68.8 | 0.2% |
| 126th | Honduras | 68.7 | 0.3% |
| 127th | El Salvador | 68.5 | 0.8% |
| 128th | Kyrgyz Republic | 68.2 | -0.8% |
| 129th | Belarus | 68.1 | -0.7% |
| 130th | Nicaragua | 68.0 | 1.4% |
| 131st | Philippines | 67.9 | 0.1% |
| 132nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 67.8 | 0.3% |
| 133rd | Guatemala | 67.8 | 0.6% |
| 134th | Moldova | 67.8 | 0.2% |
| 135th | Ukraine | 67.7 | 0.0% |
| 136th | Morocco | 67.6 | 0.6% |
| 137th | Solomon Islands | 67.4 | 0.2% |
| 138th | Indonesia | 67.0 | 0.6% |
| 139th | Azerbaijan | 66.8 | 1.1% |
| 140th | Greenland | 66.6 | 0.6% |
| 141st | Uzbekistan | 66.4 | 0.8% |
| 142nd | Iraq | 65.7 | 0.7% |
| 143rd | Turkmenistan | 65.6 | 0.4% |
| 144th | Fiji | 65.5 | -1.1% |
| 145th | Suriname | 65.3 | 0.7% |
| 146th | Russian Federation | 65.1 | -0.4% |
| 147th | Kiribati | 65.1 | 0.3% |
| 148th | Palau | 65.1 | 0.4% |
| 149th | Tajikistan | 64.9 | 1.1% |
| 150th | Kazakhstan | 64.4 | 0.5% |
| 151st | Guyana | 64.2 | -0.3% |
| 152nd | Bhutan | 64.0 | 1.0% |
| 153rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 63.9 | -1.4% |
| 154th | Marshall Islands | 63.8 | 0.2% |
| 155th | Tuvalu | 63.8 | 0.2% |
| 156th | Yemen, Republic of | 63.8 | 0.8% |
| 157th | India | 63.6 | 0.8% |
| 158th | Bangladesh | 63.6 | 1.2% |
| 159th | Mongolia | 63.5 | 0.2% |
| 160th | Nepal | 63.5 | 0.3% |
| 161st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 63.1 | 0.8% |
| 162nd | Pakistan | 62.6 | 0.5% |
| 163rd | Mauritania | 62.2 | 1.0% |
| 164th | Gabon | 62.2 | 0.3% |
| 165th | São Tomé and Principe | 61.8 | 0.5% |
| 166th | Papua New Guinea | 61.6 | 0.0% |
| 167th | Cambodia | 61.4 | 1.6% |
| 168th | Myanmar | 60.9 | 0.5% |
| 169th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 60.9 | 0.0% |
| 170th | Comoros | 59.7 | 0.2% |
| 171st | Timor-Leste | 59.5 | 1.2% |
| 172nd | Nauru | 59.4 | -0.1% |
| 173rd | Sudan | 59.3 | 0.1% |
| 174th | Lao PDR | 59.3 | 0.7% |
| 175th | Madagascar | 59.2 | 0.8% |
| 176th | Haiti | 59.0 | 0.8% |
| 177th | Eritrea | 58.9 | 1.0% |
| 178th | Senegal | 58.9 | 1.3% |
| 179th | Ghana | 58.7 | 0.5% |
| 180th | Djibouti | 57.8 | 0.6% |
| 181st | Gambia, The | 57.7 | 0.8% |
| 182nd | Benin | 56.9 | 0.3% |
| 183rd | Kenya | 56.8 | 0.5% |
| 184th | Congo, Republic of | 56.4 | 0.9% |
| 185th | Afghanistan | 56.2 | 1.3% |
| 186th | South Africa | 55.6 | -2.8% |
| 187th | Togo | 55.0 | 0.5% |
| 188th | Tanzania | 54.9 | 1.5% |
| 189th | Equatorial Guinea | 54.3 | 0.9% |
| 190th | Liberia | 54.1 | 1.8% |
| 191st | Cameroon | 53.9 | 0.6% |
| 192nd | Guinea | 53.2 | 1.0% |
| 193rd | Botswana | 52.4 | 0.3% |
| 194th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 52.4 | 0.3% |
| 195th | Mali | 52.0 | 1.4% |
| 196th | Namibia | 52.0 | 0.0% |
| 197th | Guinea-Bissau | 51.6 | 1.1% |
| 198th | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.5 | 0.2% |
| 199th | Burkina Faso | 51.4 | 0.5% |
| 200th | Uganda | 51.4 | 1.7% |
| 201st | Rwanda | 51.3 | 3.6% |
| 202nd | Mozambique | 50.9 | 1.2% |
| 203rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 50.8 | 0.0% |
| 204th | Niger | 50.6 | 1.5% |
| 205th | Burundi | 49.9 | 2.9% |
| 206th | South Sudan | 49.4 | 1.7% |
| 207th | Zambia | 48.5 | 2.2% |
| 208th | Chad | 48.4 | 0.1% |
| 209th | Malawi | 48.2 | 2.1% |
| 210th | Nigeria | 48.0 | 1.0% |
| 211th | Angola | 47.9 | 1.8% |
| 212th | Central African Republic | 46.8 | 0.2% |
| 213th | Sierra Leone | 46.2 | 1.6% |
| 214th | Lesotho | 46.0 | -2.6% |
| 215th | Zimbabwe | 45.9 | 3.2% |
| 216th | Eswatini | 45.4 | -2.1% |
FAQ
What was New Zealand's life expectancy in 2002?▾
New Zealand's life expectancy in 2002 was 78.8. This ranked 21st globally.
How did New Zealand's life expectancy change in 2002?▾
New Zealand's life expectancy increased by 0.2% in 2002 compared to 2001.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2002?▾
Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2002 at 83.1.
What is the life expectancy of New Zealand in 2002?▾
The life expectancy of New Zealand in 2002 was 78.8. This ranked 21st globally.
How does 2002 compare to 2001 for New Zealand's life expectancy?▾
New Zealand's life expectancy went from 78.7 in 2001 to 78.8 in 2002, a 0.2% increase.
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