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New Zealand - Life Expectancy 2021

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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

82.2 −0.0 from 2020 Global rank: 23rd

New Zealand's life expectancy was 82.2 in 2021, decreased +0.0 from 82.3 in 2020. This was the 23rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2021▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 2021
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Hong Kong SAR, China	85.5	0.0%
2nd	Monaco	85.1	-1.1%
3rd	Japan	84.4	-0.1%
4th	Liechtenstein	84.4	3.4%
5th	Switzerland	83.8	0.9%
6th	Macao SAR, China	83.7	-0.5%
7th	San Marino	83.5	1.1%
8th	Korea	83.5	0.1%
9th	Australia	83.3	0.1%
10th	Spain	83.2	1.2%
11th	Iceland	83.2	0.1%
12th	Norway	83.2	-0.1%
13th	Singapore	83.1	-0.5%
14th	Sweden	83.1	0.8%
15th	Faroe Islands	82.8	0.2%
16th	Italy	82.6	0.5%
17th	Luxembourg	82.6	0.6%
18th	Israel	82.5	-0.2%
19th	Andorra	82.3	3.7%
20th	France	82.3	0.2%
21st	Malta	82.3	0.2%
22nd	Ireland	82.3	-0.2%
23rd	New Zealand	82.2	-0.1%
24th	Finland	81.9	-0.1%
25th	Belgium	81.8	1.4%
26th	Bermuda	81.7	0.4%
27th	Canada	81.5	0.0%
28th	Denmark	81.4	-0.2%
29th	Portugal	81.4	0.1%
30th	Netherlands	81.3	-0.1%
31st	Austria	81.2	0.0%
32nd	Qatar	81.1	0.8%
33rd	Germany	80.8	-0.3%
34th	Slovenia	80.7	0.2%
35th	United Kingdom	80.6	0.4%
36th	Cyprus	80.6	-0.8%
37th	Isle of Man	80.4	-0.2%
38th	European Union	80.3	-0.2%
39th	Channel Islands	80.3	-0.7%
40th	Gibraltar	80.3	-3.4%
41st	St. Martin (French part)	80.2	0.2%
42nd	Greece	80.1	-1.5%
43rd	Virgin Islands (US)	80.1	0.3%
44th	Puerto Rico (US)	79.8	-0.3%
45th	French Polynesia	79.6	-3.5%
46th	Cayman Islands	79.3	0.1%
47th	United Arab Emirates	79.1	-3.5%
48th	Chile	78.9	-0.6%
49th	Kuwait	78.7	0.0%
50th	Northern Mariana Islands	78.2	0.2%
51st	China	78.1	0.1%
52nd	Bahrain	78.1	-0.8%
53rd	Maldives	78.1	-0.8%
54th	Costa Rica	78.1	-2.1%
55th	Thailand	77.6	0.4%
56th	Turks and Caicos Islands	77.2	-0.3%
57th	Czechia	77.2	-1.3%
58th	Antigua and Barbuda	77.2	0.0%
59th	New Caledonia	77.1	0.1%
60th	Saudi Arabia	77.1	-0.7%
61st	Panama	77.0	0.9%
62nd	Estonia	76.9	-2.1%
63rd	Albania	76.8	-1.3%
64th	Barbados	76.6	-0.1%
65th	Croatia	76.4	-1.4%
66th	United States	76.3	-0.8%
67th	Sri Lanka	76.3	-0.8%
68th	Oman	76.0	-2.3%
69th	Türkiye	75.7	-1.0%
70th	Curaçao	75.7	-1.1%
71st	Guam	75.4	-0.1%
72nd	Uruguay	75.4	-3.8%
73rd	Poland	75.4	-1.4%
74th	British Virgin Islands	75.3	-2.1%
75th	Algeria	75.2	2.7%
76th	Kosovo	75.0	1.0%
77th	Brunei Darussalam	74.9	-0.3%
78th	Slovak Republic	74.6	-2.9%
79th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	74.6	-1.9%
80th	Grenada	74.5	-0.7%
81st	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	74.5	-0.7%
82nd	Cabo Verde	74.4	0.8%
83rd	Jordan	74.2	-1.8%
84th	Viet Nam	74.1	-1.6%
85th	Hungary	74.1	-1.8%
86th	Lithuania	74.0	-1.3%
87th	Argentina	73.9	-2.5%
88th	Malaysia	73.9	-2.8%
89th	West Bank and Gaza	73.9	-1.5%
90th	Montenegro	73.8	-2.8%
91st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	73.8	-0.5%
92nd	Mauritius	73.7	-0.7%
93rd	Aruba	73.7	-2.3%
94th	Lebanon	73.7	-3.5%
95th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	73.4	0.9%
96th	Seychelles	73.4	-5.0%
97th	Morocco	73.4	0.3%
98th	North Macedonia	73.2	-1.5%
99th	Cuba	73.2	-5.4%
100th	Brazil	73.0	-2.0%
101st	Latvia	73.0	-2.9%
102nd	Tunisia	72.9	-2.8%
103rd	Romania	72.8	-1.9%
104th	Serbia	72.8	-2.3%
105th	Ecuador	72.7	1.0%
106th	American Samoa	72.7	0.0%
107th	Colombia	72.7	-2.8%
108th	Bhutan	72.4	0.3%
109th	Syrian Arab Republic	72.4	0.7%
110th	Armenia	72.3	-1.5%
111th	Tonga	72.1	-0.3%
112th	Belarus	72.1	-0.1%
113th	Libya	72.1	-0.5%
114th	Kyrgyz Republic	71.9	0.1%
115th	Greenland	71.8	-0.1%
116th	Dominican Republic	71.8	-1.2%
117th	Uzbekistan	71.7	0.3%
118th	Mongolia	71.6	0.4%
119th	Georgia	71.6	-2.5%
120th	Ukraine	71.6	-2.3%
121st	Peru	71.6	-3.0%
122nd	Bulgaria	71.2	-2.9%
123rd	Trinidad and Tobago	71.1	-2.1%
124th	Bangladesh	71.1	-0.4%
125th	Samoa	71.1	0.5%
126th	Azerbaijan	71.0	1.0%
127th	Belize	70.9	-0.9%
128th	Bahamas, The	70.8	-3.1%
129th	Iraq	70.7	1.5%
130th	Nicaragua	70.5	-0.4%
131st	Kazakhstan	70.1	-1.5%
132nd	Vanuatu	70.0	-0.6%
133rd	El Salvador	69.9	-0.4%
134th	Russian Federation	69.9	-2.0%
135th	Dominica	69.8	-2.0%
136th	Mexico	69.8	-1.0%
137th	Tajikistan	69.6	1.4%
138th	Honduras	69.5	-1.9%
139th	Turkmenistan	69.4	0.7%
140th	Cambodia	69.3	-1.1%
141st	St. Kitts and Nevis	69.3	-2.7%
142nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	69.1	-0.7%
143rd	St. Lucia	69.1	-4.4%
144th	Jamaica	69.1	-3.3%
145th	Moldova	69.0	-1.3%
146th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	69.0	-1.2%
147th	Suriname	68.9	-4.7%
148th	Solomon Islands	68.9	-0.5%
149th	Palau	68.6	-0.2%
150th	Nepal	68.4	-1.0%
151st	Paraguay	68.1	-6.3%
152nd	São Tomé and Principe	68.0	0.1%
153rd	Guatemala	67.9	-3.0%
154th	Lao PDR	67.8	-0.8%
155th	Indonesia	67.5	-2.0%
156th	India	67.3	-4.1%
157th	Gabon	67.1	0.0%
158th	Eritrea	66.9	-0.1%
159th	Senegal	66.9	-0.9%
160th	Rwanda	66.9	-0.2%
161st	Mauritania	66.8	0.0%
162nd	Philippines	66.7	-4.9%
163rd	Uganda	66.5	0.1%
164th	Timor-Leste	66.2	-1.1%
165th	Micronesia, Federated States of	66.2	0.4%
166th	Tanzania	66.1	-1.0%
167th	Yemen, Republic of	66.0	-0.6%
168th	Tuvalu	65.8	-0.8%
169th	Pakistan	65.8	0.1%
170th	Myanmar	65.6	-1.6%
171st	Marshall Islands	65.4	0.1%
172nd	Comoros	65.2	-0.8%
173rd	Fiji	64.9	-3.0%
174th	Malawi	64.8	-0.7%
175th	Sudan	64.5	-1.0%
176th	Papua New Guinea	64.4	-1.1%
177th	Guyana	64.3	-5.1%
178th	Ghana	64.3	0.0%
179th	Congo, Republic of	64.2	-0.3%
180th	Kiribati	64.1	-1.6%
181st	Gambia, The	63.8	-0.9%
182nd	Djibouti	63.8	-0.6%
183rd	Botswana	63.3	-6.4%
184th	Angola	63.0	-0.3%
185th	Haiti	62.6	-1.8%
186th	Madagascar	62.5	-0.3%
187th	Equatorial Guinea	62.4	0.5%
188th	Zambia	62.4	-1.6%
189th	Burundi	62.1	-0.7%
190th	South Africa	62.0	-4.8%
191st	Guinea-Bissau	61.7	0.5%
192nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	61.4	-2.4%
193rd	Nauru	61.3	-0.3%
194th	Togo	61.3	0.3%
195th	Kenya	61.2	-0.6%
196th	Liberia	61.2	-0.2%
197th	Cameroon	61.1	-0.9%
198th	Namibia	60.9	-5.0%
199th	Afghanistan	60.4	-1.7%
200th	Côte d'Ivoire	60.3	0.2%
201st	Mozambique	60.3	-1.8%
202nd	Sierra Leone	60.3	0.9%
203rd	Zimbabwe	60.1	-2.3%
204th	Burkina Faso	60.0	-0.7%
205th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	60.0	-0.6%
206th	Benin	59.6	-0.9%
207th	Niger	59.5	-0.6%
208th	Guinea	59.4	0.0%
209th	Mali	59.1	0.4%
210th	Eswatini	58.2	-2.7%
211th	South Sudan	57.0	-1.0%
212th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	55.7	-2.4%
213th	Lesotho	54.2	-1.7%
214th	Nigeria	53.5	0.7%
215th	Chad	53.1	0.1%
216th	Central African Republic	40.3	-20.4%

FAQ

What was New Zealand's life expectancy in 2021?▾

New Zealand's life expectancy in 2021 was 82.2. This ranked 23rd globally.

How did New Zealand's life expectancy change in 2021?▾

New Zealand's life expectancy decreased by 0.1% in 2021 compared to 2020.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2021?▾

Hong Kong SAR, China had the highest life expectancy in 2021 at 85.5.

What is the life expectancy of New Zealand in 2021?▾

The life expectancy of New Zealand in 2021 was 82.2. This ranked 23rd globally.

How does 2021 compare to 2020 for New Zealand's life expectancy?▾

New Zealand's life expectancy went from 82.3 in 2020 to 82.2 in 2021, a 0.1% decrease.

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