Puerto Rico (US) - Life Expectancy 1972
70.8
−0.3 from 1971
Puerto Rico (US)'s life expectancy was 70.8 in 1972, decreased +0.3 from 71.1 in 1971. This was the 37th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1972▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Faroe Islands | 75.2 | 0.1% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 74.9 | 0.3% |
| 3rd | Sweden | 74.7 | 0.1% |
| 4th | San Marino | 74.6 | 0.3% |
| 5th | Iceland | 74.5 | 1.2% |
| 6th | Norway | 74.3 | 0.2% |
| 7th | Netherlands | 73.7 | -0.1% |
| 8th | Switzerland | 73.6 | 0.7% |
| 9th | Denmark | 73.4 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Liechtenstein | 73.4 | 0.4% |
| 11th | Monaco | 73.4 | 0.0% |
| 12th | Japan | 73.2 | 0.5% |
| 13th | Canada | 72.9 | -0.1% |
| 14th | Spain | 72.8 | 1.7% |
| 15th | Greece | 72.7 | -0.3% |
| 16th | Gibraltar | 72.4 | 0.4% |
| 17th | United Kingdom | 72.1 | -0.2% |
| 18th | France | 72.1 | 0.3% |
| 19th | Italy | 72.1 | 0.4% |
| 20th | Channel Islands | 72.0 | 0.0% |
| 21st | New Zealand | 71.8 | 0.1% |
| 22nd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 71.7 | 0.6% |
| 23rd | St. Martin (French part) | 71.6 | 0.4% |
| 24th | Australia | 71.5 | 0.5% |
| 25th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 71.5 | 0.0% |
| 26th | Belgium | 71.4 | 0.5% |
| 27th | European Union | 71.3 | 0.5% |
| 28th | United States | 71.2 | 0.1% |
| 29th | Israel | 71.1 | -0.9% |
| 30th | Montenegro | 71.0 | 0.6% |
| 31st | Lithuania | 71.0 | -1.0% |
| 32nd | Ireland | 71.0 | -0.9% |
| 33rd | Ukraine | 71.0 | 0.1% |
| 34th | Germany | 70.9 | 0.3% |
| 35th | Bulgaria | 70.9 | 0.0% |
| 36th | Belarus | 70.8 | -0.2% |
| 37th | Puerto Rico (US) | 70.8 | -0.4% |
| 38th | Finland | 70.7 | 1.0% |
| 39th | Poland | 70.7 | 1.5% |
| 40th | Malta | 70.6 | 0.7% |
| 41st | Austria | 70.5 | 0.5% |
| 42nd | Luxembourg | 70.4 | 1.7% |
| 43rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 70.3 | 0.6% |
| 44th | Slovak Republic | 70.3 | 0.6% |
| 45th | Czechia | 70.2 | 0.7% |
| 46th | Estonia | 69.9 | -0.3% |
| 47th | Latvia | 69.9 | -0.4% |
| 48th | Serbia | 69.9 | 0.4% |
| 49th | Macao SAR, China | 69.7 | 0.8% |
| 50th | Hungary | 69.7 | 0.9% |
| 51st | Bermuda | 69.6 | 1.0% |
| 52nd | Croatia | 69.6 | 0.4% |
| 53rd | Uruguay | 69.2 | 0.4% |
| 54th | Singapore | 69.2 | 0.2% |
| 55th | Barbados | 69.1 | 0.5% |
| 56th | Kuwait | 69.1 | 0.6% |
| 57th | Slovenia | 69.1 | 0.3% |
| 58th | Cuba | 68.9 | 0.8% |
| 59th | Curaçao | 68.8 | 0.4% |
| 60th | Cyprus | 68.6 | 0.4% |
| 61st | Romania | 68.5 | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Aruba | 68.3 | 0.8% |
| 63rd | Portugal | 68.3 | 2.3% |
| 64th | Russian Federation | 68.3 | -0.1% |
| 65th | Costa Rica | 68.0 | 0.9% |
| 66th | Dominica | 67.5 | 1.1% |
| 67th | Jamaica | 67.3 | 0.5% |
| 68th | American Samoa | 67.2 | 0.6% |
| 69th | Grenada | 67.2 | 0.4% |
| 70th | British Virgin Islands | 66.9 | 0.4% |
| 71st | Bahamas, The | 66.8 | 0.4% |
| 72nd | Albania | 66.5 | 1.0% |
| 73rd | Guam | 66.5 | 0.6% |
| 74th | Lebanon | 66.2 | 0.1% |
| 75th | Bahrain | 66.1 | 1.3% |
| 76th | Qatar | 66.1 | 0.9% |
| 77th | Isle of Man | 66.0 | 0.2% |
| 78th | Argentina | 66.0 | 0.5% |
| 79th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65.7 | 0.8% |
| 80th | North Macedonia | 65.6 | 0.7% |
| 81st | Virgin Islands (US) | 65.6 | -2.3% |
| 82nd | Northern Mariana Islands | 65.6 | 0.6% |
| 83rd | Georgia | 65.5 | 0.5% |
| 84th | Brunei Darussalam | 65.4 | 0.7% |
| 85th | Seychelles | 65.4 | 1.1% |
| 86th | Cayman Islands | 65.4 | 0.8% |
| 87th | Panama | 65.2 | 0.8% |
| 88th | Trinidad and Tobago | 65.2 | 0.4% |
| 89th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 64.8 | 0.5% |
| 90th | St. Lucia | 64.6 | 0.2% |
| 91st | Sri Lanka | 64.6 | 0.6% |
| 92nd | Malaysia | 64.2 | 0.7% |
| 93rd | Tonga | 64.1 | 0.7% |
| 94th | Belize | 64.0 | 0.8% |
| 95th | Mauritius | 63.9 | 0.0% |
| 96th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 63.8 | 0.8% |
| 97th | Chile | 63.7 | 1.0% |
| 98th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 63.3 | 0.9% |
| 99th | Armenia | 63.1 | 0.4% |
| 100th | French Polynesia | 63.1 | 0.5% |
| 101st | Korea | 63.0 | 0.6% |
| 102nd | Moldova | 62.9 | 0.4% |
| 103rd | Paraguay | 62.9 | 0.3% |
| 104th | Greenland | 62.8 | -0.4% |
| 105th | United Arab Emirates | 62.7 | 1.5% |
| 106th | Colombia | 62.5 | 0.8% |
| 107th | Jordan | 62.5 | 1.1% |
| 108th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 62.1 | 0.6% |
| 109th | Syrian Arab Republic | 62.0 | 1.0% |
| 110th | Iraq | 61.8 | 0.8% |
| 111th | Fiji | 61.6 | -0.2% |
| 112th | New Caledonia | 61.4 | 1.0% |
| 113th | Samoa | 61.4 | 0.8% |
| 114th | Philippines | 60.9 | -0.3% |
| 115th | Uzbekistan | 60.8 | 0.6% |
| 116th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 60.6 | 0.7% |
| 117th | Kazakhstan | 60.5 | 0.4% |
| 118th | Guyana | 60.1 | 0.1% |
| 119th | Mexico | 60.1 | 1.1% |
| 120th | Ecuador | 59.8 | 0.8% |
| 121st | Suriname | 59.7 | 0.2% |
| 122nd | Dominican Republic | 59.7 | 1.0% |
| 123rd | Marshall Islands | 59.5 | 0.6% |
| 124th | Libya | 58.7 | 1.9% |
| 125th | Kyrgyz Republic | 58.6 | 0.6% |
| 126th | China | 58.6 | 1.5% |
| 127th | Palau | 58.6 | 0.8% |
| 128th | Nauru | 58.4 | 0.0% |
| 129th | Brazil | 58.3 | 0.8% |
| 130th | Zimbabwe | 58.2 | 0.3% |
| 131st | Türkiye | 58.0 | 1.3% |
| 132nd | Solomon Islands | 57.9 | 1.6% |
| 133rd | Thailand | 57.7 | 1.1% |
| 134th | Botswana | 57.7 | 1.1% |
| 135th | Azerbaijan | 57.5 | 0.8% |
| 136th | Cabo Verde | 57.5 | 0.8% |
| 137th | São Tomé and Principe | 57.4 | 0.8% |
| 138th | Tajikistan | 57.2 | 0.5% |
| 139th | Peru | 57.0 | 0.9% |
| 140th | Turkmenistan | 56.6 | 0.5% |
| 141st | South Africa | 56.4 | 0.6% |
| 142nd | Vanuatu | 56.4 | 0.9% |
| 143rd | Tunisia | 56.1 | 2.2% |
| 144th | Namibia | 55.8 | 1.0% |
| 145th | Honduras | 55.7 | 1.2% |
| 146th | Kiribati | 55.3 | 0.7% |
| 147th | Kosovo | 55.1 | 0.0% |
| 148th | Kenya | 55.0 | 0.9% |
| 149th | Saudi Arabia | 54.7 | 1.9% |
| 150th | Tuvalu | 54.7 | -2.3% |
| 151st | Zambia | 54.4 | 0.9% |
| 152nd | Indonesia | 54.4 | 1.0% |
| 153rd | Congo, Republic of | 54.4 | 0.7% |
| 154th | Pakistan | 53.8 | 9.8% |
| 155th | Gabon | 53.8 | 1.0% |
| 156th | Papua New Guinea | 53.3 | 1.2% |
| 157th | Mongolia | 53.1 | 1.1% |
| 158th | Sudan | 52.8 | 0.5% |
| 159th | Eswatini | 52.4 | 1.1% |
| 160th | Lesotho | 52.3 | 0.8% |
| 161st | El Salvador | 52.0 | 0.6% |
| 162nd | Viet Nam | 51.9 | -6.6% |
| 163rd | Guatemala | 51.8 | 3.1% |
| 164th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 51.7 | 1.2% |
| 165th | Myanmar | 51.4 | 0.7% |
| 166th | Mauritania | 51.0 | 0.6% |
| 167th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 49.9 | 0.9% |
| 168th | Morocco | 49.7 | 1.1% |
| 169th | Bangladesh | 49.6 | 87.2% |
| 170th | India | 49.2 | 0.6% |
| 171st | Cameroon | 49.1 | 1.1% |
| 172nd | Oman | 48.7 | 1.8% |
| 173rd | Djibouti | 48.5 | 2.7% |
| 174th | Madagascar | 48.5 | 0.6% |
| 175th | Ghana | 48.3 | 0.7% |
| 176th | Nicaragua | 48.0 | -11.5% |
| 177th | Haiti | 47.9 | 0.6% |
| 178th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 47.8 | 0.7% |
| 179th | Togo | 47.7 | 1.0% |
| 180th | Tanzania | 47.4 | 1.0% |
| 181st | Uganda | 47.2 | 0.0% |
| 182nd | Comoros | 46.5 | 1.3% |
| 183rd | Maldives | 46.4 | 2.1% |
| 184th | Rwanda | 46.3 | -0.9% |
| 185th | Central African Republic | 46.3 | 1.2% |
| 186th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 46.0 | 0.4% |
| 187th | Côte d'Ivoire | 45.6 | 1.8% |
| 188th | Equatorial Guinea | 44.4 | 19.4% |
| 189th | Lao PDR | 44.4 | 0.7% |
| 190th | Algeria | 44.4 | 1.4% |
| 191st | Nepal | 44.1 | 1.0% |
| 192nd | Benin | 43.9 | 1.2% |
| 193rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 43.9 | 0.7% |
| 194th | Yemen, Republic of | 42.7 | 2.2% |
| 195th | Mozambique | 42.5 | -0.1% |
| 196th | Bhutan | 42.5 | 1.6% |
| 197th | Chad | 41.9 | 2.6% |
| 198th | Senegal | 41.8 | 1.3% |
| 199th | Nigeria | 41.3 | 1.6% |
| 200th | Liberia | 41.2 | 1.2% |
| 201st | Eritrea | 40.7 | -1.9% |
| 202nd | Gambia, The | 40.5 | 1.3% |
| 203rd | Angola | 40.5 | 1.0% |
| 204th | Burkina Faso | 40.4 | 1.4% |
| 205th | Guinea | 39.7 | 0.8% |
| 206th | Sierra Leone | 39.5 | 1.0% |
| 207th | Cambodia | 38.9 | 0.5% |
| 208th | Timor-Leste | 38.4 | 1.4% |
| 209th | Afghanistan | 38.4 | 1.3% |
| 210th | Guinea-Bissau | 37.8 | 0.8% |
| 211th | Malawi | 37.6 | 1.4% |
| 212th | Niger | 35.8 | 1.5% |
| 213th | Mali | 34.5 | 2.1% |
| 214th | South Sudan | 31.3 | 1.0% |
| 215th | Burundi | 25.8 | -40.3% |
FAQ
What was Puerto Rico (US)'s life expectancy in 1972?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s life expectancy in 1972 was 70.8. This ranked 37th globally.
How did Puerto Rico (US)'s life expectancy change in 1972?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s life expectancy decreased by 0.4% in 1972 compared to 1971.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1972?▾
Faroe Islands had the highest life expectancy in 1972 at 75.2.
What is the life expectancy of Puerto Rico (US) in 1972?▾
The life expectancy of Puerto Rico (US) in 1972 was 70.8. This ranked 37th globally.
How does 1972 compare to 1971 for Puerto Rico (US)'s life expectancy?▾
Puerto Rico (US)'s life expectancy went from 71.1 in 1971 to 70.8 in 1972, a 0.4% decrease.
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