Sierra Leone - Life Expectancy 1997
43.6
+0.1 from 1996
Sierra Leone's life expectancy was 43.6 in 1997, increased +0.1 from 43.5 in 1996. This was the 214th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1997▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 81.4 | 0.3% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 81.1 | 0.2% |
| 3rd | Japan | 80.4 | 0.3% |
| 4th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 80.1 | 0.6% |
| 5th | San Marino | 79.7 | 0.4% |
| 6th | Sweden | 79.2 | 0.3% |
| 7th | Gibraltar | 79.1 | 0.5% |
| 8th | Switzerland | 79.1 | 0.2% |
| 9th | Iceland | 78.9 | 0.1% |
| 10th | Italy | 78.8 | 0.4% |
| 11th | Spain | 78.6 | 0.6% |
| 12th | Australia | 78.5 | 0.5% |
| 13th | Canada | 78.4 | 0.2% |
| 14th | France | 78.3 | 0.5% |
| 15th | Channel Islands | 78.2 | 0.5% |
| 16th | Norway | 78.1 | 0.0% |
| 17th | Greece | 78.1 | 0.6% |
| 18th | Israel | 78.0 | -0.1% |
| 19th | Netherlands | 77.8 | 0.5% |
| 20th | Faroe Islands | 77.8 | 0.3% |
| 21st | Malta | 77.7 | 0.5% |
| 22nd | Macao SAR, China | 77.6 | 0.1% |
| 23rd | French Polynesia | 77.4 | 0.7% |
| 24th | Belgium | 77.4 | 0.2% |
| 25th | New Zealand | 77.3 | 0.7% |
| 26th | Austria | 77.3 | 0.6% |
| 27th | United Kingdom | 77.2 | 0.2% |
| 28th | Cyprus | 77.1 | 0.3% |
| 29th | Germany | 77.1 | 0.5% |
| 30th | Bermuda | 77.0 | 0.6% |
| 31st | Singapore | 76.9 | 0.4% |
| 32nd | Luxembourg | 76.9 | 0.5% |
| 33rd | Finland | 76.9 | 0.2% |
| 34th | Costa Rica | 76.6 | 0.2% |
| 35th | United States | 76.4 | 0.5% |
| 36th | European Union | 76.2 | 0.4% |
| 37th | St. Martin (French part) | 76.1 | 0.3% |
| 38th | Liechtenstein | 76.0 | -1.0% |
| 39th | Ireland | 76.0 | 0.2% |
| 40th | Denmark | 75.9 | 0.5% |
| 41st | Kuwait | 75.9 | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Chile | 75.8 | 0.4% |
| 43rd | Portugal | 75.4 | 0.2% |
| 44th | Cuba | 75.1 | 0.5% |
| 45th | Qatar | 74.7 | 0.2% |
| 46th | Slovenia | 74.7 | 0.3% |
| 47th | Guam | 74.7 | 0.1% |
| 48th | Puerto Rico (US) | 74.7 | 0.9% |
| 49th | Korea | 74.6 | 0.6% |
| 50th | British Virgin Islands | 74.5 | 0.2% |
| 51st | Antigua and Barbuda | 74.0 | 0.3% |
| 52nd | Barbados | 74.0 | -0.1% |
| 53rd | Uruguay | 73.9 | 0.1% |
| 54th | Cayman Islands | 73.9 | 0.2% |
| 55th | Isle of Man | 73.9 | 0.4% |
| 56th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 73.9 | 0.6% |
| 57th | Bahrain | 73.9 | 0.4% |
| 58th | Czechia | 73.8 | 0.1% |
| 59th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 73.6 | 0.5% |
| 60th | Argentina | 73.4 | 0.5% |
| 61st | Albania | 73.4 | -1.0% |
| 62nd | Montenegro | 73.3 | -0.1% |
| 63rd | Brunei Darussalam | 73.3 | 0.3% |
| 64th | Curaçao | 73.0 | 0.1% |
| 65th | Northern Mariana Islands | 72.9 | 0.7% |
| 66th | Lebanon | 72.9 | 0.4% |
| 67th | Aruba | 72.9 | 0.1% |
| 68th | Serbia | 72.8 | 0.0% |
| 69th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 72.7 | 0.5% |
| 70th | Slovak Republic | 72.7 | 0.1% |
| 71st | Poland | 72.6 | 0.6% |
| 72nd | Grenada | 72.6 | 0.3% |
| 73rd | United Arab Emirates | 72.6 | 1.0% |
| 74th | Panama | 72.5 | 0.5% |
| 75th | Croatia | 72.5 | 0.2% |
| 76th | Oman | 72.5 | 0.6% |
| 77th | North Macedonia | 72.4 | -0.1% |
| 78th | Malaysia | 72.3 | 0.2% |
| 79th | New Caledonia | 72.2 | 0.6% |
| 80th | Ecuador | 72.0 | 0.3% |
| 81st | Tunisia | 71.7 | 0.6% |
| 82nd | Viet Nam | 71.7 | 0.5% |
| 83rd | Saudi Arabia | 71.6 | 0.5% |
| 84th | American Samoa | 71.6 | 0.0% |
| 85th | Bahamas, The | 71.6 | 0.2% |
| 86th | Mexico | 71.5 | 0.5% |
| 87th | Jordan | 71.3 | 0.3% |
| 88th | China | 71.2 | 0.6% |
| 89th | Jamaica | 71.2 | -0.2% |
| 90th | Seychelles | 71.2 | -0.5% |
| 91st | Dominica | 71.2 | 0.2% |
| 92nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 70.9 | -0.9% |
| 93rd | Lithuania | 70.9 | 1.1% |
| 94th | St. Lucia | 70.8 | -0.3% |
| 95th | Libya | 70.7 | 0.0% |
| 96th | Hungary | 70.7 | 0.5% |
| 97th | Türkiye | 70.7 | 0.6% |
| 98th | Colombia | 70.6 | 0.6% |
| 99th | Mauritius | 70.4 | 0.1% |
| 100th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.4 | -0.1% |
| 101st | Thailand | 70.4 | 0.6% |
| 102nd | Bulgaria | 70.4 | -0.8% |
| 103rd | West Bank and Gaza | 70.3 | 0.5% |
| 104th | Syrian Arab Republic | 70.2 | 0.0% |
| 105th | Samoa | 70.0 | 0.4% |
| 106th | Sri Lanka | 69.9 | 0.1% |
| 107th | Kosovo | 69.9 | 0.7% |
| 108th | Estonia | 69.8 | 0.3% |
| 109th | Dominican Republic | 69.8 | 0.3% |
| 110th | Georgia | 69.7 | -1.4% |
| 111th | Armenia | 69.4 | 0.6% |
| 112th | Latvia | 69.3 | 0.8% |
| 113th | Paraguay | 69.3 | 0.3% |
| 114th | Belize | 69.2 | -0.3% |
| 115th | Tonga | 69.0 | 0.3% |
| 116th | Romania | 69.0 | -0.1% |
| 117th | Algeria | 68.9 | 0.9% |
| 118th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 68.6 | 0.5% |
| 119th | Maldives | 68.5 | 1.2% |
| 120th | Brazil | 68.5 | 0.6% |
| 121st | Belarus | 68.5 | -0.1% |
| 122nd | Peru | 68.3 | 0.7% |
| 123rd | Vanuatu | 68.3 | 0.2% |
| 124th | Trinidad and Tobago | 68.1 | 0.2% |
| 125th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 67.8 | 0.5% |
| 126th | Ukraine | 67.7 | 0.8% |
| 127th | Honduras | 67.5 | 0.4% |
| 128th | Philippines | 67.0 | 0.5% |
| 129th | Kyrgyz Republic | 66.9 | 0.5% |
| 130th | Solomon Islands | 66.8 | 0.0% |
| 131st | Russian Federation | 66.7 | 1.3% |
| 132nd | Moldova | 66.5 | 0.4% |
| 133rd | Fiji | 66.3 | 0.1% |
| 134th | El Salvador | 66.2 | 1.2% |
| 135th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 66.2 | 0.7% |
| 136th | Cabo Verde | 66.1 | 0.9% |
| 137th | Greenland | 65.8 | 0.0% |
| 138th | Indonesia | 65.8 | 0.5% |
| 139th | Morocco | 65.6 | 0.6% |
| 140th | Nicaragua | 65.5 | 0.5% |
| 141st | Guatemala | 65.2 | 1.1% |
| 142nd | Uzbekistan | 65.0 | 0.4% |
| 143rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 64.4 | 0.2% |
| 144th | Iraq | 64.2 | -0.6% |
| 145th | Kiribati | 63.8 | 0.5% |
| 146th | Palau | 63.7 | 0.4% |
| 147th | Turkmenistan | 63.7 | 0.2% |
| 148th | Suriname | 63.4 | 0.5% |
| 149th | Kazakhstan | 63.3 | -0.2% |
| 150th | Marshall Islands | 63.0 | 0.4% |
| 151st | Azerbaijan | 63.0 | 0.5% |
| 152nd | Tuvalu | 62.9 | 0.4% |
| 153rd | Guyana | 62.9 | 0.3% |
| 154th | Tajikistan | 61.9 | 1.8% |
| 155th | India | 61.4 | 0.7% |
| 156th | Mongolia | 61.4 | 0.7% |
| 157th | Gabon | 61.4 | 0.2% |
| 158th | Yemen, Republic of | 61.3 | 0.7% |
| 159th | Papua New Guinea | 61.3 | 0.3% |
| 160th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 60.9 | 0.1% |
| 161st | Nepal | 60.8 | 1.3% |
| 162nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 60.7 | 0.8% |
| 163rd | São Tomé and Principe | 60.6 | 0.1% |
| 164th | Bhutan | 60.6 | 1.1% |
| 165th | Pakistan | 60.6 | 0.3% |
| 166th | South Africa | 60.5 | -0.9% |
| 167th | Nauru | 60.0 | -0.1% |
| 168th | Bangladesh | 59.7 | 1.2% |
| 169th | Myanmar | 59.5 | 0.6% |
| 170th | Mauritania | 59.4 | 0.9% |
| 171st | Comoros | 58.2 | 0.1% |
| 172nd | Sudan | 58.1 | 0.7% |
| 173rd | Lao PDR | 57.3 | 0.8% |
| 174th | Cambodia | 57.3 | 0.8% |
| 175th | Ghana | 57.2 | 0.5% |
| 176th | Senegal | 57.1 | 0.0% |
| 177th | Haiti | 56.7 | 1.0% |
| 178th | Djibouti | 56.2 | -0.2% |
| 179th | Eritrea | 56.2 | 1.2% |
| 180th | Madagascar | 56.1 | 1.2% |
| 181st | Benin | 56.0 | 0.6% |
| 182nd | Namibia | 55.8 | -1.4% |
| 183rd | Kenya | 55.5 | -0.2% |
| 184th | Gambia, The | 55.2 | 0.7% |
| 185th | Togo | 53.8 | 0.1% |
| 186th | Lesotho | 53.7 | -2.5% |
| 187th | Botswana | 53.6 | -1.3% |
| 188th | Afghanistan | 53.2 | 0.7% |
| 189th | Cameroon | 53.1 | -0.2% |
| 190th | Equatorial Guinea | 52.4 | 0.5% |
| 191st | Eswatini | 51.7 | -3.0% |
| 192nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.5 | -0.2% |
| 193rd | Tanzania | 51.2 | 0.2% |
| 194th | Guinea | 51.1 | 1.1% |
| 195th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 50.5 | 2.2% |
| 196th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 50.3 | -0.5% |
| 197th | Burkina Faso | 49.6 | -0.3% |
| 198th | Mali | 49.1 | 1.2% |
| 199th | Timor-Leste | 49.0 | 1.5% |
| 200th | Congo, Republic of | 48.6 | -12.1% |
| 201st | Zimbabwe | 48.5 | -0.9% |
| 202nd | Liberia | 48.3 | 7.5% |
| 203rd | Guinea-Bissau | 48.0 | -1.5% |
| 204th | Uganda | 48.0 | 0.6% |
| 205th | Mozambique | 47.8 | 1.4% |
| 206th | Chad | 47.8 | 0.4% |
| 207th | Central African Republic | 47.3 | -0.9% |
| 208th | Niger | 47.1 | 1.7% |
| 209th | Angola | 46.7 | 0.6% |
| 210th | Nigeria | 46.0 | 0.3% |
| 211th | Zambia | 45.7 | 0.0% |
| 212th | Burundi | 45.7 | 2.0% |
| 213th | Malawi | 44.2 | 0.4% |
| 214th | Sierra Leone | 43.6 | 0.3% |
| 215th | Rwanda | 42.0 | -1.2% |
| 216th | South Sudan | 33.1 | 2.9% |
FAQ
What was Sierra Leone's life expectancy in 1997?▾
Sierra Leone's life expectancy in 1997 was 43.6. This ranked 214th globally.
How did Sierra Leone's life expectancy change in 1997?▾
Sierra Leone's life expectancy increased by 0.3% in 1997 compared to 1996.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1997?▾
Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 1997 at 81.4.
What is the life expectancy of Sierra Leone in 1997?▾
The life expectancy of Sierra Leone in 1997 was 43.6. This ranked 214th globally.
How does 1997 compare to 1996 for Sierra Leone's life expectancy?▾
Sierra Leone's life expectancy went from 43.5 in 1996 to 43.6 in 1997, a 0.3% increase.
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