Sri Lanka - Life Expectancy 1998
70.1
+0.2 from 1997
Sri Lanka's life expectancy was 70.1 in 1998, increased +0.2 from 69.9 in 1997. This was the 106th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1998▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 81.6 | 0.3% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 81.3 | 0.2% |
| 3rd | Japan | 80.5 | 0.1% |
| 4th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 80.1 | 0.0% |
| 5th | San Marino | 79.9 | 0.3% |
| 6th | Iceland | 79.6 | 0.9% |
| 7th | Gibraltar | 79.5 | 0.5% |
| 8th | Sweden | 79.3 | 0.2% |
| 9th | Switzerland | 79.3 | 0.3% |
| 10th | Italy | 79.0 | 0.2% |
| 11th | Spain | 78.7 | 0.1% |
| 12th | Australia | 78.6 | 0.2% |
| 13th | Canada | 78.6 | 0.3% |
| 14th | France | 78.6 | 0.4% |
| 15th | Channel Islands | 78.5 | 0.4% |
| 16th | Norway | 78.3 | 0.2% |
| 17th | Macao SAR, China | 78.2 | 0.8% |
| 18th | Israel | 78.1 | 0.2% |
| 19th | New Zealand | 78.1 | 1.0% |
| 20th | Faroe Islands | 78.0 | 0.3% |
| 21st | Netherlands | 77.9 | 0.1% |
| 22nd | French Polynesia | 77.8 | 0.6% |
| 23rd | Greece | 77.8 | -0.4% |
| 24th | Liechtenstein | 77.7 | 2.2% |
| 25th | Austria | 77.7 | 0.5% |
| 26th | Malta | 77.6 | -0.2% |
| 27th | Germany | 77.5 | 0.5% |
| 28th | Belgium | 77.5 | 0.1% |
| 29th | Bermuda | 77.4 | 0.5% |
| 30th | Singapore | 77.3 | 0.5% |
| 31st | United Kingdom | 77.2 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Cyprus | 77.2 | 0.1% |
| 33rd | Finland | 77.1 | 0.3% |
| 34th | Luxembourg | 77.0 | 0.2% |
| 35th | Costa Rica | 76.9 | 0.3% |
| 36th | United States | 76.6 | 0.2% |
| 37th | European Union | 76.5 | 0.4% |
| 38th | St. Martin (French part) | 76.3 | 0.3% |
| 39th | Chile | 76.3 | 0.7% |
| 40th | Ireland | 76.2 | 0.3% |
| 41st | Denmark | 76.1 | 0.3% |
| 42nd | Kuwait | 76.0 | 0.1% |
| 43rd | Portugal | 75.7 | 0.4% |
| 44th | Cuba | 75.4 | 0.5% |
| 45th | Korea | 75.0 | 0.5% |
| 46th | Qatar | 74.9 | 0.2% |
| 47th | Slovenia | 74.8 | 0.1% |
| 48th | Guam | 74.8 | 0.1% |
| 49th | British Virgin Islands | 74.6 | 0.1% |
| 50th | Puerto Rico (US) | 74.6 | -0.2% |
| 51st | Czechia | 74.5 | 0.9% |
| 52nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 74.5 | 0.8% |
| 53rd | Barbados | 74.5 | 0.6% |
| 54th | Albania | 74.4 | 1.3% |
| 55th | Isle of Man | 74.2 | 0.4% |
| 56th | Antigua and Barbuda | 74.2 | 0.2% |
| 57th | Bahrain | 74.1 | 0.4% |
| 58th | Cayman Islands | 74.1 | 0.2% |
| 59th | Uruguay | 74.0 | 0.1% |
| 60th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 73.9 | 0.5% |
| 61st | United Arab Emirates | 73.7 | 1.5% |
| 62nd | Brunei Darussalam | 73.6 | 0.4% |
| 63rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 73.6 | 0.9% |
| 64th | Argentina | 73.4 | 0.0% |
| 65th | Montenegro | 73.3 | -0.1% |
| 66th | Lebanon | 73.2 | 0.4% |
| 67th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 73.1 | 0.6% |
| 68th | Curaçao | 73.1 | 0.1% |
| 69th | Poland | 73.0 | 0.5% |
| 70th | Aruba | 72.9 | 0.0% |
| 71st | Oman | 72.9 | 0.6% |
| 72nd | Panama | 72.8 | 0.3% |
| 73rd | Grenada | 72.8 | 0.2% |
| 74th | New Caledonia | 72.7 | 0.7% |
| 75th | Slovak Republic | 72.6 | -0.2% |
| 76th | Malaysia | 72.4 | 0.1% |
| 77th | Croatia | 72.3 | -0.2% |
| 78th | North Macedonia | 72.3 | -0.2% |
| 79th | Viet Nam | 72.3 | 0.9% |
| 80th | Serbia | 72.2 | -0.9% |
| 81st | Tunisia | 72.1 | 0.6% |
| 82nd | Saudi Arabia | 72.0 | 0.5% |
| 83rd | Ecuador | 71.9 | -0.1% |
| 84th | Bahamas, The | 71.8 | 0.3% |
| 85th | Mexico | 71.8 | 0.4% |
| 86th | Seychelles | 71.7 | 0.8% |
| 87th | China | 71.6 | 0.5% |
| 88th | American Samoa | 71.5 | -0.1% |
| 89th | Jordan | 71.5 | 0.3% |
| 90th | Dominica | 71.4 | 0.2% |
| 91st | Virgin Islands (US) | 71.2 | 0.5% |
| 92nd | Lithuania | 71.2 | 0.4% |
| 93rd | Jamaica | 71.2 | -0.1% |
| 94th | Türkiye | 71.1 | 0.7% |
| 95th | Bulgaria | 71.1 | 1.0% |
| 96th | Colombia | 70.9 | 0.4% |
| 97th | Thailand | 70.7 | 0.5% |
| 98th | St. Lucia | 70.7 | -0.1% |
| 99th | Libya | 70.7 | -0.1% |
| 100th | Mauritius | 70.6 | 0.3% |
| 101st | West Bank and Gaza | 70.6 | 0.3% |
| 102nd | Hungary | 70.6 | -0.2% |
| 103rd | Samoa | 70.3 | 0.4% |
| 104th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.3 | -0.2% |
| 105th | Syrian Arab Republic | 70.2 | 0.1% |
| 106th | Sri Lanka | 70.1 | 0.3% |
| 107th | Dominican Republic | 69.9 | 0.1% |
| 108th | Romania | 69.8 | 1.2% |
| 109th | Armenia | 69.8 | 0.6% |
| 110th | Georgia | 69.8 | 0.1% |
| 111th | Paraguay | 69.5 | 0.3% |
| 112th | Estonia | 69.4 | -0.6% |
| 113th | Algeria | 69.3 | 0.7% |
| 114th | Maldives | 69.3 | 1.1% |
| 115th | Tonga | 69.2 | 0.3% |
| 116th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 69.2 | 0.8% |
| 117th | Latvia | 69.0 | -0.5% |
| 118th | Belize | 68.9 | -0.4% |
| 119th | Brazil | 68.8 | 0.5% |
| 120th | Peru | 68.7 | 0.6% |
| 121st | Kosovo | 68.6 | -1.8% |
| 122nd | Belarus | 68.4 | -0.1% |
| 123rd | Vanuatu | 68.4 | 0.1% |
| 124th | Trinidad and Tobago | 68.3 | 0.3% |
| 125th | Ukraine | 68.0 | 0.5% |
| 126th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 67.9 | 0.1% |
| 127th | Philippines | 67.2 | 0.3% |
| 128th | Kyrgyz Republic | 67.1 | 0.2% |
| 129th | Russian Federation | 67.0 | 0.5% |
| 130th | Solomon Islands | 66.9 | 0.2% |
| 131st | Moldova | 66.8 | 0.5% |
| 132nd | Cabo Verde | 66.7 | 1.0% |
| 133rd | El Salvador | 66.7 | 0.6% |
| 134th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 66.6 | 0.6% |
| 135th | Fiji | 66.5 | 0.4% |
| 136th | Greenland | 66.2 | 0.5% |
| 137th | Morocco | 66.0 | 0.6% |
| 138th | Guatemala | 66.0 | 1.1% |
| 139th | Indonesia | 65.9 | 0.3% |
| 140th | Uzbekistan | 65.2 | 0.2% |
| 141st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 64.5 | 0.2% |
| 142nd | Iraq | 64.4 | 0.3% |
| 143rd | Nicaragua | 64.1 | -2.2% |
| 144th | Kiribati | 64.1 | 0.5% |
| 145th | Turkmenistan | 64.0 | 0.5% |
| 146th | Palau | 64.0 | 0.4% |
| 147th | Azerbaijan | 63.8 | 1.3% |
| 148th | Suriname | 63.7 | 0.5% |
| 149th | Guyana | 63.4 | 0.9% |
| 150th | Kazakhstan | 63.3 | 0.0% |
| 151st | Marshall Islands | 63.2 | 0.3% |
| 152nd | Tuvalu | 63.2 | 0.3% |
| 153rd | Honduras | 62.4 | -7.6% |
| 154th | Tajikistan | 62.4 | 0.8% |
| 155th | Mongolia | 62.1 | 1.1% |
| 156th | India | 61.9 | 0.7% |
| 157th | Yemen, Republic of | 61.8 | 0.7% |
| 158th | Nepal | 61.5 | 1.2% |
| 159th | Gabon | 61.5 | 0.2% |
| 160th | Bhutan | 61.3 | 1.1% |
| 161st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 61.2 | 0.8% |
| 162nd | Pakistan | 61.1 | 0.8% |
| 163rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 60.9 | 0.0% |
| 164th | São Tomé and Principe | 60.8 | 0.2% |
| 165th | Papua New Guinea | 60.4 | -1.4% |
| 166th | Bangladesh | 60.4 | 1.3% |
| 167th | South Africa | 59.9 | -1.0% |
| 168th | Myanmar | 59.9 | 0.6% |
| 169th | Mauritania | 59.9 | 0.8% |
| 170th | Nauru | 59.9 | -0.2% |
| 171st | Sudan | 58.3 | 0.4% |
| 172nd | Comoros | 58.3 | 0.1% |
| 173rd | Cambodia | 57.9 | 1.0% |
| 174th | Lao PDR | 57.5 | 0.4% |
| 175th | Ghana | 57.5 | 0.5% |
| 176th | Haiti | 57.1 | 0.8% |
| 177th | Senegal | 57.1 | -0.1% |
| 178th | Madagascar | 56.8 | 1.2% |
| 179th | Djibouti | 56.4 | 0.4% |
| 180th | Benin | 56.2 | 0.3% |
| 181st | Gambia, The | 56.0 | 1.4% |
| 182nd | Kenya | 55.6 | 0.2% |
| 183rd | Namibia | 54.8 | -1.9% |
| 184th | Togo | 54.0 | 0.2% |
| 185th | Cameroon | 53.0 | -0.1% |
| 186th | Botswana | 53.0 | -1.2% |
| 187th | Equatorial Guinea | 52.6 | 0.5% |
| 188th | Congo, Republic of | 52.6 | 8.2% |
| 189th | Afghanistan | 52.5 | -1.4% |
| 190th | Lesotho | 52.0 | -3.2% |
| 191st | Tanzania | 51.8 | 1.1% |
| 192nd | Guinea | 51.6 | 1.0% |
| 193rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.2 | -0.5% |
| 194th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 50.8 | 0.9% |
| 195th | Burkina Faso | 50.2 | 1.2% |
| 196th | Eswatini | 50.1 | -3.2% |
| 197th | Eritrea | 50.0 | -11.0% |
| 198th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 49.7 | -1.6% |
| 199th | Mali | 49.6 | 1.0% |
| 200th | Liberia | 49.4 | 2.2% |
| 201st | Timor-Leste | 48.6 | -0.8% |
| 202nd | Uganda | 48.3 | 0.5% |
| 203rd | Mozambique | 48.2 | 0.9% |
| 204th | Guinea-Bissau | 48.1 | 0.2% |
| 205th | Niger | 47.8 | 1.5% |
| 206th | Chad | 47.8 | 0.1% |
| 207th | Zimbabwe | 47.6 | -2.0% |
| 208th | Central African Republic | 47.1 | -0.4% |
| 209th | Burundi | 46.7 | 2.1% |
| 210th | Nigeria | 46.1 | 0.4% |
| 211th | Zambia | 45.7 | -0.1% |
| 212th | Angola | 45.5 | -2.6% |
| 213th | Malawi | 44.3 | 0.2% |
| 214th | Rwanda | 43.1 | 2.7% |
| 215th | Sierra Leone | 42.7 | -2.1% |
| 216th | South Sudan | 19.0 | -42.4% |
FAQ
What was Sri Lanka's life expectancy in 1998?▾
Sri Lanka's life expectancy in 1998 was 70.1. This ranked 106th globally.
How did Sri Lanka's life expectancy change in 1998?▾
Sri Lanka's life expectancy increased by 0.3% in 1998 compared to 1997.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1998?▾
Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 1998 at 81.6.
What is the life expectancy of Sri Lanka in 1998?▾
The life expectancy of Sri Lanka in 1998 was 70.1. This ranked 106th globally.
How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Sri Lanka's life expectancy?▾
Sri Lanka's life expectancy went from 69.9 in 1997 to 70.1 in 1998, a 0.3% increase.
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