Sri Lanka - Life Expectancy 2003
72.4
+0.2 from 2002
Sri Lanka's life expectancy was 72.4 in 2003, increased +0.2 from 72.3 in 2002. This was the 92nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2003▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 83.6 | 0.7% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 82.7 | 0.3% |
| 3rd | Japan | 81.8 | 0.1% |
| 4th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 81.3 | -0.1% |
| 5th | San Marino | 81.3 | 0.3% |
| 6th | Macao SAR, China | 81.0 | 0.1% |
| 7th | Iceland | 81.0 | 0.6% |
| 8th | Gibraltar | 80.7 | 0.2% |
| 9th | Switzerland | 80.5 | 0.2% |
| 10th | Australia | 80.2 | 0.4% |
| 11th | Sweden | 80.1 | 0.3% |
| 12th | Italy | 80.0 | -0.3% |
| 13th | Liechtenstein | 80.0 | 0.4% |
| 14th | Canada | 79.7 | 0.2% |
| 15th | French Polynesia | 79.7 | 0.2% |
| 16th | Israel | 79.6 | 0.2% |
| 17th | Spain | 79.6 | 0.1% |
| 18th | United Arab Emirates | 79.6 | 1.1% |
| 19th | Channel Islands | 79.4 | 0.4% |
| 20th | Norway | 79.4 | 0.5% |
| 21st | New Zealand | 79.1 | 0.4% |
| 22nd | France | 79.1 | -0.2% |
| 23rd | Singapore | 79.0 | 0.6% |
| 24th | Faroe Islands | 78.9 | 0.2% |
| 25th | Cyprus | 78.9 | 0.2% |
| 26th | Greece | 78.8 | 0.3% |
| 27th | Bermuda | 78.7 | -0.2% |
| 28th | Austria | 78.6 | -0.1% |
| 29th | Malta | 78.5 | -0.2% |
| 30th | Netherlands | 78.5 | 0.3% |
| 31st | United Kingdom | 78.4 | 0.4% |
| 32nd | Germany | 78.4 | 0.2% |
| 33rd | Finland | 78.4 | 0.3% |
| 34th | Costa Rica | 78.2 | 0.4% |
| 35th | Ireland | 78.1 | 0.7% |
| 36th | Belgium | 78.1 | 0.1% |
| 37th | Chile | 77.9 | 0.1% |
| 38th | Luxembourg | 77.7 | -0.3% |
| 39th | European Union | 77.6 | 0.1% |
| 40th | Virgin Islands (US) | 77.5 | 0.0% |
| 41st | St. Martin (French part) | 77.4 | 0.3% |
| 42nd | Cuba | 77.4 | 0.8% |
| 43rd | Portugal | 77.2 | 0.2% |
| 44th | Korea | 77.2 | 0.6% |
| 45th | Denmark | 77.1 | 0.3% |
| 46th | United States | 77.0 | 0.1% |
| 47th | Puerto Rico (US) | 76.9 | 0.2% |
| 48th | Slovenia | 76.9 | 1.1% |
| 49th | Kuwait | 76.6 | 0.1% |
| 50th | Northern Mariana Islands | 76.5 | 0.8% |
| 51st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 76.4 | 0.6% |
| 52nd | Isle of Man | 76.3 | 0.7% |
| 53rd | Qatar | 76.1 | 0.4% |
| 54th | Guam | 75.9 | 0.5% |
| 55th | Albania | 75.6 | 0.3% |
| 56th | Bahrain | 75.5 | 0.4% |
| 57th | Antigua and Barbuda | 75.3 | 0.1% |
| 58th | Lebanon | 75.3 | 0.6% |
| 59th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 75.3 | 0.6% |
| 60th | British Virgin Islands | 75.2 | 0.3% |
| 61st | Czechia | 75.2 | -0.1% |
| 62nd | Uruguay | 75.1 | 0.1% |
| 63rd | Barbados | 74.9 | 0.1% |
| 64th | Cayman Islands | 74.6 | 0.0% |
| 65th | Croatia | 74.6 | -0.1% |
| 66th | Poland | 74.6 | 0.1% |
| 67th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 74.6 | 0.0% |
| 68th | Panama | 74.6 | 0.5% |
| 69th | Oman | 74.5 | 0.3% |
| 70th | Brunei Darussalam | 74.5 | 0.2% |
| 71st | New Caledonia | 74.5 | 0.3% |
| 72nd | Argentina | 74.3 | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Montenegro | 74.1 | 0.1% |
| 74th | Malaysia | 73.7 | 0.4% |
| 75th | Saudi Arabia | 73.7 | 0.5% |
| 76th | Ecuador | 73.6 | 0.6% |
| 77th | Slovak Republic | 73.6 | 0.0% |
| 78th | Curaçao | 73.6 | 0.2% |
| 79th | China | 73.4 | 0.5% |
| 80th | Mexico | 73.3 | 0.3% |
| 81st | Tunisia | 73.3 | 0.3% |
| 82nd | Grenada | 73.3 | 0.2% |
| 83rd | Maldives | 73.3 | 1.2% |
| 84th | North Macedonia | 73.2 | 0.3% |
| 85th | Aruba | 73.2 | 0.1% |
| 86th | Viet Nam | 73.2 | 0.1% |
| 87th | Bahamas, The | 73.2 | 0.3% |
| 88th | Türkiye | 72.9 | 0.4% |
| 89th | Armenia | 72.8 | 0.0% |
| 90th | Kosovo | 72.7 | 0.6% |
| 91st | Jordan | 72.6 | 0.3% |
| 92nd | Sri Lanka | 72.4 | 0.2% |
| 93rd | Serbia | 72.4 | 0.2% |
| 94th | Colombia | 72.3 | 1.1% |
| 95th | Hungary | 72.3 | -0.1% |
| 96th | St. Lucia | 72.2 | 0.7% |
| 97th | Syrian Arab Republic | 72.2 | 0.6% |
| 98th | Mauritius | 72.1 | 0.2% |
| 99th | Thailand | 72.1 | 0.5% |
| 100th | Bulgaria | 72.1 | 0.3% |
| 101st | Lithuania | 72.1 | 0.4% |
| 102nd | Dominica | 71.9 | 0.0% |
| 103rd | Algeria | 71.9 | 0.4% |
| 104th | American Samoa | 71.7 | -0.1% |
| 105th | Jamaica | 71.6 | 0.1% |
| 106th | Samoa | 71.4 | 0.3% |
| 107th | Georgia | 71.4 | 1.3% |
| 108th | Estonia | 71.3 | 0.6% |
| 109th | Romania | 71.3 | 0.4% |
| 110th | Peru | 71.3 | 0.7% |
| 111th | Latvia | 71.3 | 0.4% |
| 112th | Seychelles | 71.0 | -0.1% |
| 113th | Libya | 71.0 | 0.3% |
| 114th | West Bank and Gaza | 71.0 | 0.1% |
| 115th | Brazil | 70.9 | 0.7% |
| 116th | Dominican Republic | 70.9 | 0.2% |
| 117th | Paraguay | 70.8 | 0.4% |
| 118th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 70.6 | 0.6% |
| 119th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 70.5 | -0.9% |
| 120th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.4 | -0.3% |
| 121st | Tonga | 70.2 | 0.3% |
| 122nd | Cabo Verde | 70.0 | 0.8% |
| 123rd | Belize | 69.8 | 0.4% |
| 124th | Trinidad and Tobago | 69.5 | 0.3% |
| 125th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 69.4 | 14.0% |
| 126th | Vanuatu | 68.9 | 0.1% |
| 127th | Honduras | 68.9 | 0.2% |
| 128th | El Salvador | 68.8 | 0.4% |
| 129th | Nicaragua | 68.7 | 1.2% |
| 130th | Belarus | 68.6 | 0.7% |
| 131st | Kyrgyz Republic | 68.3 | 0.1% |
| 132nd | Guatemala | 68.2 | 0.5% |
| 133rd | Philippines | 68.0 | 0.2% |
| 134th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 68.0 | 0.3% |
| 135th | Morocco | 68.0 | 0.6% |
| 136th | Moldova | 67.9 | 0.2% |
| 137th | Ukraine | 67.6 | -0.1% |
| 138th | Solomon Islands | 67.5 | 0.2% |
| 139th | Greenland | 67.2 | 0.9% |
| 140th | Indonesia | 67.1 | 0.3% |
| 141st | Azerbaijan | 67.0 | 0.4% |
| 142nd | Uzbekistan | 66.9 | 0.7% |
| 143rd | Tajikistan | 65.9 | 1.5% |
| 144th | Turkmenistan | 65.9 | 0.4% |
| 145th | Suriname | 65.8 | 0.8% |
| 146th | Fiji | 65.7 | 0.2% |
| 147th | Palau | 65.4 | 0.6% |
| 148th | Kiribati | 65.3 | 0.3% |
| 149th | Russian Federation | 65.0 | -0.2% |
| 150th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 64.9 | 1.6% |
| 151st | Iraq | 64.8 | -1.4% |
| 152nd | Kazakhstan | 64.8 | 0.5% |
| 153rd | Bhutan | 64.7 | 1.1% |
| 154th | Yemen, Republic of | 64.4 | 0.9% |
| 155th | Bangladesh | 64.3 | 1.1% |
| 156th | Nepal | 64.2 | 1.1% |
| 157th | Guyana | 64.1 | -0.1% |
| 158th | India | 64.1 | 0.7% |
| 159th | Marshall Islands | 64.0 | 0.2% |
| 160th | Tuvalu | 63.9 | 0.1% |
| 161st | Mongolia | 63.6 | 0.1% |
| 162nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 63.5 | 0.6% |
| 163rd | Pakistan | 62.8 | 0.4% |
| 164th | Mauritania | 62.8 | 0.9% |
| 165th | Gabon | 62.5 | 0.5% |
| 166th | Cambodia | 62.3 | 1.5% |
| 167th | São Tomé and Principe | 62.2 | 0.5% |
| 168th | Papua New Guinea | 61.7 | 0.2% |
| 169th | Myanmar | 61.2 | 0.4% |
| 170th | Comoros | 60.2 | 0.9% |
| 171st | Timor-Leste | 60.1 | 1.1% |
| 172nd | Madagascar | 59.7 | 0.9% |
| 173rd | Lao PDR | 59.6 | 0.6% |
| 174th | Senegal | 59.5 | 1.0% |
| 175th | Eritrea | 59.5 | 0.9% |
| 176th | Haiti | 59.4 | 0.7% |
| 177th | Nauru | 59.4 | -0.1% |
| 178th | Ghana | 59.0 | 0.5% |
| 179th | Sudan | 58.3 | -1.7% |
| 180th | Gambia, The | 58.2 | 0.8% |
| 181st | Djibouti | 58.0 | 0.4% |
| 182nd | Kenya | 57.4 | 1.1% |
| 183rd | Afghanistan | 57.2 | 1.7% |
| 184th | Congo, Republic of | 57.1 | 1.3% |
| 185th | Benin | 57.1 | 0.4% |
| 186th | Tanzania | 55.9 | 1.8% |
| 187th | Togo | 55.3 | 0.5% |
| 188th | Equatorial Guinea | 54.8 | 0.9% |
| 189th | Cameroon | 54.3 | 0.6% |
| 190th | South Africa | 54.2 | -2.4% |
| 191st | Guinea | 53.6 | 0.7% |
| 192nd | Rwanda | 53.5 | 4.4% |
| 193rd | Liberia | 53.0 | -1.9% |
| 194th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 53.0 | 1.1% |
| 195th | Botswana | 52.9 | 0.9% |
| 196th | Mali | 52.6 | 1.2% |
| 197th | Uganda | 52.4 | 1.9% |
| 198th | South Sudan | 52.3 | 5.9% |
| 199th | Guinea-Bissau | 52.2 | 1.1% |
| 200th | Burkina Faso | 52.0 | 1.0% |
| 201st | Namibia | 51.9 | -0.1% |
| 202nd | Niger | 51.5 | 1.8% |
| 203rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.4 | -0.2% |
| 204th | Mozambique | 51.4 | 1.0% |
| 205th | Burundi | 51.0 | 2.1% |
| 206th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 50.7 | -0.2% |
| 207th | Angola | 50.2 | 4.9% |
| 208th | Zambia | 49.6 | 2.4% |
| 209th | Malawi | 49.6 | 3.0% |
| 210th | Nigeria | 48.6 | 1.2% |
| 211th | Chad | 48.6 | 0.5% |
| 212th | Central African Republic | 47.3 | 1.0% |
| 213th | Sierra Leone | 46.8 | 1.3% |
| 214th | Zimbabwe | 45.4 | -1.2% |
| 215th | Lesotho | 44.9 | -2.2% |
| 216th | Eswatini | 44.6 | -1.6% |
FAQ
What was Sri Lanka's life expectancy in 2003?▾
Sri Lanka's life expectancy in 2003 was 72.4. This ranked 92nd globally.
How did Sri Lanka's life expectancy change in 2003?▾
Sri Lanka's life expectancy increased by 0.2% in 2003 compared to 2002.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2003?▾
Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2003 at 83.6.
What is the life expectancy of Sri Lanka in 2003?▾
The life expectancy of Sri Lanka in 2003 was 72.4. This ranked 92nd globally.
How does 2003 compare to 2002 for Sri Lanka's life expectancy?▾
Sri Lanka's life expectancy went from 72.3 in 2002 to 72.4 in 2003, a 0.2% increase.
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