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Suriname - Life Expectancy 2008

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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

68.9 +0.6 from 2007 Global rank: 137th

Suriname's life expectancy was 68.9 in 2008, increased +0.6 from 68.3 in 2007. This was the 137th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2008▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 2008
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Andorra	83.9	0.3%
2nd	Monaco	83.8	-0.1%
3rd	San Marino	82.9	0.3%
4th	Liechtenstein	82.7	1.7%
5th	Japan	82.6	0.1%
6th	Hong Kong SAR, China	82.3	0.0%
7th	Macao SAR, China	82.0	0.4%
8th	Switzerland	82.0	0.3%
9th	Iceland	81.6	0.2%
10th	United Arab Emirates	81.6	0.2%
11th	Gibraltar	81.5	0.3%
12th	Italy	81.5	0.1%
13th	Australia	81.4	0.1%
14th	France	81.2	0.1%
15th	Spain	81.2	0.4%
16th	Sweden	81.1	0.2%
17th	Israel	81.0	0.6%
18th	Channel Islands	80.8	0.2%
19th	Singapore	80.8	0.4%
20th	Canada	80.7	0.2%
21st	Norway	80.6	0.2%
22nd	French Polynesia	80.6	0.3%
23rd	Luxembourg	80.5	1.5%
24th	Austria	80.4	0.3%
25th	New Zealand	80.4	0.2%
26th	Netherlands	80.3	0.2%
27th	Faroe Islands	80.1	0.3%
28th	Ireland	80.1	0.6%
29th	Greece	79.9	0.6%
30th	Cyprus	79.9	0.1%
31st	Germany	79.7	0.3%
32nd	Belgium	79.7	-0.1%
33rd	Malta	79.6	-0.2%
34th	United Kingdom	79.6	0.2%
35th	Finland	79.6	0.4%
36th	Korea	79.5	0.5%
37th	Costa Rica	79.2	0.1%
38th	European Union	79.1	0.3%
39th	Bermuda	79.1	0.1%
40th	Isle of Man	78.9	0.6%
41st	Slovenia	78.8	0.3%
42nd	Chile	78.8	0.1%
43rd	Portugal	78.5	0.3%
44th	Denmark	78.4	0.3%
45th	St. Martin (French part)	78.3	0.2%
46th	Qatar	78.3	0.7%
47th	Albania	78.2	0.7%
48th	Puerto Rico (US)	78.1	0.6%
49th	United States	78.0	0.1%
50th	Northern Mariana Islands	77.9	0.1%
51st	Cuba	77.6	0.1%
52nd	Bahrain	77.5	0.7%
53rd	Kuwait	77.2	0.2%
54th	Virgin Islands (US)	77.2	0.4%
55th	Czechia	77.0	0.3%
56th	Lebanon	77.0	0.3%
57th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	76.3	0.2%
58th	Uruguay	76.3	0.2%
59th	Guam	76.2	-0.2%
60th	Oman	76.1	0.7%
61st	Turks and Caicos Islands	76.1	-0.4%
62nd	Antigua and Barbuda	76.1	0.5%
63rd	British Virgin Islands	76.1	0.2%
64th	Maldives	76.0	0.4%
65th	Panama	75.9	0.3%
66th	Croatia	75.9	0.3%
67th	Poland	75.5	0.4%
68th	Argentina	75.4	0.9%
69th	New Caledonia	75.4	0.3%
70th	Cayman Islands	75.4	0.3%
71st	Saudi Arabia	75.3	0.3%
72nd	Barbados	75.3	0.0%
73rd	Malaysia	75.2	0.3%
74th	Montenegro	75.1	1.1%
75th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	74.9	0.1%
76th	China	74.8	0.1%
77th	Brunei Darussalam	74.8	0.0%
78th	Kosovo	74.7	0.4%
79th	Ecuador	74.7	0.7%
80th	Slovak Republic	74.7	0.7%
81st	North Macedonia	74.4	0.8%
82nd	Türkiye	74.4	0.3%
83rd	Grenada	74.4	0.3%
84th	Curaçao	74.3	0.2%
85th	Thailand	74.2	0.6%
86th	Colombia	74.2	0.6%
87th	Tunisia	74.2	0.2%
88th	Serbia	73.9	0.3%
89th	Aruba	73.8	0.2%
90th	Estonia	73.8	1.3%
91st	Hungary	73.7	0.8%
92nd	Mexico	73.7	-0.1%
93rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	73.7	0.5%
94th	Algeria	73.6	0.4%
95th	Jordan	73.6	0.2%
96th	Viet Nam	73.5	0.1%
97th	Bahamas, The	73.4	0.0%
98th	Syrian Arab Republic	73.4	0.2%
99th	Seychelles	73.2	0.0%
100th	Brazil	73.1	0.5%
101st	Armenia	73.1	0.3%
102nd	Bulgaria	73.0	0.4%
103rd	St. Lucia	73.0	0.1%
104th	Peru	72.7	0.0%
105th	Mauritius	72.6	0.0%
106th	Romania	72.6	0.0%
107th	Sri Lanka	72.6	-0.6%
108th	American Samoa	72.4	0.1%
109th	Latvia	72.4	2.0%
110th	West Bank and Gaza	72.2	0.2%
111th	Paraguay	72.0	0.3%
112th	Dominica	71.9	0.1%
113th	Libya	71.9	0.2%
114th	Cabo Verde	71.9	0.6%
115th	Lithuania	71.8	1.3%
116th	Samoa	71.5	-0.1%
117th	Jamaica	71.5	0.1%
118th	St. Kitts and Nevis	71.5	0.1%
119th	Nicaragua	71.4	0.3%
120th	Dominican Republic	71.3	0.3%
121st	Trinidad and Tobago	71.1	0.5%
122nd	Tonga	71.0	0.2%
123rd	Georgia	70.9	-0.1%
124th	Belize	70.7	0.0%
125th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	70.6	0.2%
126th	Belarus	70.5	0.4%
127th	El Salvador	70.1	0.5%
128th	Morocco	70.1	0.6%
129th	Honduras	69.7	0.2%
130th	Guatemala	69.5	0.3%
131st	Greenland	69.4	0.5%
132nd	Azerbaijan	69.4	1.0%
133rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	69.3	0.4%
134th	Vanuatu	69.3	0.2%
135th	Uzbekistan	69.0	0.8%
136th	Moldova	69.0	0.5%
137th	Suriname	68.9	0.8%
138th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	68.8	0.2%
139th	Philippines	68.6	0.1%
140th	Kyrgyz Republic	68.5	0.8%
141st	Solomon Islands	68.3	0.7%
142nd	Ukraine	68.3	0.8%
143rd	Indonesia	68.1	0.3%
144th	Russian Federation	67.9	0.5%
145th	Tajikistan	67.9	0.8%
146th	Bhutan	67.7	0.9%
147th	Turkmenistan	67.6	0.8%
148th	Palau	67.6	0.7%
149th	Mongolia	67.2	1.0%
150th	Bangladesh	67.0	0.9%
151st	Kazakhstan	66.8	0.9%
152nd	Yemen, Republic of	66.6	0.6%
153rd	Iraq	66.5	3.2%
154th	Nepal	66.4	0.4%
155th	Fiji	66.3	0.2%
156th	India	66.2	0.7%
157th	Cambodia	66.1	0.9%
158th	Kiribati	65.7	0.1%
159th	Guyana	65.7	0.4%
160th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	65.3	0.6%
161st	Mauritania	65.2	0.5%
162nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	64.8	0.0%
163rd	Tuvalu	64.5	0.2%
164th	Marshall Islands	64.3	0.1%
165th	Gabon	64.0	0.6%
166th	Pakistan	64.0	0.3%
167th	São Tomé and Principe	63.4	0.2%
168th	Senegal	63.2	0.9%
169th	Timor-Leste	62.9	0.7%
170th	Papua New Guinea	62.5	0.5%
171st	Eritrea	62.4	0.7%
172nd	Lao PDR	62.2	0.9%
173rd	Madagascar	62.0	0.7%
174th	Comoros	62.0	0.8%
175th	Haiti	61.3	0.3%
176th	Sudan	61.3	-0.3%
177th	Congo, Republic of	60.8	1.2%
178th	Rwanda	60.6	1.9%
179th	Ghana	60.6	0.5%
180th	Gambia, The	60.5	0.8%
181st	Kenya	60.0	0.9%
182nd	Tanzania	59.9	1.1%
183rd	Djibouti	59.8	0.8%
184th	Afghanistan	59.7	1.3%
185th	Nauru	59.7	0.3%
186th	Liberia	58.7	0.9%
187th	Uganda	58.3	1.8%
188th	Benin	58.1	-0.3%
189th	Botswana	57.7	1.6%
190th	Equatorial Guinea	57.4	0.9%
191st	Togo	56.7	0.5%
192nd	Myanmar	56.4	-9.6%
193rd	South Sudan	56.3	1.5%
194th	Cameroon	56.1	0.7%
195th	South Africa	56.0	1.9%
196th	Niger	55.9	1.4%
197th	Malawi	55.7	1.9%
198th	Guinea	55.7	0.9%
199th	Burundi	55.6	1.4%
200th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	55.4	0.8%
201st	Guinea-Bissau	55.3	0.8%
202nd	Angola	55.3	2.0%
203rd	Burkina Faso	55.2	1.5%
204th	Mali	55.2	0.8%
205th	Zambia	54.8	2.1%
206th	Namibia	54.7	1.3%
207th	Côte d'Ivoire	54.2	1.4%
208th	Mozambique	53.8	1.0%
209th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	51.5	1.1%
210th	Nigeria	50.7	0.7%
211th	Sierra Leone	50.7	1.3%
212th	Central African Republic	49.9	1.1%
213th	Chad	49.5	0.6%
214th	Zimbabwe	48.5	1.8%
215th	Eswatini	45.9	1.5%
216th	Lesotho	44.3	1.5%

FAQ

What was Suriname's life expectancy in 2008?▾

Suriname's life expectancy in 2008 was 68.9. This ranked 137th globally.

How did Suriname's life expectancy change in 2008?▾

Suriname's life expectancy increased by 0.8% in 2008 compared to 2007.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2008?▾

Andorra had the highest life expectancy in 2008 at 83.9.

What is the life expectancy of Suriname in 2008?▾

The life expectancy of Suriname in 2008 was 68.9. This ranked 137th globally.

How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Suriname's life expectancy?▾

Suriname's life expectancy went from 68.3 in 2007 to 68.9 in 2008, a 0.8% increase.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Suriname matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2008. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 6.9%. View full analysis →

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