Switzerland - Life Expectancy 1978
75.2
−0.1 from 1977
Switzerland's life expectancy was 75.2 in 1978, decreased +0.1 from 75.2 in 1977. This was the 8th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1978▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Iceland | 76.6 | 0.4% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 76.5 | 0.4% |
| 3rd | San Marino | 75.9 | 0.3% |
| 4th | Faroe Islands | 75.7 | 0.1% |
| 5th | Japan | 75.6 | 0.4% |
| 6th | Sweden | 75.5 | 0.1% |
| 7th | Norway | 75.4 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Switzerland | 75.2 | -0.1% |
| 9th | Netherlands | 75.1 | -0.1% |
| 10th | Monaco | 74.7 | 0.6% |
| 11th | Liechtenstein | 74.6 | -0.1% |
| 12th | Canada | 74.5 | 0.4% |
| 13th | Denmark | 74.4 | -0.3% |
| 14th | Greece | 74.4 | 0.9% |
| 15th | Spain | 74.3 | 0.2% |
| 16th | Italy | 73.7 | 0.4% |
| 17th | Australia | 73.7 | 0.4% |
| 18th | France | 73.6 | 0.3% |
| 19th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 73.5 | 0.3% |
| 20th | Gibraltar | 73.5 | 0.0% |
| 21st | United States | 73.4 | 0.1% |
| 22nd | Israel | 73.2 | 0.3% |
| 23rd | United Kingdom | 73.2 | -0.1% |
| 24th | Channel Islands | 73.1 | 0.3% |
| 25th | New Zealand | 73.0 | 1.2% |
| 26th | Finland | 72.9 | 0.8% |
| 27th | Belgium | 72.7 | -0.1% |
| 28th | Puerto Rico (US) | 72.5 | 0.2% |
| 29th | Antigua and Barbuda | 72.5 | 0.5% |
| 30th | European Union | 72.5 | 0.1% |
| 31st | Germany | 72.3 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | St. Martin (French part) | 72.2 | 0.1% |
| 33rd | Malta | 72.2 | 0.0% |
| 34th | Costa Rica | 72.0 | 0.7% |
| 35th | Austria | 72.0 | 0.1% |
| 36th | Ireland | 72.0 | 0.0% |
| 37th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 72.0 | -0.2% |
| 38th | Bermuda | 72.0 | 0.5% |
| 39th | Macao SAR, China | 71.9 | 0.7% |
| 40th | Cuba | 71.9 | 0.7% |
| 41st | Cyprus | 71.7 | 0.7% |
| 42nd | Montenegro | 71.7 | 0.1% |
| 43rd | Luxembourg | 71.4 | 0.0% |
| 44th | Serbia | 71.3 | -0.4% |
| 45th | Singapore | 71.3 | 0.4% |
| 46th | Bulgaria | 71.2 | 0.5% |
| 47th | Barbados | 71.1 | 0.7% |
| 48th | Kuwait | 70.8 | 0.4% |
| 49th | Slovenia | 70.7 | 0.2% |
| 50th | Czechia | 70.6 | 0.1% |
| 51st | Lithuania | 70.6 | -0.3% |
| 52nd | Croatia | 70.5 | -0.3% |
| 53rd | Curaçao | 70.4 | 0.3% |
| 54th | Slovak Republic | 70.4 | 0.0% |
| 55th | Poland | 70.4 | -0.1% |
| 56th | Portugal | 70.3 | 0.4% |
| 57th | Aruba | 70.3 | 0.3% |
| 58th | Uruguay | 70.3 | 0.3% |
| 59th | Dominica | 70.1 | 0.6% |
| 60th | Belarus | 70.1 | -0.3% |
| 61st | Bahrain | 69.9 | 0.7% |
| 62nd | Ukraine | 69.8 | -0.2% |
| 63rd | Guam | 69.6 | 0.8% |
| 64th | Romania | 69.5 | -0.4% |
| 65th | Hungary | 69.4 | -0.7% |
| 66th | Albania | 69.4 | 0.5% |
| 67th | Estonia | 69.3 | -0.2% |
| 68th | Qatar | 69.1 | 0.6% |
| 69th | British Virgin Islands | 69.0 | 0.5% |
| 70th | Latvia | 69.0 | -0.2% |
| 71st | North Macedonia | 69.0 | 1.2% |
| 72nd | American Samoa | 68.9 | 0.3% |
| 73rd | Bahamas, The | 68.9 | 0.2% |
| 74th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 68.8 | 0.1% |
| 75th | Jamaica | 68.7 | 0.2% |
| 76th | Panama | 68.7 | 0.6% |
| 77th | Cayman Islands | 68.5 | 0.7% |
| 78th | Virgin Islands (US) | 68.3 | 0.3% |
| 79th | Brunei Darussalam | 68.3 | 0.6% |
| 80th | Chile | 68.0 | 0.8% |
| 81st | Seychelles | 68.0 | 0.5% |
| 82nd | Argentina | 68.0 | 0.6% |
| 83rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 67.9 | 0.4% |
| 84th | Grenada | 67.9 | 0.0% |
| 85th | Isle of Man | 67.7 | 0.5% |
| 86th | Georgia | 67.6 | 0.5% |
| 87th | Russian Federation | 67.4 | 0.0% |
| 88th | St. Lucia | 67.4 | 0.6% |
| 89th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 67.3 | 0.6% |
| 90th | Malaysia | 67.2 | 0.7% |
| 91st | United Arab Emirates | 67.1 | 0.9% |
| 92nd | Sri Lanka | 66.8 | 0.7% |
| 93rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 66.4 | 0.6% |
| 94th | Belize | 66.3 | 0.3% |
| 95th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 66.3 | 0.7% |
| 96th | Trinidad and Tobago | 66.2 | 0.0% |
| 97th | Syrian Arab Republic | 65.9 | 0.8% |
| 98th | French Polynesia | 65.9 | 0.9% |
| 99th | Tonga | 65.9 | 0.3% |
| 100th | Colombia | 65.8 | 0.9% |
| 101st | Jordan | 65.6 | 0.7% |
| 102nd | Mauritius | 65.6 | 0.7% |
| 103rd | Korea | 65.2 | 0.5% |
| 104th | New Caledonia | 64.7 | 0.7% |
| 105th | Viet Nam | 64.5 | 0.7% |
| 106th | Armenia | 64.5 | 0.4% |
| 107th | Moldova | 64.5 | 0.4% |
| 108th | Iraq | 64.2 | 0.4% |
| 109th | Samoa | 64.1 | 0.6% |
| 110th | Paraguay | 64.1 | 0.3% |
| 111th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 64.0 | 0.4% |
| 112th | Libya | 63.8 | 1.1% |
| 113th | Mexico | 63.4 | 0.7% |
| 114th | Greenland | 63.4 | 2.5% |
| 115th | China | 63.1 | 1.0% |
| 116th | Fiji | 63.1 | 0.6% |
| 117th | Dominican Republic | 62.6 | 0.7% |
| 118th | Solomon Islands | 62.5 | 1.6% |
| 119th | Uzbekistan | 62.4 | 0.4% |
| 120th | Ecuador | 62.4 | 0.7% |
| 121st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 62.3 | 0.3% |
| 122nd | Tunisia | 62.1 | 1.5% |
| 123rd | Kazakhstan | 61.8 | 0.4% |
| 124th | Türkiye | 61.6 | 1.3% |
| 125th | Philippines | 61.5 | 0.2% |
| 126th | Botswana | 61.5 | 1.0% |
| 127th | Palau | 61.3 | 0.6% |
| 128th | Thailand | 61.3 | 0.6% |
| 129th | Brazil | 60.9 | 0.8% |
| 130th | Marshall Islands | 60.7 | 0.2% |
| 131st | Saudi Arabia | 60.7 | 1.6% |
| 132nd | Guyana | 60.6 | 0.1% |
| 133rd | Azerbaijan | 60.5 | 0.9% |
| 134th | Kyrgyz Republic | 60.5 | 0.6% |
| 135th | Suriname | 60.4 | 0.2% |
| 136th | Cabo Verde | 60.4 | 0.7% |
| 137th | Lebanon | 60.0 | -0.6% |
| 138th | Vanuatu | 59.9 | 1.1% |
| 139th | Tuvalu | 59.6 | 0.6% |
| 140th | Peru | 59.3 | 0.6% |
| 141st | Honduras | 59.2 | 0.9% |
| 142nd | São Tomé and Principe | 59.1 | 0.3% |
| 143rd | Namibia | 59.1 | 0.9% |
| 144th | South Africa | 59.0 | 0.9% |
| 145th | Kosovo | 58.8 | 0.7% |
| 146th | Tajikistan | 58.4 | 0.3% |
| 147th | Nauru | 58.3 | 0.2% |
| 148th | Turkmenistan | 58.3 | 1.0% |
| 149th | Kenya | 58.2 | 1.0% |
| 150th | Indonesia | 57.6 | 0.9% |
| 151st | Oman | 57.0 | 2.7% |
| 152nd | Gabon | 57.0 | 0.9% |
| 153rd | Kiribati | 56.9 | 1.5% |
| 154th | Eswatini | 56.8 | 1.5% |
| 155th | Papua New Guinea | 56.5 | 0.8% |
| 156th | Guatemala | 56.4 | 2.2% |
| 157th | Zambia | 56.3 | 0.1% |
| 158th | Congo, Republic of | 56.2 | 0.4% |
| 159th | Pakistan | 56.1 | 1.1% |
| 160th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 56.0 | -1.1% |
| 161st | Lesotho | 55.2 | 1.2% |
| 162nd | Mongolia | 54.9 | 0.3% |
| 163rd | Zimbabwe | 54.7 | -4.0% |
| 164th | El Salvador | 54.7 | 1.2% |
| 165th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 54.1 | 1.5% |
| 166th | Morocco | 53.6 | 1.4% |
| 167th | Nicaragua | 53.5 | -4.6% |
| 168th | Myanmar | 53.5 | 0.5% |
| 169th | Sudan | 53.3 | -0.4% |
| 170th | India | 52.4 | 1.2% |
| 171st | Mauritania | 52.3 | 0.7% |
| 172nd | Bangladesh | 51.6 | 0.6% |
| 173rd | Djibouti | 51.2 | 0.8% |
| 174th | Togo | 50.9 | 1.5% |
| 175th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 50.8 | 0.9% |
| 176th | Algeria | 50.6 | 2.8% |
| 177th | Ghana | 50.5 | 0.8% |
| 178th | Maldives | 50.4 | -2.7% |
| 179th | Côte d'Ivoire | 50.4 | 1.5% |
| 180th | Tanzania | 50.4 | 0.8% |
| 181st | Cameroon | 50.3 | 0.4% |
| 182nd | Madagascar | 50.0 | 0.1% |
| 183rd | Comoros | 49.7 | 1.1% |
| 184th | Haiti | 49.5 | 0.5% |
| 185th | Central African Republic | 49.2 | 0.8% |
| 186th | Yemen, Republic of | 48.5 | 2.2% |
| 187th | Nepal | 47.2 | 1.2% |
| 188th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 47.0 | 0.0% |
| 189th | Benin | 46.9 | 0.9% |
| 190th | Lao PDR | 46.8 | 0.9% |
| 191st | Bhutan | 46.7 | 1.6% |
| 192nd | Senegal | 46.6 | 1.9% |
| 193rd | Rwanda | 46.2 | 1.3% |
| 194th | Uganda | 45.6 | -0.5% |
| 195th | Nigeria | 45.3 | 1.1% |
| 196th | Burkina Faso | 45.0 | 1.9% |
| 197th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 44.6 | -0.5% |
| 198th | Burundi | 44.4 | 1.0% |
| 199th | Mozambique | 44.0 | 0.1% |
| 200th | Gambia, The | 43.6 | 0.5% |
| 201st | Liberia | 43.6 | 0.8% |
| 202nd | Eritrea | 43.4 | 0.9% |
| 203rd | Chad | 43.0 | 0.3% |
| 204th | Malawi | 43.0 | 2.4% |
| 205th | Guinea-Bissau | 42.9 | 0.8% |
| 206th | Equatorial Guinea | 42.3 | 0.8% |
| 207th | Sierra Leone | 42.2 | 0.9% |
| 208th | Guinea | 41.9 | 1.1% |
| 209th | Angola | 41.6 | 0.9% |
| 210th | Afghanistan | 40.1 | -2.4% |
| 211th | Mali | 38.8 | 2.0% |
| 212th | Niger | 38.3 | 1.5% |
| 213th | South Sudan | 37.6 | 0.5% |
| 214th | Timor-Leste | 22.9 | -7.8% |
| 215th | Cambodia | 11.6 | 2.5% |
FAQ
What was Switzerland's life expectancy in 1978?▾
Switzerland's life expectancy in 1978 was 75.2. This ranked 8th globally.
How did Switzerland's life expectancy change in 1978?▾
Switzerland's life expectancy decreased by 0.1% in 1978 compared to 1977.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1978?▾
Iceland had the highest life expectancy in 1978 at 76.6.
What is the life expectancy of Switzerland in 1978?▾
The life expectancy of Switzerland in 1978 was 75.2. This ranked 8th globally.
How does 1978 compare to 1977 for Switzerland's life expectancy?▾
Switzerland's life expectancy went from 75.2 in 1977 to 75.2 in 1978, a 0.1% decrease.
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