United Arab Emirates - Life Expectancy 2021
79.1
−2.9 from 2020
United Arab Emirates's life expectancy was 79.1 in 2021, decreased +2.9 from 81.9 in 2020. This was the 47th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 85.5 | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Monaco | 85.1 | -1.1% |
| 3rd | Japan | 84.4 | -0.1% |
| 4th | Liechtenstein | 84.4 | 3.4% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 83.8 | 0.9% |
| 6th | Macao SAR, China | 83.7 | -0.5% |
| 7th | San Marino | 83.5 | 1.1% |
| 8th | Korea | 83.5 | 0.1% |
| 9th | Australia | 83.3 | 0.1% |
| 10th | Spain | 83.2 | 1.2% |
| 11th | Iceland | 83.2 | 0.1% |
| 12th | Norway | 83.2 | -0.1% |
| 13th | Singapore | 83.1 | -0.5% |
| 14th | Sweden | 83.1 | 0.8% |
| 15th | Faroe Islands | 82.8 | 0.2% |
| 16th | Italy | 82.6 | 0.5% |
| 17th | Luxembourg | 82.6 | 0.6% |
| 18th | Israel | 82.5 | -0.2% |
| 19th | Andorra | 82.3 | 3.7% |
| 20th | France | 82.3 | 0.2% |
| 21st | Malta | 82.3 | 0.2% |
| 22nd | Ireland | 82.3 | -0.2% |
| 23rd | New Zealand | 82.2 | -0.1% |
| 24th | Finland | 81.9 | -0.1% |
| 25th | Belgium | 81.8 | 1.4% |
| 26th | Bermuda | 81.7 | 0.4% |
| 27th | Canada | 81.5 | 0.0% |
| 28th | Denmark | 81.4 | -0.2% |
| 29th | Portugal | 81.4 | 0.1% |
| 30th | Netherlands | 81.3 | -0.1% |
| 31st | Austria | 81.2 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Qatar | 81.1 | 0.8% |
| 33rd | Germany | 80.8 | -0.3% |
| 34th | Slovenia | 80.7 | 0.2% |
| 35th | United Kingdom | 80.6 | 0.4% |
| 36th | Cyprus | 80.6 | -0.8% |
| 37th | Isle of Man | 80.4 | -0.2% |
| 38th | European Union | 80.3 | -0.2% |
| 39th | Channel Islands | 80.3 | -0.7% |
| 40th | Gibraltar | 80.3 | -3.4% |
| 41st | St. Martin (French part) | 80.2 | 0.2% |
| 42nd | Greece | 80.1 | -1.5% |
| 43rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 80.1 | 0.3% |
| 44th | Puerto Rico (US) | 79.8 | -0.3% |
| 45th | French Polynesia | 79.6 | -3.5% |
| 46th | Cayman Islands | 79.3 | 0.1% |
| 47th | United Arab Emirates | 79.1 | -3.5% |
| 48th | Chile | 78.9 | -0.6% |
| 49th | Kuwait | 78.7 | 0.0% |
| 50th | Northern Mariana Islands | 78.2 | 0.2% |
| 51st | China | 78.1 | 0.1% |
| 52nd | Bahrain | 78.1 | -0.8% |
| 53rd | Maldives | 78.1 | -0.8% |
| 54th | Costa Rica | 78.1 | -2.1% |
| 55th | Thailand | 77.6 | 0.4% |
| 56th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 77.2 | -0.3% |
| 57th | Czechia | 77.2 | -1.3% |
| 58th | Antigua and Barbuda | 77.2 | 0.0% |
| 59th | New Caledonia | 77.1 | 0.1% |
| 60th | Saudi Arabia | 77.1 | -0.7% |
| 61st | Panama | 77.0 | 0.9% |
| 62nd | Estonia | 76.9 | -2.1% |
| 63rd | Albania | 76.8 | -1.3% |
| 64th | Barbados | 76.6 | -0.1% |
| 65th | Croatia | 76.4 | -1.4% |
| 66th | United States | 76.3 | -0.8% |
| 67th | Sri Lanka | 76.3 | -0.8% |
| 68th | Oman | 76.0 | -2.3% |
| 69th | Türkiye | 75.7 | -1.0% |
| 70th | Curaçao | 75.7 | -1.1% |
| 71st | Guam | 75.4 | -0.1% |
| 72nd | Uruguay | 75.4 | -3.8% |
| 73rd | Poland | 75.4 | -1.4% |
| 74th | British Virgin Islands | 75.3 | -2.1% |
| 75th | Algeria | 75.2 | 2.7% |
| 76th | Kosovo | 75.0 | 1.0% |
| 77th | Brunei Darussalam | 74.9 | -0.3% |
| 78th | Slovak Republic | 74.6 | -2.9% |
| 79th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 74.6 | -1.9% |
| 80th | Grenada | 74.5 | -0.7% |
| 81st | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 74.5 | -0.7% |
| 82nd | Cabo Verde | 74.4 | 0.8% |
| 83rd | Jordan | 74.2 | -1.8% |
| 84th | Viet Nam | 74.1 | -1.6% |
| 85th | Hungary | 74.1 | -1.8% |
| 86th | Lithuania | 74.0 | -1.3% |
| 87th | Argentina | 73.9 | -2.5% |
| 88th | Malaysia | 73.9 | -2.8% |
| 89th | West Bank and Gaza | 73.9 | -1.5% |
| 90th | Montenegro | 73.8 | -2.8% |
| 91st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 73.8 | -0.5% |
| 92nd | Mauritius | 73.7 | -0.7% |
| 93rd | Aruba | 73.7 | -2.3% |
| 94th | Lebanon | 73.7 | -3.5% |
| 95th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 73.4 | 0.9% |
| 96th | Seychelles | 73.4 | -5.0% |
| 97th | Morocco | 73.4 | 0.3% |
| 98th | North Macedonia | 73.2 | -1.5% |
| 99th | Cuba | 73.2 | -5.4% |
| 100th | Brazil | 73.0 | -2.0% |
| 101st | Latvia | 73.0 | -2.9% |
| 102nd | Tunisia | 72.9 | -2.8% |
| 103rd | Romania | 72.8 | -1.9% |
| 104th | Serbia | 72.8 | -2.3% |
| 105th | Ecuador | 72.7 | 1.0% |
| 106th | American Samoa | 72.7 | 0.0% |
| 107th | Colombia | 72.7 | -2.8% |
| 108th | Bhutan | 72.4 | 0.3% |
| 109th | Syrian Arab Republic | 72.4 | 0.7% |
| 110th | Armenia | 72.3 | -1.5% |
| 111th | Tonga | 72.1 | -0.3% |
| 112th | Belarus | 72.1 | -0.1% |
| 113th | Libya | 72.1 | -0.5% |
| 114th | Kyrgyz Republic | 71.9 | 0.1% |
| 115th | Greenland | 71.8 | -0.1% |
| 116th | Dominican Republic | 71.8 | -1.2% |
| 117th | Uzbekistan | 71.7 | 0.3% |
| 118th | Mongolia | 71.6 | 0.4% |
| 119th | Georgia | 71.6 | -2.5% |
| 120th | Ukraine | 71.6 | -2.3% |
| 121st | Peru | 71.6 | -3.0% |
| 122nd | Bulgaria | 71.2 | -2.9% |
| 123rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 71.1 | -2.1% |
| 124th | Bangladesh | 71.1 | -0.4% |
| 125th | Samoa | 71.1 | 0.5% |
| 126th | Azerbaijan | 71.0 | 1.0% |
| 127th | Belize | 70.9 | -0.9% |
| 128th | Bahamas, The | 70.8 | -3.1% |
| 129th | Iraq | 70.7 | 1.5% |
| 130th | Nicaragua | 70.5 | -0.4% |
| 131st | Kazakhstan | 70.1 | -1.5% |
| 132nd | Vanuatu | 70.0 | -0.6% |
| 133rd | El Salvador | 69.9 | -0.4% |
| 134th | Russian Federation | 69.9 | -2.0% |
| 135th | Dominica | 69.8 | -2.0% |
| 136th | Mexico | 69.8 | -1.0% |
| 137th | Tajikistan | 69.6 | 1.4% |
| 138th | Honduras | 69.5 | -1.9% |
| 139th | Turkmenistan | 69.4 | 0.7% |
| 140th | Cambodia | 69.3 | -1.1% |
| 141st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 69.3 | -2.7% |
| 142nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 69.1 | -0.7% |
| 143rd | St. Lucia | 69.1 | -4.4% |
| 144th | Jamaica | 69.1 | -3.3% |
| 145th | Moldova | 69.0 | -1.3% |
| 146th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 69.0 | -1.2% |
| 147th | Suriname | 68.9 | -4.7% |
| 148th | Solomon Islands | 68.9 | -0.5% |
| 149th | Palau | 68.6 | -0.2% |
| 150th | Nepal | 68.4 | -1.0% |
| 151st | Paraguay | 68.1 | -6.3% |
| 152nd | São Tomé and Principe | 68.0 | 0.1% |
| 153rd | Guatemala | 67.9 | -3.0% |
| 154th | Lao PDR | 67.8 | -0.8% |
| 155th | Indonesia | 67.5 | -2.0% |
| 156th | India | 67.3 | -4.1% |
| 157th | Gabon | 67.1 | 0.0% |
| 158th | Eritrea | 66.9 | -0.1% |
| 159th | Senegal | 66.9 | -0.9% |
| 160th | Rwanda | 66.9 | -0.2% |
| 161st | Mauritania | 66.8 | 0.0% |
| 162nd | Philippines | 66.7 | -4.9% |
| 163rd | Uganda | 66.5 | 0.1% |
| 164th | Timor-Leste | 66.2 | -1.1% |
| 165th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 66.2 | 0.4% |
| 166th | Tanzania | 66.1 | -1.0% |
| 167th | Yemen, Republic of | 66.0 | -0.6% |
| 168th | Tuvalu | 65.8 | -0.8% |
| 169th | Pakistan | 65.8 | 0.1% |
| 170th | Myanmar | 65.6 | -1.6% |
| 171st | Marshall Islands | 65.4 | 0.1% |
| 172nd | Comoros | 65.2 | -0.8% |
| 173rd | Fiji | 64.9 | -3.0% |
| 174th | Malawi | 64.8 | -0.7% |
| 175th | Sudan | 64.5 | -1.0% |
| 176th | Papua New Guinea | 64.4 | -1.1% |
| 177th | Guyana | 64.3 | -5.1% |
| 178th | Ghana | 64.3 | 0.0% |
| 179th | Congo, Republic of | 64.2 | -0.3% |
| 180th | Kiribati | 64.1 | -1.6% |
| 181st | Gambia, The | 63.8 | -0.9% |
| 182nd | Djibouti | 63.8 | -0.6% |
| 183rd | Botswana | 63.3 | -6.4% |
| 184th | Angola | 63.0 | -0.3% |
| 185th | Haiti | 62.6 | -1.8% |
| 186th | Madagascar | 62.5 | -0.3% |
| 187th | Equatorial Guinea | 62.4 | 0.5% |
| 188th | Zambia | 62.4 | -1.6% |
| 189th | Burundi | 62.1 | -0.7% |
| 190th | South Africa | 62.0 | -4.8% |
| 191st | Guinea-Bissau | 61.7 | 0.5% |
| 192nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 61.4 | -2.4% |
| 193rd | Nauru | 61.3 | -0.3% |
| 194th | Togo | 61.3 | 0.3% |
| 195th | Kenya | 61.2 | -0.6% |
| 196th | Liberia | 61.2 | -0.2% |
| 197th | Cameroon | 61.1 | -0.9% |
| 198th | Namibia | 60.9 | -5.0% |
| 199th | Afghanistan | 60.4 | -1.7% |
| 200th | Côte d'Ivoire | 60.3 | 0.2% |
| 201st | Mozambique | 60.3 | -1.8% |
| 202nd | Sierra Leone | 60.3 | 0.9% |
| 203rd | Zimbabwe | 60.1 | -2.3% |
| 204th | Burkina Faso | 60.0 | -0.7% |
| 205th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 60.0 | -0.6% |
| 206th | Benin | 59.6 | -0.9% |
| 207th | Niger | 59.5 | -0.6% |
| 208th | Guinea | 59.4 | 0.0% |
| 209th | Mali | 59.1 | 0.4% |
| 210th | Eswatini | 58.2 | -2.7% |
| 211th | South Sudan | 57.0 | -1.0% |
| 212th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 55.7 | -2.4% |
| 213th | Lesotho | 54.2 | -1.7% |
| 214th | Nigeria | 53.5 | 0.7% |
| 215th | Chad | 53.1 | 0.1% |
| 216th | Central African Republic | 40.3 | -20.4% |
FAQ
What was United Arab Emirates's life expectancy in 2021?▾
United Arab Emirates's life expectancy in 2021 was 79.1. This ranked 47th globally.
How did United Arab Emirates's life expectancy change in 2021?▾
United Arab Emirates's life expectancy decreased by 3.5% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2021?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China had the highest life expectancy in 2021 at 85.5.
What is the life expectancy of United Arab Emirates in 2021?▾
The life expectancy of United Arab Emirates in 2021 was 79.1. This ranked 47th globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for United Arab Emirates's life expectancy?▾
United Arab Emirates's life expectancy went from 81.9 in 2020 to 79.1 in 2021, a 3.5% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
United Arab Emirates matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2021. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 4.3%. View full analysis →
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