Highest Life Expectancy
Understand highest life expectancy: what the measure counts, how to read it and where to check the source.
Life expectancy at birth summarises mortality rates observed across ages during a period. It is not a prediction of the exact lifespan of babies born that year. Improvements in infant survival and in older-age health can both raise it. A national average also conceals inequalities between regions and population groups.
About the data
Expected years at birth, both sexes. World Bank combines demographic sources; not necessarily the WHO edition cited in some saved descriptions. Original year is missing.
The Country10s question
Countries with highest life expectancy (expected years lived). Source: WHO
(Including Special Administrative Regions)
Reading the source
Expected years at birth, both sexes. World Bank combines demographic sources; not necessarily the WHO edition cited in some saved descriptions. Original year is missing.
The original source edition for this saved game was not retained. The link is a reference for understanding the measure, not proof that the saved answer order is a current world ranking. No unverified top-ten table is presented here.