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Human Development Report 2009

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Healthy life expectancy at birth (years)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2007 1
1 Norway 74
2 Australia 75
3 Iceland 75
4 Canada 75
5 Ireland 74
6 Netherlands 74
7 Sweden 75
8 France 76
9 Switzerland 76
10 Japan 78
11 Luxembourg 75
12 Finland 75
13 United States 72
14 Austria 74
15 Spain 76
16 Denmark 73
17 Belgium 74
18 Italy 76
19 Liechtenstein ..
20 New Zealand 74
21 United Kingdom 73
22 Germany 75
23 Singapore 75
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
25 Greece 74
26 Korea (Republic of) 74
27 Israel 74
28 Andorra 76
29 Slovenia 74
30 Brunei Darussalam 67
31 Kuwait 69
32 Cyprus 71
33 Qatar 66
34 Portugal 73
35 United Arab Emirates 68
36 Czech Republic 72
37 Barbados 69
38 Malta 74
39 Bahrain 66
40 Estonia 71
41 Poland 70
42 Slovakia 70
43 Hungary 69
44 Chile 72
45 Croatia 70
46 Lithuania 68
47 Antigua and Barbuda 66
48 Latvia 68
49 Argentina 69
50 Uruguay 70
51 Cuba 71
52 Bahamas 68
53 Mexico 69
54 Costa Rica 71
55 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 66
56 Oman 67
57 Seychelles 65
58 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 68
59 Saudi Arabia 64
60 Panama 68
61 Bulgaria 69
62 Saint Kitts and Nevis 67
63 Romania 68
64 Trinidad and Tobago 64
65 Montenegro 66
66 Malaysia 66
67 Serbia 66
68 Belarus 66
69 Saint Lucia 69
70 Albania 64
71 Russian Federation 65
72 Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Rep. of) 66
73 Dominica 67
74 Grenada 62
75 Brazil 66
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 68
77 Colombia 69
78 Peru 67
79 Turkey 67
80 Ecuador 66
81 Mauritius 65
82 Kazakhstan 60
83 Lebanon 64
84 Armenia 63
85 Ukraine 64
86 Azerbaijan 60
87 Thailand 65
88 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 62
89 Georgia 67
90 Dominican Republic 64
91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 66
92 China 68
93 Belize 63
94 Samoa 63
95 Maldives 64
96 Jordan 64
97 Suriname 64
98 Tunisia 67
99 Tonga 62
100 Jamaica 66
101 Paraguay 66
102 Sri Lanka 65
103 Gabon 53
104 Algeria 63
105 Philippines 64
106 El Salvador 63
107 Syrian Arab Republic 65
108 Fiji 64
109 Turkmenistan 57
110 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
111 Indonesia 61
112 Honduras 64
113 Bolivia 59
114 Guyana 55
115 Mongolia 62
116 Viet Nam 66
117 Moldova 63
118 Equatorial Guinea 46
119 Uzbekistan 60
120 Kyrgyzstan 59
121 Cape Verde 64
122 Guatemala 62
123 Egypt 62
124 Nicaragua 66
125 Botswana 48
126 Vanuatu 62
127 Tajikistan 57
128 Namibia 53
129 South Africa 48
130 Morocco 63
131 Sao Tome and Principe 54
132 Bhutan 56
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 54
134 India 57
135 Solomon Islands 60
136 Congo 49
137 Cambodia 55
138 Myanmar 52
139 Comoros 58
140 Yemen 55
141 Pakistan 55
142 Swaziland 42
143 Angola 47
144 Nepal 55
145 Madagascar 53
146 Bangladesh 55
147 Kenya 48
148 Papua New Guinea 57
149 Haiti 55
150 Sudan 50
151 Tanzania (United Republic of) 45
152 Ghana 50
153 Cameroon 45
154 Mauritania 52
155 Djibouti 50
156 Lesotho 41
157 Uganda 44
158 Nigeria 42
159 Togo 52
160 Malawi 44
161 Benin 50
162 Timor-Leste 55
163 Côte d'Ivoire 48
164 Zambia 40
165 Eritrea 56
166 Senegal 52
167 Rwanda 44
168 Gambia 53
169 Liberia 49
170 Guinea 48
171 Ethiopia 51
172 Mozambique 42
173 Guinea-Bissau 43
174 Burundi 43
175 Chad 40
176 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 46
177 Burkina Faso 43
178 Mali 43
179 Central African Republic 42
180 Sierra Leone 37
181 Afghanistan 36
182 Niger 45
Other UN member states
Iraq 58
Kiribati 60
Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) 61
Marshall Islands 53
Micronesia (Federated States of) 62
Monaco 76
Nauru 57
Palau 67
San Marino 76
Somalia 46
Tuvalu 58
Zimbabwe 38

Notes :
1 - Average number of years that a person can expect to live in 'full health' by taking into account years lived in less than full health due to disease and/or injury.

Sources :
WHO (2009). "World Health Statistics." http://www.who.int/whosis/whostat/2009/en/index.html. Accessed May 2009.
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