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Loss due to inequality in life expectancy (%)

The loss in life expectancy due to inequality is the difference between two averages – the arithmetic mean which does not account for inequality and the geometric mean which does. The loss, expressed as a percentage, is the relative difference between the two.

Source: Calculated based on data in column 5 and the unadjusted life expectancy index.

Data in the tables are those available to the Human Development Report Office as of 15 October 2012, unless otherwise specified.

HDI Rank Country 2012
.. Very high human development 5.2
.. High human development 12.4
.. Medium human development 19.3
.. Low human development 35.7
1 Norway 3.7
2 Australia 4.7
3 United States 6.6
4 Netherlands 4.3
5 Germany 4.0
6 New Zealand 5.2
7 Ireland 4.3
8 Sweden 3.3
9 Switzerland 4.1
10 Japan 3.5
11 Canada 5.0
12 Korea (Republic of) 4.3
13 Iceland 3.0
13 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 2.9
15 Denmark 4.4
16 Israel 3.9
17 Belgium 4.4
18 Singapore 2.9
18 Austria 4.2
20 France 4.2
21 Slovenia 4.1
21 Finland 3.9
23 Spain 4.1
24 Liechtenstein ..
25 Italy 3.9
26 United Kingdom 4.8
26 Luxembourg 3.5
28 Czech Republic 3.9
29 Greece 4.8
30 Brunei Darussalam 5.8
31 Cyprus 4.1
32 Malta 5.1
33 Estonia 6.0
33 Andorra ..
35 Slovakia 5.7
36 Qatar 7.2
37 Hungary 5.7
38 Barbados 9.2
39 Poland 5.8
40 Chile 6.6
41 United Arab Emirates 6.3
41 Lithuania 7.2
43 Portugal 4.9
44 Latvia 7.1
45 Argentina 9.7
46 Seychelles ..
47 Croatia 5.5
48 Bahrain 6.2
49 Bahamas 10.9
50 Belarus 7.4
51 Uruguay 9.3
52 Montenegro 6.8
53 Palau ..
54 Kuwait 6.7
55 Russian Federation 10.8
56 Romania 9.6
57 Saudi Arabia 11.5
57 Bulgaria 7.8
59 Panama 12.4
59 Cuba 5.4
61 Mexico 10.9
62 Costa Rica 7.8
63 Grenada 9.6
64 Serbia 8.3
64 Malaysia 6.7
64 Libya 9.7
67 Trinidad and Tobago 16.6
67 Antigua and Barbuda ..
69 Kazakhstan 16.2
70 Albania 11.2
71 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 12.2
72 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
72 Lebanon 13.5
72 Georgia 15.1
72 Dominica ..
76 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 16.1
77 Peru 14.8
78 Ukraine 10.5
78 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 9.4
80 Mauritius 9.8
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.6
82 Azerbaijan 20.6
83 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.0
84 Oman 7.2
85 Jamaica 15.3
85 Brazil 14.4
87 Armenia 14.9
88 Saint Lucia 10.4
89 Ecuador 14.1
90 Turkey 12.8
91 Colombia 13.7
92 Sri Lanka 9.4
93 Algeria 14.5
94 Tunisia 12.6
95 Tonga 13.8
96 Samoa 13.4
96 Fiji 13.0
96 Dominican Republic 16.0
96 Belize 12.2
100 Jordan 13.1
101 China 13.5
102 Turkmenistan 26.7
103 Thailand 10.1
104 Maldives 7.3
105 Suriname 15.0
106 Gabon 27.8
107 El Salvador 15.2
108 Mongolia 18.8
108 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 25.1
110 Palestine, State of 13.1
111 Paraguay 17.8
112 Egypt 13.9
113 Moldova (Republic of) 11.2
114 Uzbekistan 24.3
114 Philippines 15.2
116 Syrian Arab Republic 10.0
117 Micronesia (Federated States of) 19.2
118 Guyana 21.7
119 Botswana 24.3
120 Honduras 17.4
121 South Africa 28.4
121 Kiribati ..
121 Indonesia 16.8
124 Vanuatu 15.6
125 Tajikistan 27.2
125 Kyrgyzstan 19.8
127 Viet Nam 13.4
128 Namibia 21.1
129 Nicaragua 13.9
130 Morocco 16.7
131 Iraq 20.3
132 Cape Verde 12.7
133 Guatemala 18.6
134 Timor-Leste 30.2
135 Ghana 27.5
136 India 27.1
136 Equatorial Guinea 45.4
138 Lao People's Democratic Republic 21.7
138 Cambodia 28.8
140 Bhutan 24.1
141 Swaziland 35.0
142 Congo 37.0
143 Solomon Islands 20.7
144 Sao Tome and Principe 28.8
145 Kenya 34.1
146 Pakistan 32.3
146 Bangladesh 23.2
148 Angola 46.1
149 Myanmar 25.3
150 Cameroon 43.0
151 Madagascar 25.6
152 Tanzania (United Republic of) 32.4
153 Nigeria 43.8
154 Senegal 30.7
155 Mauritania 36.2
156 Papua New Guinea 25.2
157 Nepal 19.5
158 Lesotho 34.3
159 Togo 37.2
160 Yemen 25.1
161 Uganda 39.1
161 Haiti 30.9
163 Zambia 41.9
164 Djibouti 36.9
165 Gambia 33.9
166 Benin 40.3
167 Rwanda 41.3
168 Côte d'Ivoire 37.8
169 Comoros 32.6
170 Malawi 39.9
171 Sudan 33.0
172 Zimbabwe 30.6
173 Ethiopia 35.4
174 Liberia 37.6
175 Afghanistan 50.9
176 Guinea-Bissau 50.1
177 Sierra Leone 45.3
178 Guinea 42.7
178 Burundi 45.6
180 Central African Republic 46.0
181 Eritrea 26.6
182 Mali 46.3
183 Burkina Faso 41.7
184 Chad 52.0
185 Mozambique 40.8
186 Niger 42.6
186 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 50.0
.. South Sudan ..
.. Tuvalu ..
.. Somalia ..
.. San Marino ..
.. Nauru ..
.. Monaco ..
.. Marshall Islands ..
.. Korea (Democratic People's Rep. of) ..
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