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10Survival: progress and setbacks
Probability at birth of surviving to age 65, male (% of cohort)Excel

HDI Rank Country 2000-05 1 2
1 Iceland 88.7
2 Norway 85.1
3 Australia 86.2
4 Canada 84.9
5 Ireland 83.2
6 Sweden 87.0
7 Switzerland 86.1
8 Japan 86.1
9 Netherlands 84.4
10 France 82.1
11 Finland 81.0
12 United States 79.4
13 Spain 83.9
14 Denmark 81.3
15 Austria 82.4
16 United Kingdom 83.7
17 Belgium 81.9
18 Luxembourg 82.4
19 New Zealand 84.9
20 Italy 84.6
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 86.3
22 Germany 82.9
23 Israel 85.8
24 Greece 83.7
25 Singapore 84.4
26 Korea (Republic of) 78.6
27 Slovenia 77.6
28 Cyprus 86.1
29 Portugal 81.0
30 Brunei Darussalam 84.5
31 Barbados 79.0
32 Czech Republic 75.3
33 Kuwait 83.8
34 Malta 86.0
35 Qatar 78.7
36 Hungary 64.4
37 Poland 69.7
38 Argentina 72.5
39 United Arab Emirates 85.3
40 Chile 79.1
41 Bahrain 80.2
42 Slovakia 68.9
43 Lithuania 60.0
44 Estonia 57.2
45 Latvia 60.0
46 Uruguay 74.4
47 Croatia 73.4
48 Costa Rica 81.0
49 Bahamas 65.2
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba 80.6
52 Mexico 76.2
53 Bulgaria 68.3
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga 73.8
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 72.2
57 Antigua and Barbuda ..
58 Oman 79.5
59 Trinidad and Tobago 63.8
60 Romania 66.3
61 Saudi Arabia 73.7
62 Panama 77.4
63 Malaysia 72.9
64 Belarus 50.7
65 Mauritius 66.4
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 74.4
67 Russian Federation 42.1
68 Albania 79.7
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 75.3
70 Brazil 64.2
71 Dominica ..
72 Saint Lucia 72.3
73 Kazakhstan 45.8
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 71.9
75 Colombia 69.0
76 Ukraine 50.4
77 Samoa 65.1
78 Thailand 57.8
79 Dominican Republic 65.7
80 Belize 77.3
81 China 73.8 3
82 Grenada 67.0
83 Armenia 66.9
84 Turkey 71.9
85 Suriname 63.3
86 Jordan 70.9
87 Peru 68.0
88 Lebanon 72.1
89 Ecuador 74.0
90 Philippines 70.7
91 Tunisia 76.5
92 Fiji 62.0
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 71.3
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 71.1
95 Paraguay 70.8
96 Georgia 66.1
97 Guyana 55.0
98 Azerbaijan 61.2
99 Sri Lanka 62.8
100 Maldives 66.2
101 Jamaica 69.1
102 Cape Verde 68.3
103 El Salvador 68.3
104 Algeria 75.9
105 Viet Nam 76.0
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 75.5
107 Indonesia 68.1
108 Syrian Arab Republic 76.4
109 Turkmenistan 52.1
110 Nicaragua 67.0
111 Moldova 56.7
112 Egypt 70.4
113 Uzbekistan 60.0
114 Mongolia 55.3
115 Honduras 62.1
116 Kyrgyzstan 56.3
117 Bolivia 61.0
118 Guatemala 65.4
119 Gabon 48.9
120 Vanuatu 68.2
121 South Africa 33.9
122 Tajikistan 61.9
123 Sao Tome and Principe 65.2
124 Botswana 24.4
125 Namibia 34.3
126 Morocco 71.2
127 Equatorial Guinea 39.7
128 India 57.4
129 Solomon Islands 59.6
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 57.9
131 Cambodia 43.7
132 Myanmar 50.7
133 Bhutan 61.3
134 Comoros 58.3
135 Ghana 54.3
136 Pakistan 63.2
137 Mauritania 60.4
138 Lesotho 21.9
139 Congo 39.7
140 Bangladesh 59.0
141 Swaziland 22.9
142 Nepal 58.4
143 Madagascar 52.1
144 Cameroon 39.9
145 Papua New Guinea 40.3
146 Haiti 50.8
147 Sudan 49.7
148 Kenya 37.0
149 Djibouti 43.7
150 Timor-Leste 52.9
151 Zimbabwe 15.0
152 Togo 52.8
153 Yemen 55.0
154 Uganda 33.6
155 Gambia 54.8
156 Senegal 60.7
157 Eritrea 36.4
158 Nigeria 37.0
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 36.0
160 Guinea 48.9
161 Rwanda 28.3
162 Angola 27.5
163 Benin 48.6
164 Malawi 27.4
165 Zambia 18.6
166 Côte d'Ivoire 34.9
167 Burundi 35.9
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 33.3
169 Ethiopia 41.4
170 Chad 43.7
171 Central African Republic 25.7
172 Mozambique 29.2
173 Mali 44.3
174 Niger 56.8
175 Guinea-Bissau 34.2
176 Burkina Faso 44.0
177 Sierra Leone 30.4

Notes :
1 - Data refer to the probability at birth of surviving to age 65, multiplied by 100.
2 - Data are estimates for the period specified.
3 - For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao, SARs of China.

Source :
UN (United Nations). 2007e. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2006 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York. Accessed July 2007.