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Countries	Date	Life expectancy - Women	Life expectancy - Men	Life expectancy	Ch.
United States [+]	1998	79.50	73.80	76.58	0.20%
United Kingdom [+]	1998	79.80	74.80	77.40	0.26%
Germany [+]	1998	80.80	74.50	77.80	0.52%
France [+]	1998	82.60	74.80	78.70	0.50%
Japan [+]	1998	84.01	77.16	80.50	0.10%
Spain [+]	1998	82.31	75.42	78.87	0.13%
Italy [+]	1998	82.10	76.00	79.10	0.13%
Portugal [+]	1998	79.60	72.40	76.00	0.26%
Greece [+]	1998	80.90	75.80	78.30	-0.13%
Ireland [+]	1998	79.10	73.40	76.20	0.26%
United Arab Emirates [+]	1998	75.68	71.70	73.07	0.18%
Afghanistan [+]	1998	54.82	51.13	52.94	-1.29%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]	1998	76.96	71.06	74.04	0.11%
Albania [+]	1998	78.02	72.19	74.99	1.47%
Armenia [+]	1998	74.03	66.79	70.51	0.86%
Angola [+]	1998	47.62	42.58	45.06	-2.70%
Argentina [+]	1998	76.76	70.15	73.47	0.53%
Austria [+]	1998	81.00	74.50	77.90	0.52%
Australia [+]	1998	81.50	75.90	78.63	0.19%
Azerbaijan [+]	1998	67.60	59.54	63.56	0.93%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]	1998	76.39	71.20	73.90	0.29%
Barbados [+]	1998	76.28	71.01	73.73	0.25%
Bangladesh [+]	1998	63.95	63.88	63.92	4.05%
Belgium [+]	1998	80.70	74.40	77.60	0.13%
Burkina Faso [+]	1998	51.19	48.69	49.99	1.20%
Bulgaria [+]	1998	74.60	67.40	70.90	0.85%
Bahrain [+]	1998	76.64	73.25	74.64	0.14%
Burundi [+]	1998	48.46	44.62	46.55	2.57%
Benin [+]	1998	58.02	54.36	56.22	0.43%
Brunei [+]	1998	76.06	71.64	73.62	0.35%
Bolivia [+]	1998	63.21	59.54	61.33	0.95%
Brazil [+]	1998	72.43	66.09	69.19	0.55%
Bahamas [+]	1998	74.67	68.19	71.46	0.57%
Bhutan [+]	1998	63.09	60.26	61.55	1.15%
Botswana [+]	1998	54.66	50.34	52.52	-1.73%
Belarus [+]	1998	74.40	62.70	68.41	-0.08%
Belize [+]	1998	70.88	66.54	68.60	-0.89%
Canada [+]	1998	81.41	75.97	78.62	0.27%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]	1998	53.14	46.50	49.70	-1.40%
Central African Republic [+]	1998	47.56	44.65	46.03	-0.63%
Republic of the Congo [+]	1998	52.79	49.01	50.89	7.85%
Switzerland [+]	1998	82.70	76.40	79.60	0.25%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]	1998	52.97	49.44	51.11	-0.66%
Chile [+]	1998	78.72	72.61	75.67	0.10%
Cameroon [+]	1998	54.20	50.97	52.58	-0.29%
China [+]	1998	73.59	68.92	71.17	0.71%
Colombia [+]	1998	75.05	66.66	70.74	0.35%
Costa Rica [+]	1998	79.25	74.66	76.90	-0.23%
Cuba [+]	1998	78.00	73.31	75.56	0.45%
Cabo Verde [+]	1998	69.39	64.12	66.99	0.93%
Cyprus [+]	1998	79.80	74.70	77.20	-0.26%
Czechia [+]	1998	78.20	71.20	74.70	0.81%
Djibouti [+]	1998	57.68	54.68	56.18	0.37%
Denmark [+]	1998	79.00	74.00	76.50	0.53%
Dominica [+]	1998	73.80	69.20	71.47	-0.23%
Dominican Republic [+]	1998	71.98	66.41	69.10	-0.10%
Algeria [+]	1998	71.26	67.74	69.45	0.40%
Ecuador [+]	1998	75.21	68.97	72.05	0.51%
Estonia [+]	1998	75.40	63.90	69.70	-0.57%
Egypt [+]	1998	69.36	65.53	67.47	0.41%
Eritrea [+]	1998	57.48	42.54	49.16	-12.70%
Ethiopia [+]	1998	50.93	48.94	49.93	0.83%
Finland [+]	1998	81.00	73.60	77.40	0.26%
Fiji [+]	1998	69.12	64.49	66.68	0.35%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]	1998	72.70	66.52	69.47	0.34%
Gabon [+]	1998	61.70	59.87	60.79	0.21%
Grenada [+]	1998	75.48	70.14	72.81	0.33%
Georgia [+]	1998	73.09	64.88	69.10	0.06%
Ghana [+]	1998	58.78	56.42	57.60	0.70%
The Gambia [+]	1998	58.79	54.43	56.55	0.88%
Guinea [+]	1998	52.49	51.58	52.05	1.35%
Equatorial Guinea [+]	1998	53.95	50.86	52.38	0.62%
Guatemala [+]	1998	69.74	62.71	66.11	0.88%
Guinea-Bissau [+]	1998	51.36	44.22	47.72	-0.59%
Guyana [+]	1998	67.55	60.66	63.90	0.86%
Hong Kong [+]	1998	82.97	77.38	80.11	-0.01%
Honduras [+]	1998	63.62	61.83	62.72	-7.46%
Croatia [+]	1998	76.22	68.60	72.32	-0.25%
Haiti [+]	1998	58.69	55.56	57.14	1.10%
Hungary [+]	1998	75.60	66.50	71.00	-0.14%
Indonesia [+]	1998	67.46	64.48	65.96	0.35%
Israel [+]	1998	80.30	76.10	78.15	0.19%
India [+]	1998	62.60	61.03	61.79	0.66%
Iraq [+]	1998	67.87	63.00	65.49	-0.53%
Iran [+]	1998	71.23	66.47	68.73	0.54%
Iceland [+]	1998	81.60	77.70	79.70	1.01%
Jamaica [+]	1998	72.72	69.26	70.99	-0.30%
Jordan [+]	1998	73.20	69.92	71.47	0.28%
Kenya [+]	1998	56.08	52.92	54.53	-0.53%
Kyrgyzstan [+]	1998	71.20	63.10	67.05	0.24%
Cambodia [+]	1998	58.91	54.99	57.03	0.50%
Kiribati [+]	1998	65.49	62.12	63.85	0.44%
Comoros [+]	1998	60.12	56.90	58.41	0.03%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]	1998	70.23	65.22	67.69	-0.24%
North Korea [+]	1998	64.11	56.90	60.91	-0.11%
South Korea [+]	1998	79.00	71.20	75.10	0.54%
Kuwait [+]	1998	78.55	74.50	76.16	0.37%
Kazakhstan [+]	1998	70.40	59.00	64.50	0.78%
Laos [+]	1998	59.32	56.03	57.67	0.65%
Lebanon [+]	1998	74.44	71.31	72.94	0.23%
Saint Lucia [+]	1998	72.30	69.02	70.69	-0.12%
Liechtenstein [+]	1998	82.10	73.60	77.90	2.23%
Sri Lanka [+]	1998	77.41	67.58	72.08	-0.08%
Liberia [+]	1998	50.82	47.02	48.90	2.20%
Lesotho [+]	1998	55.12	48.71	51.78	-3.38%
Lithuania [+]	1998	76.70	66.00	71.40	0.42%
Luxembourg [+]	1998	80.80	73.70	77.30	0.26%
Latvia [+]	1998	74.80	63.50	69.01	-0.49%
Libya [+]	1998	73.33	69.19	71.08	-0.07%
Morocco [+]	1998	67.68	64.44	66.02	0.59%
Moldova [+]	1998	68.90	62.01	65.51	0.51%
Montenegro [+]	1998	77.46	69.36	73.31	-0.22%
Madagascar [+]	1998	58.29	55.61	56.92	1.23%
Marshall Islands [+]	1998	65.72	61.40	63.36	0.22%
North Macedonia [+]	1998	74.50	70.20	72.30	-0.28%
Mali [+]	1998	49.35	48.96	49.16	1.30%
Myanmar [+]	1998	63.12	56.71	59.79	0.93%
Mongolia [+]	1998	64.49	59.14	61.77	1.56%
Mauritania [+]	1998	62.35	58.87	60.61	0.26%
Malta [+]	1998	80.20	75.10	77.70	-0.13%
Mauritius [+]	1998	74.50	66.90	70.61	0.29%
Maldives [+]	1998	70.32	68.96	69.57	0.50%
Malawi [+]	1998	44.93	40.87	42.85	-0.66%
Mexico [+]	1998	76.08	69.72	72.85	0.55%
Malaysia [+]	1998	74.54	69.94	72.17	-0.16%
Mozambique [+]	1998	49.61	46.38	48.02	1.30%
Namibia [+]	1998	56.24	51.86	54.10	-2.62%
Niger [+]	1998	48.67	47.63	48.19	1.44%
Nigeria [+]	1998	47.23	44.89	46.04	0.53%
Nicaragua [+]	1998	67.71	62.66	65.21	-1.96%
Netherlands [+]	1998	80.80	75.20	78.10	0.13%
Norway [+]	1998	81.40	75.60	78.50	0.26%
Nepal [+]	1998	62.96	60.19	61.55	1.28%
Nauru [+]	1998	63.37	56.43	59.22	-0.70%
New Zealand [+]	1998	80.80	75.50	78.09	0.97%
Oman [+]	1998	76.08	70.98	72.97	0.77%
Panama [+]	1998	76.43	70.31	73.28	0.42%
Peru [+]	1998	71.67	66.62	69.08	0.70%
Papua New Guinea [+]	1998	62.73	58.98	60.63	-1.22%
Philippines [+]	1998	70.91	67.35	69.10	0.31%
Pakistan [+]	1998	62.11	60.24	61.09	0.80%
Poland [+]	1998	77.40	68.90	73.10	0.55%
State of Palestine [+]	1998	72.08	69.12	70.63	0.34%
Palau [+]	1995	76.90	67.03	71.84	4.02%
Paraguay [+]	1998	72.19	66.97	69.48	0.22%
Qatar [+]	1998	76.25	74.04	74.81	0.03%
Romania [+]	1998	73.80	66.30	69.90	1.16%
Serbia [+]	1998	74.39	68.14	71.19	-0.55%
Russia [+]	1998	73.13	61.22	67.03	0.50%
Rwanda [+]	1998	43.65	39.66	41.68	2.56%
Saudi Arabia [+]	1998	73.58	70.72	71.88	0.55%
Solomon Islands [+]	1998	69.58	64.79	66.92	0.27%
Seychelles [+]	1998	76.07	67.59	71.72	0.71%
Sudan [+]	1998	54.27	44.26	48.81	-7.61%
Sweden [+]	1998	82.10	76.90	79.50	0.13%
Singapore [+]	1998	79.40	75.30	77.30	0.52%
Slovenia [+]	1998	79.20	71.30	75.30	0.13%
Slovakia [+]	1998	77.00	68.60	72.80	-0.14%
Sierra Leone [+]	1998	44.69	40.98	42.79	-2.12%
San Marino [+]	1998	83.40	77.10	80.17	0.88%
Senegal [+]	1998	57.92	54.91	56.42	-0.31%
Somalia [+]	1998	52.09	49.25	50.66	0.93%
Suriname [+]	1998	68.79	62.62	65.59	-0.16%
South Sudan [+]	1998	20.28	16.72	18.39	-42.98%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]	1998	63.41	59.07	61.19	0.01%
El Salvador [+]	1998	72.93	63.92	68.48	0.86%
Syria [+]	1998	72.22	68.36	70.20	-0.12%
Eswatini [+]	1998	53.14	47.46	50.33	-3.29%
Chad [+]	1998	48.23	46.20	47.22	0.01%
Togo [+]	1998	55.34	53.06	54.20	0.01%
Thailand [+]	1998	77.22	68.75	72.86	0.50%
Tajikistan [+]	1998	64.52	58.68	61.52	1.94%
Timor-Leste [+]	1998	50.99	47.50	49.12	-0.80%
Turkmenistan [+]	1998	67.80	60.47	64.11	0.72%
Tunisia [+]	1998	75.99	70.54	73.17	0.42%
Tonga [+]	1998	72.57	65.29	68.64	0.22%
Türkiye [+]	1998	74.58	67.68	71.04	0.66%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]	1998	71.87	66.47	69.16	0.64%
Tuvalu [+]	1998	65.41	61.29	63.42	0.10%
Tanzania [+]	1998	52.05	49.77	50.91	0.57%
Ukraine [+]	1998	73.84	63.17	68.37	1.18%
Uganda [+]	1998	49.60	44.75	47.18	0.42%
Uruguay [+]	1998	79.05	70.12	74.53	0.31%
Uzbekistan [+]	1998	68.10	62.01	65.04	0.42%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]	1998	73.35	68.96	71.10	0.25%
Venezuela [+]	1998	75.17	69.29	72.16	0.18%
Viet Nam [+]	1998	76.76	67.43	72.11	0.42%
Vanuatu [+]	1998	71.47	66.65	68.76	0.08%
Samoa [+]	1998	73.32	67.46	70.17	0.42%
Yemen [+]	1998	63.28	59.46	61.38	0.42%
South Africa [+]	1998	62.88	56.62	60.00	-1.32%
Zambia [+]	1998	45.92	43.37	44.70	-0.54%
Zimbabwe [+]	1998	49.31	44.45	46.82	-2.45%