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Life expectancy, in years, female, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 20 countries was 76.72 years. The highest value was in Puerto Rico: 83.9 years and the lowest value was in Haiti: 66.7 years. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: years; Source: The United Nations Population Division
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Countries Life expectancy, female, 2022 Global rank Available data
Puerto Rico 83.9 1 1960 - 2022
Chile 81.88 2 1960 - 2022
Uruguay 81.69 3 1960 - 2022
Ecuador 80.48 4 1960 - 2022
Panama 80.09 5 1960 - 2022
Costa Rica 80.04 6 1960 - 2022
Argentina 79.28 7 1960 - 2022
Mexico 78.16 8 1960 - 2022
Nicaragua 77.56 9 1960 - 2022
Domin. Rep. 77.54 10 1960 - 2022
Colombia 77.14 11 1960 - 2022
Brazil 76.6 12 1960 - 2022
El Salvador 75.81 13 1960 - 2022
Venezuela 75.66 14 1960 - 2022
Peru 75.5 15 1960 - 2022
Paraguay 73.57 16 1960 - 2022
Honduras 73.16 17 1960 - 2022
Guatemala 71.75 18 1960 - 2022
Bolivia 67.91 19 1960 - 2022
Haiti 66.7 20 1960 - 2022


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Definition: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

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