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Index / Health
Life expectancy

These figures show life expectancy at birth. Expected life length increases for people through their lives; countries with high infant mortality rate will have a faster increase in this, than countries with low infant mortality rate.
Figures shown here are 2008 figures. Data obtained from CIA World Factbook.
| 1. |
Israel |  |
80.6 |  |
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| Female | |
82.8 | |
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| Male | |
78.5 | |
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| 2. |
Jordan |  |
78.7 |  |
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| Female | |
81.4 | |
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| Male | |
76.2 | |
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| 3. |
Kuwait |  |
77.5 |  |
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| Female | |
78.7 | |
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| Male | |
76.4 | |
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| 4. |
Libya |  |
77.1 |  |
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| Female | |
79.4 | |
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| Male | |
74.8 | |
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| 5. |
Saudi Arabia |  |
76.1 |  |
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| Female | |
78.3 | |
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| Male | |
74.0 | |
 |
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| 6. |
United Arab Emirates |  |
75.9 |  |
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| Female | |
78.6 | |
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| Male | |
73.4 | |
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| 7. |
Tunisia |  |
75.6 |  |
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| Female | |
77.4 | |
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| Male | |
73.8 | |
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| 8. |
Bahrain |  |
74.9 |  |
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| Female | |
77.5 | |
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| Male | |
72.4 | |
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| 9. |
Qatar |  |
74.4 |  |
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| Female | |
77.1 | |
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| Male | |
71.8 | |
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| 10. |
Oman |  |
73.9 |  |
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| Female | |
76.3 | |
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| Male | |
71.6 | |
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| 11. |
Algeria |  |
73.8 |  |
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| Female | |
75.5 | |
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| Male | |
72.1 | |
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| 12. |
Lebanon |  |
73.4 |  |
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| Female | |
76.0 | |
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| Male | |
70.9 | |
 |
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| 13. |
Palestine |  |
73.2 |  |
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| Female | |
75.0 | |
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| Male | |
71.6 | |
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| 14. |
Turkey |  |
73.1 |  |
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| Female | |
75.7 | |
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| Male | |
70.7 | |
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| 15. |
Egypt |  |
71.9 |  |
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| Female | |
74.5 | |
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| Male | |
69.3 | |
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| 16. |
Morocco |  |
71.5 |  |
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| Female | |
74.0 | |
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| Male | |
69.2 | |
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| 17. |
Iran |  |
70.9 |  |
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| Female | |
72.4 | |
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| Male | |
69.4 | |
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Syria |  |
70.9 |  |
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| Female | |
72.4 | |
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| Male | |
69.5 | |
 |
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| 19. |
Iraq |  |
69.6 |  |
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| Female | |
71.0 | |
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| Male | |
68.3 | |
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| 20. |
Yemen |  |
62.9 |  |
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| Female | |
64.9 | |
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| Male | |
61.0 | |
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| 21. |
Mauritania |  |
53.9 |  |
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| Female | |
56.3 | |
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| Male | |
51.6 | |
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| 22. |
Sudan |  |
50.3 |  |
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| Female | |
51.2 | |
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| Male | |
49.4 | |
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