75 Countries and Life Expectancy for Living There


(ref: CIA World Factbook, Reuters, World Bank, Wikipedia)

This is a list of the top 75 countries for highest life expectancy in the world. Those countries offering some form of universal healthcare are noted with an asterisk (*) and the country name is in bold. Healthcare per capita (person) costs are in US Dollars.

Country [1] Life Expectancy [2] Per capita cost ($US) [3] Universal Healthcare (*)
1. Macau 84.36
2. Andorra 82.51 2822
3. Japan 82.12 2936 *
4. Singapore 81.98 1017 *
5. San Marino 81.97 3527
6. Hong Kong 81.86 *
7. Australia 81.63 3302 *
8. Canada 81.23 3430 *
9. France 80.98 3807 *
10. Sweden 80.86 3598 *
11. Switzerland 80.85 5560 *
12. Guernsey 80.77
13. Israel 80.73 1533 *
14. Iceland 80.67 4994 *
15. Anguilla 80.65
16. Cayman Islands 80.44
17. Bermuda 80.43
18. New Zealand 80.36 2421 *
19. Italy 80.20 2813 *
20. Gibraltar 80.19
21. Monaco 80.09
22. Liechtenstein 80.06 *
23. Spain 80.05 2328 *
24. Norway 79.95 6267 *
25. Jersey 79.75
26. Greece 79.66 2280 *
27. Austria 79.50 3974 *
28. Faroe Islands 79.44
29. Malta 79.44 1308 *
30. Netherlands 79.40 3872 *
31. Luxembourg 79.33 6506 *
32. Germany 79.26 3628 *
33. Belgium 79.22 3726 *
34. Saint Pierre and Miquelon 79.07
35. Virgin Islands 79.05
36. United Kingdom 79.01 3064 *
37. Finland 78.97 3232 *
38. Jordan 78.87
39. Isle of Man 78.82
40. Korea, South 78.72
41. European Union 78.67
42. Puerto Rico 78.53
43. Bosnia and Herzegovina 78.50 296 *
44. Saint Helena 78.44
45. Cyprus 78.33
46. Denmark 78.30 5447 *
47. Ireland 78.24 3871 *
48. Portugal 78.21 1864 *
49. Wallis and Futuna 78.20
50. United States 78.11 6657
51. Albania 77.96
52. Taiwan 77.96 *
53. Kuwait 77.71
54. Costa Rica 77.58 402 *
55. Cuba 77.45 362 *
56. Chile 77.34
57. Libya 77.26
58. British Virgin Islands 77.26
59. Panama 77.25 *
60. Slovenia 76.92 *
61. Czech Republic 76.81 *
62. Georgia 76.72 *
63. French Polynesia 76.71
64. Northern Mariana Islands 76.70
65. Netherlands Antilles 76.65
66. Argentina 76.56 551 *
67. Saint Lucia 76.45
68. Uruguay 76.35 *
69. Saudi Arabia 76.30 492 *
70. United Arab Emirates 76.11 *
71. Mexico 76.06 474 *
72. Tunisia 75.78
73. Paraguay 75.77
74. Brunei 75.74
75. Poland 75.63 *

Information sources:

[1] CIA World Factbook
http://tinyurl.com/healthcia

[2] Reuters and World Bank
http://tinyurl.com/reutershc
/ http://tinyurl.com/hnpworldbank

[3] Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_health_care

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