List of South American countries by life expectancy explained

This is a list of South American countries by life expectancy.

United Nations (2023)

Estimation of the analytical agency of the UN.[1]

UN: Estimate of life expectancy for various ages in 2023

Countries and
territories		Life expectancy for population in generalLife expectancy for maleLife expectancy for female
at birthat 15at 65at 80at birthat 15at 65at 80at birthat 15at 65at 80
81.17 0.52 66.68 3.91 20.59 4.52 10.11 79.24 64.79 19.59 9.66 83.08 68.56 21.49 10.46 3.84 3.77 1.89 0.81 19659
79.21 0.96 65.17 2.98 18.16 4.84 8.00 77.15 63.09 16.45 7.07 81.24 67.22 19.68 8.84 4.09 4.12 3.23 1.77 3
78.14 0.61 63.75 5.19 18.94 5.90 9.84 74.19 59.82 16.02 7.72 81.92 67.51 21.31 11.06 7.73 7.69 5.29 3.34 3388
77.74 1.38 64.11 5.42 19.54 5.19 9.73 75.41 61.88 18.12 8.60 80.12 66.40 20.90 10.72 4.71 4.52 2.78 2.12 33846
77.72 1.13 63.85 4.53 18.38 4.43 7.80 74.95 61.15 16.86 6.79 80.45 66.49 19.70 8.53 5.50 5.34 2.84 1.75 52321
77.39 0.93 63.32 4.79 18.11 5.65 8.76 74.81 60.76 16.20 7.66 79.88 65.77 19.72 9.44 5.07 5.01 3.51 1.78 45538
77.39 1.12 63.51 5.24 18.75 4.58 8.34 74.66 60.86 17.25 7.32 80.14 66.17 20.10 9.09 5.47 5.32 2.86 1.77 17980
76.98 0.90 62.88 3.83 16.70 5.30 7.01 74.13 60.22 15.11 6.18 79.99 65.67 18.40 7.73 5.86 5.45 3.29 1.55 303
South America 76.21 1.30 62.51 5.58 18.09 5.10 8.19 73.26 59.64 16.59 7.38 79.18 65.39 19.40 8.76 5.92 5.75 2.81 1.37 433024
75.85 1.17 62.02 5.77 17.79 4.97 7.77 72.76 59.01 16.39 7.13 78.98 65.06 19.03 8.23 6.22 6.05 2.64 1.10 211141
73.84 1.44 60.29 5.96 16.25 6.21 7.46 70.89 57.42 14.73 6.62 76.95 63.29 17.65 8.07 6.07 5.87 2.92 1.46 6844
73.63 1.41 60.04 6.85 16.89 6.40 8.28 70.46 56.93 14.72 6.85 76.83 63.16 18.67 9.20 6.38 6.23 3.94 2.35 629
World 73.17 3.29 61.46 6.11 17.57 5.75 8.31 70.55 58.91 16.01 7.43 75.89 64.09 18.98 8.96 5.34 5.18 2.97 1.53 8091735
72.51 1.62 59.14 7.39 16.53 5.36 6.89 68.72 55.42 14.92 6.21 76.50 63.02 17.92 7.34 7.78 7.60 3.00 1.14 28301
70.18 2.00 57.18 8.15 15.33 7.60 7.93 66.51 53.64 13.44 6.86 73.94 60.78 17.01 8.68 7.44 7.14 3.57 1.81 826
68.58 3.64 57.22 7.73 14.94 7.08 7.02 66.13 54.96 13.99 6.55 71.14 59.55 15.78 7.35 5.02 4.59 1.79 0.79 12244

UN: Change of life expectancy from 2019 to 2023

Countries and
territories		2023Historical data
COVID-19


2019→2023

AllMaleFemale201920202020
→2021		20212021
→2022		20222022
→2023		2023
81.17 79.24 83.08 3.84 80.32 −0.97 79.35 −0.47 78.88 0.30 79.18 1.99 81.17 0.84 19659
79.21 77.15 81.24 4.09 78.61 0.16 78.78 0.21 78.99 0.06 79.05 0.17 79.21 0.60 3
78.14 74.19 81.92 7.73 77.50 0.88 78.38 −2.95 75.43 1.03 76.47 1.67 78.14 0.64 3388
77.74 75.41 80.12 4.71 76.28 −2.44 73.83 −2.24 71.60 5.24 76.83 0.91 77.74 1.47 33846
77.72 74.95 80.45 5.50 76.79 −2.04 74.76 −2.06 72.70 3.81 76.51 1.22 77.72 0.93 52321
77.39 74.81 79.88 5.07 76.85 −0.97 75.88 −1.93 73.95 1.86 75.81 1.59 77.39 0.55 45538
77.39 74.66 80.14 5.47 77.29 −5.28 72.00 0.74 72.75 3.83 76.58 0.81 77.39 0.11 17980
76.98 74.13 79.99 5.86 76.57 0.94 77.51 −3.31 74.19 2.60 76.79 0.18 76.98 0.41 303
75.85 72.76 78.98 6.22 75.81 −1.30 74.51 −1.47 73.04 1.83 74.87 0.98 75.85 0.04 211141
73.84 70.89 76.95 6.07 73.67 −0.95 72.72 −4.61 68.11 4.21 72.32 1.52 73.84 0.18 6844
73.63 70.46 76.83 6.38 71.77 0.55 72.32 −3.38 68.94 4.31 73.25 0.38 73.63 1.86 629
72.51 68.72 76.50 7.78 72.77 −0.40 72.37 −0.83 71.54 1.03 72.57 −0.05 72.51 −0.25 28301
70.18 66.51 73.94 7.44 69.07 −1.32 67.75 −3.43 64.32 5.57 69.89 0.29 70.18 1.11 826
68.58 66.13 71.14 5.02 67.82 −4.91 62.91 −1.48 61.43 6.01 67.43 1.15 68.58 0.76 12244

World Bank Group (2022)

Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2022.[2] [3] [4] The data is filtered according to the list of countries in South America. The values in the World Bank Group tables are rounded. All calculations are based on raw data, so due to the nuances of rounding, in some places illusory inconsistencies of indicators arose, with a size of 0.01 year.

In 2014, some of the world's leading countries had a local peak in life expectancy, so this year is chosen for comparison with 2019 and 2022.

Countries and
territories		2022Historical data
COVID-19


2019→2022

AllMaleFemale201420192019
→2020		20202020
→2021		20212021
→2022		2022
79.52 77.16 81.88 4.72 79.47 0.85 80.33 −0.95 79.38 −0.43 78.94 0.58 79.52 −0.81
78.00 74.15 81.69 7.54 77.37 0.14 77.51 0.92 78.43 −2.99 75.44 2.56 78.00 0.49
77.89 75.31 80.48 5.17 76.62 0.67 77.30 −5.14 72.15 1.52 73.67 4.22 77.89 0.60
76.06 72.85 79.28 6.43 76.75 0.53 77.28 −1.39 75.89 −0.50 75.39 0.67 76.06 −1.22
73.66 70.32 77.14 6.82 76.04 0.71 76.75 −1.98 74.77 −1.94 72.83 0.83 73.66 −3.09
73.42 70.30 76.60 6.30 74.31 1.03 75.34 −1.33 74.01 −1.26 72.75 0.67 73.42 −1.91
73.39 71.33 75.50 4.16 75.33 0.82 76.16 −2.49 73.67 −1.29 72.38 1.01 73.39 −2.77
World 72.00 69.60 74.53 4.93 71.88 1.10 72.98 −0.74 72.24 −0.92 71.33 0.67 72.00 −0.98
71.11 66.88 75.66 8.78 72.85 −0.69 72.16 −1.07 71.09 −0.54 70.55 0.55 71.11 −1.06
70.47 67.64 73.57 5.93 72.88 0.74 73.62 −0.44 73.18 −2.92 70.26 0.21 70.47 −3.15
70.29 67.19 73.58 6.39 69.78 2.46 72.24 0.32 72.56 −2.29 70.27 0.02 70.29 −1.95
65.99 62.78 69.40 6.62 67.88 1.24 69.12 −0.64 68.49 −2.81 65.67 0.32 65.99 −3.13
64.93 62.27 67.91 5.64 67.16 0.68 67.84 −3.37 64.47 −0.84 63.63 1.30 64.93 −2.91

WHO (2019)

Estimation of the World Health Organization for 2019.[5] [6]

CountriesLife expectancy at birth at birthLife expectancy at age 60HALE at age 60
AllAllMFFΔMΔ
2000		AllMFFΔMΔ
2000		AllMFFΔMΔ
2000
80.7 78.1 83.2 5.1 3.9 70.0 69.0 71.1 2.1 3.0 24.3 22.4 25.9 3.5 3.0 18.4 17.3 19.3 2.0 2.0
79.9 78.5 81.3 2.8 5.5 69.5 69.2 69.8 0.6 4.6 24.4 23.7 25.1 1.4 2.1 18.5 18.3 18.7 0.4 1.5
79.3 76.7 81.9 5.2 5.6 69.0 67.4 70.5 3.1 4.9 24.0 22.5 25.3 2.8 2.3 18.1 17.1 18.9 1.8 1.8
78.4 76.4 80.5 4.1 3.9 68.5 67.7 69.3 1.6 3.3 23.2 22.0 24.3 2.3 1.3 17.6 17.0 18.2 1.2 0.8
Americas[7] 77.2 74.5 79.8 5.3 3.1 66.2 64.8 67.5 2.7 2.1 22.7 21.2 24.0 2.8 1.6 16.6 15.7 17.4 1.7 0.9
77.1 73.5 80.6 7.1 2.3 67.5 65.4 69.5 4.1 1.6 21.7 19.0 24.0 5.0 1.1 16.6 14.9 18.2 3.3 0.6
76.6 73.5 79.5 6.0 2.5 67.1 65.4 68.8 3.4 2.0 21.1 18.8 23.1 4.3 0.9 16.3 14.8 17.6 2.8 0.7
75.9 72.4 79.4 7.0 4.4 65.4 63.4 67.4 4.0 3.7 21.9 20.1 23.5 3.4 2.2 16.4 15.2 17.4 2.2 1.6
75.8 73.1 78.8 5.7 1.0 65.8 64.5 67.3 2.8 0.8 21.8 20.2 23.5 3.3 −0.2 16.5 15.4 17.6 2.2 −0.3
73.9 69.9 78.2 8.3 −0.2 64.4 61.9 67.1 5.2 −0.3 21.7 19.7 23.6 3.9 0.4 16.3 15.0 17.5 2.5 0.3
World 73.3 70.8 75.9 5.1 6.5 63.7 62.5 64.9 2.4 5.4 21.1 19.5 22.7 3.2 2.3 15.8 14.8 16.6 1.8 1.7
72.1 71.1 73.1 2.0 6.1 63.3 63.2 63.3 0.1 5.4 18.6 18.0 19.1 1.1 0.8 14.2 14.0 14.4 0.4 0.6
71.5 68.5 74.6 6.1 1.6 62.4 60.7 64.2 3.5 1.1 18.5 16.4 20.5 4.1 −0.4 14.1 12.6 15.4 2.8 −0.4
65.7 62.5 69.4 6.9 2.7 57.2 55.1 59.7 4.6 2.2 16.6 15.1 18.1 3.0 0.7 12.5 11.5 13.6 2.1 0.4

References

  1. Web site: World Population Prospects 2024 . . XLSX . en . 27 July 2024. — see file "Compact (most used: estimates and medium projections)"
  2. Web site: Life expectancy at birth, total. The World Bank Group. 30 May 2024. 16 June 2024.
  3. Web site: Life expectancy at birth, male. The World Bank Group. 30 May 2024. 16 June 2024.
  4. Web site: Life expectancy at birth, female. The World Bank Group. 30 May 2024. 16 June 2024.
  5. Web site: Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy, data by country . en . World Health Organization . 4 December 2022.
  6. Web site: Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy, data by WHO region . en . World Health Organization. 7 December 2022.
  7. Web site: WHO: PAHO: Countries and Centers . World Health Organization . 7 May 2022.

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