Who lives longest? Top 10 countries for life expectancy (1980-2019)

In this video, we compare countries based on life expectancy.

Life expectancy is a measure of premature death and it shows large differences in health across the world.

The population of many of the richest countries in the world have life expectancies of over 80 years. In 2019 the life expectancy in Spain, Switzerland, Italy, and Australia was over 83 years. In Japan it was the highest with close to 85 years.

Source: OECD Data (https://data.oecd.org/)

Variable description :
Life expectancy at birth is defined as the average number of years that a newborn could expect to live if he or she were to pass through life subject to the age-specific mortality rates of a given period.