In today's article, we are going to explore the impact of List of South American countries by life expectancy on our modern society. List of South American countries by life expectancy has been a topic of interest and debate for a long time, and its influence can be seen in a variety of contexts, from the political and social spheres, to the cultural and technological. As we delve deeper into this topic, we will delve into its historical origins, its current implications, and its potential to shape the future. Through detailed analysis and critical evaluation, we seek to shed light on List of South American countries by life expectancy and its meaning for our contemporary reality.
This is a list of South American countries by life expectancy at birth.
Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2021. 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.
Countries | 2021 | Historical data | COVID-19 impact | |||||||||||||
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All | Male | Female | Sex gap | 2000 | 2000 →2014 |
2014 | 2014 →2019 |
2019 | 2019 →2020 |
2020 | 2020 →2021 |
2021 | 2019 →2021 |
2014 →2021 | ||
Chile | 78.94 | 76.47 | 81.44 | 4.97 | 76.87 | 2.60 | 79.47 | 0.85 | 80.33 | −0.95 | 79.38 | −0.43 | 78.94 | −1.38 | −0.53 | |
Brazil | 77.25 | 73.66 | 80.06 | 6.40 | 69.74 | 4.57 | 74.31 | 1.03 | 76.34 | −1.33 | 74.01 | -0,1 | 77.25 | −0.10 | −1.56 | |
Uruguay | 75.44 | 71.65 | 79.26 | 7.60 | 75.03 | 2.34 | 77.37 | 0.14 | 77.51 | 0.92 | 78.43 | −2.99 | 75.44 | −2.07 | −1.93 | |
Argentina | 75.39 | 72.18 | 78.65 | 6.47 | 73.93 | 2.83 | 76.75 | 0.53 | 77.28 | −1.39 | 75.89 | −0.50 | 75.39 | −1.89 | −1.36 | |
Ecuador | 73.67 | 70.26 | 77.46 | 7.20 | 72.84 | 3.78 | 76.62 | 0.67 | 77.30 | −5.14 | 72.15 | 1.52 | 73.67 | −3.63 | −2.95 | |
Colombia | 72.83 | 69.40 | 76.44 | 7.04 | 71.32 | 4.72 | 76.04 | 0.71 | 76.75 | −1.98 | 74.77 | −1.94 | 72.83 | −3.92 | −3.21 | |
Peru | 72.38 | 70.12 | 74.75 | 4.62 | 70.42 | 4.91 | 75.33 | 0.82 | 76.16 | −2.49 | 73.67 | −1.29 | 72.38 | −3.78 | −2.96 | |
World | 71.33 | 68.89 | 73.95 | 5.06 | 67.70 | 4.18 | 71.88 | 1.10 | 72.98 | −0.74 | 72.24 | −0.92 | 71.33 | −1.65 | −0.55 | |
Venezuela | 70.55 | 66.26 | 75.21 | 8.95 | 72.48 | 0.38 | 72.85 | −0.69 | 72.16 | −1.07 | 71.09 | −0.54 | 70.55 | −1.61 | −2.30 | |
Suriname | 70.27 | 67.21 | 73.55 | 6.34 | 65.51 | 4.27 | 69.78 | 2.46 | 72.24 | 0.32 | 72.56 | −2.29 | 70.27 | −1.97 | 0.49 | |
Paraguay | 70.26 | 67.43 | 73.39 | 5.95 | 69.75 | 3.13 | 72.88 | 0.74 | 73.62 | −0.44 | 73.18 | −2.92 | 70.26 | −3.36 | −2.62 | |
Guyana | 65.67 | 62.48 | 69.10 | 6.62 | 64.48 | 3.40 | 67.88 | 1.24 | 69.12 | −0.64 | 68.49 | −2.81 | 65.67 | −3.45 | −2.21 | |
Bolivia | 63.63 | 60.88 | 66.80 | 5.92 | 62.35 | 4.82 | 67.16 | 0.68 | 67.84 | −3.37 | 64.47 | −0.84 | 63.63 | −4.21 | −3.53 |
Estimation of the analytical agency of the UN. By default, the list is sorted by 2022.
Countries & territories |
2019 | 2019 →2021 |
2021 | 2021 →2022 |
2022 | 2019 →2022 |
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overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | male | female | F Δ M | overall | male | female | F Δ M | |||||
Chile | 80.2 | 77.8 | 82.4 | 4.6 | −1.3 | 78.9 | 76.5 | 81.4 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 79.5 | 77.2 | 81.9 | 4.7 | −0.7 | |
Uruguay | 77.9 | 74.1 | 81.5 | 7.4 | −2.5 | 75.4 | 71.7 | 79.3 | 7.6 | 2.6 | 78.0 | 74.1 | 81.7 | 7.6 | 0.1 | |
Ecuador | 77.0 | 74.3 | 79.8 | 5.5 | −3.3 | 73.7 | 70.3 | 77.5 | 7.2 | 4.2 | 77.9 | 75.3 | 80.5 | 5.2 | 0.9 | |
Argentina | 76.7 | 73.2 | 80.0 | 6.8 | −1.3 | 75.4 | 72.2 | 78.6 | 6.4 | 0.7 | 76.1 | 72.9 | 79.3 | 6.4 | −0.6 | |
Colombia | 77.3 | 74.5 | 80.0 | 5.5 | −4.5 | 72.8 | 69.4 | 76.4 | 7.0 | 0.9 | 73.7 | 70.3 | 77.1 | 6.8 | −3.6 | |
Peru | 76.7 | 74.1 | 79.5 | 5.4 | −4.3 | 72.4 | 70.1 | 74.7 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 73.4 | 71.3 | 75.5 | 4.2 | −3.3 | |
Brazil | 75.9 | 72.2 | 79.6 | 7.4 | −3.1 | 72.8 | 69.6 | 76.0 | 6.4 | 0.6 | 73.4 | 70.3 | 76.6 | 6.3 | −2.5 | |
World | 72.8 | 70.6 | 75.0 | 4.4 | −1.4 | 71.4 | 68.9 | 74.0 | 5.1 | 0.6 | 72.0 | 69.6 | 74.5 | 4.9 | −0.8 | |
Venezuela | 72.1 | 68.3 | 76.0 | 7.7 | −1.5 | 70.6 | 66.3 | 75.2 | 8.9 | 0.5 | 71.1 | 66.9 | 75.7 | 8.8 | −1.0 | |
Paraguay | 74.3 | 72.3 | 76.4 | 4.1 | −4.0 | 70.3 | 67.4 | 73.4 | 6.0 | 0.2 | 70.5 | 67.6 | 73.6 | 6.0 | −3.8 | |
Suriname | 71.7 | 68.5 | 75.1 | 6.6 | −1.4 | 70.3 | 67.2 | 73.6 | 6.4 | 0.0 | 70.3 | 67.2 | 73.6 | 6.4 | −1.4 | |
Guyana | 69.9 | 66.9 | 73.1 | 6.2 | −4.2 | 65.7 | 62.5 | 69.1 | 6.6 | 0.3 | 66.0 | 62.8 | 69.4 | 6.6 | −3.9 | |
Bolivia | 71.5 | 68.7 | 74.5 | 5.8 | −7.9 | 63.6 | 60.9 | 66.8 | 5.9 | 1.3 | 64.9 | 62.3 | 67.9 | 5.6 | −6.6 |
Estimation of the World Health Organization for 2019.
Countries | Life expectancy at birth | HALE at birth | Life expectancy at age 60 | HALE at age 60 | |||||||||||||||||
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All | M | F | FΔM | Δ 2000 |
All | M | F | FΔM | Δ 2000 |
All | M | F | FΔM | Δ 2000 |
All | M | F | FΔM | Δ 2000 | ||
Chile | 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 | |
Peru | 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 | |
Colombia | 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 | |
Ecuador | 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 | 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 | |
Uruguay | 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 | |
Argentina | 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 | |
Brazil | 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 | |
Paraguay | 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 | |
Venezuela | 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 | |
Bolivia | 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 | |
Suriname | 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 | |
Guyana | 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 |