Which Country Has the Best & Worst Life Expectancy? Why? - TLDR News 

Nigerian here, glad to see it had increase from around 54 to 57 to 60+, even during one of the country’s worst economic chapters.

The fact that my country(Bangladesh) has a life expectancy that is above the average just surprises me.I guess Bangladesh government has finally taken some steps to improve the Healthcare system

No mention of wars & insurgencies, which keep life expectancy low in CAR, Chad, DR Congo, Nigeria, Somalia, Afghanistan etc.

I am a greek and I can say that as Mediterranean countries along with Italy Spain And Portugal our diet is one of the most nutritional of the world with production and consumption of olive oil while also quite considerable healthcare advantage

When Egypt has a worse life expectancy than Libya: *somethings wrong I can feel it*

Americans: “Can we have universal healthcare?” Government: “Best I can do is lower your life expectancy.”

Southern African countries should be well into the 70s, if it wasn’t for HIV/AIDS. At least Botswana is almost at 70, but South Africa won’t reach 70 until the late 2030s according to some sources :(

Chad dies 0.4 years before 60 so he doesn't get affected by the "boomer" disease. *OUCH*

Health is Wealth in America. Wealth for corporations, that is.

2:00 Is Alaska’s life expectancy higher than the lower 48?

Great video! The differences across the globe are huge!

Japanese politicians: we no longer want to be #1 in this category..

another big factor is the diet of each country, mediteranean diet and japanese diet are the best ones

Education somewhat surprised me at first but it makes so much sense. Like Lutz said, it gives you more confidence to self-govern your life, leading to healthier choices. Very interesting.

Thank you for your excellent series of videos.

Thanks for the video you guys are awesome!

I'm from Greece, and that was exactly what I was expecting. Some of our eastern islands have even higher life expectancy than Japan.

well Algeria seems to be doing fine lol, and yes my neighbor was 119 years for real, he died last year his wife was 95 when she died half a year after him.

Thanks for the great videos you make. I am from Gozo, Malta and I am not surprised. I classify us the same or perhaps slightly higher than Italy when it comes to life expectancy.

I feel that a Singapore style healthcare system could be beneficial to the US. Granted Singapore’s government is much more different to the US and in a lot of ways has a monopoly on decision making but I think if there is a conjoined consensus amongst Americans about wanting a more reliable healthcare system it should really be worth considering as an option.

A scale from dark green to dark red :o. I hurt myself in confusing colorblindness

1:13 I guess Chad isn’t so Chad after all.

Great video!

From Singapore here. Sounds about right! Looks like I'll be retiring in my 70s...

1. I'm from Peru, and I find it surprising how high Peru is. It had a score of 79.9 meaning that if COVID hadn't happened, Peru would've likely been one level higher this or next year. Really cool! 2. Why is Alaska one green higher than the rest of the United States?

Hong Konger here! Here we have a life expectancy of 84.9 years... Would never have guessed it since we have so much air pollution and also being one of the most expensive cities to live in :D

As a Czech citizen, I would say that our habits like drinking and cuisine have a greater impact than our spending on public health (this sector is underpaid, but of high quality) when compared to Spain.

Zimbabwean living in Australia here. I can clearly see the reasons these two places I call home’s life expectancy everyday.

Considering how miserable life can be in some countries, a shorter lifespan is a form of mercy.

I as a Nigerian, I am just sad because most negative things about Nigeria is because of the Muslim majority northern part of the country. Northern states in Nigeria has the Lowest literacy rates, lowest life expectancy, lowest gdp per capital, very unsafe etc. The government in Northern states are prioritizing Religion first to anything else. That is why there have been call for splitting the country and major tribes wants to form their own country.

It is interesting to compare these countries together.

Americans be like: “The country of Africa.”

It would be interesting to make an study about why people in countries that smoke so much, such as Greece, Spain, China, life expectancy is so high despite the other factors. I am from Spain and it's true that I see many people in their 90s and in pretty good shape, but I also see many smokers and the diet that the young generation follow is getting worse, I hope that won't have a negative impact on our quality of life, stay healthy guys and take care of yourself and your beloved ones😉

From Spain, we know we have a high life expectancy, we also know we are sort of the odd one out people won't expect to be on the top 5 (we have been in the top 2 before tho). And we are rather proud of having one of the best healthcare systems in the entire world.

Could you post a link to the full list please :)

Well made

As an Italian living in Spain, I feel fine

Jordan, Algeria, and Tunisia clearly broke the relation between life expectancy and GDP.. They have a low GDP but a really high life expectancy

Hello from Portugal 🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹 i was expecting that my country would be above 83. Great video!

did you change your mic or smtg because i am not use to the good quality audio or is it someone else speaking? But i still like the last time audio where u just sat there with the mic in your hand

When you look at the main cousin in the top 10 countries, it seems that they also eat healthierband that might affect the life expectancy too

I'm from Cyprus. It's true that people here live long lives. If someone dies before the age of 80, it is not rare to hear people saying that he/she died so young. This is not very unexpected to be honest. Although our GDP per capita is not that high (27.858 USD), people here have very high living standards. Despite the fact that there are some poor people, like everywhere, it is extremely unlikely to find people that actually struggle to survive. We don't have any homeless people and beggars are hardly seen here. This is partly a result of the small, closed society which we used to be. Most of the people inherit at least a small house somewhere in Cyprus, and finding a job is not that hard. Also, poorer people can move to villages, since most of them have demographic issues and try to attract people by offering jobs and accommodations. If your family is Cypriot, they will most probably have some fortune and you will not struggle to survive. The typical Cypriot families are not like most European ones, that try to make you independent. They will help you economically for as long as you need help. It is not rare here to see people living with their parents for their whole lives. I believe that another factor that increases our living expectancy is the low criminal rate, and especially the homicide frequency which is really low. Unfortunately it gets worst as years go by, but it is still relatively low compared to other countries. It is also worth saying that everyone has access to public hospitals when they get ill. Our health system is currently improving massively, with the introduction of a universal health care system, called GESY (Something like the NHS). Most doctors are registered in GESY and you can visit any doctor you want, whenever you want, paying only a 6 euro fee. The rest of it is paid by the government, who collects the money by relatively small health-related taxes. I believe that this system will prevent many deaths and it will increase our life expectancy. GESY was introduced just 2 years ago, so it is still evolving and changing. What I observed these 2 years is that people who almost never went to doctors, now do it quite regularly. People that never had blood analysis before, now are having once, or twice a year. Also, people who had different pains or felt unwell, often didn't want to spend 50 euros or more for a check up. This in turn lead to some deaths that could have been avoided. Therefore, although GESY is a very controversial concept here in Cyprus, since it is still new and has some gaps, so some people do not support it, I think that it will indeed help achieving higher life expectancies, and ensuring that all people, poor or rich, Cypriots or immigrants, will have exactly the same access to healthcare. Here I should also add that stress levels here are really low. People usually live quiet, easy lives, especially older ones. Don't get me wrong, I don't mean that people don't have problems or don't care about anything. Of course people get stressed, but this is usually temporal and at some point they get back to their normal lives. Unfortunately, in some other countries, many people are stressed persistently. The ease of the life here does not provoke stress about how to pay rents, how to be on time at your job (since jobs are usually 10-15 minutes distance by car, and everyone has a car), etc. Unfortunately, this is true mainly for older people, since younger generations slowly begin to synchronise with the modern living styles. The last thing that I have to mention is the Mediterranean diet, which is considered to be pretty nutritious. It is very common for older women to cook for their adult children. People have a break from their job, go to their parents and eat healthy, instead of going to fast food restaurants like in some other countries. This is partly due to the fact that all the distances are pretty small and everyone moves by car. This ensures that people have a balanced, Mediterranean diet , since the menu of each week contains legumes, pasta, meet, fish, cooked with olive oil and without unnecessary flavourings and preservatives. All in all, the fact that everyone in Cyprus lives comfortable lives, getting enough money to buy food, clothes, and also get some entertainment, the lack of extensive stress, the diet and the free healthcare system, lead to the fact that Cyprus has one of the highest life expectancies in the world.

Gotta love that independent Alaska with a separate color from the US on the map:3

I am from Romania and my grand grand mother have lived until the age of 92! And I still have all 4 grannies and grandfathers💙❤️

Interesting that Spain has such a high life expectancy despite having quite a large tobacco culture

why is Alaska a different color from the rest of the US and why is Norway mentioned in the >83 category when their life expectancy is 82.6?

0:54 I think it was meant "below average" not "above below"

It would be nice to have a short look on Cuba: is it Havana's education and/or healthcare spending that elevates high above nearest neighbours: Haiti and the Dominican Republic?

USA: Freedom comes at a price

Hello from Kazakhstan, surprised that our average life expectancy is higher than 65.

I´m from Iceland and expected us to be mentioned, small though we are. We are very near Japan, sometimes above them.

Kazakhstan really surprised me!

You know America is doing bad when most of Latin America has the same life expectancy

Singaporean here, excelling in all 3 indicators does somewhat explain our >83 life expectancy, I guess.

didn't know Cyprus was that high up

There’s also some remote villages where the average life expectancy is only 25-40 years because of them having no access to any medical supplies or services in their remote locations and also because of frequent work accidents associated with dangerous working conditions. That’s especially true for the families who work on the world’s most remote salt mines as very frequently accidents like major cuts will most likely become deadly due to a lack of available medical services.

Australia good healthcare,good healthy lifestyle, and good attetude towards life.And the continent of Australia the land that is sais that if you suvive whatever it throws at you ,you deserve to live longer because it made you stronger.

I'm from Israel, and expected us to be lower. There are several distinct population groups - such as ultra-orthodox, Arab-Israelis, etc. And also great differences between the high population centers and the more rural areas, where the quality of healthcare is somewhat lower. I expected the average to be lower when you include all the different groups.

I like how iran with 12k gdp and low budget for health organizations has a good life expectancy its all because all the ppl are educated and more than half the population is in colleges

Didn't expect Switzerland to be second best. Seems like I get another 40 years to live 🥳

WOAH WE MADE IT TO THE TOP 10?? CYPRUS IS RELEVANT FOR ONCE

Education = smarter women = better postnatal survival There are a stupid amount of other benefits to focusing on educating your female populous but reducing the number of dead babies and dead mums seems like a pretty compelling one.

Interesting but it should include the limits if the correlations to be more accurate

I am from Mozambique and I did not expect my country to have so low life expectancy.

You should make a video comparing the life expectancy of individual US states. There are humongous disparities state by state by life expectancy for various reasons.

I’m from the Netherlands and I was about right with what I thought on the beforehand.

Perhaps life expectancy also has something to do with cuisine. The types of food people normally consume on a daily basis. The habitual things people do.

By the definition of "country" from WHO, a place that's usually counted separately (and even top the list above Japan) is obviously missed.

when alaska is coloured as a part of canada:

Greetings from Switzerland, i didn't expect us to be so high up but makes sense since we're doing quite well on those three factors..

Oh yea my grandmother died at the age of 90 and is very sad, I missed her

There is a small shift in the location of Hawaiian islands between 4:27 and 4:33 if the editor of the video sees this I would love to know how it happened. Absolutely no judgement! only curiosity.

From Italy 🇮🇹: I believe you should at least said something about the Mediterranean diet since is one of the main reason those countries have a higher life expectancy (of course combined with health care etc)

08:00 - Ignorance is the most dangerous thing in the world. Until people were thought about bacterias and how to cope with them (i.e., wash your hands), this ignorance had a massive impact upon life-expectancy. 07:45 - IQ is a rather outdated measurement of intelligence and critical thought.

A Singaporean here, not surprised that my life expectancy is the 4th highest. Good job Singapore! Keep it up!

When comparing life expectancy among wealthier countries, culture, and diet really matter. You have to look at how each country's culture around hygiene, lifestyle, as well as per capita meat and vegetable consumption, cholesterol intake, etc. Japan, South Korea, and Singapore lead the chart due to our balanced diet (we eat a lot more grains, vegetables, and seafood than red meat), cultural emphasis on personal and public hygiene, and, of course, the walkability of our cities.

Tunisia doesn't stop from surprising me, one of the small African nations and somehow always surprises me. Way to go Tunisia and Algeria ❤️

The difference is when any other country says "I'm spending on healthcare", they mean It (or some corrupt big person Will have part of the money). But in the US they mean "let me check with the insurance"

4:35 I'm pretty sure Peru has a higher GDP per capita the Colombia...

I'm from Italy: good social relations, food, public health system, clime, environment.

So sad to see so much of Africa jet black… I hope they develop soon!

I'm from israel and I didn't think we'd get this result considering all of the wars, but it's understandable because we have a pretty good healthcare system.

That Colombia has a better than average life expectancy, even with a low gdp per capita. Might have to do something with expenditure in healthcare, but érhaps education is a better explanation.

I'm Jamaican & seeing at how it's pretty normal for our elderly people to reach their 90s or 100s I thought we'd be higher

I think Morocco is below average because most old people dont have official papers so i guess thats a huge factor since most of them even remembers WW1 as childs

I'm from India and everything was a surprise from thw point I saw it. The fact that it was lower than average as well as it being lower than Bangladesh really surprised be. Considering the great Covid-19 impact as well as government mismanagement, this is only expectrd to reduce even further.

I’m more interested in the gaps in the data, such as the countries that you didn’t colour in.

I only know 1Nigerian couple, I'm their gardener. One is a pulmerony specialist and the other is a GP, both very well educated people. Does moving from a country with low life expectancy to a country with a higher life expectancy make you live longer?

Food is an importan factor A good diety let people live more and with less complication

I'm from Indonesia, and that number really surprises me. I have thought that we are above the average in the case of Life Expectancy, because...... there are a lot of old people in Indonesia that live beyond 80 years. My own grandma is 84 this year, and my friend's grandpa reach about 100 years last year. But maybe that is just an isolated example. Indonesia is a big country, with almost 300 million people living in it. Living conditions do vary from place to place, so maybe the number is.... just right ;)

Amazing the social media capital of the world was ignored on the list/video.

I’m from Chile and feel proud that we are on par with the UK!

I'm from Spain and I wonder why I moved to the UK!!! I'm going to die sooner T_T

Hmm, then this also explains why Americans are so bad at geography compared to other developed nations.

Nice to see Alaska become part of Canada

hong konger here!There's a running joke here that says we live the longest cuz we have to pay back all the mortgages before we can die

Japan has the highest life expectancy yet has one of the lowest birth rates in the world

As an Indian, I have now accepted that India will always be below average. We still live in the laurels of past glory and blame everything on the British even though we have been an independent nation for 70+ years now. We Indians are a proud bunch and think we are better than all the countries surrounding us. The truth is except Pakistan, India has been overtaken in almost all socio-economic indicators by our neighbors we were ahead of a few decades earlier. And there is still no change in sight. Our prime minister bought out 3 major reforms in land, labor and agriculture laws but because of beurocracy and opposition none of them have come to action. I just hope within my lifetime we improve and show we aren't just all talk

I think median income would be a better indicator than gdp per capita

Wouldnt it be possible to just compare life expectancy to the HDI of each country?