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

Where your born has a clear link to how long you're going to live, with some nations having significantly higher life expectancies. So in this video we unpack which countries live the longest and the factors which play into the calculation.

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[clarenceonyekwere]

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.

[mdahnaf]

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

[Dimitris.Slampeas]

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

[andrewjones]

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

[idcanymore]

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

[STBill]

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

[ZM.]

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 :(

[speedydog]

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

[napoleonibonaparte]

Health is Wealth in America.




Wealth for corporations, that is.

[victording]

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

[Pancakiii]

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.

[tsakeboya]

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

[jarjarbinks]

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.

[xxthecapitalistxx]

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

[sinoroman]

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

[TechLevelUpOfficial]

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.

[MrSnepsnep]

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

[Takudza]

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

[Greatcountry]

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?

[Essentially_Nobody]

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