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January 14, 2023

United Arab Emirates Named Amongst Countries With The Shortest Life Expectancy In The World By Study

New research has revealed the top 10 countries with the shortest life expectancy in the world and United Arab Emirates features in 4th place with an average life expectancy of 78.46 years.

Health experts at NiceRx have revealed the US states and countries with the highest and lowest healthcare expenditure in 2020, as well as those with the highest and lowest life expectancy and the longest and shortest hospital waiting times.

You can view the full research here – https://www.nicerx.com/best-healthcare-countries/

Top 10 countries with the shortest life expectancy

Life Expectancy

Rank

Country

Males

Females

Both sexes

1

Latvia

70.81

80.37

75.73

2

Romania

73.13

79.91

76.50

3

Slovakia

74.59

81.35

78.00

4

United Arab Emirates

77.79

79.80

78.46

5

United States

76.61

81.65

79.11

6

Estonia

74.98

83.06

79.18

7

Czech Republic

77.33

82.35

79.85

8

Denmark

79.54

83.27

81.40

9

Cyprus

79.55

83.45

81.51

10

United Kingdom

80.22

83.28

81.77
The research also revealed the following:
  • Norway has the longest healthcare waiting times of the countries profiled, with the country scoring a normalised waiting time score of 8.13. In comparison, Denmark has the shortest healthcare waiting times, with a score of 2.0/10.
  • The US has the highest health expenditure in the world at over $12,000 per capita. This figure is over $5,000 more than Germany, which has the second highest total.
  • Hong Kong has been named the country with the longest life expectancy, averaging 85.29 years. The male life expectancy averaged 82.38 years, compared to the female life expectancy at 88.17 years.
You can view the full research again by clicking here.

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