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Country
Male
Female
Total
Afghanistan
42.71
43.1
42.9
Albania
74.6
80.15
77.24
Algeria
71.45
74.63
73
American Samoa
72.27
79.62
75.84
Andorra
80.6
86.6
83.51
Angola
36
37.25
36.61
Anguilla
74.18
80.12
77.11
Antigua and Barbuda
69.53
74.38
71.9
Argentina
72.17
79.85
75.91
Armenia
67.97
75.75
71.55
Aruba
75.8
82.65
79.14
Australia
77.52
83.4
80.39
Austria
76.03
81.96
78.92
Azerbaijan
59.24
67.66
63.35
Bahamas, The
62.11
69.04
65.54
Bahrain
71.76
76.78
74.23
Bangladesh
62.13
62.02
62.08
Barbados
69.46
73.39
71.41
Belarus
63.03
74.69
68.72
Belgium
75.44
81.94
78.62
Belize
65.02
70.08
67.49
Benin
50.14
50.89
50.51
Bermuda
75.7
79.91
77.79
Bhutan
54.65
54.11
54.39
Bolivia
62.89
68.25
65.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina
70.09
75.8
72.85
Botswana
33.89
33.84
33.87
Brazil
67.74
75.85
71.69
British Virgin Islands
75.24
77.36
76.27
Brunei
72.36
77.36
74.8
Bulgaria
68.41
75.87
72.03
Burkina Faso
42.19
45.7
43.92
Burma
54.31
58.24
56.22
Burundi
42.91
44.12
43.5
Cambodia
55.92
61.96
58.87
Cameroon
47.04
48.67
47.84
Canada
76.73
83.63
80.1
Cape Verde
67.13
73.86
70.45
Cayman Islands
77.33
82.6
79.95
Central African Republic
39.21
42.86
41.01
Chad
46.84
49.09
47.94
Chile
73.3
80.03
76.58
China
70.65
74.09
72.27
Colombia
67.88
75.7
71.72
Comoros
59.65
64.33
61.96
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
47.29
51.47
49.35
Congo, Republic of the
47.94
50.04
48.97
Costa Rica
74.26
79.55
76.84
Cote d'Ivoire
46.05
51.27
48.62
Croatia
70.79
78.31
74.45
Cuba
74.94
79.65
77.23
Cyprus
75.29
80.13
77.65
Czech Republic
72.74
79.49
76.02
Denmark
75.34
80.03
77.62
Djibouti
41.84
44.39
43.1
Dominica
71.73
77.71
74.65
Dominican Republic
65.52
69.1
67.26
East Timor
63.63
68.29
65.9
Ecuador
73.35
79.22
76.21
Egypt
68.5
73.62
71
El Salvador
67.61
75.01
71.22
Equatorial Guinea
53.38
57.8
55.56
Eritrea
51.14
53.22
52.16
Estonia
66.28
77.6
71.77
Ethiopia
47.67
50.03
48.83
European Union
75.1
81.6
78.3
Faroe Islands
75.77
82.67
79.21
Fiji
67.05
72.14
69.53
Finland
74.82
82.02
78.35
France
75.96
83.42
79.6
French Guiana
73.77
80.58
77.09
French Polynesia
73.5
78.42
75.9
Gabon
54.21
57.34
55.75
Gambia, The
53.14
57.31
55.2
Gaza Strip
70.5
73.15
71.79
Georgia
72.59
79.67
75.88
Germany
75.66
81.81
78.65
Ghana
55.04
56.99
56
Gibraltar
76.8
82.7
79.67
Greece
76.59
81.76
79.09
Greenland
66.07
73.31
69.65
Grenada
62.74
66.31
64.53
Guadeloupe
74.74
81.21
77.9
Guam
75.34
81.64
78.4
Guatemala
64.27
66.04
65.14
Guernsey
77.3
83.41
80.3
Guinea
48.61
51.15
49.86
Guinea-Bissau
45.09
48.92
46.97
Guyana
62.86
68.28
65.5
Haiti
51.58
54.31
52.92
Honduras
64.66
66.59
65.6
Hong Kong
78.72
84.3
81.39
Hungary
68.18
76.89
72.4
Iceland
78.13
82.34
80.19
India
63.57
65.16
64.35
Indonesia
67.13
72.13
69.57
Iran
68.58
71.4
69.96
Iraq
67.49
69.97
68.7
Ireland
74.95
80.34
77.56
Israel
77.21
81.55
79.32
Italy
76.75
82.81
79.68
Jamaica
74.23
78.45
76.29
Japan
77.86
84.61
81.15
Jersey
76.77
81.91
79.24
Jordan
75.75
80.88
78.24
Kazakhstan
61.21
72.2
66.55
Kenya
48.87
47.09
47.99
Kiribati
58.71
64.86
61.71
Korea, North
68.65
74.22
71.37
Korea, South
72.19
79.76
75.82
Kuwait
76.01
78.1
77.03
Kyrgyzstan
64.16
72.38
68.16
Laos
53.07
57.17
55.08
Latvia
65.78
76.6
71.05
Lebanon
70.17
75.21
72.63
Lesotho
36.86
36.49
36.68
Liberia
46.75
48.65
47.69
Libya
74.29
78.82
76.5
Liechtenstein
75.96
82.16
79.55
Lithuania
68.94
79.28
73.97
Luxembourg
75.45
82.24
78.74
Macau
79.2
84.99
82.03
Macedonia
71.28
76.37
73.73
Madagascar
54.57
59.4
56.95
Malawi
36.59
37.36
36.97
Malaysia
69.56
75.11
72.24
Maldives
62.76
65.42
64.06
Mali
44.69
45.51
45.09
Malta
76.7
81.15
78.86
Man, Isle of
74.98
81.87
78.34
Marshall Islands
68.05
72.06
70.01
Martinique
79.43
78.64
79.04
Mauritania
50.52
55
52.73
Mauritius
68.4
76.41
72.38
Mayotte
59.22
63.62
61.39
Mexico
72.42
78.1
75.19
Micronesia, Federated States of
67.96
71.62
69.75
Moldova
61.12
69.43
65.18
Monaco
75.7
83.63
79.57
Mongolia
62.3
66.86
64.52
Montserrat
76.54
80.98
78.71
Morocco
68.35
73.07
70.66
Mozambique
39.9
40.75
40.32
Namibia
44.71
43.13
43.93
Nauru
59.16
66.48
62.73
Nepal
60.09
59.5
59.8
Netherlands
76.25
81.51
78.81
Netherlands Antilles
73.58
78.2
75.83
New Caledonia
71.07
77.16
74.04
New Zealand
75.67
81.78
78.66
Nicaragua
68.27
72.49
70.33
Niger
42.46
41.8
42.13
Nigeria
46.21
47.29
46.74
Northern Mariana Islands
73.31
78.61
75.88
Norway
76.78
82.17
79.4
Oman
70.92
75.46
73.13
Pakistan
62.04
64.01
63
Palau
66.98
73.48
70.14
Panama
69.67
74.31
71.94
Papua New Guinea
62.76
67.21
64.93
Paraguay
72.35
77.55
74.89
Peru
67.77
71.37
69.53
Philippines
67.03
72.92
69.91
Poland
70.3
78.76
74.41
Portugal
74.25
81.03
77.53
Puerto Rico
73.67
81.77
77.62
Qatar
71.15
76.32
73.67
Reunion
70.55
77.52
73.95
Romania
67.86
75.06
71.35
Russia
60.55
74.04
67.1
Rwanda
45.92
48.03
46.96
Saint Helena
74.86
80.81
77.76
Saint Kitts and Nevis
69.31
75.16
72.15
Saint Lucia
70.05
77.42
73.61
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
76.13
80.9
78.46
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
71.78
75.51
73.62
Samoa
67.93
73.65
70.72
San Marino
78.13
85.43
81.62
Sao Tome and Principe
65.43
68.59
66.99
Saudi Arabia
73.46
77.55
75.46
Senegal
55.04
58.52
56.75
Serbia and Montenegro
72.15
77.51
74.73
Seychelles
66.41
77.4
71.82
Sierra Leone
40.13
44.98
42.52
Singapore
79.05
84.39
81.62
Slovakia
70.52
78.68
74.5
Slovenia
72.42
80.1
76.14
Solomon Islands
70.16
75.28
72.66
Somalia
46.36
49.87
48.09
South Africa
43.47
43.06
43.27
Spain
76.18
83.08
79.52
Sri Lanka
70.6
75.86
73.17
Sudan
57.33
59.8
58.54
Suriname
66.75
71.27
68.96
Swaziland
37.18
34.07
35.65
Sweden
78.19
82.74
80.4
Switzerland
77.58
83.36
80.39
Syria
68.75
71.38
70.03
Taiwan
74.49
80.28
77.26
Tajikistan
61.68
67.59
64.56
Tanzania
44.56
45.94
45.24
Thailand
69.39
73.88
71.57
Togo
50.64
54.7
52.64
Tonga
67.05
72.14
69.53
Trinidad and Tobago
66.62
71.3
68.91
Tunisia
73.2
76.71
74.89
Turkey
69.94
74.91
72.36
Turkmenistan
58.02
64.93
61.39
Turks and Caicos Islands
72.28
76.84
74.51
Tuvalu
65.79
70.33
68.01
Uganda
50.74
52.46
51.59
Ukraine
61.6
72.38
66.85
United Arab Emirates
72.73
77.87
75.24
United Kingdom
75.94
80.96
78.38
United States
74.89
80.67
77.71
Uruguay
72.92
79.45
76.13
Uzbekistan
60.82
67.73
64.19
Vanuatu
61
64.05
62.49
Venezuela
71.27
77.58
74.31
Vietnam
67.82
73.6
70.61
Virgin Islands
75.08
82.96
78.91
West Bank
71.33
74.95
73.08
World
62.73
66.04
64.33
Yemen
59.89
63.71
61.75
Zambia
39.43
39.98
39.7
Zimbabwe
37.21
36.11
36.67
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