| Country | Year | Average Men | Average Women | Average Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 1979 | 78.5 | 93.8 | 86.2 |
| Albania | 2001 | 76 | 83.1 | 79.6 |
| Algeria | 2002 | 66.5 | 72 | 69.3 |
| American Samoa | 1990 | 71.5 | 77.6 | 74.6 |
| Anguilla | 2001 | 51.9 | 53.8 | 52.9 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2001 | 67.3 | 62.8 | 65.1 |
| Argentina | 2001 | 71.1 | 74.3 | 72.7 |
| Armenia | 1989 | 80.4 | 84.5 | 82.5 |
| Aruba | 2000 | 63.1 | 62.1 | 62.6 |
| Australia | 2006 | 62.1 | 67.7 | 64.9 |
| Austria | 2001 | 67.5 | 73.3 | 70.4 |
| Azerbaijan | 1999 | 77.2 | 81.6 | 79.4 |
| Bahamas | 2000 | 63.2 | 62.6 | 62.9 |
| Bahrain | 1995 | 71.2 | 77.1 | 74.2 |
| Bangladesh | 1991 | 81.5 | 93.9 | 87.7 |
| Barbados | 1990 | 45.9 | 44.8 | 45.4 |
| Belarus | 1999 | 78.1 | 82.6 | 80.4 |
| Belgium | 2006 | 61.8 | 68 | 64.9 |
| Belize | 2000 | 74.2 | 77.9 | 76 |
| Benin | 2002 | 76 | 88.3 | 82.2 |
| Bermuda | 2000 | 62.4 | 64.7 | 63.6 |
| Bhutan | 2005 | 75.1 | 83.8 | 79.5 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2001 | 73.3 | 76.1 | 74.7 |
| Botswana | 2001 | 60.8 | 60.7 | 60.8 |
| Brazil | 2000 | 75.6 | 79.1 | 77.3 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1991 | 58.3 | 59 | 58.6 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 1991 | 74.6 | 76.2 | 75.4 |
| Bulgaria | 2001 | 72.9 | 81.2 | 77 |
| Burkina Faso | 1985 | 75 | 92.9 | 84 |
| Burundi | 2002 | 77.3 | 81.7 | 79.5 |
| Cambodia | 2004 | 82.2 | 82.5 | 82.4 |
| Cameroon | 1987 | 73.1 | 87 | 80.1 |
| Canada | 2006 | 67.4 | 72.3 | 69.9 |
| Cape Verde | 2000 | 65 | 65.1 | 65 |
| Cayman Islands | 1989 | 69.1 | 68.9 | 69 |
| Chile | 2002 | 68 | 70.3 | 69.2 |
| China | 2000 | 78.4 | 84.7 | 81.6 |
| China-Hong Kong SAR | 2006 | 63 | 66.8 | 64.9 |
| China-Macao SAR | 2001 | 70.3 | 72.7 | 71.5 |
| Colombia | 2005 | 68.4 | 71.2 | 69.8 |
| Comoros | 1980 | 76.5 | 90.3 | 83.4 |
| Congo | 1984 | 71.2 | 79.8 | 75.5 |
| Cook Islands | 1996 | 62.5 | 68 | 65.2 |
| Costa Rica | 2007 | 70 | 74 | 72 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1988 | 71.1 | 87.4 | 79.3 |
| Croatia | 2001 | 67 | 75.2 | 71.1 |
| Cuba | 2002 | 70.9 | 81 | 75.9 |
| Cyprus | 2001 | 72.9 | 77.2 | 75.1 |
| Czech Republic | 2007 | 65 | 72.2 | 68.6 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1984 | 78.4 | 87 | 82.7 |
| Denmark | 2008 | 56.1 | 62.9 | 59.5 |
| Djibouti | 2002 | 69.9 | 74.3 | 72.1 |
| Dominica | 2001 | 41 | 43.4 | 42.2 |
| Dominican Republic | 2002 | 70.6 | 78.4 | 74.5 |
| Ecuador | 2001 | 73 | 76.9 | 75 |
| Egypt | 1996 | 75.7 | 85.7 | 80.7 |
| El Salvador | 2007 | 71.2 | 69.6 | 70.4 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1983 | 71.3 | 82.9 | 77.1 |
| Estonia | 2000 | 73 | 76.4 | 74.7 |
| Ethiopia | 1994 | 79.7 | 89.1 | 84.4 |
| Faeroe Islands | 2008 | 52.7 | 64.1 | 58.4 |
| Fiji | 1996 | 75.9 | 81.9 | 78.9 |
| Finland | 2007 | 55.2 | 61.6 | 58.4 |
| France | 2006 | 57.2 | 62 | 59.6 |
| French Guiana | 1999 | 36.8 | 38.6 | 37.7 |
| French Polynesia | 2007 | 46 | 52 | 49 |
| Gabon | 1993 | 67.1 | 76.2 | 71.6 |
| Gambia | 1993 | 71.9 | 89.1 | 80.5 |
| Georgia | 1989 | 77.8 | 81.7 | 79.8 |
| Germany | 2006 | 58 | 65.2 | 61.6 |
| Ghana | 2000 | 73.8 | 83.8 | 78.8 |
| Gibraltar | 2001 | 68.3 | 73.9 | 71.1 |
| Greece | 2001 | 65.7 | 74.1 | 69.9 |
| Greenland | 1997 | 49.7 | 58.2 | 53.9 |
| Grenada | 1991 | 44.1 | 43 | 43.6 |
| Guadeloupe | 1999 | 47.8 | 48.9 | 48.3 |
| Guam | 1990 | 74.9 | 78.8 | 76.9 |
| Guatemala | 1994 | 79.6 | 82 | 80.8 |
| Guyana | 1991 | 60.9 | 64.3 | 62.6 |
| Haiti | 1982 | 69.4 | 76.6 | 73 |
| Honduras | 2001 | 74.2 | 76.1 | 75.2 |
| Hungary | 2007 | 62.3 | 69.7 | 66 |
| Iceland | 2007 | 64.4 | 69.9 | 67.2 |
| India | 2001 | 80.8 | 89.7 | 85.2 |
| Indonesia | 2005 | 77.3 | 83.2 | 80.2 |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2006 | 78.3 | 83.2 | 80.8 |
| Iraq | 2004 | 74.1 | 77.7 | 75.9 |
| Ireland | 2006 | 57 | 61.8 | 59.4 |
| Israel | 2006 | 71.9 | 76 | 74 |
| Italy | 2006 | 59.4 | 66 | 62.7 |
| Jamaica | 2001 | 38.7 | 40.5 | 39.6 |
| Japan | 2005 | 62.2 | 69.3 | 65.8 |
| Jordan | 2004 | 74.1 | 78.1 | 76.1 |
| Kazakhstan | 1999 | 77.8 | 82.3 | 80 |
| Kenya | 1989 | 75.3 | 84.3 | 79.8 |
| Kiribati | 1995 | 77.7 | 84.8 | 81.3 |
| Kuwait | 1995 | 72.1 | 73.4 | 72.8 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1999 | 80.7 | 86.2 | 83.5 |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2005 | 81 | 85 | 83 |
| Latvia | 2008 | 64.1 | 68.1 | 66.1 |
| Lebanon | 2004 | 67.2 | 70.1 | 68.7 |
| Lesotho | 2001 | 74.7 | 81.4 | 78.1 |
| Liberia | 1984 | 74 | 87.3 | 80.7 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 1995 | 68.7 | 73.6 | 71.2 |
| Liechtenstein | 2007 | 62 | 66.6 | 64.3 |
| Lithuania | 2008 | 68.6 | 72.7 | 70.7 |
| Luxembourg | 2001 | 65.3 | 71.2 | 68.3 |
| Madagascar | 1993 | 77.8 | 80.5 | 79.2 |
| Malawi | 1987 | 83.2 | 92.8 | 88 |
| Malaysia | 2000 | 72.5 | 78.5 | 75.5 |
| Maldives | 2006 | 77.9 | 84.8 | 81.3 |
| Mali | 1987 | 74.5 | 91.9 | 83.2 |
| Malta | 1985 | 68.2 | 68.6 | 68.4 |
| Marshall Islands | 1999 | 76.2 | 80.9 | 78.5 |
| Martinique | 1999 | 44.2 | 44.2 | 44.2 |
| Mauritania | 1991 | 71.6 | 83.9 | 77.7 |
| Mauritius | 2000 | 71.8 | 80.5 | 76.1 |
| Mexico | 2000 | 77.2 | 79.6 | 78.4 |
| Mongolia | 2000 | 78.1 | 81.3 | 79.7 |
| Montserrat | 1980 | 48.6 | 48.5 | 48.5 |
| Morocco | 2004 | 68 | 76.1 | 72.1 |
| Mozambique | 1980 | 84.1 | 92.2 | 88.2 |
| Myanmar | 1991 | 76.5 | 76.6 | 76.6 |
| Namibia | 1960 | 66.7 | 77.6 | 72.1 |
| Nepal | 2001 | 84.1 | 90.5 | 87.3 |
| Netherlands | 2008 | 57.3 | 63.6 | 60.4 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 2001 | 53.6 | 52.2 | 52.9 |
| New Caledonia | 1996 | 53.9 | 61.1 | 57.5 |
| New Zealand | 2006 | 71.3 | 74.6 | 72.9 |
| Nicaragua | 2005 | 75.2 | 80.1 | 77.6 |
| Niger | 1988 | 84.2 | 96.4 | 90.3 |
| Nigeria | 1991 | 75.4 | 88.1 | 81.7 |
| Norway | 2007 | 55.3 | 62 | 58.6 |
| Occupied Palestinian Territory | 2000 | 77.4 | 77.6 | 77.5 |
| Oman | 2003 | 73.9 | 81 | 77.4 |
| Pakistan | 1998 | 77.3 | 85.6 | 81.4 |
| Palau | 1995 | 69.9 | 74.5 | 72.2 |
| Panama | 2000 | 70.5 | 79.6 | 75 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1980 | 77.8 | 87.1 | 82.5 |
| Paraguay | 2002 | 70.8 | 73.3 | 72.1 |
| Peru | 1981 | 74.6 | 78.6 | 76.6 |
| Philippines | 1990 | 76.5 | 78.5 | 77.5 |
| Poland | 2002 | 70.7 | 76.9 | 73.8 |
| Portugal | 1991 | 75.1 | 77.6 | 76.3 |
| Puerto Rico | 1990 | 74 | 78.8 | 76.4 |
| Qatar | 2004 | 75 | 77.4 | 76.2 |
| Republic of Korea | 2005 | 67.5 | 73.7 | 70.6 |
| Republic of Moldova | 1989 | 83.3 | 86.1 | 84.7 |
| Réunion | 1999 | 55 | 58.6 | 56.8 |
| Romania | 2008 | 68.1 | 75.9 | 72 |
| Russian Federation | 2002 | 76.5 | 80.8 | 78.6 |
| Rwanda | 2002 | 76.4 | 82 | 79.2 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1980 | 42.5 | 43.6 | 43 |
| Saint Lucia | 2001 | 62.4 | 62.3 | 62.4 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2002 | 61.1 | 64.1 | 62.6 |
| Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | 1974 | 71.3 | 76.3 | 73.8 |
| Samoa | 2001 | 69.8 | 79 | 74.4 |
| San Marino | 2000 | 66.3 | 70.7 | 68.5 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 1991 | 62.2 | 64.4 | 63.3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2007 | 76.6 | 81.6 | 79.1 |
| Senegal | 1993 | 70.1 | 87.1 | 78.6 |
| Serbia | 2002 | 68.6 | 76.7 | 72.7 |
| Seychelles | 2002 | 59.3 | 62.2 | 60.8 |
| Sierra Leone | 2004 | 72.5 | 85.2 | 78.8 |
| Singapore | 2005 | 65.8 | 70.1 | 67.9 |
| Slovakia | 2006 | 66 | 72 | 69 |
| Slovenia | 2006 | 53.7 | 61.4 | 57.5 |
| Solomon Islands | 1986 | 76.4 | 84 | 80.2 |
| South Africa | 1996 | 63.7 | 65.9 | 64.8 |
| Spain | 1991 | 68.7 | 72.8 | 70.8 |
| Sri Lanka | 2001 | 72.3 | 79.2 | 75.7 |
| Sudan | 1993 | 72.2 | 84.7 | 78.4 |
| Suriname | 1964 | 72.5 | 71.3 | 71.9 |
| Sweden | 2006 | 50.1 | 57.2 | 53.6 |
| Switzerland | 2007 | 60.8 | 66.3 | 63.6 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 2001 | 73.3 | 78.4 | 75.8 |
| Tajikistan | 2000 | 82.6 | 87.3 | 84.9 |
| Thailand | 2000 | 74.8 | 78.3 | 76.6 |
| The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 1994 | 77 | 83.8 | 80.4 |
| Timor-Leste | 2004 | 75.2 | 82.7 | 78.9 |
| Togo | 1970 | 76.6 | 91.9 | 84.3 |
| Tonga | 1996 | 71.6 | 75.5 | 73.6 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1990 | 59.5 | 63.9 | 61.7 |
| Turkey | 2000 | 78.5 | 83.9 | 81.2 |
| Turkmenistan | 1989 | 82.7 | 85.3 | 84 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2001 | 70.5 | 68.3 | 69.4 |
| Tuvalu | 2002 | 74.8 | 78 | 76.4 |
| Uganda | 1991 | 78 | 89.3 | 83.6 |
| Ukraine | 2001 | 77.7 | 82.9 | 80.3 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1995 | 78.2 | 82.5 | 80.4 |
| United Kingdom | 2001 | 69.3 | 74.8 | 72 |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 1988 | 77 | 88 | 82.5 |
| United States of America | 1980 | 76.5 | 80.6 | 78.5 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1990 | 66.6 | 67.3 | 67 |
| Uruguay | 1996 | 71.5 | 77.3 | 74.4 |
| Uzbekistan | 1989 | 84 | 87.8 | 85.9 |
| Vanuatu | 1989 | 77.2 | 83.7 | 80.4 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2001 | 69.4 | 73.6 | 71.5 |
| Wallis and Futuna Islands | 1996 | 67.3 | 66 | 66.7 |
| Western Sahara | 1970 | 73.9 | 87.6 | 80.8 |
| Yemen | 2004 | 80.2 | 86 | 83.1 |
| Zambia | 1969 | 80.4 | 91.2 | 85.8 |
| Zimbabwe | 2002 | 78.5 | 86.4 | 82.5 |
