Top 10 Countries With the Lowest Life Expectancy in Europe

 

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), women in all countries have a longer life expectancy than men. For example, the average life expectancy worldwide in 2015 is 71 years, more precisely 70 years for males and 72 years for females.

In the following ranking, we see the 10 countries with the lowest life expectancy. The criteria that have been taken into consideration are different. In general, they include the quality of health care, factors such as ongoing wars, the spread of diseases such as obesity and HIV infections.

The list below is based on studies reported in the UNDP Human Development Report of 2018, or the Development Program implemented by the global network of the United Nations, which promotes the achievement of a better quality of life through connections and aid between various countries of the world with the exchange of training and incentives, especially when it comes to the underdeveloped regions.

Top 10 Countries With the Lowest Life Expectancy

Top 10 Countries With the Lowest Life Expectancy

Country Total life expectancy Female life expectancy Male life expectancy
North Macedonia 75.7 77.7 73.7
Lithuania 75.7 81.2 70.1
Serbia 75.8 78.5 73.3
Romania 75.9 79.4 72.5
Hungary 76.7 80.1 73.1
Montenegro 76.8 79.2 74.3
Bosnia Herzegovina 77.3 79.7 74.8
Slovakia 77.4 80.8 73.8
Croatia 78.3 81.5 75.1
Poland 78.5 82.4 74.6

Top 10 Countries With the Lowest Female Life Expectancy

Top 10 Countries With the Lowest Female Life Expectancy

Country Life expectancy
North Macedonia 77.7
Serbia 78.5
Montenegro 79.2
Romania 79.4
Bosnia Herzegovina 79.7
Hungary 80.1
Slovakia 80.8
Lebanon 80.8
Lithuania 81.2
Croatia 81.5

Top 10 Countries With the Lowest Male Life Expectancy

Top 10 Countries With the Lowest Male Life Expectancy

Country Life expectancy
Lithuania 70.1
Romania 72.5
Hungary 73.1
Serbia 73.3
North Macedonia 73.7
Slovakia 73.8
Estonia 73.9
Montenegro 74.3
Poland 74.6
Bosnia Herzegovina 74.8