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Complete Data Rankings

Rank
1	United States	13.065 years
2	New Zealand	12.002 years
3	Denmark	11.98 years
4	Norway	11.97 years
5	Canada	11.964 years
6	Japan	11.952 years
7	Germany	11.817 years
8	Netherlands	11.565 years
9	Estonia	11.402 years
10	Iceland	11.35 years
11	Australia	11.316 years
12	Russia	11.181 years
13	Latvia	11.05 years
14	Turkmenistan	10.937 years
15	Sweden	10.897 years
16	Liechtenstein	10.877 years
17	Poland	10.861 years
18	Austria	10.834 years
19	Finland	10.747 years
20	Bahamas	10.731 years
21	Samoa	10.625 years
22	Switzerland	10.545 years
23	Tajikistan	10.479 years
24	Ukraine	10.453 years
25	Czech Republic	10.422 years
26	Lithuania	10.395 years
27	Israel	10.375 years
28	United Kingdom	10.329 years
29	Belgium	10.281 years
30	Armenia	10.276 years
31	South Korea	10.248 years
32	Azerbaijan	10.181 years
33	Belarus	10.127 years
34	Ireland	10.11 years
35	Luxembourg	10.034 years
36	Tonga	10.034 years
37	Kyrgyzstan	10.02 years
38	Republic of Moldova	9.972 years
39	Hungary	9.964 years
40	Sri Lanka	9.904 years
41	China, Hong Kong SAR	9.893 years
42	Cuba	9.718 years
43	Slovenia	9.504 years
44	Cyprus	9.423 years
45	Romania	9.185 years
46	Kazakhstan	9.089 years
47	Slovakia	9.02 years
48	Barbados	9.009 years
49	Singapore	8.998 years
50	Chile	8.928 years
51	France	8.895 years
52	Bulgaria	8.853 years
53	Mongolia	8.788 years
54	San Marino	8.728 years
55	Greece	8.716 years
56	Croatia	8.702 years
57	Argentina	8.598 years
58	Trinidad and Tobago	8.436 years
59	Italy	8.356 years
60	Peru	8.186 years
61	Brunei Darussalam	8.152 years
62	South Africa	8.077 years
63	Tuvalu	7.944 years
64	Albania	7.906 years
65	Fiji	7.831 years
66	United Arab Emirates	7.742 years
67	Panama	7.739 years
68	Uruguay	7.681 years
69	Iran	7.675 years
70	Malaysia	7.528 years
71	Philippines	7.453 years
72	Costa Rica	7.382 years
73	Qatar	7.308 years
74	Jamaica	7.271 years
75	Spain	7.256 years
76	Malta	7.195 years
77	Saint Lucia	7.193 years
78	Serbia	7.164 years
79	Bahrain	7.16 years
80	Ecuador	7.149 years
81	Venezuela	7.077 years
82	Botswana	7.07 years
83	Congo	6.958 years
84	Jordan	6.782 years
85	Bolivia	6.766 years
86	Colombia	6.707 years
87	Belize	6.653 years
88	Portugal	6.486 years
89	Paraguay	6.477 years
90	Mexico	6.447 years
91	Nicaragua	6.43 years
92	Egypt	6.339 years
93	Saudi Arabia	6.314 years
94	Mauritius	6.168 years
95	Dominican Republic	6.139 years
96	Zimbabwe	6.085 years
97	North Macedonia	6.014 years
98	Kuwait	5.979 years
99	Eswatini	5.912 years
100	Guyana	5.777 years
101	Namibia	5.764 years
102	Gabon	5.592 years
103	China	5.526 years
104	Iraq	5.373 years
105	Thailand	5.325 years
106	Algeria	5.143 years
107	Indonesia	5.132 years
108	Vietnam	5.127 years
109	Zambia	5.117 years
110	Libya	5.046 years
111	Turkey	5.02 years
112	Ghana	4.982 years
113	Kenya	4.981 years
114	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	4.794 years
115	Brazil	4.758 years
116	Lesotho	4.718 years
117	El Salvador	4.599 years
118	Tunisia	4.482 years
119	Sao Tome and Principe	4.467 years
120	Honduras	4.396 years
121	Syrian Arab Republic	4.307 years
122	Laos	4.032 years
123	Bangladesh	4.005 years
124	Nigeria	3.985 years
125	Tanzania	3.963 years
126	Uganda	3.714 years
127	Guatemala	3.71 years
128	India	3.635 years
129	Haiti	3.408 years
130	Liberia	3.305 years
131	Cambodia	3.203 years
132	Papua New Guinea	3.154 years
133	Pakistan	3.018 years
134	Morocco	2.9 years
135	Togo	2.875 years
136	Nepal	2.8 years
137	Mauritania	2.799 years
138	Cameroon	2.726 years
139	Côte d'Ivoire	2.705 years
140	Malawi	2.647 years
141	Myanmar	2.619 years
142	Sierra Leone	2.527 years
143	Central African Republic	2.359 years
144	Rwanda	2.262 years
145	Sudan	2.158 years
146	Gambia	2.111 years
147	Benin	2.035 years
148	Burundi	1.837 years
149	Senegal	1.809 years
150	Mozambique	1.627 years
151	Guinea	1.404 years
152	Djibouti	1.286 years
153	Afghanistan	1.159 years
154	Mali	1.093 years
155	Niger	1.022 years
156	Yemen	0.969 years

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