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Complete Data Rankings

Rank
1	United States	13.03 years
2	New Zealand	12.269 years
3	Denmark	12.145 years
4	Canada	12.138 years
5	Germany	12.018 years
6	Norway	12.007 years
7	Japan	11.996 years
8	Estonia	11.661 years
9	Netherlands	11.64 years
10	Iceland	11.479 years
11	Russia	11.474 years
12	Australia	11.306 years
13	Latvia	11.19 years
14	Sweden	11.08 years
15	Poland	10.988 years
16	Finland	10.971 years
17	Liechtenstein	10.968 years
18	Turkmenistan	10.931 years
19	Austria	10.925 years
20	Bahamas	10.834 years
21	Samoa	10.698 years
22	Czech Republic	10.611 years
23	Tajikistan	10.586 years
24	Ukraine	10.583 years
25	Lithuania	10.58 years
26	Switzerland	10.576 years
27	United Kingdom	10.453 years
28	Israel	10.447 years
29	South Korea	10.372 years
30	Belgium	10.368 years
31	Armenia	10.348 years
32	Ireland	10.25 years
33	Azerbaijan	10.22 years
34	Belarus	10.212 years
35	Luxembourg	10.208 years
36	Kyrgyzstan	10.155 years
37	Sri Lanka	10.123 years
38	Republic of Moldova	10.072 years
39	Tonga	10.038 years
40	Hungary	10.033 years
41	China, Hong Kong SAR	10.016 years
42	Slovenia	9.836 years
43	Cuba	9.811 years
44	Cyprus	9.585 years
45	Slovakia	9.33 years
46	Kazakhstan	9.314 years
47	Romania	9.284 years
48	Singapore	9.157 years
49	Bulgaria	9.15 years
50	France	9.087 years
51	Croatia	9.009 years
52	Barbados	9.002 years
53	Chile	9.002 years
54	Mongolia	8.872 years
55	Greece	8.845 years
56	San Marino	8.817 years
57	Argentina	8.666 years
58	Trinidad and Tobago	8.606 years
59	Italy	8.489 years
60	Peru	8.245 years
61	Brunei Darussalam	8.198 years
62	Albania	8.187 years
63	Tuvalu	8.061 years
64	United Arab Emirates	7.988 years
65	Fiji	7.972 years
66	Iran	7.936 years
67	Uruguay	7.893 years
68	South Africa	7.872 years
69	Malaysia	7.825 years
70	Panama	7.786 years
71	Philippines	7.492 years
72	Bahrain	7.455 years
73	Spain	7.454 years
74	Costa Rica	7.441 years
75	Qatar	7.423 years
76	Jamaica	7.355 years
77	Venezuela	7.325 years
78	Malta	7.286 years
79	Saint Lucia	7.284 years
80	Serbia	7.256 years
81	Botswana	7.25 years
82	Ecuador	7.206 years
83	Congo	7.06 years
84	Jordan	6.974 years
85	Bolivia	6.877 years
86	Belize	6.825 years
87	Colombia	6.759 years
88	Portugal	6.66 years
89	Paraguay	6.583 years
90	Nicaragua	6.57 years
91	Mexico	6.518 years
92	Saudi Arabia	6.433 years
93	Egypt	6.348 years
94	Dominican Republic	6.248 years
95	Zimbabwe	6.238 years
96	North Macedonia	6.235 years
97	Mauritius	6.212 years
98	Kuwait	6.057 years
99	Guyana	5.855 years
100	Eswatini	5.802 years
101	Gabon	5.778 years
102	Namibia	5.773 years
103	China	5.724 years
104	Iraq	5.449 years
105	Thailand	5.438 years
106	Indonesia	5.405 years
107	Algeria	5.299 years
108	Vietnam	5.297 years
109	Libya	5.224 years
110	Zambia	5.208 years
111	Turkey	5.163 years
112	Kenya	5.13 years
113	Ghana	5.062 years
114	Brazil	4.929 years
115	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	4.91 years
116	Lesotho	4.813 years
117	El Salvador	4.724 years
118	Tunisia	4.638 years
119	Sao Tome and Principe	4.522 years
120	Honduras	4.463 years
121	Syrian Arab Republic	4.326 years
122	Nigeria	4.162 years
123	Laos	4.104 years
124	Bangladesh	4.098 years
125	Tanzania	4.052 years
126	India	3.805 years
127	Uganda	3.791 years
128	Guatemala	3.779 years
129	Haiti	3.517 years
130	Liberia	3.378 years
131	Cambodia	3.26 years
132	Papua New Guinea	3.224 years
133	Pakistan	3.119 years
134	Morocco	3.02 years
135	Togo	2.945 years
136	Mauritania	2.872 years
137	Côte d'Ivoire	2.85 years
138	Nepal	2.831 years
139	Cameroon	2.811 years
140	Malawi	2.71 years
141	Myanmar	2.691 years
142	Sierra Leone	2.609 years
143	Central African Republic	2.437 years
144	Rwanda	2.326 years
145	Sudan	2.252 years
146	Gambia	2.153 years
147	Benin	2.12 years
148	Burundi	1.891 years
149	Senegal	1.778 years
150	Mozambique	1.669 years
151	Guinea	1.417 years
152	Djibouti	1.356 years
153	Afghanistan	1.194 years
154	Mali	1.123 years
155	Yemen	1.092 years
156	Niger	1.068 years

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