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Complete Data Rankings

Rank
1	Germany	13.68 years
2	Canada	13.368 years
3	New Zealand	13.334 years
4	Estonia	13.22 years
5	United States	12.95 years
6	Iceland	12.65 years
7	Denmark	12.65 years
8	United Kingdom	12.53 years
9	Palau	12.471 years
10	Norway	12.41 years
11	Sweden	12.4 years
12	Japan	12.397 years
13	Israel	12.38 years
14	Russia	12.28 years
15	Finland	12.28 years
16	Switzerland	12.273 years
17	Georgia	12.21 years
18	Latvia	12.17 years
19	Lithuania	12.16 years
20	Czech Republic	12.14 years
21	Poland	12.05 years
22	Netherlands	11.99 years
23	Slovenia	11.75 years
24	Australia	11.71 years
25	Luxembourg	11.63 years
26	Bahamas	11.614 years
27	Slovakia	11.604 years
28	Liechtenstein	11.575 years
29	Austria	11.53 years
30	Kazakhstan	11.52 years
31	Ukraine	11.403 years
32	Samoa	11.376 years
33	Ireland	11.35 years
34	Hungary	11.32 years
35	Republic of Moldova	11.28 years
36	Cyprus	11.19 years
37	Belgium	11.115 years
38	China, Hong Kong SAR	11.105 years
39	Tajikistan	11.055 years
40	South Korea	11.055 years
41	Belarus	11.005 years
42	Armenia	10.91 years
43	Turkmenistan	10.875 years
44	Montenegro	10.86 years
45	Cuba	10.835 years
46	Kyrgyzstan	10.746 years
47	Uzbekistan	10.695 years
48	Croatia	10.656 years
49	Seychelles	10.614 years
50	Romania	10.59 years
51	Azerbaijan	10.58 years
52	France	10.57 years
53	Bulgaria	10.54 years
54	Andorra	10.44 years
55	Sri Lanka	10.35 years
56	Argentina	10.3 years
57	Tonga	10.24 years
58	Singapore	10.21 years
59	Trinidad and Tobago	10.131 years
60	Antigua and Barbuda	10.127 years
61	Greece	10.06 years
62	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9.964 years
63	Malta	9.86 years
64	Serbia	9.817 years
65	Chile	9.81 years
66	Mongolia	9.74 years
67	San Marino	9.66 years
68	Iran	9.63 years
69	Barbados	9.572 years
70	Italy	9.53 years
71	Qatar	9.48 years
72	United Arab Emirates	9.326 years
73	Fiji	9.24 years
74	Albania	9.214 years
75	Jordan	9.176 years
76	Spain	9.12 years
77	Tuvalu	9.116 years
78	South Africa	9.08 years
79	Belize	9.014 years
80	Saint Kitts and Nevis	8.949 years
81	Grenada	8.86 years
82	Panama	8.86 years
83	Philippines	8.693 years
84	Brunei Darussalam	8.596 years
85	Malaysia	8.575 years
86	North Macedonia	8.547 years
87	Botswana	8.516 years
88	Dominica	8.463 years
89	Saudi Arabia	8.233 years
90	Peru	8.19 years
91	Uruguay	8.185 years
92	Bahrain	8.133 years
93	Kiribati	8.111 years
94	Jamaica	8.106 years
95	Saint Lucia	8.098 years
96	Lebanon	8.04 years
97	Costa Rica	8.01 years
98	Venezuela	7.99 years
99	State of Palestine	7.91 years
100	Mexico	7.88 years
101	Suriname	7.861 years
102	Ecuador	7.72 years
103	Mauritius	7.713 years
104	Nauru	7.699 years
105	Portugal	7.67 years
106	Nicaragua	7.654 years
107	Oman	7.646 years
108	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	7.603 years
109	Congo	7.53 years
110	Zimbabwe	7.36 years
111	Colombia	7.19 years
112	Gabon	7.18 years
113	Dominican Republic	7.17 years
114	Paraguay	7.15 years
115	Thailand	7.13 years
116	Vietnam	7.12 years
117	Equatorial Guinea	7.057 years
118	Bolivia	7.05 years
119	Indonesia	7.02 years
120	Guyana	6.837 years
121	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.796 years
122	Libya	6.788 years
123	China	6.778 years
124	Egypt	6.659 years
125	Syrian Arab Republic	6.61 years
126	Brazil	6.5 years
127	Namibia	6.232 years
128	Algeria	6.23 years
129	Kuwait	6.22 years
130	Iraq	6.169 years
131	Kenya	6.157 years
132	Tunisia	6.142 years
133	Turkey	6.14 years
134	Zambia	6.028 years
135	Nigeria	5.934 years
136	Vanuatu	5.761 years
137	Lesotho	5.685 years
138	El Salvador	5.63 years
139	Ghana	5.58 years
140	Cabo Verde	5.562 years
141	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	5.519 years
142	Solomon Islands	5.371 years
143	Sao Tome and Principe	5.05 years
144	Eswatini	5.041 years
145	Uganda	4.975 years
146	Honduras	4.95 years
147	Bangladesh	4.88 years
148	Tanzania	4.875 years
149	Timor-Leste	4.818 years
150	Laos	4.755 years
151	India	4.742 years
152	Eritrea	4.696 years
153	Madagascar	4.567 years
154	Pakistan	4.55 years
155	Haiti	4.454 years
156	Malawi	4.078 years
157	Maldives	4.062 years
158	Liberia	3.977 years
159	Morocco	3.97 years
160	Cambodia	3.93 years
161	Guatemala	3.842 years
162	Papua New Guinea	3.829 years
163	Comoros	3.816 years
164	Côte d'Ivoire	3.799 years
165	Angola	3.707 years
166	Mauritania	3.576 years
167	Cameroon	3.49 years
168	Myanmar	3.442 years
169	Rwanda	3.331 years
170	Nepal	3.312 years
171	Togo	3.309 years
172	Sierra Leone	3.225 years
173	Central African Republic	3.068 years
174	Sudan	3.01 years
175	Gambia	2.862 years
176	Benin	2.523 years
177	Guinea-Bissau	2.419 years
178	Yemen	2.402 years
179	Burundi	2.376 years
180	Mozambique	2.24 years
181	Djibouti	2.176 years
182	Ethiopia	2.02 years
183	Senegal	1.71 years
184	Afghanistan	1.669 years
185	Chad	1.648 years
186	Mali	1.556 years
187	Guinea	1.539 years
188	Niger	1.435 years
189	Burkina Faso	0.98 years

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