Angola has the shortest life expectancy of 38 years due to epidemics, warfare, and minefields. It scores low on the African Governance Index but higher than Somalia and Chad. Macao, Andorra, and Japan have the highest life expectancies over 82 years. The world average is 61 years and the US is 78 years.
The country that has the shortest life expectancy is Angola, where the average life expectancy is 38 years. The short life expectancy in Angola results from a combination of epidemics of cholera, malaria and rabies; internal guerilla warfare; and minefields left over from the civil wars. Angola scores consistently low on the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, although it scores higher than countries such as Somalia and Chad.
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The countries with the highest life expectancies are Macao, Andorra and Japan, each of which has an average life expectancy of over 82 years.
The average life expectancy in the world is 61 years.
The average life expectancy in the United States is 78 years, which ranks 49 out of 224 countries considered.
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