CIS; life expectancy at birth by country 2021

In 2021, Belarus had the highest life expectancy among the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries. As of that year, a newborn child in Belarus was expected to live an average of over 72 years. To compare, in Moldova, life expectancy at birth was below 69 years.

Life expectancy at birth in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in 2021, by country

Characteristic	Life expectancy in years
Belarus	72.44
Armenia	72.04
Georgia	71.69
Ukraine	71.62
Tajikistan	71.59
Uzbekistan	70.86
Kyrgyzstan	69.98
Russia	69.42
Azerbaijan	69.37
Kazakhstan	69.36
Turkmenistan	69.26
Moldova	68.85

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Release date

December 2022

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Region

Asia, Europe

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

The source defines life expectancy as "the average number of years of life expected by a hypothetical cohort of individuals who would be subject throughout their lives to the age-specific mortality rates of a given period."

Georgia, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine are not official members of the CIS and were added due to their geographic and economic proximity to CIS countries.
Release date is the date of access.

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