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Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita, 2015

The vertical axis shows life expectancy at birth.
The horizontal axis shows real GDP per capita, adjusted for inflation and price differences across countries and measured in international-$ in 2011 prices.

GDP per capita$1,000$10,000$100,000$576$2,000$5,000$20,000$50,000LifeexpectancyatbirthChinaChinaIndiaIndiaUnited StatesUnited StatesBrazilBrazilBangladeshBangladeshRussiaRussiaJapanJapanEthiopiaEthiopiaUkraineUkraineNepalNepalNigerNigerMalawiMalawiBurundiBurundiNorwayNorwayQatarQatarAfricaAsiaEuropeNorth AmericaOceaniaSouth America

Source: Riley (2005), Clio Infra (2015), UN Population Division (2019), Maddison Project Database 2020 (Bolt and van Zanden (2020))

1543
2018

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