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Detailed explanation-1: -The latest World Health Statistics 2016: Monitoring Health for the SDGs, finds that global life expectancy for children born in 2015 was 71.4 years (73.8 years for females and 69.1 years for males), but an individual child’s outlook depends on where he or she is born.

Detailed explanation-2: -Results-In 2015, the overall expectation of life at birth was 78.7 years, decreasing by 0.2 year from 2014. From 2014 to 2015, life expectancy at birth decreased by 0.2 year for both males (76.5 to 76.3) and females (81.3 to 81.1).

Detailed explanation-3: -For the same period, the life expectancy for females is 70 years and 66.9 years for males.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 2015-20, life expectancy at birth averaged 78.3 years for men and 83.4 years for women. Among women, the figure was highest in Japan (87.2 years) and lowest in Turkey (79.3 years). For men, life expectancy at birth was highest in Iceland (81.6 years) and lowest in Latvia (69.7 years).

Detailed explanation-5: -Central African Republic has lowest life expectancy at 52.67 years. The worst life expectancies are found in Africa as 28 lowest ranked countries are located in Africa. Everywhere in the world women live longer than men.