Fertility and mortality

Estimates of life expectancy at birth for recent years (2000-2012) were provided by most ESCWA member countries except Kuwait, Lebanon and Libya. The latest estimates for 2009-2012 indicate that in 2011, Bahrain had the highest life expectancy for males at 75 years, and Qatar had the highest life expectancy at birth for females at 81 years. As shown in tables 49-50, life expectancy at birth improved for both males and females in most countries between 2000 and 2012. Also, estimates of life expectancy for females are higher than males as expected, but the gender difference is lower than expected, amounting to only 1-2 years in a few countries (figure 32).

Related Subject(s): Population and Demography