Countries With the Shortest and Longest Life Expectancy for Men by Robert Wenzel

Switzerland is the winner, again. Data from the World Bank:

Country name	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Guinea-Bissau	45	46	46	46	47
Central African Republic	44	45	45	46	47
Congo, Dem. Rep.	46	46	46	47	47
Sierra Leone	45	46	46	47	47
Chad	47	47	48	48	48
Zambia	46	47	47	48	49
Lesotho	46	47	47	48	49
Burundi	47	48	48	49	49
Swaziland	47	48	48	49	49
Mozambique	47	48	48	49	49
Angola	48	48	49	49	50
Somalia	49	49	49	49	50
Equatorial Guinea	49	49	49	50	50
Mali	49	49	49	50	50
Cameroon	49	49	50	50	51
Nigeria	49	50	50	51	51
Zimbabwe	47	48	49	51	52
Guinea	51	51	52	52	53
Uganda	51	52	52	53	53
Botswana	53	53	54	54	54
Malawi	51	52	53	53	54
Rwanda	53	53	53	54	54
Benin	53	53	53	54	54
Niger	52	53	53	54	54
Cote d'Ivoire	52	52	53	54	54
Burkina Faso	53	53	54	54	54
Togo	54	54	55	55	56
Liberia	53	54	55	55	56
Kenya	53	54	55	55	56
Congo, Rep.	55	55	55	56	56
Djibouti	55	55	56	56	56
Mauritania	56	56	56	57	57
Tanzania	54	55	56	57	57
Gambia, The	56	56	57	57	57
Ethiopia	55	56	57	57	58
Senegal	57	57	58	58	58
Eritrea	57	58	58	59	59
Sudan	59	59	59	59	60
Papua New Guinea	59	60	60	60	61
Haiti	60	60	60	61	61
Turkmenistan	61	61	61	61	61
Timor-Leste	60	60	61	61	62
Cambodia	60	60	61	61	62
Gabon	60	60	61	61	62
Namibia	60	60	61	62	62
Sao Tome and Principe	62	63	63	63	63
Ghana	61	62	62	63	63
Myanmar	62	62	63	63	63
India	63	63	63	64	64
Yemen, Rep.	62	63	63	64	64
Bolivia	63	64	64	64	64
Tajikistan	63	63	64	64	64
Mongolia	63	64	64	64	65
Madagascar	64	64	65	65	65
Bhutan	64	64	65	65	65
Philippines	65	65	65	65	66
Korea, Dem. Rep.	65	65	65	65	66
Moldova	64	65	65	65	66
Lao PDR	64	65	65	66	66
Solomon Islands	65	65	66	66	66
Trinidad and Tobago	66	66	66	66	67
Fiji	66	66	66	66	67
Guyana	65	66	66	66	67
El Salvador	66	67	67	67	67
Suriname	66	67	67	67	67
Guatemala	67	67	67	67	68
Indonesia	66	67	67	67	68
Nepal	66	67	67	68	68
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	67	68	68	68	68
Bangladesh	67	68	68	68	68
Vanuatu	68	68	69	69	69
Tonga	69	69	69	69	69
Samoa	68	69	69	69	70
Morocco	69	69	69	70	70
Colombia	69	69	70	70	70
Brazil	69	69	69	70	70
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	69	70	70	70	70
Cape Verde	69	70	70	70	70
Paraguay	70	70	70	70	70
Lebanon	70	70	70	70	70
Dominican Republic	70	70	70	70	71
Armenia	70	70	70	71	71
Thailand	70	70	70	71	71
Honduras	70	70	70	71	71
Oman	71	71	71	71	71
Nicaragua	70	70	70	71	71
Egypt, Arab Rep.	70	71	71	71	71
Peru	70	71	71	71	71
Algeria	71	71	71	71	72
Turkey	71	71	71	71	72
Malaysia	71	71	72	72	72
Argentina	71	72	72	72	72
Montenegro	72	72	72	72	72
Bahamas, The	71	72	72	72	72
Libya	72	72	72	72	72
Ecuador	72	72	72	73	73
Aruba	72	72	72	73	73
Macedonia, FYR	72	72	72	73	73
French Polynesia	72	72	72	73	73
Bosnia and Herzegovina	72	73	73	73	73
Panama	73	73	73	73	74
Barbados	73	73	73	73	74
Guam	73	73	74	74	74
Albania	73	74	74	74	74
Grenada	74	74	74	74	74
Bahrain	74	74	74	74	75
Maldives	74	75	75	75	76
Brunei Darussalam	75	75	76	76	76
United Arab Emirates	75	75	76	76	76
Chile	76	76	76	76	76
Costa Rica	76	77	77	77	77
Cuba	76	77	77	77	77
Cyprus	77	77	77	77	77
Qatar	78	78	78	78	79
Macao SAR, China	78	78	78	78	79
Kyrgyz Republic	64	65	65	65
Faeroe Islands	77	77
St. Kitts and Nevis
Greece	77	78	78	78
Finland	76	76	77	77
Kiribati
Switzerland	79	80	80	80
Slovak Republic	71	71	71	72
Kuwait	73	74	74	74
Estonia	67	69	70	71
Seychelles	69	68	68	68
Malta	77	77	78	79
South Africa	50	50	51	51
Marshall Islands
Belarus	65	65	65	65
Kazakhstan	61	62	64	64
Iran, Islamic Rep.	70	70	71	71
Mauritius	69	69	69	69
Turks and Caicos Islands
Mexico	74	74	74	74
Uzbekistan	64	64	65	65
Jordan	72	72	72	72
Afghanistan	47	47	48	48
Japan	79	79	80	80
Singapore	78	78	79	79
Monaco
Bermuda	76	76	76	77
Dominica
Spain	78	78	79	79
Jamaica	69	70	70	70
St. Martin (French part)
Denmark	76	76	77	77
Georgia	69	70	70	70
Czech Republic	74	74	74	74
Iraq	64	64	64	65
Luxembourg	78	78	78	78
Australia	79	79	79	80
Curacao
Iceland	79	80	80	80
Lithuania	65	66	68	68
Antigua and Barbuda
Netherlands	78	78	79	79
United States	75	76	76	76
New Caledonia	72	72	72	73
Venezuela, RB	71	71	71	71
New Zealand	78	78	79	79
Saudi Arabia	72	72	73	73
Italy	79	79	79	79
Serbia	71	71	71	71
Croatia	72	72	73	74
Ireland	77	77	78	78
Liechtenstein
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Northern Mariana Islands
Slovenia	75	75	76	76
Norway	78	78	79	79
Belize	74	74	74	74
Israel	79	79	80	80
South Sudan		62
Pakistan	64	64	64	64
Sri Lanka	71	71	72	72
Palau
St. Lucia	71	72	72	72
Germany	77	77	77	78
Belgium	77	77	77	77
Comoros	58	59	59	59
Latvia	66	67	68	69
China	71	71	71	72
Sweden	79	79	79	80
Isle of Man
Syrian Arab Republic	74	74	74	74
France	77	78	78	78
Azerbaijan	67	67	67	68
Poland	71	71	72	72
Austria	77	78	77	78
Portugal	75	76	76	76
Greenland	66	66
Puerto Rico	74	75	75	75
Tunisia	72	72	73	73
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	76	76	76	76
Hungary	69	70	70	71
American Samoa
Tuvalu
Korea, Rep.	76	77	77	77
Ukraine	63	63	64	65
Cayman Islands
United Kingdom	77	78	78	79
Canada	79	79	78	79
Uruguay	72	72	73	73
San Marino	80	80	80	80
Andorra
Bulgaria	69	70	70	70
Vietnam	72	72	73	73
Romania	69	69	70	70
West Bank and Gaza	71	71	71	71
Kosovo	67	67	68	68
Hong Kong SAR, China	79	79	80	80
Russian Federation	61	62	63	63