Life expectancy in Russia is 70.06 years, according to official data for 2021. Russia's historical maximum life expectancy was 73.3 years, achieved in 2019. Life expectancy decreased by 1.8 years in 2020 and a further 1.48 years in 2021, due largely to the effect of the

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on Russia's aging society. There have been significant regional differences in COVID-19's impact on life expectancy, with this indicator decreasing by 2.42 years in

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while simultaneously increasing by 0.89 years in

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during this period. Duration of life in Russia varies greatly between regions. Russians in the

North Caucasus The North Caucasus, ( ady, Темыр Къафкъас, Temır Qafqas; kbd, Ишхъэрэ Къаукъаз, İṩxhərə Qauqaz; ce, Къилбаседа Кавказ, Q̇ilbaseda Kavkaz; , os, Цӕгат Кавказ, Cægat Kavkaz, inh, ...

and in cities of federal importance have relatively high life expectancies, and

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is considered a " blue zone" due to its especially promising statistics. Life expectancy is relaively low in many regions of the

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, and as of 2022 Chukotka has the lowest life expectancy in Russia. On average, Russians in towns live slightly longer than those in rural areas. However, in some regions the opposite pattern is observed, or scales in different years leans on different sides. Annual estimates of life expectancy are provided by the

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. According ot the WHO,

healthy life expectancy Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of its birth, current age, and other demographic factors like sex. The most commonly used measure is life expectancy at birth ...

(HALE) in Russia in 2019 was 64.2 years: 60.7 for men and 67.5 for women. Also according to the WHO, Russia,

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and

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exhibit the world's highest difference in life expectancy between women and men.

Official Russian data 2021

List of the

federal subjects The federal subjects of Russia, also referred to as the subjects of the Russian Federation (russian: субъекты Российской Федерации, subyekty Rossiyskoy Federatsii) or simply as the subjects of the federation (russian ...

of Russia by

life expectancy Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of its birth, current age, and other demographic factors like sex. The most commonly used measure is life expectancy at birth ...

provided by the Russian statistical agency

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in 2022. In the last years Rosstat publishes data about life expectancy one time in two years, so the next release of official Russian data is expected in 2024.

Charts and maps

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and the

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Official Russian data 2019

Detailed data for 2019 and annual dynamics from 2014 to 2021.

References

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Life expectancy Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of its birth, current age, and other demographic factors like sex. The most commonly used measure is life expectancy at birth ...

Russia, life expectancy Life expectancy

Official Russian data 2021

Charts and maps

Official Russian data 2019

See also

References