The mean would give the same quantity of information but biased (in this case) by the infant mortality rate, which probably should be examined seperately. The median is the preferred statistical standard.
What you are looking for is a distribution of life expectancies per country.
"the median is the preferred statistical standard" - that depends, not sure what this blanket statement means. But yes, you are right, I am looking for the distribution or a sense of it anyway.
What you are looking for is a distribution of life expectancies per country.