Life Expectancy by Country
Life expectancy at birth (years). A key measure of health and development.
Countries
217
Highest
86.4 years
Monaco
Lowest
54.5 years
Nigeria
Latest Year
2023
| # | Country | Life Expectancy at Birth | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Monaco | 86.4 years | 2023 |
| 2 |  San Marino | 85.7 years | 2023 |
| 3 |  Hong Kong SAR, China | 85.2 years | 2023 |
| 4 |  Liechtenstein | 84.8 years | 2023 |
| 5 |  French Polynesia | 84.1 years | 2023 |
| 6 |  Switzerland | 84.1 years | 2023 |
| 7 |  Japan | 84.0 years | 2023 |
| 8 |  Andorra | 84.0 years | 2023 |
| 9 |  Spain | 83.9 years | 2023 |
| 10 |  Italy | 83.7 years | 2023 |
| 11 |  Gibraltar | 83.6 years | 2023 |
| 12 |  Malta | 83.5 years | 2023 |
| 13 |  Korea, Rep. | 83.4 years | 2023 |
| 14 |  Luxembourg | 83.4 years | 2023 |
| 15 |  Sweden | 83.3 years | 2023 |
| 16 |  Israel | 83.2 years | 2023 |
| 17 |  Kuwait | 83.2 years | 2023 |
| 18 |  Macao SAR, China | 83.2 years | 2023 |
| 19 |  Faroe Islands | 83.1 years | 2023 |
| 20 |  Norway | 83.1 years | 2023 |
| 21 |  Australia | 83.1 years | 2023 |
| 22 |  New Zealand | 83.0 years | 2023 |
| 23 |  France | 82.9 years | 2023 |
| 24 |  United Arab Emirates | 82.9 years | 2023 |
| 25 |  Singapore | 82.9 years | 2023 |
| 26 |  Ireland | 82.9 years | 2023 |
| 27 |  Iceland | 82.6 years | 2023 |
| 28 |  Belgium | 82.4 years | 2023 |
| 29 |  Qatar | 82.4 years | 2023 |
| 30 |  Bermuda | 82.3 years | 2023 |
| 31 |  Portugal | 82.3 years | 2023 |
| 32 |  Slovenia | 82.0 years | 2023 |
| 33 |  Netherlands | 81.9 years | 2023 |
| 34 |  Denmark | 81.9 years | 2023 |
| 35 |  Puerto Rico (US) | 81.7 years | 2023 |
| 36 |  Finland | 81.7 years | 2023 |
| 37 |  Cyprus | 81.6 years | 2023 |
| 38 |  Canada | 81.6 years | 2023 |
| 39 |  Austria | 81.5 years | 2023 |
| 40 |  Greece | 81.5 years | 2023 |
| 41 |  Bahrain | 81.3 years | 2023 |
| 42 |  United Kingdom | 81.2 years | 2023 |
| 43 |  Chile | 81.2 years | 2023 |
| 44 |  Channel Islands | 81.1 years | 2023 |
| 45 |  Maldives | 81.0 years | 2023 |
| 46 |  Isle of Man | 81.0 years | 2023 |
| 47 |  Costa Rica | 80.8 years | 2023 |
| 48 |  Germany | 80.5 years | 2023 |
| 49 |  Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 80.5 years | 2023 |
| 50 |  Cayman Islands | 80.4 years | 2023 |
| 51 |  St. Martin (French part) | 80.2 years | 2023 |
| 52 |  Oman | 80.0 years | 2023 |
| 53 |  Czechia | 79.9 years | 2023 |
| 54 |  Albania | 79.6 years | 2023 |
| 55 |  Panama | 79.6 years | 2023 |
| 56 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 78.8 years | 2023 |
| 57 |  New Caledonia | 78.8 years | 2023 |
| 58 |  Saudi Arabia | 78.7 years | 2023 |
| 59 |  Poland | 78.5 years | 2023 |
| 60 |  Estonia | 78.5 years | 2023 |
| 61 |  Croatia | 78.5 years | 2023 |
| 62 |  United States | 78.4 years | 2023 |
| 63 |  Uruguay | 78.1 years | 2023 |
| 64 |  Cuba | 78.1 years | 2023 |
| 65 |  Kosovo | 78.0 years | 2023 |
| 66 |  Slovak Republic | 78.0 years | 2023 |
| 67 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 78.0 years | 2023 |
| 68 |  China | 78.0 years | 2023 |
| 69 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77.8 years | 2023 |
| 70 |  Lebanon | 77.8 years | 2023 |
| 71 |  Jordan | 77.8 years | 2023 |
| 72 |  Peru | 77.7 years | 2023 |
| 73 |  Colombia | 77.7 years | 2023 |
| 74 |  Iran, Islamic Rep. | 77.7 years | 2023 |
| 75 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 77.6 years | 2023 |
| 76 |  Montenegro | 77.6 years | 2023 |
| 77 |  Sri Lanka | 77.5 years | 2023 |
| 78 |  Armenia | 77.5 years | 2023 |
| 79 |  Argentina | 77.4 years | 2023 |
| 80 |  Ecuador | 77.4 years | 2023 |
| 81 |  British Virgin Islands | 77.3 years | 2023 |
| 82 |  Guam | 77.2 years | 2023 |
| 83 |  Turkiye | 77.2 years | 2023 |
| 84 |  Lithuania | 77.0 years | 2023 |
| 85 |  Curacao | 76.8 years | 2023 |
| 86 |  Hungary | 76.8 years | 2023 |
| 87 |  Malaysia | 76.7 years | 2023 |
| 88 |  Romania | 76.6 years | 2023 |
| 89 |  Tunisia | 76.5 years | 2023 |
| 90 |  Thailand | 76.4 years | 2023 |
| 91 |  Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 76.4 years | 2023 |
| 92 |  Aruba | 76.4 years | 2023 |
| 93 |  Algeria | 76.3 years | 2023 |
| 94 |  Serbia | 76.2 years | 2023 |
| 95 |  Barbados | 76.2 years | 2023 |
| 96 |  Cabo Verde | 76.1 years | 2023 |
| 97 |  Brazil | 75.8 years | 2023 |
| 98 |  Bulgaria | 75.7 years | 2023 |
| 99 |  Latvia | 75.7 years | 2023 |
| 100 |  Brunei Darussalam | 75.3 years | 2023 |
| 101 |  North Macedonia | 75.3 years | 2023 |
| 102 |  Morocco | 75.3 years | 2023 |
| 103 |  Grenada | 75.2 years | 2023 |
| 104 |  Mexico | 75.1 years | 2023 |
| 105 |  Seychelles | 75.0 years | 2023 |
| 106 |  Nicaragua | 74.9 years | 2023 |
| 107 |  Bangladesh | 74.7 years | 2023 |
| 108 |  Viet Nam | 74.6 years | 2023 |
| 109 |  Bahamas, The | 74.6 years | 2023 |
| 110 |  Georgia | 74.5 years | 2023 |
| 111 |  Azerbaijan | 74.4 years | 2023 |
| 112 |  Kazakhstan | 74.4 years | 2023 |
| 113 |  Belarus | 74.2 years | 2023 |
| 114 |  Paraguay | 73.8 years | 2023 |
| 115 |  Dominican Republic | 73.7 years | 2023 |
| 116 |  Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 73.6 years | 2023 |
| 117 |  Suriname | 73.6 years | 2023 |
| 118 |  Belize | 73.6 years | 2023 |
| 119 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 73.5 years | 2023 |
| 120 |  Ukraine | 73.4 years | 2023 |
| 121 |  Mauritius | 73.4 years | 2023 |
| 122 |  Russian Federation | 73.3 years | 2023 |
| 123 |  Bhutan | 73.0 years | 2023 |
| 124 |  Tonga | 72.9 years | 2023 |
| 125 |  Honduras | 72.9 years | 2023 |
| 126 |  American Samoa | 72.9 years | 2023 |
| 127 |  St. Lucia | 72.7 years | 2023 |
| 128 |  Guatemala | 72.6 years | 2023 |
| 129 |  Venezuela, RB | 72.5 years | 2023 |
| 130 |  Uzbekistan | 72.4 years | 2023 |
| 131 |  Iraq | 72.3 years | 2023 |
| 132 |  Kyrgyz Republic | 72.2 years | 2023 |
| 133 |  St. Kitts and Nevis | 72.1 years | 2023 |
| 134 |  Mongolia | 72.1 years | 2023 |
| 135 |  Syrian Arab Republic | 72.1 years | 2023 |
| 136 |  El Salvador | 72.1 years | 2023 |
| 137 |  India | 72.0 years | 2023 |
| 138 |  Tajikistan | 71.8 years | 2023 |
| 139 |  Samoa | 71.7 years | 2023 |
| 140 |  Egypt, Arab Rep. | 71.6 years | 2023 |
| 141 |  Greenland | 71.5 years | 2023 |
| 142 |  Jamaica | 71.5 years | 2023 |
| 143 |  Vanuatu | 71.5 years | 2023 |
| 144 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.2 years | 2023 |
| 145 |  Moldova | 71.2 years | 2023 |
| 146 |  Indonesia | 71.1 years | 2023 |
| 147 |  Dominica | 71.1 years | 2023 |
| 148 |  Cambodia | 70.7 years | 2023 |
| 149 |  Solomon Islands | 70.5 years | 2023 |
| 150 |  Nepal | 70.4 years | 2023 |
| 151 |  Guyana | 70.2 years | 2023 |
| 152 |  Turkmenistan | 70.1 years | 2023 |
| 153 |  Philippines | 69.8 years | 2023 |
| 154 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 69.7 years | 2023 |
| 155 |  Libya | 69.3 years | 2023 |
| 156 |  Yemen, Rep. | 69.3 years | 2023 |
| 157 |  Palau | 69.3 years | 2023 |
| 158 |  Botswana | 69.2 years | 2023 |
| 159 |  Lao PDR | 69.0 years | 2023 |
| 160 |  Senegal | 68.7 years | 2023 |
| 161 |  Eritrea | 68.6 years | 2023 |
| 162 |  Bolivia | 68.6 years | 2023 |
| 163 |  Mauritania | 68.5 years | 2023 |
| 164 |  Gabon | 68.3 years | 2023 |
| 165 |  Uganda | 68.3 years | 2023 |
| 166 |  Rwanda | 67.8 years | 2023 |
| 167 |  Timor-Leste | 67.7 years | 2023 |
| 168 |  Pakistan | 67.6 years | 2023 |
| 169 |  Namibia | 67.4 years | 2023 |
| 170 |  Malawi | 67.4 years | 2023 |
| 171 |  Fiji | 67.3 years | 2023 |
| 172 |  Ethiopia | 67.3 years | 2023 |
| 173 |  Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 67.2 years | 2023 |
| 174 |  Tuvalu | 67.1 years | 2023 |
| 175 |  Tanzania | 67.0 years | 2023 |
| 176 |  Marshall Islands | 66.9 years | 2023 |
| 177 |  Myanmar | 66.9 years | 2023 |
| 178 |  Comoros | 66.8 years | 2023 |
| 179 |  Kiribati | 66.5 years | 2023 |
| 180 |  Zambia | 66.3 years | 2023 |
| 181 |  Sudan | 66.3 years | 2023 |
| 182 |  South Africa | 66.1 years | 2023 |
| 183 |  Papua New Guinea | 66.1 years | 2023 |
| 184 |  Afghanistan | 66.0 years | 2023 |
| 185 |  Djibouti | 66.0 years | 2023 |
| 186 |  Gambia, The | 65.9 years | 2023 |
| 187 |  Congo, Rep. | 65.8 years | 2023 |
| 188 |  Ghana | 65.5 years | 2023 |
| 189 |  West Bank and Gaza | 65.2 years | 2023 |
| 190 |  Haiti | 64.9 years | 2023 |
| 191 |  Angola | 64.6 years | 2023 |
| 192 |  Eswatini | 64.1 years | 2023 |
| 193 |  Guinea-Bissau | 64.1 years | 2023 |
| 194 |  Equatorial Guinea | 63.7 years | 2023 |
| 195 |  Cameroon | 63.7 years | 2023 |
| 196 |  Burundi | 63.7 years | 2023 |
| 197 |  Kenya | 63.6 years | 2023 |
| 198 |  Madagascar | 63.6 years | 2023 |
| 199 |  Mozambique | 63.6 years | 2023 |
| 200 |  Zimbabwe | 62.8 years | 2023 |
| 201 |  Togo | 62.7 years | 2023 |
| 202 |  Liberia | 62.2 years | 2023 |
| 203 |  Nauru | 62.1 years | 2023 |
| 204 |  Cote d'Ivoire | 61.9 years | 2023 |
| 205 |  Congo, Dem. Rep. | 61.9 years | 2023 |
| 206 |  Sierra Leone | 61.8 years | 2023 |
| 207 |  Niger | 61.2 years | 2023 |
| 208 |  Burkina Faso | 61.1 years | 2023 |
| 209 |  Benin | 60.8 years | 2023 |
| 210 |  Guinea | 60.7 years | 2023 |
| 211 |  Mali | 60.4 years | 2023 |
| 212 |  Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 58.8 years | 2023 |
| 213 |  South Sudan | 57.6 years | 2023 |
| 214 |  Central African Republic | 57.4 years | 2023 |
| 215 |  Lesotho | 57.4 years | 2023 |
| 216 |  Chad | 55.1 years | 2023 |
| 217 |  Nigeria | 54.5 years | 2023 |