Life expectancy at birth, total: country ranking (2024)

Countries with values

194 / 195

Reference period: 2024

Unit: years

World Bank · World Development Indicators

Countries without a published numeric value or excluded by data-use restrictions are not ranked. Higher or lower values do not imply a better country.

Indicator

Highest life expectancy

1Monaco86.5 years
2San Marino85.8 years
3Kuwait84.6 years
4Switzerland84.4 years
5Liechtenstein84.2 years
6Andorra84.2 years
7Sweden84.1 years
8Japan84 years
9Italy84 years
10Spain83.9 years

Bars show relative size from zero. Higher does not mean better.

Life expectancy at birth, total · Exact values
Rank	Country	Value
1	Monaco	86.5 years
2	San Marino	85.8 years
3	Kuwait	84.6 years
4	Switzerland	84.4 years
5	Liechtenstein	84.2 years
6	Andorra	84.2 years
7	Sweden	84.1 years
8	Japan	84 years
9	Italy	84 years
10	Spain	83.9 years
11	South Korea	83.6 years
12	Singapore	83.3 years
13	Israel	83.2 years
14	Luxembourg	83.2 years
15	Norway	83.2 years
16	United Arab Emirates	83.1 years
17	Australia	83.1 years
18	Ireland	83 years
19	France	83 years
20	Malta	83 years
21	Iceland	82.8 years
22	Qatar	82.5 years
23	Portugal	82.4 years
24	Finland	82.3 years
25	Belgium	82.3 years
26	Slovenia	82.3 years
27	Denmark	82.3 years
28	Canada	82.1 years
29	New Zealand	82 years
30	Austria	82 years
31	Netherlands	82 years
32	Greece	81.8 years
33	Cyprus	81.8 years
34	Bahrain	81.4 years
35	United Kingdom	81.4 years
36	Chile	81.4 years
37	Maldives	81.3 years
38	Costa Rica	81 years
39	Germany	80.8 years
40	Oman	80.2 years
41	Czechia	80 years
42	Albania	79.8 years
43	Panama	79.8 years
44	Estonia	79.3 years
45	Saudi Arabia	79 years
46	Croatia	78.9 years
47	United States	78.9 years
48	Poland	78.4 years
49	Slovakia	78.4 years
50	Armenia	78.3 years
51	Uruguay	78.3 years
52	Cuba	78.3 years
53	Bosnia & Herzegovina	78 years
54	China	78 years
55	Jordan	78 years
56	Lebanon	77.9 years
57	Peru	77.9 years
58	Colombia	77.9 years
59	Montenegro	77.9 years
60	Iran	77.9 years
61	Antigua & Barbuda	77.8 years
62	Sri Lanka	77.7 years
63	Ecuador	77.6 years
64	Argentina	77.5 years
65	Türkiye	77.4 years
66	Lithuania	77.2 years
67	Malaysia	76.8 years
68	Hungary	76.7 years
69	Tunisia	76.7 years
70	North Macedonia	76.6 years
71	Thailand	76.6 years
72	Algeria	76.5 years
73	Romania	76.5 years
74	Latvia	76.4 years
75	Barbados	76.3 years
76	Seychelles	76.3 years
77	Cape Verde	76.2 years
78	Brazil	76 years
79	Serbia	76 years
80	Bulgaria	75.8 years
81	Brunei	75.5 years
82	Morocco	75.5 years
83	Grenada	75.4 years
84	Mexico	75.3 years
85	Nicaragua	75.1 years
86	Bangladesh	74.9 years
87	Vietnam	74.7 years
88	Bahamas	74.7 years
89	Ukraine	74.7 years
90	Georgia	74.7 years
91	Azerbaijan	74.6 years
92	Kazakhstan	74.5 years
93	Belarus	74.4 years
94	Paraguay	74 years
95	Dominican Republic	73.9 years
96	Mauritius	73.8 years
97	Suriname	73.8 years
98	North Korea	73.7 years
99	Belize	73.7 years
100	Trinidad & Tobago	73.6 years
101	Russia	73.4 years
102	Bhutan	73.3 years
103	Tonga	73.1 years
104	Honduras	73 years
105	St. Lucia	72.8 years
106	Guatemala	72.7 years
107	Venezuela	72.7 years
108	Syria	72.6 years
109	Uzbekistan	72.5 years
110	Iraq	72.4 years
111	Kyrgyzstan	72.4 years
112	Mongolia	72.4 years
113	El Salvador	72.3 years
114	St. Kitts & Nevis	72.3 years
115	India	72.2 years
116	Tajikistan	71.9 years
117	Samoa	71.8 years
118	Egypt	71.8 years
119	Vanuatu	71.7 years
120	Jamaica	71.6 years
121	St. Vincent & Grenadines	71.4 years
122	Moldova	71.3 years
123	Dominica	71.3 years
124	Indonesia	71.3 years
125	Libya	71.1 years
126	Cambodia	70.8 years
127	Solomon Islands	70.7 years
128	Nepal	70.6 years
129	Guyana	70.3 years
130	Turkmenistan	70.2 years
131	Philippines	69.9 years
132	São Tomé & Príncipe	69.9 years
133	Yemen	69.4 years
134	Palau	69.4 years
135	Botswana	69.3 years
136	Laos	69.2 years
137	State of Palestine	69.2 years
138	Senegal	68.9 years
139	Eritrea	68.9 years
140	Bolivia	68.7 years
141	Mauritania	68.7 years
142	Gabon	68.5 years
143	Uganda	68.5 years
144	Rwanda	68 years
145	Timor-Leste	67.9 years
146	Pakistan	67.8 years
147	Ethiopia	67.6 years
148	Malawi	67.6 years
149	Namibia	67.5 years
150	Fiji	67.5 years
151	Micronesia	67.4 years
152	Tuvalu	67.3 years
153	Tanzania	67.2 years
154	Myanmar (Burma)	67.1 years
155	Marshall Islands	67.1 years
156	Comoros	67 years
157	Kiribati	66.6 years
158	Zambia	66.5 years
159	Sudan	66.5 years
160	South Africa	66.3 years
161	Afghanistan	66.3 years
162	Papua New Guinea	66.3 years
163	Djibouti	66.2 years
164	Gambia	66.1 years
165	Congo - Brazzaville	66 years
166	Ghana	65.7 years
167	Haiti	65.1 years
168	Angola	64.8 years
169	Eswatini	64.3 years
170	Guinea-Bissau	64.3 years
171	Cameroon	64 years
172	Equatorial Guinea	63.9 years
173	Madagascar	63.8 years
174	Kenya	63.8 years
175	Burundi	63.8 years
176	Mozambique	63.8 years
177	Zimbabwe	63.1 years
178	Togo	62.9 years
179	Liberia	62.3 years
180	Nauru	62.3 years
181	Côte d’Ivoire	62.1 years
182	Congo - Kinshasa	62.1 years
183	Sierra Leone	62 years
184	Niger	61.4 years
185	Burkina Faso	61.3 years
186	Benin	61 years
187	Guinea	60.9 years
188	Mali	60.7 years
189	Somalia	59 years
190	Lesotho	57.8 years
191	South Sudan	57.7 years
192	Central African Republic	57.7 years
193	Chad	55.2 years
194	Nigeria	54.6 years

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