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

Lowest life expectancy

1Nigeria54.6 years
2Chad55.2 years
3Central African Republic57.7 years
4South Sudan57.7 years
5Lesotho57.8 years
6Somalia59 years
7Mali60.7 years
8Guinea60.9 years
9Benin61 years
10Burkina Faso61.3 years

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

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

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