Life Expectancy by Country

Analysis

Global Rankings

Rank	Country	Life Expectancy (years)	Date
1	Monaco	89.5 years	2022
2	Singapore	86.3 years	2022
3	Macau	85.0 years	2022
4	Japan	84.8 years	2022
5	San Marino	83.9 years	2022
6	Canada	83.8 years	2022
7	Iceland	83.6 years	2022
8	Hong Kong	83.6 years	2022
9	Andorra	83.4 years	2022
10	Israel	83.3 years	2022
11	Guernsey	83.2 years	2022
12	Switzerland	83.2 years	2022
13	Malta	83.2 years	2022
14	Australia	83.1 years	2022
15	Luxembourg	83.0 years	2022
16	South Korea	83.0 years	2022
17	Sweden	82.7 years	2022
18	Jersey	82.6 years	2022
19	France	82.6 years	2022
20	Italy	82.6 years	2022
21	Liechtenstein	82.6 years	2022
22	Norway	82.5 years	2022
23	Spain	82.5 years	2022
24	New Zealand	82.5 years	2022
25	Austria	82.3 years	2022
26	Anguilla	82.2 years	2022
27	Netherlands	82.2 years	2022
28	Cayman Islands	82.0 years	2022
29	Isle of Man	82.0 years	2022
30	Bermuda	82.0 years	2022
31	United Kingdom	81.9 years	2022
32	Belgium	81.9 years	2022
33	Slovenia	81.8 years	2022
34	Finland	81.8 years	2022
35	Puerto Rico	81.7 years	2022
36	Denmark	81.7 years	2022
37	Ireland	81.7 years	2022
38	Germany	81.5 years	2022
39	Portugal	81.5 years	2022
40	Greece	81.5 years	2022
41	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	81.4 years	2022
42	Faroe Islands	81.3 years	2022
43	Taiwan	81.2 years	2022
44	Turks and Caicos Islands	80.8 years	2022
45	Wallis and Futuna	80.7 years	2022
46	United States	80.6 years	2022
47	Saint Barthelemy	80.6 years	2022
48	Saint Martin	80.6 years	2022
49	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	80.5 years	2022
50	Gibraltar	80.4 years	2022
51	Virgin Islands	80.3 years	2022
52	Bahrain	79.9 years	2022
53	Qatar	79.8 years	2022
54	Chile	79.8 years	2022
55	Cyprus	79.7 years	2022
56	Czech Republic	79.7 years	2022
57	British Virgin Islands	79.7 years	2022
58	Costa Rica	79.6 years	2022
59	Cuba	79.6 years	2022
60	United Arab Emirates	79.6 years	2022
61	Albania	79.5 years	2022
62	Kuwait	79.1 years	2022
63	Saint Lucia	79.0 years	2022
64	New Caledonia	78.8 years	2022
65	Poland	78.8 years	2022
66	Lebanon	78.8 years	2022
67	Barbados	78.5 years	2022
68	French Polynesia	78.4 years	2022
69	Uruguay	78.4 years	2022
70	Brunei	78.4 years	2022
71	Paraguay	78.4 years	2022
72	Slovakia	78.3 years	2022
73	Argentina	78.3 years	2022
74	Dominica	78.2 years	2022
75	Algeria	78.0 years	2022
76	Aruba	78.0 years	2022
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.0 years	2022
78	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	77.9 years	2017
79	Estonia	77.9 years	2022
80	Antigua and Barbuda	77.8 years	2022
81	Montenegro	77.8 years	2022
82	Thailand	77.7 years	2022
83	Panama	77.6 years	2022
84	Tonga	77.5 years	2022
85	Guam	77.5 years	2022
86	Georgia	77.5 years	2022
87	Ecuador	77.5 years	2020
88	Sri Lanka	77.5 years	2020
89	Croatia	77.2 years	2022
90	Hungary	77.2 years	2022
91	Libya	77.2 years	2022
92	Cook Islands	77.1 years	2022
93	Saint Kitts and Nevis	77.1 years	2022
94	Maldives	76.9 years	2022
95	Oman	76.9 years	2022
96	Macedonia	76.8 years	2022
97	Tunisia	76.8 years	2022
98	Solomon Islands	76.7 years	2022
99	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	76.7 years	2022
100	Saudi Arabia	76.7 years	2022
101	Northern Mariana Islands	76.6 years	2022
102	Turkey	76.2 years	2022
103	Bahamas	76.1 years	2022
104	Malaysia	76.1 years	2022
105	Armenia	76.1 years	2022
106	Seychelles	76.1 years	2022
107	China	76.1 years	2020
108	Jordan	76.0 years	2022
109	Trinidad and Tobago	75.9 years	2022
110	Brazil	75.9 years	2022
111	Latvia	75.9 years	2022
112	Belize	75.8 years	2022
113	Lithuania	75.8 years	2022
114	Jamaica	75.8 years	2022
115	Romania	75.8 years	2022
116	Grenada	75.7 years	2022
117	Montserrat	75.7 years	2022
118	Bulgaria	75.6 years	2022
119	Vietnam	75.5 years	2022
120	El Salvador	75.4 years	2022
121	American Samoa	75.3 years	2022
122	Uzbekistan	75.3 years	2022
123	Iran	75.2 years	2022
124	Samoa	75.2 years	2022
125	Honduras	75.2 years	2022
126	Vanuatu	75.1 years	2022
127	Colombia	74.9 years	2022
128	Mauritius	74.9 years	2022
129	Nicaragua	74.8 years	2022
130	Bangladesh	74.7 years	2022
131	Marshall Islands	74.7 years	2022
132	Palau	74.6 years	2022
133	Egypt	74.5 years	2022
134	Micronesia, Federated States of	74.4 years	2022
135	Belarus	74.3 years	2022
136	Syria	74.3 years	2022
137	Fiji	74.3 years	2022
138	Serbia	74.2 years	2022
139	Azerbaijan	74.2 years	2022
140	Greenland	74.0 years	2022
141	Cabo Verde	73.8 years	2022
142	Morocco	73.7 years	2022
143	Ukraine	73.5 years	2022
144	Venezuela	73.3 years	2022
145	Iraq	73.2 years	2022
146	Indonesia	73.1 years	2022
147	Guatemala	72.9 years	2022
148	Dominican Republic	72.6 years	2022
149	Kazakhstan	72.5 years	2022
150	Bolivia	72.5 years	2022
151	Malawi	72.4 years	2022
152	Russia	72.4 years	2022
153	Moldova	72.4 years	2022
154	Suriname	72.4 years	2022
155	Nepal	72.4 years	2022
156	Kyrgyzstan	72.3 years	2022
157	Mexico	72.3 years	2022
158	Bhutan	72.3 years	2022
159	Guyana	71.9 years	2022
160	Turkmenistan	71.8 years	2022
161	North Korea	71.8 years	2022
162	Mongolia	71.4 years	2022
163	Togo	71.4 years	2022
164	Cambodia	70.7 years	2022
165	Tanzania	70.2 years	2022
166	Philippines	70.1 years	2022
167	Senegal	70.0 years	2022
168	Burma	69.9 years	2022
169	Timor-Leste	69.9 years	2022
170	Gabon	69.7 years	2022
171	Kenya	69.7 years	2022
172	Pakistan	69.7 years	2022
173	Papua New Guinea	69.4 years	2022
174	Ghana	69.4 years	2022
175	Tajikistan	69.4 years	2022
176	Uganda	69.0 years	2022
177	Peru	68.9 years	2022
178	Tuvalu	68.4 years	2022
179	Ethiopia	68.2 years	2022
180	Madagascar	68.2 years	2022
181	Laos	68.2 years	2022
182	Nauru	67.9 years	2022
183	Kiribati	67.9 years	2022
184	Gambia	67.6 years	2022
185	Yemen	67.5 years	2022
186	Burundi	67.4 years	2022
187	India	67.2 years	2022
188	Comoros	67.2 years	2022
189	Sudan	67.1 years	2022
190	Sao Tome and Principe	67.1 years	2022
191	Eritrea	66.8 years	2022
192	Namibia	66.5 years	2022
193	Zambia	66.3 years	2022
194	Haiti	66.0 years	2022
195	Rwanda	65.8 years	2022
196	Botswana	65.6 years	2022
197	Liberia	65.5 years	2022
198	South Africa	65.3 years	2022
199	Djibouti	65.3 years	2022
200	Mauritania	65.2 years	2022
201	Western Sahara	64.5 years	2020
202	Guinea	63.9 years	2022
203	Equatorial Guinea	63.7 years	2022
204	Guinea-Bissau	63.7 years	2022
205	Burkina Faso	63.4 years	2022
206	Zimbabwe	63.3 years	2022
207	Cameroon	63.3 years	2022
208	Mali	62.4 years	2022
209	Cote d'Ivoire	62.3 years	2022
210	Benin	62.2 years	2022
211	Angola	62.1 years	2022
212	Republic of the Congo	62.1 years	2022
213	Democratic Republic of the Congo	61.8 years	2022
214	Nigeria	61.3 years	2022
215	Niger	60.1 years	2022
216	Swaziland	59.7 years	2022
217	Lesotho	59.6 years	2022
218	Chad	59.1 years	2022
219	Sierra Leone	58.8 years	2022
220	Mozambique	57.1 years	2022
221	Somalia	55.7 years	2022
222	Central African Republic	55.5 years	2022
223	Afghanistan	53.6 years	2022

Why Life Expectancy Reflects National Well-Being

Life expectancy is a comprehensive measure of a country's health, living standards, and social stability. It reflects the effectiveness of healthcare systems, nutrition, and disease prevention. Longer life expectancies are often linked to higher education and income levels. Disparities in life expectancy highlight inequalities within and between countries. Tracking this statistic helps identify areas for improvement in public health policy.

Sources

Rankings are based on the most recent data available and may vary over time as new data is released. This list uses the latest available data from The World Factbook.