Life Expectancy Rankings

Life expectancy is one of the most fundamental measures of national health and development. See how countries compare.

# Country Value 1Y
1 Monaco 86.4 0.7% 2 San Marino 85.7 0.0% 3 Liechtenstein 84.8 0.9% 4 Switzerland 84.1 0.5% 5 Japan 84.0 0.1% 6 Andorra 84.0 0.0% 7 Spain 83.9 0.9% 8 Italy 83.7 1.2% 9 Malta 83.5 1.3% 10 South Korea 83.4 0.9% 11 Luxembourg 83.4 0.5% 12 Sweden 83.3 0.3% 13 Israel 83.2 0.6% 14 Kuwait 83.2 3.2% 15 Norway 83.1 0.7% 16 Australia 83.1 -0.2% 17 New Zealand 83.0 1.3% 18 France 82.9 1.0% 19 United Arab Emirates 82.9 3.0% 20 Singapore 82.9 0.0% 21 Ireland 82.9 0.4% 22 Iceland 82.6 0.6% 23 Belgium 82.4 0.8% 24 Qatar 82.4 0.6% 25 Portugal 82.3 0.8% 26 Slovenia 82.0 0.9% 27 Netherlands 81.9 0.4% 28 Denmark 81.9 0.7% 29 Finland 81.7 0.6% 30 Cyprus 81.6 1.5% 31 Canada 81.6 0.5% 32 Austria 81.5 0.3% 33 Greece 81.5 0.9% 34 Bahrain 81.3 0.4% 35 United Kingdom 81.2 0.3% 36 Chile 81.2 2.5% 37 Maldives 81.0 0.4% 38 Costa Rica 80.8 1.9% 39 Germany 80.5 -0.1% 40 Oman 80.0 2.7% 41 Czechia 79.9 1.2% 42 Albania 79.6 1.1% 43 Panama 79.6 0.3% 44 Saudi Arabia 78.7 1.8% 45 Poland 78.5 1.8% 46 Estonia 78.5 0.8% 47 Croatia 78.5 1.2% 48 United States 78.4 1.2% 49 Uruguay 78.1 2.2% 50 Cuba 78.1 0.6% 51 Kosovo 78.0 0.5% 52 Slovakia 78.0 1.4% 53 China 78.0 -0.3% 54 Bosnia and Herzegovina 77.9 1.4% 55 Lebanon 77.8 -0.2% 56 Jordan 77.8 0.9% 57 Peru 77.7 1.2% 58 Colombia 77.7 1.6% 59 Iran 77.7 1.1% 60 Antigua and Barbuda 77.6 0.2% 61 Montenegro 77.6 1.8% 62 Sri Lanka 77.5 0.2% 63 Armenia 77.5 3.6% 64 Argentina 77.4 2.1% 65 Ecuador 77.4 1.1% 66 Turkey 77.2 -0.6% 67 Lithuania 77.0 1.8% 68 Hungary 76.8 1.2% 69 Malaysia 76.7 1.6% 70 Romania 76.6 1.9% 71 Tunisia 76.5 0.6% 72 Thailand 76.4 1.5% 73 Algeria 76.3 0.2% 74 Serbia 76.2 1.3% 75 Barbados 76.2 0.7% 76 Cape Verde 76.1 0.2% 77 Brazil 75.8 1.3% 78 Bulgaria 75.7 2.1% 79 Latvia 75.7 1.9% 80 Brunei 75.3 3.3% 81 North Macedonia 75.3 1.2% 82 Morocco 75.3 0.2% 83 Grenada 75.2 0.1% 84 Mexico 75.1 1.5% 85 Seychelles 75.0 1.7% 86 Nicaragua 74.9 0.7% 87 Bangladesh 74.7 0.6% 88 Vietnam 74.6 0.1% 89 Bahamas 74.6 0.1% 90 Georgia 74.5 0.5% 91 Azerbaijan 74.4 0.4% 92 Kazakhstan 74.4 1.2% 93 Belarus 74.2 0.1% 94 Paraguay 73.8 2.1% 95 Dominican Republic 73.7 -0.7% 96 North Korea 73.6 0.0% 97 Suriname 73.6 0.5% 98 Belize 73.6 1.9% 99 Trinidad and Tobago 73.5 0.2% 100 Ukraine 73.4 1.1% 101 Mauritius 73.4 -0.1% 102 Russia 73.3 1.0% 103 Bhutan 73.0 0.3% 104 Tonga 72.9 0.4% 105 Honduras 72.9 0.2% 106 Saint Lucia 72.7 0.0% 107 Guatemala 72.6 2.0% 108 Venezuela 72.5 -0.1% 109 Uzbekistan 72.4 0.3% 110 Iraq 72.3 0.4% 111 Kyrgyzstan 72.2 0.3% 112 Saint Kitts and Nevis 72.1 2.6% 113 Mongolia 72.1 0.3% 114 Syria 72.1 -0.9% 115 El Salvador 72.1 0.2% 116 India 72.0 0.4% 117 Tajikistan 71.8 0.3% 118 Samoa 71.7 0.2% 119 Egypt 71.6 0.9% 120 Jamaica 71.5 0.0% 121 Vanuatu 71.5 0.3% 122 Saint Vincent 71.2 0.1% 123 Moldova 71.2 -0.5% 124 Indonesia 71.1 0.3% 125 Dominica 71.1 0.1% 126 Cambodia 70.7 0.2% 127 Solomon Islands 70.5 0.2% 128 Nepal 70.4 0.4% 129 Guyana 70.2 0.4% 130 Turkmenistan 70.1 0.2% 131 Philippines 69.8 0.5% 132 Sao Tome and Principe 69.7 0.7% 133 Libya 69.3 -6.9% 134 Yemen 69.3 2.0% 135 Palau 69.3 0.5% 136 Botswana 69.2 0.6% 137 Laos 69.0 0.4% 138 Senegal 68.7 1.3% 139 Eritrea 68.6 1.2% 140 Bolivia 68.6 1.7% 141 Mauritania 68.5 0.3% 142 Gabon 68.3 0.9% 143 Uganda 68.3 0.9% 144 Rwanda 67.8 0.4% 145 Timor-Leste 67.7 0.5% 146 Pakistan 67.6 0.3% 147 Namibia 67.4 5.0% 148 Malawi 67.4 2.0% 149 Fiji 67.3 0.3% 150 Ethiopia 67.3 0.6% 151 Micronesia 67.2 0.4% 152 Tuvalu 67.1 0.4% 153 Tanzania 67.0 0.2% 154 Marshall Islands 66.9 0.3% 155 Myanmar 66.9 0.6% 156 Comoros 66.8 0.5% 157 Kiribati 66.5 0.3% 158 Zambia 66.3 1.6% 159 Sudan 66.3 1.0% 160 South Africa 66.1 1.1% 161 Papua New Guinea 66.1 1.3% 162 Afghanistan 66.0 0.6% 163 Djibouti 66.0 0.7% 164 Gambia 65.9 1.5% 165 Congo Republic 65.8 1.2% 166 Ghana 65.5 0.4% 167 Palestine 65.2 -15.0% 168 Haiti 64.9 1.6% 169 Angola 64.6 0.6% 170 Eswatini 64.1 1.7% 171 Guinea-Bissau 64.1 0.8% 172 Equatorial Guinea 63.7 0.6% 173 Cameroon 63.7 2.0% 174 Burundi 63.7 1.2% 175 Kenya 63.6 0.2% 176 Madagascar 63.6 0.9% 177 Mozambique 63.6 1.0% 178 Zimbabwe 62.8 0.7% 179 Togo 62.7 0.7% 180 Liberia 62.2 0.4% 181 Nauru 62.1 0.3% 182 Ivory Coast 61.9 0.6% 183 DR Congo 61.9 1.5% 184 Sierra Leone 61.8 0.8% 185 Burkina Faso 61.1 0.7% 186 Benin 60.8 0.5% 187 Guinea 60.7 0.5% 188 Mali 60.4 0.7% 189 Somalia 58.8 9.1% 190 South Sudan 57.6 0.7% 191 Central African Republic 57.4 205.1% 192 Lesotho 57.4 1.0% 193 Chad 55.1 1.0% 194 Niger 54.5 0.7% 195 Nigeria 54.5 0.7%