Life Expectancy by Country

Average number of years a newborn is expected to live. Data covers 217 countries for 2024, sourced from World Bank Open Data. See also Adult Literacy Rate and Birth Rate.

HighestMonaco86.5

LowestNigeria54.6

Average74217 countries

Year2024latest available

💡 Japan and Monaco regularly post life expectancies above 84 years.

Top 10 countries

Monaco86.5

San Marino85.8

Hong Kong SAR, China85.4

Kuwait84.6

Switzerland84.4

Liechtenstein84.2

French Polynesia84.2

Andorra84.2

Sweden84.1

Japan84

Life Expectancy: full country ranking (2024)

#	Country	Life Expectancy
1	Monaco	86.5
2	San Marino	85.8
3	Hong Kong SAR, China	85.4
4	Kuwait	84.6
5	Switzerland	84.4
6	Liechtenstein	84.2
7	French Polynesia	84.2
8	Andorra	84.2
9	Sweden	84.1
10	Japan	84
11	Italy	84
12	Spain	83.9
13	Gibraltar	83.6
14	Korea, Rep.	83.6
15	Singapore	83.3
16	Macao SAR, China	83.3
17	Israel	83.2
18	Luxembourg	83.2
19	Norway	83.2
20	Faroe Islands	83.1
21	United Arab Emirates	83.1
22	Australia	83.1
23	Ireland	83
24	France	83
25	Malta	83
26	Iceland	82.8
27	Qatar	82.5
28	Bermuda	82.5
29	Portugal	82.4
30	Finland	82.3
31	Belgium	82.3
32	Slovenia	82.3
33	Denmark	82.3
34	Canada	82.1
35	New Zealand	82
36	Austria	82
37	Netherlands	82
38	Puerto Rico (US)	81.9
39	Greece	81.8
40	Cyprus	81.8
41	Bahrain	81.4
42	United Kingdom	81.4
43	Chile	81.4
44	Maldives	81.3
45	Channel Islands	81.2
46	Isle of Man	81.1
47	Costa Rica	81
48	Germany	80.8
49	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	80.8
50	Cayman Islands	80.5
51	St. Martin (French part)	80.4
52	Oman	80.2
53	Czechia	80
54	Albania	79.8
55	Panama	79.8
56	Estonia	79.3
57	Saudi Arabia	79
58	Northern Mariana Islands	78.9
59	Croatia	78.9
60	New Caledonia	78.9
61	United States	78.9
62	Poland	78.4
63	Slovak Republic	78.4
64	Armenia	78.3
65	Uruguay	78.3
66	Cuba	78.3
67	Kosovo	78.2
68	Turks and Caicos Islands	78.2
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78
70	China	78
71	Jordan	78
72	Lebanon	77.9
73	Peru	77.9
74	Colombia	77.9
75	Montenegro	77.9
76	Iran, Islamic Rep.	77.9
77	Antigua and Barbuda	77.8
78	Sri Lanka	77.7
79	Ecuador	77.6
80	Argentina	77.5
81	British Virgin Islands	77.4
82	Guam	77.4
83	Turkiye	77.4
84	Lithuania	77.2
85	Curacao	77
86	Malaysia	76.8
87	Hungary	76.7
88	Tunisia	76.7
89	North Macedonia	76.6
90	Thailand	76.6
91	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	76.5
92	Aruba	76.5
93	Algeria	76.5
94	Romania	76.5
95	Latvia	76.4
96	Barbados	76.3
97	Seychelles	76.3
98	Cabo Verde	76.2
99	Brazil	76
100	Serbia	76
101	Bulgaria	75.8
102	Brunei Darussalam	75.5
103	Morocco	75.5
104	Grenada	75.4
105	Mexico	75.3
106	Nicaragua	75.1
107	Bangladesh	74.9
108	Viet Nam	74.7
109	Bahamas, The	74.7
110	Ukraine	74.7
111	Georgia	74.7
112	Azerbaijan	74.6
113	Kazakhstan	74.5
114	Belarus	74.4
115	Paraguay	74
116	Dominican Republic	73.9
117	Mauritius	73.8
118	Suriname	73.8
119	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	73.7
120	Belize	73.7
121	Trinidad and Tobago	73.6
122	Russian Federation	73.4
123	Bhutan	73.3
124	Tonga	73.1
125	Honduras	73
126	American Samoa	73
127	St. Lucia	72.8
128	Guatemala	72.7
129	Venezuela, RB	72.7
130	Syrian Arab Republic	72.6
131	Uzbekistan	72.5
132	Iraq	72.4
133	Kyrgyz Republic	72.4
134	Mongolia	72.4
135	El Salvador	72.3
136	St. Kitts and Nevis	72.3
137	India	72.2
138	Tajikistan	71.9
139	Samoa	71.8
140	Egypt, Arab Rep.	71.8
141	Vanuatu	71.7
142	Jamaica	71.6
143	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	71.4
144	Moldova	71.3
145	Dominica	71.3
146	Indonesia	71.3
147	Libya	71.1
148	Cambodia	70.8
149	Solomon Islands	70.7
150	Nepal	70.6
151	Guyana	70.3
152	Greenland	70.3
153	Turkmenistan	70.2
154	Philippines	69.9
155	Sao Tome and Principe	69.9
156	Yemen, Rep.	69.4
157	Palau	69.4
158	Botswana	69.3
159	Lao PDR	69.2
160	West Bank and Gaza	69.2
161	Senegal	68.9
162	Eritrea	68.9
163	Bolivia	68.7
164	Mauritania	68.7
165	Gabon	68.5
166	Uganda	68.5
167	Rwanda	68
168	Timor-Leste	67.9
169	Pakistan	67.8
170	Ethiopia	67.6
171	Malawi	67.6
172	Namibia	67.5
173	Fiji	67.5
174	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	67.4
175	Tuvalu	67.3
176	Tanzania	67.2
177	Myanmar	67.1
178	Marshall Islands	67.1
179	Comoros	67
180	Kiribati	66.6
181	Zambia	66.5
182	Sudan	66.5
183	South Africa	66.3
184	Afghanistan	66.3
185	Papua New Guinea	66.3
186	Djibouti	66.2
187	Gambia, The	66.1
188	Congo, Rep.	66
189	Ghana	65.7
190	Haiti	65.1
191	Angola	64.8
192	Eswatini	64.3
193	Guinea-Bissau	64.3
194	Cameroon	64
195	Equatorial Guinea	63.9
196	Madagascar	63.8
197	Kenya	63.8
198	Burundi	63.8
199	Mozambique	63.8
200	Zimbabwe	63.1
201	Togo	62.9
202	Liberia	62.3
203	Nauru	62.3
204	Cote d'Ivoire	62.1
205	Congo, Dem. Rep.	62.1
206	Sierra Leone	62
207	Niger	61.4
208	Burkina Faso	61.3
209	Benin	61
210	Guinea	60.9
211	Mali	60.7
212	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	59
213	Lesotho	57.8
214	South Sudan	57.7
215	Central African Republic	57.7
216	Chad	55.2
217	Nigeria	54.6

Source: World Bank Open Data. Latest available year: 2024. Values shown are the most recent reported figure per country.

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