Field Comparison

Life Expectancy at Birth

Average number of years a newborn is expected to live

Life expectancy reflects overall health conditions, healthcare access, nutrition, and living standards. Higher values indicate better overall population health outcomes.

Rank	Country	Total	Male	Female
1.	Monaco	89.8 years	86 years	93.7 years
2.	Singapore	86.7 years	84 years	89.5 years
3.	Macau	85.3 years	82.5 years	88.3 years
4.	Japan	85.2 years	82.3 years	88.2 years
5.	San Marino	84.2 years	81.7 years	87 years
6.	Canada	84.2 years	81.9 years	86.6 years
7.	Hong Kong	84.0 years	81.3 years	86.8 years
8.	Iceland	84.0 years	81.8 years	86.3 years
9.	Switzerland	83.9 years	82 years	85.8 years
10.	Andorra	83.8 years	81.6 years	86.2 years
11.	Guernsey	83.6 years	80.9 years	86.4 years
12.	Malta	83.6 years	81.5 years	85.8 years
13.	Australia	83.5 years	81.3 years	85.7 years
14.	South Korea	83.4 years	80.3 years	86.6 years
15.	Luxembourg	83.4 years	80.9 years	85.9 years
16.	Israel	83.1 years	81.1 years	85.1 years
17.	Italy	83.0 years	80.7 years	85.5 years
18.	Jersey	83.0 years	80.6 years	85.7 years
19.	Liechtenstein	83.0 years	80.7 years	85.8 years
20.	Spain	83.0 years	80.3 years	85.8 years
21.	New Zealand	82.9 years	81.2 years	84.8 years
22.	Norway	82.9 years	81.3 years	84.6 years
23.	Sweden	82.9 years	81.2 years	84.7 years
24.	Austria	82.7 years	80.1 years	85.4 years
25.	Anguilla	82.6 years	80 years	85.3 years
26.	France	82.6 years	79.8 years	85.5 years
27.	Cayman Islands	82.5 years	79.8 years	85.2 years
28.	Isle of Man	82.5 years	80.7 years	84.4 years
29.	Bermuda	82.5 years	79.4 years	85.7 years
30.	Belgium	82.3 years	79.7 years	85 years
31.	Finland	82.2 years	79.3 years	85.2 years
32.	Slovenia	82.2 years	79.4 years	85.2 years
33.	United Kingdom	82.2 years	80.1 years	84.4 years
34.	Puerto Rico	82.1 years	78.9 years	85.5 years
35.	Denmark	82.1 years	80.2 years	84.1 years
36.	Ireland	82.0 years	80.3 years	83.9 years
37.	Germany	81.9 years	79.6 years	84.4 years
38.	Greece	81.9 years	79.4 years	84.6 years
39.	Netherlands	81.9 years	80.3 years	83.5 years
40.	Portugal	81.9 years	78.8 years	85.2 years
41.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	81.8 years	79.5 years	84.3 years
42.	Faroe Islands	81.7 years	79.2 years	84.4 years
43.	Taiwan	81.6 years	78.6 years	84.7 years
44.	Turks and Caicos Islands	81.3 years	78.5 years	84.1 years
45.	Wallis and Futuna	81.1 years	78.2 years	84.2 years
46.	Saint Martin	81.0 years	78 years	84.2 years
47.	Saint Barthelemy	81.0 years	78 years	84.2 years
48.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	80.9 years	78.1 years	83.9 years
49.	Gibraltar	80.9 years	78.1 years	83.8 years
50.	United States	80.9 years	78.7 years	83.1 years
51.	Virgin Islands	80.7 years	77.6 years	84.1 years
52.	Bahrain	80.4 years	78.1 years	82.7 years
53.	Costa Rica	80.3 years	77.7 years	82.9 years
54.	Qatar	80.3 years	78.2 years	82.4 years
55.	Chile	80.3 years	77.3 years	83.3 years
56.	Cyprus	80.2 years	77.4 years	83.1 years
57.	Cuba	80.1 years	77.8 years	82.6 years
58.	British Virgin Islands	80.1 years	78.6 years	81.7 years
59.	Curacao	79.9 years	77.6 years	82.3 years
60.	Albania	79.9 years	77.3 years	82.8 years
61.	United Arab Emirates	79.9 years	78.6 years	81.4 years
62.	Sint Maarten	79.7 years	77.4 years	82.2 years
63.	Kuwait	79.6 years	78.1 years	81.1 years
64.	Saint Lucia	79.4 years	76.7 years	82.3 years
65.	New Caledonia	79.3 years	75.4 years	83.3 years
66.	Panama	79.2 years	76.4 years	82.2 years
67.	Lebanon	79.2 years	77.8 years	80.7 years
68.	Barbados	79.0 years	76.3 years	81.8 years
69.	French Polynesia	78.9 years	76.6 years	81.3 years
70.	Brunei	78.9 years	76.5 years	81.3 years
71.	Uruguay	78.9 years	75.8 years	82.1 years
72.	Argentina	78.8 years	75.8 years	82 years
73.	Paraguay	78.8 years	76.2 years	81.6 years
74.	Dominica	78.7 years	75.8 years	81.8 years
75.	China	78.7 years	76 years	81.7 years
76.	Czechia	78.6 years	75.6 years	81.8 years
77.	Aruba	78.5 years	75.4 years	81.6 years
78.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.5 years	75.5 years	81.6 years
79.	Estonia	78.4 years	73.8 years	83.2 years
80.	Antigua and Barbuda	78.3 years	76.1 years	80.5 years
81.	Thailand	78.2 years	75.2 years	81.3 years
82.	Montenegro	78.2 years	75.8 years	80.7 years
83.	Guam	78.0 years	75.6 years	80.5 years
84.	Tonga	78.0 years	76.4 years	79.7 years
85.	Algeria	77.9 years	77.2 years	78.7 years
86.	Libya	77.7 years	75.5 years	80 years
87.	Croatia	77.7 years	74.6 years	81 years
88.	Cook Islands	77.6 years	74.8 years	80.6 years
89.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	77.6 years	75.2 years	80.1 years
90.	Oman	77.4 years	75.5 years	79.4 years
91.	Maldives	77.4 years	75.1 years	79.9 years
92.	Tunisia	77.3 years	75.7 years	79.1 years
93.	North Macedonia	77.3 years	75.3 years	79.6 years
94.	Solomon Islands	77.2 years	74.6 years	80 years
95.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	77.2 years	75.2 years	79.3 years
96.	Slovakia	77.2 years	73.7 years	81 years
97.	Saudi Arabia	77.2 years	75.6 years	78.8 years
98.	Northern Mariana Islands	77.1 years	75 years	79.5 years
99.	Romania	76.9 years	73.4 years	80.5 years
100.	Sri Lanka	76.8 years	73.7 years	79.9 years
101.	The Bahamas	76.7 years	75.1 years	78.4 years
102.	Poland	76.7 years	72.8 years	80.9 years
103.	Armenia	76.7 years	73.4 years	80.1 years
104.	Turkey	76.7 years	74.4 years	79.2 years
105.	Seychelles	76.6 years	72.2 years	81.1 years
106.	Malaysia	76.6 years	75 years	78.4 years
107.	Trinidad and Tobago	76.5 years	74.6 years	78.4 years
108.	Jordan	76.5 years	75 years	78.1 years
109.	West Bank	76.5 years	74.4 years	78.8 years
110.	Latvia	76.4 years	72 years	81 years
111.	Grenada	76.3 years	73.7 years	79.1 years
112.	Jamaica	76.3 years	74.5 years	78.1 years
113.	Brazil	76.3 years	72.6 years	80.1 years
114.	Uzbekistan	76.2 years	73.6 years	79 years
115.	Montserrat	76.1 years	76.9 years	75.3 years
116.	Vietnam	76.1 years	73.5 years	78.9 years
117.	Bulgaria	76.1 years	72.9 years	79.4 years
118.	Lithuania	76.1 years	70.8 years	81.7 years
119.	Hungary	76.0 years	72.9 years	79.3 years
120.	El Salvador	75.9 years	72.4 years	79.5 years
121.	Azerbaijan	75.9 years	73.5 years	78.6 years
122.	American Samoa	75.8 years	73.4 years	78.5 years
123.	Vanuatu	75.7 years	74 years	77.4 years
124.	Samoa	75.7 years	72.8 years	78.7 years
125.	Iran	75.6 years	74.3 years	77.1 years
126.	Gaza, Gaza Strip	75.5 years	73.7 years	77.4 years
127.	Mauritius	75.4 years	72.6 years	78.4 years
128.	Serbia	75.3 years	72.7 years	78.1 years
129.	Palau	75.2 years	72 years	78.5 years
130.	Marshall Islands	75.2 years	73 years	77.5 years
131.	Bangladesh	75.2 years	73.1 years	77.5 years
132.	Egypt	75.0 years	73.8 years	76.2 years
133.	Federated States of Micronesia	75.0 years	72.9 years	77.2 years
134.	Colombia	74.9 years	71.3 years	78.7 years
135.	Ecuador	74.9 years	69.7 years	80.4 years
136.	Fiji	74.8 years	72.2 years	77.6 years
137.	Syria	74.8 years	73.4 years	76.4 years
138.	Nicaragua	74.7 years	73.2 years	76.4 years
139.	Belarus	74.7 years	69.8 years	80 years
140.	Mexico	74.6 years	71.6 years	77.7 years
141.	Greenland	74.5 years	71.8 years	77.3 years
142.	Venezuela	74.5 years	71.5 years	77.7 years
143.	Cabo Verde	74.3 years	72 years	76.7 years
144.	Belize	74.3 years	72.6 years	76.1 years
145.	Morocco	74.2 years	72.5 years	76 years
146.	Iraq	73.7 years	71.9 years	75.7 years
147.	Bhutan	73.7 years	72.5 years	75 years
148.	Indonesia	73.6 years	71.3 years	76 years
149.	Guatemala	73.5 years	71.5 years	75.6 years
150.	North Korea	73.5 years	70.2 years	77 years
151.	Kazakhstan	73.3 years	69 years	77.9 years
152.	Honduras	73.1 years	69.6 years	76.8 years
153.	Kosovo	73.1 years	71 years	75.5 years
154.	Malawi	73.0 years	69.9 years	76.1 years
155.	Nepal	73.0 years	72.2 years	73.7 years
156.	Congo (Brazzaville)	72.9 years	71.5 years	74.3 years
157.	Kyrgyzstan	72.9 years	68.9 years	77.2 years
158.	Georgia	72.8 years	68.7 years	77.2 years
159.	Suriname	72.7 years	69 years	76.7 years
160.	The Dominican	72.6 years	71 years	74.3 years
161.	Bolivia	72.5 years	71 years	74 years
162.	Turkmenistan	72.4 years	69.4 years	75.5 years
163.	Guyana	72.4 years	70.6 years	74.3 years
164.	Russia	72.3 years	67.4 years	77.4 years
165.	Togo	72.1 years	69.5 years	74.7 years
166.	South Africa	71.9 years	70.3 years	73.5 years
167.	Tajikistan	71.9 years	70.1 years	73.8 years
168.	Mongolia	71.9 years	67.8 years	76.3 years
169.	Cambodia	71.4 years	69.6 years	73.3 years
170.	Tanzania	70.8 years	69 years	72.6 years
171.	Philippines	70.8 years	67.3 years	74.5 years
172.	Senegal	70.6 years	68.8 years	72.4 years
173.	Timor-Leste	70.5 years	68.9 years	72.3 years
174.	Ukraine	70.5 years	65.4 years	75.8 years
175.	Gabon	70.4 years	68.6 years	72.1 years
176.	Kenya	70.4 years	68.6 years	72.2 years
177.	Burma	70.3 years	68.5 years	72.1 years
178.	Pakistan	70.3 years	68.2 years	72.5 years
179.	Ghana	70.1 years	68.4 years	71.8 years
180.	Papua New Guinea	70.1 years	68.3 years	71.9 years
181.	Moldova	70.1 years	66.1 years	74.4 years
182.	Uganda	69.7 years	67.5 years	72 years
183.	Tuvalu	69.0 years	66.5 years	71.6 years
184.	Laos	69.0 years	67.4 years	70.7 years
185.	Peru	68.9 years	65.4 years	72.7 years
186.	Madagascar	68.8 years	67.3 years	70.3 years
187.	Nauru	68.6 years	65 years	72.3 years
188.	Kiribati	68.5 years	65.9 years	71.3 years
189.	The Gambia	68.4 years	66.7 years	70.1 years
190.	Yemen	68.2 years	65.8 years	70.6 years
191.	India	68.2 years	66.5 years	70.1 years
192.	Burundi	68.1 years	66 years	70.3 years
193.	Comoros	67.8 years	65.5 years	70.2 years
194.	Sudan	67.8 years	65.5 years	70.2 years
195.	Ethiopia	67.7 years	65.4 years	70 years
196.	Sao Tome and Principe	67.7 years	66 years	69.4 years
197.	Eritrea	67.5 years	64.9 years	70.2 years
198.	Zimbabwe	67.2 years	65.6 years	68.8 years
199.	Zambia	66.9 years	65.2 years	68.7 years
200.	Rwanda	66.6 years	64.6 years	68.6 years
201.	Botswana	66.4 years	64.4 years	68.6 years
202.	Djibouti	65.9 years	63.4 years	68.5 years
203.	Mauritania	65.9 years	63.4 years	68.5 years
204.	Namibia	65.9 years	64.2 years	67.6 years
205.	Haiti	65.6 years	63.8 years	67.4 years
206.	Guinea	64.6 years	62.7 years	66.6 years
207.	Guinea-Bissau	64.5 years	62.2 years	66.8 years
208.	Western Sahara	64.5 years	62.1 years	67 years (2020 est.)
209.	Cameroon	64.2 years	62.3 years	66.1 years
210.	Burkina Faso	64.2 years	62.3 years	66.1 years
211.	Equatorial Guinea	63.9 years	61.6 years	66.2 years
212.	Côte d'Ivoire	63.2 years	60.9 years	65.4 years
213.	Mali	63.2 years	60.9 years	65.6 years
214.	Benin	63.0 years	61.1 years	65 years
215.	Angola	62.9 years	60.8 years	65.1 years
216.	DRC	62.6 years	60.7 years	64.6 years
217.	Nigeria	62.2 years	60.4 years	64.2 years
218.	Liberia	61.6 years	59.9 years	63.3 years
219.	Niger	60.9 years	59.3 years	62.5 years
220.	Eswatini	60.7 years	58.7 years	62.8 years
221.	South Sudan	60.3 years	58.4 years	62.2 years
222.	Lesotho	60.2 years	58.1 years	62.3 years
223.	Chad	60.0 years	58.1 years	62 years
224.	Sierra Leone	59.4 years	57.8 years	61 years
225.	Mozambique	58.3 years	57.1 years	59.6 years
226.	Somalia	56.5 years	54.1 years	59 years
227.	Central African Republic	56.4 years	55.1 years	57.7 years
228.	Afghanistan	54.4 years	52.8 years	56.1 years

Source: CIA World Factbook (archived data).