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Male life expectancy at birth
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
71.5years
Median: 72.0years
Countries Covered
236
with available data
Highest
Monaco
84.4years
Lowest
Chad
53.2years
Top 5 Countries
1Monaco84.4years
2San Marino84.2years
3Hong Kong82.8years
4Andorra82.1years
5Australia82.1years
By Region
Oceania81.3years(2 countries)
Europe77.6years(32 countries)
South America75.1years(7 countries)
North America75.0years(4 countries)
Asia74.6years(27 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (53.2years)High (84.4years)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 71.5years)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Asia (27)
Other (155)
Africa (9)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 84.4years |
| 2 | San Marino | 84.2years |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 82.8years |
| 4 | Andorra | 82.1years |
| 5 | Australia | 82.1years |
| 6 | Switzerland | 82.0years |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 82.0years |
| 8 | Liechtenstein | 81.8years |
| 9 | French Polynesia | 81.8years |
| 10 | Norway | 81.7years |
| 11 | Japan | 81.7years |
| 12 | Qatar | 81.6years |
| 13 | Italy | 81.6years |
| 14 | Saint Barthélemy | 81.5years |
| 15 | Sweden | 81.4years |
| 16 | Malta | 81.3years |
| 17 | Singapore | 81.2years |
| 18 | South Korea | 81.2years |
| 19 | Guernsey | 81.0years |
| 20 | Iceland | 81.0years |
| 21 | Spain | 81.0years |
| 22 | Gibraltar | 80.9years |
| 23 | Macao | 80.8years |
| 24 | Holy See (Vatican City State) | 80.8years |
| 25 | Bahrain | 80.7years |
| 26 | Luxembourg | 80.6years |
| 27 | Netherlands | 80.5years |
| 28 | Reunion | 80.5years |
| 29 | France | 80.4years |
| 30 | Canada | 80.4years |
| 31 | New Zealand | 80.4years |
| 32 | Ireland | 80.4years |
| 33 | Israel | 80.2years |
| 34 | Denmark | 80.0years |
| 35 | Belgium | 79.9years |
| 36 | Maldives | 79.7years |
| 37 | Cyprus | 79.6years |
| 38 | Austria | 79.5years |
| 39 | Portugal | 79.4years |
| 40 | United Kingdom | 79.4years |
| 41 | Greece | 79.3years |
| 42 | Martinique | 79.3years |
| 43 | Kuwait | 79.3years |
| 44 | Chile | 79.2years |
| 45 | Finland | 79.2years |
| 46 | Germany | 79.0years |
| 47 | Isle of Man | 78.9years |
| 48 | Slovenia | 78.9years |
| 49 | Bermuda | 78.9years |
| 50 | Oman | 78.5years |
| 51 | Faroe Islands | 78.2years |
| 52 | Guadeloupe | 78.1years |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 78.1years |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | 78.0years |
| 55 | Cayman Islands | 78.0years |
| 56 | Albania | 77.7years |
| 57 | Jersey | 77.7years |
| 58 | Wallis and Futuna | 77.7years |
| 59 | Taiwan, Province of China | 77.6years |
| 60 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 77.2years |
| 61 | Northern Mariana Islands | 77.1years |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 77.1years |
| 63 | Czech Republic | 77.0years |
| 64 | United States of America | 76.9years |
| 65 | Saint Martin (French part) | 76.8years |
| 66 | Panama | 76.7years |
| 67 | New Caledonia | 76.3years |
| 68 | Anguilla | 76.0years |
| 69 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 75.8years |
| 70 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 75.8years |
| 71 | Lebanon | 75.7years |
| 72 | Jordan | 75.7years |
| 73 | Cuba | 75.7years |
| 74 | Peru | 75.4years |
| 75 | Croatia | 75.4years |
| 76 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 75.2years |
| 77 | People's Republic of China | 75.2years |
| 78 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 75.1years |
| 79 | Slovakia | 75.0years |
| 80 | Tokelau | 75.0years |
| 81 | Colombia | 75.0years |
| 82 | Estonia | 74.9years |
| 83 | Algeria | 74.9years |
| 84 | Poland | 74.9years |
| 85 | Argentina | 74.8years |
| 86 | Ecuador | 74.7years |
| 87 | Antigua and Barbuda | 74.5years |
| 88 | Türkiye | 74.5years |
| 89 | Virgin Islands, British | 74.5years |
| 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 74.4years |
| 91 | Malaysia | 74.3years |
| 92 | Sri Lanka | 74.2years |
| 93 | Uruguay | 74.2years |
| 94 | French Guiana | 74.1years |
| 95 | Montserrat | 74.1years |
| 96 | Mayotte | 74.1years |
| 97 | Tunisia | 73.9years |
| 98 | Saint Helena | 73.9years |
| 99 | Montenegro | 73.7years |
| 100 | Hungary | 73.7years |
| 101 | Aruba | 73.7years |
| 102 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 73.7years |
| 103 | Barbados | 73.6years |
| 104 | Serbia | 73.5years |
| 105 | Guam | 73.4years |
| 106 | Brunei Darussalam | 73.3years |
| 107 | Morocco | 73.2years |
| 108 | Bangladesh | 73.0years |
| 109 | Cape Verde | 72.9years |
| 110 | Brazil | 72.8years |
| 111 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 72.8years |
| 112 | Curaçao | 72.5years |
| 113 | Romania | 72.4years |
| 114 | Grenada | 72.4years |
| 115 | Nicaragua | 72.3years |
| 116 | Mexico | 72.2years |
| 117 | Bulgaria | 72.2years |
| 118 | Thailand | 72.2years |
| 119 | Mauritius | 71.9years |
| 120 | Cook Islands | 71.9years |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 71.6years |
| 122 | Latvia | 71.6years |
| 123 | North Korea | 71.5years |
| 124 | Armenia | 71.4years |
| 125 | Bhutan | 71.3years |
| 126 | Lithuania | 71.2years |
| 127 | Belize | 70.9years |
| 128 | Bahamas | 70.9years |
| 129 | Paraguay | 70.9years |
| 130 | Dominican Republic | 70.5years |
| 131 | India | 70.5years |
| 132 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 70.5years |
| 133 | Suriname | 70.5years |
| 134 | Iraq | 70.4years |
| 135 | Trinidad and Tobago | 70.4years |
| 136 | Honduras | 70.3years |
| 137 | Guatemala | 70.3years |
| 138 | American Samoa | 70.2years |
| 139 | Kazakhstan | 70.1years |
| 140 | Seychelles | 69.9years |
| 141 | Vietnam | 69.9years |
| 142 | Samoa | 69.9years |
| 143 | Syrian Arab Republic | 69.8years |
| 144 | Western Sahara | 69.7years |
| 145 | Tajikistan | 69.6years |
| 146 | Georgia | 69.6years |
| 147 | Belarus | 69.5years |
| 148 | Egypt | 69.5years |
| 149 | Uzbekistan | 69.5years |
| 150 | Vanuatu | 69.4years |
| 151 | Tonga | 69.4years |
| 152 | Saint Lucia | 69.3years |
| 153 | Solomon Islands | 69.2years |
| 154 | Indonesia | 69.0years |
| 155 | Jamaica | 69.0years |
| 156 | Nepal | 68.8years |
| 157 | Venezuela | 68.7years |
| 158 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.7years |
| 159 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 68.6years |
| 160 | Libya | 68.3years |
| 161 | Dominica | 68.2years |
| 162 | Kyrgyzstan | 68.2years |
| 163 | Greenland | 68.1years |
| 164 | Cambodia | 68.0years |
| 165 | El Salvador | 67.5years |
| 166 | Niue | 67.4years |
| 167 | Russian Federation | 67.3years |
| 168 | Mongolia | 67.2years |
| 169 | Yemen | 67.2years |
| 170 | Palau | 67.2years |
| 171 | Ukraine | 66.9years |
| 172 | Philippines | 66.9years |
| 173 | Turkmenistan | 66.9years |
| 174 | Senegal | 66.8years |
| 175 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 66.8years |
| 176 | Botswana | 66.7years |
| 177 | Moldova, Republic of | 66.6years |
| 178 | Eritrea | 66.5years |
| 179 | Guyana | 66.5years |
| 180 | Mauritania | 66.5years |
| 181 | Sao Tome and Principe | 66.2years |
| 182 | Bolivia | 66.1years |
| 183 | Timor-Leste | 66.1years |
| 184 | Gabon | 65.9years |
| 185 | Rwanda | 65.5years |
| 186 | Fiji | 65.3years |
| 187 | Pakistan | 65.3years |
| 188 | Uganda | 65.3years |
| 189 | Marshall Islands | 64.9years |
| 190 | Comoros | 64.8years |
| 191 | Kiribati | 64.6years |
| 192 | Afghanistan | 64.5years |
| 193 | United Republic of Tanzania | 64.2years |
| 194 | Republic of The Gambia | 64.2years |
| 195 | Republic of the Congo | 64.1years |
| 196 | Ethiopia | 64.1years |
| 197 | Malawi | 64.1years |
| 198 | Zambia | 63.9years |
| 199 | Myanmar | 63.8years |
| 200 | Tuvalu | 63.8years |
| 201 | Papua New Guinea | 63.7years |
| 202 | Djibouti | 63.5years |
| 203 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 63.5years |
| 204 | Namibia | 63.3years |
| 205 | Sudan | 63.3years |
| 206 | Ghana | 63.1years |
| 207 | South Africa | 62.6years |
| 208 | Togo | 62.5years |
| 209 | Angola | 62.1years |
| 210 | Equatorial Guinea | 62.0years |
| 211 | Madagascar | 61.9years |
| 212 | Haiti | 61.7years |
| 213 | Guinea-Bissau | 61.7years |
| 214 | Burundi | 61.6years |
| 215 | Cameroon | 61.5years |
| 216 | Kenya | 61.5years |
| 217 | Eswatini | 61.2years |
| 218 | Liberia | 60.9years |
| 219 | Mozambique | 60.3years |
| 220 | Nauru | 60.3years |
| 221 | Niger | 60.3years |
| 222 | Zimbabwe | 60.2years |
| 223 | Sierra Leone | 60.1years |
| 224 | Cote d'Ivoire | 60.0years |
| 225 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 59.8years |
| 226 | State of Palestine | 59.7years |
| 227 | Guinea | 59.5years |
| 228 | Benin | 59.3years |
| 229 | Mali | 59.0years |
| 230 | Burkina Faso | 58.9years |
| 231 | Somalia | 56.4years |
| 232 | Central African Republic | 55.3years |
| 233 | South Sudan | 54.6years |
| 234 | Lesotho | 54.6years |
| 235 | Nigeria | 54.2years |
| 236 | Chad | 53.2years |
Showing 236 of 236 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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