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Life expectancy at 25
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
54.0years
Median: 54.7years
Countries Covered
236
with available data
Highest
Monaco
64.0years
Lowest
Nigeria
41.0years
Top 5 Countries
1Monaco64.0years
2Hong Kong63.4years
3Japan63.1years
4South Korea62.5years
5Saint Barthélemy62.4years
By Region
Oceania60.3years(2 countries)
Europe58.7years(32 countries)
South America56.9years(7 countries)
North America56.0years(4 countries)
Asia56.0years(27 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (41.0years)High (64.0years)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 54.0years)
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 | 64.0years |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 63.4years |
| 3 | Japan | 63.1years |
| 4 | South Korea | 62.5years |
| 5 | Saint Barthélemy | 62.4years |
| 6 | San Marino | 62.3years |
| 7 | Gibraltar | 62.2years |
| 8 | French Polynesia | 62.2years |
| 9 | Reunion | 62.0years |
| 10 | Andorra | 61.8years |
| 11 | Spain | 61.7years |
| 12 | Singapore | 61.6years |
| 13 | France | 61.5years |
| 14 | Martinique | 61.5years |
| 15 | Malta | 61.4years |
| 16 | Guernsey | 61.3years |
| 17 | Guadeloupe | 61.3years |
| 18 | Switzerland | 61.3years |
| 19 | Australia | 61.1years |
| 20 | Bermuda | 61.1years |
| 21 | Liechtenstein | 61.1years |
| 22 | Italy | 61.1years |
| 23 | Holy See (Vatican City State) | 60.9years |
| 24 | Puerto Rico | 60.9years |
| 25 | Portugal | 60.5years |
| 26 | Macao | 60.5years |
| 27 | Sweden | 60.5years |
| 28 | Canada | 60.4years |
| 29 | Norway | 60.2years |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 60.2years |
| 31 | Finland | 60.1years |
| 32 | Israel | 60.1years |
| 33 | Ireland | 59.8years |
| 34 | Belgium | 59.8years |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 59.7years |
| 36 | Saint Martin (French part) | 59.7years |
| 37 | Austria | 59.7years |
| 38 | Greece | 59.7years |
| 39 | Isle of Man | 59.6years |
| 40 | Iceland | 59.6years |
| 41 | Slovenia | 59.6years |
| 42 | New Zealand | 59.5years |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 59.4years |
| 44 | Panama | 59.3years |
| 45 | Denmark | 59.3years |
| 46 | Netherlands | 59.2years |
| 47 | Germany | 59.2years |
| 48 | Taiwan, Province of China | 59.1years |
| 49 | Cyprus | 59.0years |
| 50 | Qatar | 59.0years |
| 51 | Chile | 58.8years |
| 52 | United Kingdom | 58.7years |
| 53 | Cayman Islands | 58.6years |
| 54 | Estonia | 58.4years |
| 55 | Maldives | 58.4years |
| 56 | Anguilla | 58.2years |
| 57 | Faroe Islands | 58.1years |
| 58 | Czech Republic | 58.0years |
| 59 | Oman | 58.0years |
| 60 | Jersey | 57.8years |
| 61 | Poland | 57.8years |
| 62 | Kuwait | 57.8years |
| 63 | Uruguay | 57.8years |
| 64 | Bahrain | 57.8years |
| 65 | Guam | 57.7years |
| 66 | United States of America | 57.6years |
| 67 | Albania | 57.5years |
| 68 | New Caledonia | 57.4years |
| 69 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 57.4years |
| 70 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 57.2years |
| 71 | Slovakia | 57.2years |
| 72 | Croatia | 57.1years |
| 73 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 57.1years |
| 74 | Thailand | 57.0years |
| 75 | Saudi Arabia | 57.0years |
| 76 | Saint Helena | 56.8years |
| 77 | People's Republic of China | 56.8years |
| 78 | Colombia | 56.8years |
| 79 | Curaçao | 56.8years |
| 80 | Peru | 56.8years |
| 81 | Türkiye | 56.6years |
| 82 | Ecuador | 56.5years |
| 83 | Jordan | 56.5years |
| 84 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 56.5years |
| 85 | Northern Mariana Islands | 56.5years |
| 86 | Lebanon | 56.4years |
| 87 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 56.4years |
| 88 | Antigua and Barbuda | 56.4years |
| 89 | Sri Lanka | 56.3years |
| 90 | Wallis and Futuna | 56.2years |
| 91 | Vietnam | 56.2years |
| 92 | Cuba | 56.2years |
| 93 | Lithuania | 56.2years |
| 94 | Latvia | 56.1years |
| 95 | Virgin Islands, British | 56.1years |
| 96 | Argentina | 56.0years |
| 97 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 56.0years |
| 98 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 56.0years |
| 99 | Ukraine | 56.0years |
| 100 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 55.9years |
| 101 | Montenegro | 55.9years |
| 102 | French Guiana | 55.8years |
| 103 | Hungary | 55.6years |
| 104 | Serbia | 55.6years |
| 105 | Armenia | 55.4years |
| 106 | Brazil | 55.4years |
| 107 | Cape Verde | 55.3years |
| 108 | Tunisia | 55.3years |
| 109 | Romania | 55.2years |
| 110 | Malaysia | 55.2years |
| 111 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 55.2years |
| 112 | Aruba | 55.1years |
| 113 | Georgia | 55.1years |
| 114 | Cook Islands | 55.0years |
| 115 | Grenada | 54.9years |
| 116 | Bulgaria | 54.9years |
| 117 | Tokelau | 54.8years |
| 118 | Montserrat | 54.7years |
| 119 | Barbados | 54.7years |
| 120 | Russian Federation | 54.6years |
| 121 | Dominican Republic | 54.6years |
| 122 | Algeria | 54.6years |
| 123 | Mauritius | 54.6years |
| 124 | Bahamas | 54.5years |
| 125 | Belarus | 54.4years |
| 126 | Mayotte | 54.4years |
| 127 | Kazakhstan | 54.4years |
| 128 | Bangladesh | 54.3years |
| 129 | Morocco | 54.3years |
| 130 | Mexico | 54.2years |
| 131 | Nicaragua | 53.8years |
| 132 | Azerbaijan | 53.8years |
| 133 | Brunei Darussalam | 53.7years |
| 134 | Paraguay | 53.6years |
| 135 | Suriname | 53.6years |
| 136 | Venezuela | 53.5years |
| 137 | Trinidad and Tobago | 53.3years |
| 138 | Seychelles | 52.9years |
| 139 | Saint Lucia | 52.9years |
| 140 | North Korea | 52.8years |
| 141 | Tonga | 52.7years |
| 142 | Mongolia | 52.7years |
| 143 | El Salvador | 52.6years |
| 144 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 52.6years |
| 145 | Belize | 52.5years |
| 146 | Dominica | 52.3years |
| 147 | Honduras | 52.1years |
| 148 | Bhutan | 52.0years |
| 149 | Guatemala | 52.0years |
| 150 | Uzbekistan | 51.9years |
| 151 | American Samoa | 51.9years |
| 152 | Syrian Arab Republic | 51.8years |
| 153 | Moldova, Republic of | 51.7years |
| 154 | Kyrgyzstan | 51.7years |
| 155 | State of Palestine | 51.4years |
| 156 | Tajikistan | 51.3years |
| 157 | India | 51.3years |
| 158 | Guyana | 51.2years |
| 159 | Iraq | 51.2years |
| 160 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 51.1years |
| 161 | Western Sahara | 51.0years |
| 162 | Vanuatu | 50.9years |
| 163 | Turkmenistan | 50.9years |
| 164 | Cambodia | 50.8years |
| 165 | Jamaica | 50.8years |
| 166 | Sao Tome and Principe | 50.6years |
| 167 | Samoa | 50.6years |
| 168 | Egypt | 50.5years |
| 169 | Indonesia | 50.4years |
| 170 | Philippines | 50.3years |
| 171 | Botswana | 50.2years |
| 172 | Libya | 50.2years |
| 173 | Niue | 50.1years |
| 174 | Bolivia | 50.1years |
| 175 | Ethiopia | 50.0years |
| 176 | Pakistan | 49.9years |
| 177 | Yemen | 49.8years |
| 178 | Namibia | 49.8years |
| 179 | Uganda | 49.7years |
| 180 | Greenland | 49.7years |
| 181 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 49.6years |
| 182 | Sudan | 49.5years |
| 183 | Eritrea | 49.5years |
| 184 | Gabon | 49.4years |
| 185 | Nepal | 49.4years |
| 186 | Senegal | 49.3years |
| 187 | Palau | 49.3years |
| 188 | Malawi | 49.1years |
| 189 | Solomon Islands | 49.1years |
| 190 | Mauritania | 48.9years |
| 191 | Myanmar | 48.7years |
| 192 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 48.7years |
| 193 | Djibouti | 48.7years |
| 194 | Timor-Leste | 48.5years |
| 195 | United Republic of Tanzania | 48.5years |
| 196 | Rwanda | 48.3years |
| 197 | Tuvalu | 48.3years |
| 198 | Comoros | 48.2years |
| 199 | South Africa | 48.1years |
| 200 | Haiti | 48.1years |
| 201 | Zambia | 48.1years |
| 202 | Kiribati | 47.9years |
| 203 | Papua New Guinea | 47.9years |
| 204 | Ghana | 47.7years |
| 205 | Angola | 47.7years |
| 206 | Afghanistan | 47.6years |
| 207 | Republic of The Gambia | 47.6years |
| 208 | Marshall Islands | 47.5years |
| 209 | Guinea-Bissau | 47.4years |
| 210 | Madagascar | 47.0years |
| 211 | Mozambique | 47.0years |
| 212 | Niger | 46.9years |
| 213 | Cameroon | 46.8years |
| 214 | Fiji | 46.8years |
| 215 | Equatorial Guinea | 46.6years |
| 216 | Eswatini | 46.5years |
| 217 | Burundi | 46.5years |
| 218 | Sierra Leone | 46.4years |
| 219 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 46.4years |
| 220 | Republic of the Congo | 46.2years |
| 221 | Somalia | 45.9years |
| 222 | Guinea | 45.7years |
| 223 | Burkina Faso | 45.6years |
| 224 | Mali | 45.3years |
| 225 | Benin | 45.3years |
| 226 | South Sudan | 45.2years |
| 227 | Kenya | 44.9years |
| 228 | Cote d'Ivoire | 44.7years |
| 229 | Togo | 44.5years |
| 230 | Liberia | 44.4years |
| 231 | Zimbabwe | 44.3years |
| 232 | Nauru | 43.3years |
| 233 | Chad | 42.4years |
| 234 | Central African Republic | 42.2years |
| 235 | Lesotho | 41.1years |
| 236 | Nigeria | 41.0years |
Showing 236 of 236 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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