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Life expectancy at 45
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
35.2years
Median: 35.7years
Countries Covered
236
with available data
Highest
Monaco
44.3years
Lowest
Lesotho
26.1years
Top 5 Countries
1Monaco44.3years
2Hong Kong43.8years
3Japan43.5years
4Gibraltar42.8years
5Saint Barthélemy42.7years
By Region
Oceania40.6years(2 countries)
Europe39.2years(32 countries)
South America37.8years(7 countries)
North America37.0years(4 countries)
Asia36.8years(27 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (26.1years)High (44.3years)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 35.2years)
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 | 44.3years |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 43.8years |
| 3 | Japan | 43.5years |
| 4 | Gibraltar | 42.8years |
| 5 | Saint Barthélemy | 42.7years |
| 6 | South Korea | 42.7years |
| 7 | San Marino | 42.6years |
| 8 | French Polynesia | 42.5years |
| 9 | Reunion | 42.4years |
| 10 | Andorra | 42.1years |
| 11 | Guadeloupe | 42.0years |
| 12 | France | 42.0years |
| 13 | Spain | 42.0years |
| 14 | Singapore | 41.9years |
| 15 | Martinique | 41.9years |
| 16 | Malta | 41.8years |
| 17 | Guernsey | 41.7years |
| 18 | Bermuda | 41.6years |
| 19 | Switzerland | 41.6years |
| 20 | Liechtenstein | 41.4years |
| 21 | Italy | 41.4years |
| 22 | Australia | 41.3years |
| 23 | Puerto Rico | 41.3years |
| 24 | Holy See (Vatican City State) | 41.3years |
| 25 | Canada | 41.0years |
| 26 | Portugal | 40.9years |
| 27 | Sweden | 40.9years |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 40.8years |
| 29 | Macao | 40.8years |
| 30 | Norway | 40.6years |
| 31 | Finland | 40.6years |
| 32 | Israel | 40.5years |
| 33 | Isle of Man | 40.4years |
| 34 | Ireland | 40.3years |
| 35 | Belgium | 40.2years |
| 36 | Saint Martin (French part) | 40.2years |
| 37 | Panama | 40.1years |
| 38 | Costa Rica | 40.1years |
| 39 | Austria | 40.1years |
| 40 | Iceland | 40.1years |
| 41 | New Zealand | 40.0years |
| 42 | Greece | 40.0years |
| 43 | United Arab Emirates | 40.0years |
| 44 | Slovenia | 39.9years |
| 45 | Cayman Islands | 39.8years |
| 46 | Taiwan, Province of China | 39.7years |
| 47 | Denmark | 39.6years |
| 48 | Netherlands | 39.6years |
| 49 | Germany | 39.6years |
| 50 | Chile | 39.5years |
| 51 | United Kingdom | 39.3years |
| 52 | Cyprus | 39.3years |
| 53 | Qatar | 39.1years |
| 54 | Estonia | 39.0years |
| 55 | Guam | 38.9years |
| 56 | Uruguay | 38.7years |
| 57 | Maldives | 38.7years |
| 58 | Anguilla | 38.6years |
| 59 | United States of America | 38.6years |
| 60 | Czech Republic | 38.5years |
| 61 | Oman | 38.4years |
| 62 | Faroe Islands | 38.4years |
| 63 | Jersey | 38.4years |
| 64 | Poland | 38.3years |
| 65 | Bahrain | 38.3years |
| 66 | Thailand | 38.3years |
| 67 | Kuwait | 38.2years |
| 68 | New Caledonia | 38.2years |
| 69 | Albania | 38.0years |
| 70 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 38.0years |
| 71 | Peru | 37.9years |
| 72 | Slovakia | 37.7years |
| 73 | Colombia | 37.7years |
| 74 | Antigua and Barbuda | 37.6years |
| 75 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 37.6years |
| 76 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 37.6years |
| 77 | Croatia | 37.6years |
| 78 | Saudi Arabia | 37.5years |
| 79 | Ecuador | 37.5years |
| 80 | People's Republic of China | 37.5years |
| 81 | Türkiye | 37.4years |
| 82 | Saint Helena | 37.4years |
| 83 | Curaçao | 37.4years |
| 84 | Vietnam | 37.2years |
| 85 | Ukraine | 37.2years |
| 86 | Jordan | 37.1years |
| 87 | Lebanon | 37.1years |
| 88 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 37.1years |
| 89 | Northern Mariana Islands | 37.0years |
| 90 | Lithuania | 37.0years |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37.0years |
| 92 | Argentina | 37.0years |
| 93 | Wallis and Futuna | 36.9years |
| 94 | Cuba | 36.9years |
| 95 | Latvia | 36.9years |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | 36.8years |
| 97 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 36.8years |
| 98 | French Guiana | 36.7years |
| 99 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 36.7years |
| 100 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 36.5years |
| 101 | Virgin Islands, British | 36.5years |
| 102 | Brazil | 36.4years |
| 103 | Montenegro | 36.3years |
| 104 | Bahamas | 36.3years |
| 105 | Grenada | 36.2years |
| 106 | Cape Verde | 36.1years |
| 107 | Hungary | 36.1years |
| 108 | Serbia | 36.1years |
| 109 | Tokelau | 36.1years |
| 110 | Malaysia | 36.0years |
| 111 | Tunisia | 35.9years |
| 112 | Armenia | 35.8years |
| 113 | Cook Islands | 35.8years |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 35.8years |
| 115 | Russian Federation | 35.8years |
| 116 | Romania | 35.8years |
| 117 | Aruba | 35.8years |
| 118 | Barbados | 35.7years |
| 119 | Mauritius | 35.7years |
| 120 | Georgia | 35.7years |
| 121 | Bulgaria | 35.6years |
| 122 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 35.6years |
| 123 | Montserrat | 35.4years |
| 124 | Kazakhstan | 35.3years |
| 125 | Algeria | 35.3years |
| 126 | Suriname | 35.2years |
| 127 | Belarus | 35.2years |
| 128 | Mexico | 35.2years |
| 129 | Mayotte | 35.1years |
| 130 | Bangladesh | 35.1years |
| 131 | Morocco | 35.1years |
| 132 | Venezuela | 35.0years |
| 133 | Nicaragua | 34.8years |
| 134 | Brunei Darussalam | 34.7years |
| 135 | Paraguay | 34.7years |
| 136 | Trinidad and Tobago | 34.6years |
| 137 | State of Palestine | 34.4years |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | 34.4years |
| 139 | North Korea | 34.2years |
| 140 | Seychelles | 34.1years |
| 141 | Tonga | 33.9years |
| 142 | Saint Lucia | 33.8years |
| 143 | Mongolia | 33.8years |
| 144 | El Salvador | 33.8years |
| 145 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 33.6years |
| 146 | Belize | 33.5years |
| 147 | American Samoa | 33.4years |
| 148 | Honduras | 33.3years |
| 149 | Guatemala | 33.2years |
| 150 | Dominica | 33.1years |
| 151 | Bhutan | 33.0years |
| 152 | Syrian Arab Republic | 33.0years |
| 153 | Uzbekistan | 32.9years |
| 154 | Guyana | 32.8years |
| 155 | Moldova, Republic of | 32.8years |
| 156 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 32.7years |
| 157 | Kyrgyzstan | 32.6years |
| 158 | Cambodia | 32.6years |
| 159 | Libya | 32.5years |
| 160 | India | 32.4years |
| 161 | Tajikistan | 32.3years |
| 162 | Vanuatu | 32.3years |
| 163 | Iraq | 32.3years |
| 164 | Sao Tome and Principe | 32.3years |
| 165 | Samoa | 32.2years |
| 166 | Western Sahara | 32.2years |
| 167 | Uganda | 32.1years |
| 168 | Ethiopia | 32.0years |
| 169 | Indonesia | 31.9years |
| 170 | Botswana | 31.9years |
| 171 | Jamaica | 31.9years |
| 172 | Turkmenistan | 31.9years |
| 173 | Bolivia | 31.9years |
| 174 | Namibia | 31.8years |
| 175 | Greenland | 31.8years |
| 176 | Sudan | 31.7years |
| 177 | Eritrea | 31.6years |
| 178 | Philippines | 31.6years |
| 179 | Niue | 31.6years |
| 180 | Pakistan | 31.3years |
| 181 | Egypt | 31.3years |
| 182 | Gabon | 31.3years |
| 183 | Yemen | 31.2years |
| 184 | Palau | 31.1years |
| 185 | South Africa | 31.1years |
| 186 | Djibouti | 31.1years |
| 187 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 31.0years |
| 188 | United Republic of Tanzania | 31.0years |
| 189 | Senegal | 31.0years |
| 190 | Malawi | 31.0years |
| 191 | Nepal | 30.9years |
| 192 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 30.7years |
| 193 | Solomon Islands | 30.7years |
| 194 | Mauritania | 30.6years |
| 195 | Tuvalu | 30.6years |
| 196 | Ghana | 30.5years |
| 197 | Myanmar | 30.4years |
| 198 | Republic of The Gambia | 30.4years |
| 199 | Timor-Leste | 30.3years |
| 200 | Rwanda | 30.2years |
| 201 | Comoros | 30.0years |
| 202 | Madagascar | 30.0years |
| 203 | Haiti | 30.0years |
| 204 | Kiribati | 29.9years |
| 205 | Papua New Guinea | 29.9years |
| 206 | Angola | 29.9years |
| 207 | Guinea-Bissau | 29.9years |
| 208 | Marshall Islands | 29.9years |
| 209 | Zambia | 29.8years |
| 210 | Afghanistan | 29.7years |
| 211 | Burundi | 29.7years |
| 212 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 29.6years |
| 213 | Eswatini | 29.5years |
| 214 | Niger | 29.5years |
| 215 | Cameroon | 29.3years |
| 216 | Somalia | 29.3years |
| 217 | Guinea | 29.2years |
| 218 | Mozambique | 29.1years |
| 219 | Equatorial Guinea | 29.1years |
| 220 | Republic of the Congo | 28.9years |
| 221 | Benin | 28.9years |
| 222 | South Sudan | 28.8years |
| 223 | Sierra Leone | 28.7years |
| 224 | Kenya | 28.7years |
| 225 | Burkina Faso | 28.6years |
| 226 | Mali | 28.4years |
| 227 | Fiji | 28.1years |
| 228 | Zimbabwe | 28.0years |
| 229 | Cote d'Ivoire | 28.0years |
| 230 | Togo | 27.9years |
| 231 | Nauru | 27.5years |
| 232 | Liberia | 27.2years |
| 233 | Chad | 27.1years |
| 234 | Central African Republic | 26.8years |
| 235 | Nigeria | 26.2years |
| 236 | Lesotho | 26.1years |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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