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Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2024; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•41 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
88.2years
Median: 89.0years
Countries Covered
41
with available data
Highest
Hong Kong
92.6years
Lowest
Bulgaria
80.0years
Top 5 Countries
1Hong Kong92.6years
2Japan91.4years
3France91.0years
4Spain90.9years
5Australia90.8years
By Region
Asia90.5years(5 countries)
Oceania90.4years(2 countries)
North America89.2years(2 countries)
Europe88.0years(29 countries)
South America88.0years(1 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (80.0years)High (92.6years)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 88.2years)

Asia (5)
Oceania (2)
North America (2)
Europe (29)
South America (1)
Other (2)

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 2024; 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 ↕
1Hong Kong92.6years
2Japan91.4years
3France91.0years
4Spain90.9years
5Australia90.8years
6Switzerland90.8years
7Sweden90.5years
8South Korea90.4years
9Luxembourg90.2years
10Canada90.2years
11Norway90.1years
12New Zealand89.9years
13Portugal89.8years
14Finland89.7years
15Belgium89.6years
16Israel89.6years
17Italy89.5years
18Iceland89.5years
19Denmark89.3years
20Austria89.2years
21Ireland89.0years
22Netherlands88.9years
23Slovenia88.9years
24Greece88.8years
25United Kingdom88.8years
26Germany88.6years
27Taiwan, Province of China88.4years
28United States of America88.2years
29Chile88.0years
30Estonia87.5years
31Poland87.2years
32Lithuania86.9years
33Slovakia86.1years
34Latvia86.0years
35Croatia85.5years
36Czech Republic85.0years
37Hungary84.0years
38Belarus83.5years
39Russian Federation82.2years
40Ukraine81.6years
41Bulgaria80.0years
Showing 41 of 41 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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