health2026
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024.
Loading visualization...
Key Insights
Global Average
76.6years
Median: 77.9years
Countries Covered
215
with available data
Highest
Monaco
88.6years
Lowest
Nigeria
54.9years
Top 5 Countries
1Monaco88.6years
2Hong Kong88.2years
3San Marino87.2years
4Japan87.1years
5French Polynesia86.6years
By Region
Oceania84.4years(2 countries)
Europe83.4years(32 countries)
South America80.8years(7 countries)
North America79.7years(4 countries)
Asia79.6years(26 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (54.9years)High (88.6years)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 76.6years)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Asia (26)
Other (135)
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 World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 88.6years |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 88.2years |
| 3 | San Marino | 87.2years |
| 4 | Japan | 87.1years |
| 5 | French Polynesia | 86.6years |
| 6 | South Korea | 86.6years |
| 7 | Spain | 86.5years |
| 8 | Liechtenstein | 86.3years |
| 9 | Andorra | 86.2years |
| 10 | Macao | 86.2years |
| 11 | Switzerland | 86.2years |
| 12 | Gibraltar | 86.2years |
| 13 | Italy | 86.0years |
| 14 | France | 85.9years |
| 15 | Bermuda | 85.9years |
| 16 | Singapore | 85.6years |
| 17 | Sweden | 85.6years |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 85.5years |
| 19 | Israel | 85.4years |
| 20 | Kuwait | 85.4years |
| 21 | Puerto Rico | 85.4years |
| 22 | Portugal | 85.2years |
| 23 | Australia | 85.1years |
| 24 | Finland | 85.0years |
| 25 | Slovenia | 85.0years |
| 26 | Faroe Islands | 84.9years |
| 27 | Malta | 84.8years |
| 28 | Norway | 84.8years |
| 29 | Ireland | 84.7years |
| 30 | Iceland | 84.5years |
| 31 | Greece | 84.4years |
| 32 | Belgium | 84.4years |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 84.3years |
| 34 | Austria | 84.3years |
| 35 | Canada | 84.3years |
| 36 | Denmark | 84.2years |
| 37 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 84.1years |
| 38 | Saint Martin (French part) | 84.0years |
| 39 | Cyprus | 83.8years |
| 40 | Estonia | 83.7years |
| 41 | New Zealand | 83.7years |
| 42 | Costa Rica | 83.6years |
| 43 | Qatar | 83.5years |
| 44 | Netherlands | 83.4years |
| 45 | United Kingdom | 83.3years |
| 46 | Chile | 83.2years |
| 47 | Isle of Man | 83.2years |
| 48 | Germany | 83.2years |
| 49 | Cayman Islands | 83.0years |
| 50 | Czech Republic | 83.0years |
| 51 | Maldives | 83.0years |
| 52 | Panama | 82.7years |
| 53 | Poland | 82.2years |
| 54 | Bahrain | 82.1years |
| 55 | Oman | 82.0years |
| 56 | Uruguay | 82.0years |
| 57 | Croatia | 81.9years |
| 58 | Slovakia | 81.7years |
| 59 | Armenia | 81.7years |
| 60 | Lithuania | 81.6years |
| 61 | Albania | 81.6years |
| 62 | Guam | 81.6years |
| 63 | Latvia | 81.5years |
| 64 | New Caledonia | 81.4years |
| 65 | United States of America | 81.4years |
| 66 | Saudi Arabia | 81.3years |
| 67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 81.1years |
| 68 | Thailand | 81.0years |
| 69 | People's Republic of China | 81.0years |
| 70 | Curaçao | 81.0years |
| 71 | Northern Mariana Islands | 80.9years |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 80.7years |
| 73 | Seychelles | 80.7years |
| 74 | Cuba | 80.7years |
| 75 | Colombia | 80.6years |
| 76 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 80.4years |
| 77 | Antigua and Barbuda | 80.4years |
| 78 | Montenegro | 80.4years |
| 79 | Türkiye | 80.3years |
| 80 | Jordan | 80.3years |
| 81 | Ecuador | 80.3years |
| 82 | Peru | 80.3years |
| 83 | Romania | 80.3years |
| 84 | Virgin Islands, British | 80.2years |
| 85 | Argentina | 80.0years |
| 86 | Hungary | 79.9years |
| 87 | Lebanon | 79.9years |
| 88 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 79.8years |
| 89 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 79.7years |
| 90 | Malaysia | 79.5years |
| 91 | Bulgaria | 79.5years |
| 92 | Ukraine | 79.4years |
| 93 | Vietnam | 79.4years |
| 94 | Cape Verde | 79.4years |
| 95 | Tunisia | 79.3years |
| 96 | Georgia | 79.2years |
| 97 | Belarus | 79.2years |
| 98 | Brazil | 79.1years |
| 99 | Aruba | 78.9years |
| 100 | Russian Federation | 78.9years |
| 101 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 78.9years |
| 102 | Barbados | 78.8years |
| 103 | Kazakhstan | 78.5years |
| 104 | Grenada | 78.5years |
| 105 | Serbia | 78.4years |
| 106 | Bahamas | 78.3years |
| 107 | Mexico | 78.0years |
| 108 | Algeria | 77.9years |
| 109 | Morocco | 77.8years |
| 110 | Brunei Darussalam | 77.7years |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 77.6years |
| 112 | Mauritius | 77.4years |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | 77.3years |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 77.1years |
| 115 | Mongolia | 77.1years |
| 116 | Paraguay | 77.1years |
| 117 | Suriname | 77.0years |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 76.8years |
| 119 | Bangladesh | 76.7years |
| 120 | Belize | 76.7years |
| 121 | Venezuela | 76.7years |
| 122 | Kyrgyzstan | 76.6years |
| 123 | Tonga | 76.5years |
| 124 | El Salvador | 76.5years |
| 125 | Saint Lucia | 76.5years |
| 126 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 76.2years |
| 127 | American Samoa | 76.0years |
| 128 | North Korea | 75.9years |
| 129 | Moldova, Republic of | 75.7years |
| 130 | Honduras | 75.7years |
| 131 | Uzbekistan | 75.5years |
| 132 | Bhutan | 75.3years |
| 133 | Guatemala | 75.0years |
| 134 | Syrian Arab Republic | 74.9years |
| 135 | Dominica | 74.7years |
| 136 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 74.5years |
| 137 | State of Palestine | 74.3years |
| 138 | Iraq | 74.2years |
| 139 | Jamaica | 74.1years |
| 140 | Tajikistan | 74.1years |
| 141 | Vanuatu | 74.1years |
| 142 | Guyana | 74.1years |
| 143 | Egypt | 74.0years |
| 144 | Sao Tome and Principe | 73.9years |
| 145 | India | 73.9years |
| 146 | Samoa | 73.8years |
| 147 | Indonesia | 73.4years |
| 148 | Cambodia | 73.4years |
| 149 | Turkmenistan | 73.0years |
| 150 | Philippines | 73.0years |
| 151 | Libya | 72.7years |
| 152 | Greenland | 72.2years |
| 153 | Solomon Islands | 72.2years |
| 154 | Nepal | 72.1years |
| 155 | Palau | 71.9years |
| 156 | Botswana | 71.9years |
| 157 | Yemen | 71.5years |
| 158 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 71.5years |
| 159 | Namibia | 71.5years |
| 160 | Uganda | 71.4years |
| 161 | Bolivia | 71.3years |
| 162 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 71.3years |
| 163 | Gabon | 71.2years |
| 164 | Ethiopia | 71.0years |
| 165 | Senegal | 71.0years |
| 166 | Eritrea | 70.9years |
| 167 | Tuvalu | 70.9years |
| 168 | Malawi | 70.8years |
| 169 | Mauritania | 70.7years |
| 170 | Myanmar | 70.4years |
| 171 | Pakistan | 70.3years |
| 172 | Rwanda | 70.1years |
| 173 | United Republic of Tanzania | 70.0years |
| 174 | Sudan | 69.8years |
| 175 | South Africa | 69.8years |
| 176 | Timor-Leste | 69.7years |
| 177 | Fiji | 69.5years |
| 178 | Marshall Islands | 69.5years |
| 179 | Papua New Guinea | 69.2years |
| 180 | Comoros | 69.2years |
| 181 | Zambia | 68.9years |
| 182 | Djibouti | 68.7years |
| 183 | Haiti | 68.5years |
| 184 | Kiribati | 68.3years |
| 185 | Ghana | 68.2years |
| 186 | Afghanistan | 67.8years |
| 187 | Republic of The Gambia | 67.8years |
| 188 | Republic of the Congo | 67.7years |
| 189 | Angola | 67.3years |
| 190 | Eswatini | 67.1years |
| 191 | Mozambique | 66.7years |
| 192 | Guinea-Bissau | 66.5years |
| 193 | Cameroon | 66.2years |
| 194 | Kenya | 66.1years |
| 195 | Equatorial Guinea | 65.9years |
| 196 | Burundi | 65.9years |
| 197 | Madagascar | 65.6years |
| 198 | Zimbabwe | 65.3years |
| 199 | Cote d'Ivoire | 64.3years |
| 200 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 64.2years |
| 201 | Nauru | 64.2years |
| 202 | Sierra Leone | 63.7years |
| 203 | Liberia | 63.6years |
| 204 | Burkina Faso | 63.4years |
| 205 | Togo | 63.2years |
| 206 | Benin | 62.4years |
| 207 | Niger | 62.4years |
| 208 | Mali | 62.2years |
| 209 | Guinea | 62.1years |
| 210 | Somalia | 61.6years |
| 211 | South Sudan | 60.7years |
| 212 | Lesotho | 60.4years |
| 213 | Central African Republic | 59.6years |
| 214 | Chad | 57.2years |
| 215 | Nigeria | 54.9years |
Showing 215 of 215 countries
Topics
Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2026).
View Original Source