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Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024.
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Key Insights
Global Average
74.0years
Median: 74.7years
Countries Covered
215
with available data
Highest
Monaco
86.5years
Lowest
Nigeria
54.6years
Top 5 Countries
1Monaco86.5years
2San Marino85.8years
3Hong Kong85.4years
4Kuwait84.6years
5Switzerland84.4years
By Region
Oceania82.5years(2 countries)
Europe80.7years(32 countries)
South America78.1years(7 countries)
North America77.3years(4 countries)
Asia77.1years(26 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (54.6years)High (86.5years)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 74.0years)
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 | 86.5years |
| 2 | San Marino | 85.8years |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 85.4years |
| 4 | Kuwait | 84.6years |
| 5 | Switzerland | 84.4years |
| 6 | Liechtenstein | 84.2years |
| 7 | French Polynesia | 84.2years |
| 8 | Andorra | 84.2years |
| 9 | Sweden | 84.1years |
| 10 | Japan | 84.0years |
| 11 | Italy | 84.0years |
| 12 | Spain | 83.9years |
| 13 | Gibraltar | 83.6years |
| 14 | South Korea | 83.6years |
| 15 | Singapore | 83.3years |
| 16 | Macao | 83.3years |
| 17 | Israel | 83.2years |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 83.2years |
| 19 | Norway | 83.2years |
| 20 | Faroe Islands | 83.1years |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 83.1years |
| 22 | Australia | 83.1years |
| 23 | Ireland | 83.0years |
| 24 | France | 83.0years |
| 25 | Malta | 83.0years |
| 26 | Iceland | 82.8years |
| 27 | Qatar | 82.5years |
| 28 | Bermuda | 82.5years |
| 29 | Portugal | 82.4years |
| 30 | Finland | 82.3years |
| 31 | Belgium | 82.3years |
| 32 | Slovenia | 82.3years |
| 33 | Denmark | 82.3years |
| 34 | Canada | 82.1years |
| 35 | New Zealand | 82.0years |
| 36 | Austria | 82.0years |
| 37 | Netherlands | 82.0years |
| 38 | Puerto Rico | 81.9years |
| 39 | Greece | 81.8years |
| 40 | Cyprus | 81.8years |
| 41 | Bahrain | 81.4years |
| 42 | United Kingdom | 81.4years |
| 43 | Chile | 81.4years |
| 44 | Maldives | 81.3years |
| 45 | Isle of Man | 81.1years |
| 46 | Costa Rica | 81.0years |
| 47 | Germany | 80.8years |
| 48 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 80.8years |
| 49 | Cayman Islands | 80.5years |
| 50 | Saint Martin (French part) | 80.4years |
| 51 | Oman | 80.2years |
| 52 | Czech Republic | 80.0years |
| 53 | Albania | 79.8years |
| 54 | Panama | 79.8years |
| 55 | Estonia | 79.3years |
| 56 | Saudi Arabia | 79.0years |
| 57 | Northern Mariana Islands | 78.9years |
| 58 | Croatia | 78.9years |
| 59 | New Caledonia | 78.9years |
| 60 | United States of America | 78.9years |
| 61 | Poland | 78.4years |
| 62 | Slovakia | 78.4years |
| 63 | Armenia | 78.3years |
| 64 | Uruguay | 78.3years |
| 65 | Cuba | 78.3years |
| 66 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 78.2years |
| 67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78.0years |
| 68 | People's Republic of China | 78.0years |
| 69 | Jordan | 78.0years |
| 70 | Lebanon | 77.9years |
| 71 | Peru | 77.9years |
| 72 | Colombia | 77.9years |
| 73 | Montenegro | 77.9years |
| 74 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 77.9years |
| 75 | Antigua and Barbuda | 77.8years |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 77.7years |
| 77 | Ecuador | 77.6years |
| 78 | Argentina | 77.5years |
| 79 | Virgin Islands, British | 77.4years |
| 80 | Guam | 77.4years |
| 81 | Türkiye | 77.4years |
| 82 | Lithuania | 77.2years |
| 83 | Curaçao | 77.0years |
| 84 | Malaysia | 76.8years |
| 85 | Hungary | 76.7years |
| 86 | Tunisia | 76.7years |
| 87 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 76.6years |
| 88 | Thailand | 76.6years |
| 89 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 76.5years |
| 90 | Aruba | 76.5years |
| 91 | Algeria | 76.5years |
| 92 | Romania | 76.5years |
| 93 | Latvia | 76.4years |
| 94 | Barbados | 76.3years |
| 95 | Seychelles | 76.3years |
| 96 | Cape Verde | 76.2years |
| 97 | Brazil | 76.0years |
| 98 | Serbia | 76.0years |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 75.8years |
| 100 | Brunei Darussalam | 75.5years |
| 101 | Morocco | 75.5years |
| 102 | Grenada | 75.4years |
| 103 | Mexico | 75.3years |
| 104 | Nicaragua | 75.1years |
| 105 | Bangladesh | 74.9years |
| 106 | Vietnam | 74.7years |
| 107 | Bahamas | 74.7years |
| 108 | Ukraine | 74.7years |
| 109 | Georgia | 74.7years |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 74.6years |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | 74.5years |
| 112 | Belarus | 74.4years |
| 113 | Paraguay | 74.0years |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 73.9years |
| 115 | Mauritius | 73.8years |
| 116 | Suriname | 73.8years |
| 117 | North Korea | 73.7years |
| 118 | Belize | 73.7years |
| 119 | Trinidad and Tobago | 73.6years |
| 120 | Russian Federation | 73.4years |
| 121 | Bhutan | 73.3years |
| 122 | Tonga | 73.1years |
| 123 | Honduras | 73.0years |
| 124 | American Samoa | 73.0years |
| 125 | Saint Lucia | 72.8years |
| 126 | Guatemala | 72.7years |
| 127 | Venezuela | 72.7years |
| 128 | Syrian Arab Republic | 72.6years |
| 129 | Uzbekistan | 72.5years |
| 130 | Iraq | 72.4years |
| 131 | Kyrgyzstan | 72.4years |
| 132 | Mongolia | 72.4years |
| 133 | El Salvador | 72.3years |
| 134 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 72.3years |
| 135 | India | 72.2years |
| 136 | Tajikistan | 71.9years |
| 137 | Samoa | 71.8years |
| 138 | Egypt | 71.8years |
| 139 | Vanuatu | 71.7years |
| 140 | Jamaica | 71.6years |
| 141 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.4years |
| 142 | Moldova, Republic of | 71.3years |
| 143 | Dominica | 71.3years |
| 144 | Indonesia | 71.3years |
| 145 | Libya | 71.1years |
| 146 | Cambodia | 70.8years |
| 147 | Solomon Islands | 70.7years |
| 148 | Nepal | 70.6years |
| 149 | Guyana | 70.3years |
| 150 | Greenland | 70.3years |
| 151 | Turkmenistan | 70.2years |
| 152 | Philippines | 69.9years |
| 153 | Sao Tome and Principe | 69.9years |
| 154 | Yemen | 69.4years |
| 155 | Palau | 69.4years |
| 156 | Botswana | 69.3years |
| 157 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 69.2years |
| 158 | State of Palestine | 69.2years |
| 159 | Senegal | 68.9years |
| 160 | Eritrea | 68.9years |
| 161 | Bolivia | 68.7years |
| 162 | Mauritania | 68.7years |
| 163 | Gabon | 68.5years |
| 164 | Uganda | 68.5years |
| 165 | Rwanda | 68.0years |
| 166 | Timor-Leste | 67.9years |
| 167 | Pakistan | 67.8years |
| 168 | Ethiopia | 67.6years |
| 169 | Malawi | 67.6years |
| 170 | Namibia | 67.5years |
| 171 | Fiji | 67.5years |
| 172 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 67.4years |
| 173 | Tuvalu | 67.3years |
| 174 | United Republic of Tanzania | 67.2years |
| 175 | Myanmar | 67.1years |
| 176 | Marshall Islands | 67.1years |
| 177 | Comoros | 67.0years |
| 178 | Kiribati | 66.6years |
| 179 | Zambia | 66.5years |
| 180 | Sudan | 66.5years |
| 181 | South Africa | 66.3years |
| 182 | Afghanistan | 66.3years |
| 183 | Papua New Guinea | 66.3years |
| 184 | Djibouti | 66.2years |
| 185 | Republic of The Gambia | 66.1years |
| 186 | Republic of the Congo | 66.0years |
| 187 | Ghana | 65.7years |
| 188 | Haiti | 65.1years |
| 189 | Angola | 64.8years |
| 190 | Eswatini | 64.3years |
| 191 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.3years |
| 192 | Cameroon | 64.0years |
| 193 | Equatorial Guinea | 63.9years |
| 194 | Madagascar | 63.8years |
| 195 | Kenya | 63.8years |
| 196 | Burundi | 63.8years |
| 197 | Mozambique | 63.8years |
| 198 | Zimbabwe | 63.1years |
| 199 | Togo | 62.9years |
| 200 | Liberia | 62.3years |
| 201 | Nauru | 62.3years |
| 202 | Cote d'Ivoire | 62.1years |
| 203 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 62.1years |
| 204 | Sierra Leone | 62.0years |
| 205 | Niger | 61.4years |
| 206 | Burkina Faso | 61.3years |
| 207 | Benin | 61.0years |
| 208 | Guinea | 60.9years |
| 209 | Mali | 60.7years |
| 210 | Somalia | 59.0years |
| 211 | Lesotho | 57.8years |
| 212 | South Sudan | 57.7years |
| 213 | Central African Republic | 57.7years |
| 214 | Chad | 55.2years |
| 215 | Nigeria | 54.6years |
Showing 215 of 215 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2026).
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