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Life Expectancy by Country – Global Rankings and Insights

Explore the Average Life Expectancy of Countries Around the World

Countries Have the Highest and Lowest Life Expectancy

Countries Have the Highest Life Expectancy In he World - Top 5 Ranking

Monaco

86.5

San Marino

85.8

Hong Kong

85.6

Japan

84.8

South Korea

84.4

S.No	Country	Life Expectancy Both	Life Expectancy Female	Life Expectancy Male
1	Monaco	86.5	88.6	84.6
2	San Marino	85.8	87.2	84.3
3	Hong Kong	85.6	88.3	83
4	Japan	84.8	87.9	81.8
5	South Korea	84.4	87.3	81.3
6	Saint Barthelemy	84.4	86.9	81.6
7	French Polynesia	84.2	86.6	81.9
8	Andorra	84.2	86.2	82.3
9	Switzerland	84.1	86	82.2
10	Australia	84.1	85.5	82.3
11	Italy	83.9	85.9	81.8
12	Singapore	83.9	86.4	81.4
13	Spain	83.8	86.4	81.1
14	Liechtenstein	83.8	85.4	82
15	Reunion	83.7	86.5	80.7
16	Gibraltar	83.6	86.2	81
17	Malta	83.5	85.4	81.5
18	France	83.5	86.2	80.6
19	Norway	83.5	85	81.9
20	Sweden	83.4	85.2	81.7
21	Guernsey	83.4	85.6	81.2
22	Macau	83.2	85.3	81
23	Vatican City	83.1	85.2	81
24	United Arab Emirates	83.1	84.3	82.2
25	Iceland	83	84.5	81.6
26	Martinique	82.7	85.7	79.5
27	Israel	82.7	84.7	80.7
28	Canada	82.7	84.9	80.5
29	Ireland	82.6	84.6	80.6
30	Portugal	82.5	85.3	79.7
31	Qatar	82.5	83.5	81.8
32	Bermuda	82.5	85.9	79.1
33	Luxembourg	82.4	83.9	80.8
34	Netherlands	82.3	83.8	80.7
35	Belgium	82.3	84.5	80.1
36	New Zealand	82.2	83.9	80.6
37	Guadeloupe	82.2	85.7	78.3
38	Austria	82.1	84.5	79.8
39	Denmark	82.1	84	80.2
40	Finland	82.1	84.8	79.4
41	Greece	82	84.5	79.5
42	Puerto Rico	81.9	85.4	78.3
43	Cyprus	81.8	83.8	79.8
44	Slovenia	81.8	84.5	79.1
45	Germany	81.5	83.9	79.2
46	United Kingdom	81.5	83.3	79.5
47	Bahrain	81.4	82.1	80.8
48	Chile	81.4	83.2	79.5
49	Maldives	81.3	83	80
50	Isle of Man	81.1	83.2	79
51	Costa Rica	81	83.6	78.4
52	Kuwait	80.6	82	79.5
53	Cayman Islands	80.5	83	78.2
54	Saint Martin	80.4	84	77
55	Faroe Islands	80.4	82.7	78.4
56	Oman	80.3	82	78.7
57	Czech Republic	80	82.8	77.2
58	Jersey	79.8	81.9	77.9
59	Albania	79.8	81.6	77.9
60	Panama	79.8	82.7	76.9
61	Anguilla	79.5	82.8	76.2
62	United States	79.5	82	77
63	Falkland Islands	79.4	81.3	77.4
64	Estonia	79.3	83.2	75.1
65	Saudi Arabia	79	81.3	77.3
66	Northern Mariana Islands	79	80.9	77.3
67	New Caledonia	78.9	81.4	76.5
68	Poland	78.8	82.5	75.1
69	Croatia	78.8	81.8	75.6
70	Slovakia	78.5	81.7	75.2
71	Uruguay	78.3	82	74.4
72	Cuba	78.3	80.7	75.9
73	Turks and Caicos Islands	78.2	80.5	76
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78	81.1	74.7
75	China	78	81	75.3
76	Jordan	78	80.3	75.9
77	Lebanon	78	79.9	75.9
78	Peru	77.9	80.3	75.6
79	Colombia	77.9	80.6	75.2
80	Iran	77.8	79.8	76
81	Antigua and Barbuda	77.8	80.5	74.7
82	Sri Lanka	77.7	80.8	74.5
83	Ecuador	77.6	80.3	74.9
84	Argentina	77.5	80	75
85	North Macedonia	77.5	79.7	75.3
86	British Virgin Islands	77.4	80.2	74.7
87	Turkey	77.4	80.3	74.6
88	Guam	77.4	81.6	73.7
89	Montenegro	77.3	80.5	73.9
90	Hungary	77.2	80.3	73.9
91	French Guiana	77.2	80.2	74.3
92	Tokelau	77.2	79	75.1
93	Curacao	77	81	72.7
94	Serbia	76.9	80.2	73.7
95	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	76.9	81.6	73
96	Malaysia	76.8	79.5	74.5
97	Tunisia	76.7	79.3	74.1
98	Thailand	76.6	81	72.3
99	Sint Maarten	76.5	79.7	73.8
100	Aruba	76.5	78.9	73.8
101	Algeria	76.5	77.9	75.1
102	Montserrat	76.3	79	74.3
103	Latvia	76.3	80.6	71.8
104	Barbados	76.3	78.8	73.8
105	Mayotte	76.2	78.5	74.3
106	Cape Verde	76.2	79.4	73
107	Lithuania	76.2	80.8	71.4
108	Romania	76.1	79.7	72.6
109	Brazil	76	79.2	73
110	Armenia	75.8	79.6	71.6
111	Bulgaria	75.8	79.4	72.3
112	United States Virgin Islands	75.7	81.5	70.7
113	Brunei	75.5	77.7	73.5
114	Morocco	75.5	77.8	73.3
115	Cook Islands	75.5	79.2	72.1
116	Grenada	75.4	78.5	72.5
117	Mexico	75.3	78	72.4
118	Nicaragua	75.1	77.6	72.5
119	Mauritius	75.1	78.3	72.1
120	Bangladesh	74.9	76.7	73.3
121	Vietnam	74.7	79.4	70
122	Bahamas	74.7	78.3	71.1
123	Ukraine	74.7	79.4	69.8
124	Georgia	74.7	79.2	69.8
125	Belarus	74.6	79.2	69.7
126	Azerbaijan	74.6	77.3	71.7
127	Kazakhstan	74.5	78.5	70.3
128	Paraguay	74	77.1	71
129	Dominican Republic	73.9	77.1	70.7
130	Suriname	73.8	77	70.6
131	North Korea	73.7	75.9	71.5
132	Belize	73.7	76.7	71.1
133	Trinidad and Tobago	73.6	76.8	70.5
134	Russia	73.3	79.2	67.5
135	Bhutan	73.3	75.3	71.6
136	Tonga	73.1	76.5	69.5
137	Honduras	73	75.7	70.5
138	Seychelles	73	76.7	70.1
139	American Samoa	73	76	70.3
140	Saint Lucia	72.8	76.5	69.5
141	Guatemala	72.8	75	70.4
142	Venezuela	72.7	76.7	68.9
143	Syria	72.6	74.9	70.2
144	Uzbekistan	72.5	75.5	69.6
145	Iraq	72.4	74.2	70.5
146	El Salvador	72.3	76.5	67.8
147	Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.3	76.2	68.7
148	India	72.2	73.9	70.7
149	Mongolia	72	76.7	67.5
150	Tajikistan	71.9	74.1	69.7
151	Samoa	71.8	73.8	70
152	Kyrgyzstan	71.8	75.4	68.3
153	Egypt	71.8	74	69.7
154	Vanuatu	71.7	74.1	69.6
155	Jamaica	71.6	74.2	69.1
156	Western Sahara	71.6	73.8	69.9
157	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.4	74.5	68.8
158	Moldova	71.3	75.7	66.7
159	Indonesia	71.3	73.4	69.2
160	Dominica	71.3	74.7	68.3
161	Libya	71.1	72.7	69.6
162	Cambodia	70.8	73.4	68.2
163	Solomon Islands	70.7	72.2	69.4
164	Nepal	70.6	72.1	69.1
165	Guyana	70.3	74.1	66.6
166	Turkmenistan	70.2	73	67
167	Greenland	70.2	72.6	68.2
168	Niue	70.1	72.9	67.5
169	Philippines	70	73	67
170	Sao Tome and Principe	69.9	73.9	66.4
171	Yemen	69.4	71.5	67.4
172	Palau	69.4	71.9	67.3
173	Botswana	69.3	71.8	66.8
174	Laos	69.2	71.5	67
175	Palestine	69.2	74.3	65.2
176	Senegal	68.9	71	67
177	Eritrea	68.9	70.9	66.8
178	Bolivia	68.7	71.3	66.3
179	Mauritania	68.7	70.7	66.7
180	Gabon	68.5	71.2	66.1
181	Uganda	68.5	71.4	65.5
182	Rwanda	68	70.1	65.7
183	Timor-Leste	67.9	69.7	66.3
184	Pakistan	67.8	70.3	65.5
185	Ethiopia	67.6	71	64.3
186	Malawi	67.6	70.8	64.3
187	Namibia	67.5	71.5	63.5
188	Fiji	67.5	69.5	65.5
189	Micronesia	67.4	71.3	63.6
190	Tuvalu	67.3	70.9	63.9
191	Tanzania	67.2	70	64.4
192	Myanmar	67.1	70.4	64
193	Marshall Islands	67.1	69.5	65
194	Comoros	67	69.2	65
195	Kiribati	66.6	68.3	64.7
196	Zambia	66.5	68.9	64.1
197	Sudan	66.5	69.8	63.5
198	South Africa	66.3	69.8	62.8
199	Afghanistan	66.3	67.8	64.7
200	Papua New Guinea	66.3	69.2	63.8
201	Djibouti	66.2	68.7	63.7
202	Gambia	66.1	67.8	64.3
203	Republic of the Congo	66	67.7	64.3
204	Ghana	65.7	68.2	63.3
205	Haiti	65.1	68.5	61.9
206	Angola	64.8	67.3	62.3
207	Eswatini	64.3	67.1	61.3
208	Guinea-Bissau	64.3	66.5	61.8
209	Cameroon	64	66.2	61.8
210	Equatorial Guinea	63.9	65.9	62.2
211	Kenya	63.8	66.1	61.6
212	Madagascar	63.8	65.6	62.1
213	Burundi	63.8	65.9	61.8
214	Mozambique	63.8	66.7	60.5
215	Zimbabwe	63.1	65.3	60.5
216	Togo	62.9	63.1	62.7
217	Liberia	62.3	63.6	61
218	Nauru	62.3	64.2	60.4
219	Ivory Coast	62.1	64.3	60.2
220	DR Congo	62.1	64.2	60
221	Sierra Leone	62	63.7	60.2
222	Niger	61.4	62.4	60.5
223	Burkina Faso	61.3	63.4	59.1
224	Benin	61	62.4	59.5
225	Guinea	60.9	62.1	59.7
226	Mali	60.7	62.1	59.3
227	Somalia	59	61.5	56.5
228	Lesotho	57.8	60.4	55
229	South Sudan	57.7	60.8	54.8
230	Central African Republic	57.7	59.6	55.5
231	Chad	55.2	57.2	53.4
232	Nigeria	54.6	54.9	54.3

Life expectancy is one of the most important indicators of a country’s overall health, development, and well-being. It tells us the average number of years a person is expected to live, based on current mortality rates. On this page by RankerOver.com, we take a deep dive into life expectancy by country, showcasing where people live the longest—and where life spans are significantly shorter.

The average life expectancy can vary dramatically from one country to another due to many factors, including access to healthcare, education, lifestyle, income, environment, and diet. Countries with strong healthcare systems, clean environments, and high standards of living usually top the charts with the highest life expectancy.

Countries With the Highest Life Expectancy

Nations like Japan, Switzerland, Singapore, and Norway are known for having some of the highest average life expectancies in the world, often exceeding 83 years. These countries invest heavily in public health, preventive care, and healthy aging programs, helping their citizens live longer and healthier lives.

Countries With Lower Life Expectancy

On the other hand, several countries in sub-Saharan Africa, such as Chad, Nigeria, and Central African Republic, struggle with much lower life expectancies—often due to a combination of poverty, disease, lack of healthcare infrastructure, and political instability. These nations may have average life spans as low as 55–65 years.

Why Life Expectancy Matters

Tracking average life expectancy by country is essential for understanding global inequalities in health and development. It helps policymakers, researchers, and health organizations measure progress and identify where improvements are needed. This data is not only useful for governments but also for businesses, global health advocates, and travelers who want to understand the quality of life in different regions.

Life Expectancy by Country – Global Rankings and Insights

Explore the Average Life Expectancy of Countries Around the World

Countries Have the Highest and Lowest Life Expectancy

Countries Have the Highest Life Expectancy In he World - Top 5 Ranking

Monaco

86.5

San Marino

85.8

Hong Kong

85.6

Japan

84.8

South Korea

84.4

Countries With the Highest Life Expectancy

Countries With Lower Life Expectancy

Why Life Expectancy Matters

Countries With the Lowest Life Expectancy

Nigeria

54.6

Chad

55.2

CAR

57.7

South Sudan

57.7

Lesotho

57.8

Source : Pew Research