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ex - expectation of life at age x by country

Countries reporting
184
Highest
84.46
Japan
Lowest
51.48
Lesotho
Median
72.29
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,312

What the numbers show

ex - expectation of life at age x is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 84.46 in Japan; the lowest is 51.48 in Lesotho.

The median across all reporting countries is 72.29, and the mean is 71.29.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 23.1%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 8.9%).

ex - expectation of life at age x: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Japan 84.46 2021 up 2.0% flat
2 Singapore 83.86 2021 up 2.3% rising
3 Korea 83.8 2021 up 3.5% rising
4 Switzerland 83.33 2021 up 1.2% flat
5 Australia 83.1 2021 up 1.4% flat
6 Norway 82.88 2021 up 2.4% rising
7 Luxembourg 82.78 2021 up 1.7% rising
8 Sweden 82.66 2021 up 1.4% flat
9 Spain 82.66 2021 up 1.0% flat
10 Iceland 82.58 2021 up 0.9% flat
11 New Zealand 82.2 2021 up 1.8% flat
12 Italy 82.2 2021 up 0.5% flat
13 France 81.92 2021 up 0.4% flat
14 Cyprus 81.91 2021 up 0.6% flat
15 Malta 81.81 2021 up 1.4% rising
16 Israel 81.74 2021 up 0.1% rising
17 Ireland 81.6 2021 up 1.5% rising
18 Canada 81.58 2021 up 0.2% flat
19 Finland 81.53 2021 up 1.6% rising
20 Belgium 81.51 2021 up 1.7% flat
21 Denmark 81.18 2021 up 1.9% rising
22 Portugal 81.18 2021 up 1.2% rising
23 Netherlands 81.12 2021 up 0.2% flat
24 Austria 80.99 2021 up 0.3% flat
25 Germany 80.49 2021 up 0.0% flat
26 Slovenia 80.42 2021 up 0.7% rising
27 United Kingdom 80.1 2021 down 0.7% flat
28 Puerto Rico 79.9 2021 up 1.7% rising
29 Greece 79.6 2021 down 0.9% flat
30 Chile 79.02 2021 down 0.7% flat
31 Kuwait 78.95 2021 down 3.1% flat
32 Costa Rica 78.63 2021 down 2.0% flat
33 United Arab Emirates 78.31 2021 down 2.4% flat
34 China (People’s Republic of) 77.62 2021 up 3.4% rising
35 Panama 77.24 2021 down 0.4% flat
36 Sri Lanka 77.23 2021 up 3.0% rising
37 Estonia 77.13 2021 up 1.1% rising
38 Czechia 77.08 2021 down 0.9% flat
39 Brunei Darussalam 76.92 2021 down 0.1% flat
40 Antigua and Barbuda 76.92 2021 up 1.7% flat
41 Croatia 76.86 2021 down 0.5% flat
42 Barbados 76.84 2021 up 1.1% flat
43 Qatar 76.71 2021 up 3.3% rising
44 Saudi Arabia 76.43 2021 up 0.4% rising
45 Albania 76.39 2021 down 0.3% flat
46 United States 76.37 2021 down 2.9% flat
47 Algeria 75.98 2021 up 0.7% flat
48 Jordan 75.65 2021 down 1.6% rising
49 Poland 75.4 2021 down 1.5% flat
50 Maldives 75.4 2021 up 0.4% rising
51 Thailand 75.29 2021 down 0.6% rising
52 Türkiye 75.27 2021 down 1.9% flat
53 Nicaragua 75.03 2021 down 2.5% flat
54 Uruguay 74.98 2021 down 2.1% flat
55 Bhutan 74.88 2021 up 3.8% rising
56 Bosnia and Herzegovina 74.85 2021 down 2.9% flat
57 Iran, Islamic Republic of 74.71 2021 down 2.8% flat
58 Montenegro 74.71 2021 down 1.7% flat
59 Argentina 74.57 2021 down 1.8% flat
60 Colombia 74.53 2021 down 2.8% rising
61 Slovak Republic 74.51 2021 down 1.9% rising
62 Hungary 74.4 2021 down 0.7% rising
63 Bahrain 74.38 2021 up 0.3% rising
64 Lebanon 74.34 2021 down 4.7% flat
65 Lithuania 74.13 2021 up 0.8% rising
66 Tunisia 74.07 2021 down 3.0% flat
67 Seychelles 74.01 2021 up 1.0% flat
68 Ecuador 73.96 2021 down 2.1% flat
69 Viet Nam 73.8 2021 up 1.6% flat
70 Cuba 73.67 2021 down 6.2% flat
71 Palestine, State of 73.49 2021 up 1.0% rising
72 Mauritius 73.42 2021 down 0.1% flat
73 Dominican Republic 73.32 2021 down 1.0% flat
74 Belize 73.32 2021 down 0.7% rising
75 Latvia 73.2 2021 down 0.6% rising
76 Cape Verde 73.16 2021 down 1.6% flat
77 Belarus 73.12 2021 up 3.6% rising
78 Bangladesh 73.1 2021 up 2.8% rising
79 North Macedonia 73 2021 down 2.6% flat
80 Armenia 72.98 2021 down 0.4% flat
81 Azerbaijan 72.91 2021 up 3.6% rising
82 Malaysia 72.81 2021 down 1.9% flat
83 Serbia 72.81 2021 down 2.3% flat
84 Grenada 72.77 2021 up 0.9% flat
85 Romania 72.76 2021 down 2.3% rising
86 Tonga 72.72 2021 up 0.7% flat
87 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 72.64 2021 up 3.4% rising
88 Morocco 72.62 2021 up 0.1% flat
89 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 72.56 2021 down 0.9% flat
90 Oman 72.48 2021 down 1.0% flat
91 Syrian Arab Republic 72.44 2021 up 0.8% falling
92 Brazil 72.39 2021 down 2.2% flat
93 Uzbekistan 72.19 2021 up 7.5% rising
94 Kyrgyzstan 72.19 2021 up 3.8% rising
95 Libya 72.18 2021 up 1.0% flat
96 Tajikistan 71.81 2021 up 2.0% rising
97 Trinidad and Tobago 71.71 2021 down 3.1% flat
98 Peru 71.67 2021 down 8.9% flat
99 El Salvador 71.67 2021 down 3.9% flat
100 Iraq 71.47 2021 up 0.1% flat
101 Bulgaria 71.31 2021 down 3.7% flat
102 Georgia 71.24 2021 down 1.0% flat
103 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 71.22 2021 down 4.5% flat
104 Sao Tome and Principe 71.18 2021 up 2.9% rising
105 Saint Lucia 71.11 2021 down 6.7% flat
106 Ukraine 70.91 2021 down 0.0% rising
107 Mexico 70.83 2021 down 6.1% flat
108 Bahamas 70.43 2021 down 3.2% flat
109 Kazakhstan 70.28 2021 up 1.7% rising
110 Samoa 70.27 2021 down 0.3% flat
111 Paraguay 70.27 2021 down 6.2% flat
112 Jamaica 70.14 2021 down 3.7% flat
113 Mongolia 70.1 2021 up 4.2% rising
114 Nepal 70.05 2021 up 0.6% rising
115 Russia 70.02 2021 up 0.4% rising
116 Republic of Moldova 69.56 2021 down 0.4% rising
117 Turkmenistan 69.12 2021 down 0.2% rising
118 Egypt 69.11 2021 down 1.4% flat
119 Honduras 68.96 2021 down 2.4% flat
120 Cambodia 68.92 2021 up 2.5% rising
121 Mauritania 68.87 2021 up 0.1% rising
122 Guatemala 68.7 2021 down 4.0% flat
123 Indonesia 68.26 2021 down 1.8% rising
124 Lao People's Democratic Republic 68.23 2021 up 4.9% rising
125 Timor-Leste 68 2021 up 1.1% rising
126 Myanmar 67.85 2021 up 4.0% rising
127 Ethiopia 67.84 2021 up 5.6% rising
128 Senegal 67.79 2021 up 2.8% rising
129 Sudan 67.59 2021 up 0.8% rising
130 Rwanda 67.54 2021 up 3.8% rising
131 Comoros 67.5 2021 up 2.6% rising
132 India 67.31 2021 down 0.8% rising
133 Tanzania, United Republic of 66.81 2021 up 7.3% rising
134 Kenya 66.76 2021 up 7.7% rising
135 Philippines 66.41 2021 down 4.8% flat
136 Vanuatu 66.35 2021 up 0.1% flat
137 Ghana 66.1 2021 up 5.6% rising
138 Guyana 66.08 2021 down 0.1% rising
139 Pakistan 65.99 2021 up 2.2% rising
140 Uganda 65.99 2021 up 8.4% rising
141 Yemen 65.76 2021 down 3.5% flat
142 Micronesia, Federated States of 65.71 2021 up 1.2% flat
143 Fiji 65.5 2021 down 2.8% flat
144 Papua New Guinea 65.49 2021 up 0.7% rising
145 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 65.41 2021 down 7.5% rising
146 Gabon 65.09 2021 up 4.8% rising
147 Djibouti 64.87 2021 up 4.1% rising
148 Solomon Islands 64.79 2021 up 0.4% flat
149 Gambia 64.21 2021 up 2.2% rising
150 Benin 64.01 2021 up 4.0% rising
151 Burundi 64.01 2021 up 6.0% rising
152 Togo 63.86 2021 up 6.8% rising
153 Eritrea 63.57 2021 up 4.4% rising
154 Côte d'Ivoire 63.52 2021 up 10.4% rising
155 Liberia 63.46 2021 up 4.5% rising
156 Nigeria 63.4 2021 up 5.3% rising
157 Congo 63.17 2021 up 3.3% rising
158 Madagascar 62.93 2021 up 0.3% rising
159 Malawi 62.49 2021 up 7.5% rising
160 Haiti 62.46 2021 up 2.2% rising
161 Burkina Faso 62.3 2021 up 5.5% rising
162 Angola 62.13 2021 up 5.7% rising
163 Cameroon 61.77 2021 up 7.9% rising
164 Mali 61.67 2021 up 4.4% rising
165 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 61.63 2021 up 6.5% rising
166 Equatorial Guinea 61.61 2021 up 3.0% rising
167 South Africa 61.5 2021 up 4.1% rising
168 Guinea 61.26 2021 up 4.6% rising
169 Botswana 61.23 2021 up 4.8% rising
170 Sierra Leone 61.02 2021 up 9.6% rising
171 Zambia 60.97 2021 up 5.1% rising
172 Kiribati 60.87 2021 down 0.9% flat
173 Namibia 60.36 2021 down 0.9% rising
174 Niger 59.97 2021 up 2.3% rising
175 Afghanistan 59.13 2021 down 0.7% rising
176 Chad 59.09 2021 up 5.2% rising
177 Guinea-Bissau 58.63 2021 up 4.8% rising
178 South Sudan 58.57 2021 down 0.6% rising
179 Zimbabwe 58.48 2021 up 9.8% rising
180 Mozambique 57.66 2021 up 7.7% rising
181 Eswatini 54.59 2021 up 13.6% rising
182 Somalia 53.95 2021 up 23.1% rising
183 Central African Republic 52.31 2021 up 5.7% rising
184 Lesotho 51.48 2021 up 4.8% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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ex - expectation of life at age x
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
196 places, 4,312 data points, 2000–2021
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