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Life expectancy at age 60 (years) by country

Countries reporting
184
Highest
26.63
Japan
Lowest
12.02
Lesotho
Median
18.21
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,312

What the numbers show

Life expectancy at age 60 (years) is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 26.63 in Japan; the lowest is 12.02 in Lesotho.

The median across all reporting countries is 18.21, and the mean is 18.75.

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

Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 22.3%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia (down 26.2%).

Life expectancy at age 60: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Japan 26.63 2021 up 3.8% rising
2 South Korea 26.16 2021 up 8.7% rising
3 Singapore 26.05 2021 up 7.3% rising
4 Australia 25.69 2021 up 4.0% rising
5 Switzerland 25.35 2021 up 2.3% rising
6 New Zealand 25.07 2021 up 4.7% rising
7 Spain 24.95 2021 up 1.8% rising
8 Iceland 24.86 2021 up 3.3% rising
9 France 24.86 2021 down 0.5% rising
10 Norway 24.83 2021 up 4.8% rising
11 Canada 24.77 2021 up 1.7% rising
12 Luxembourg 24.73 2021 up 3.6% rising
13 Sweden 24.71 2021 up 3.6% rising
14 Puerto Rico 24.61 2021 up 3.2% rising
15 Italy 24.38 2021 up 0.3% rising
16 Malta 24.29 2021 up 3.9% rising
17 Finland 24.16 2021 up 2.6% rising
18 Cyprus 24.16 2021 up 1.6% rising
19 Israel 24.06 2021 down 0.6% rising
20 Belgium 24.02 2021 up 2.7% rising
21 Portugal 23.99 2021 up 1.7% rising
22 Ireland 23.9 2021 up 2.7% rising
23 Costa Rica 23.5 2021 down 3.7% rising
24 Netherlands 23.47 2021 down 0.3% rising
25 Denmark 23.46 2021 up 3.8% rising
26 Austria 23.45 2021 down 0.9% rising
27 United Kingdom 23.22 2021 down 1.8% rising
28 Germany 23.16 2021 down 1.1% rising
29 Slovenia 22.96 2021 up 0.1% rising
30 Chile 22.89 2021 down 2.7% rising
31 Thailand 22.75 2021 up 0.9% rising
32 Greece 22.63 2021 down 3.6% rising
33 Panama 22.58 2021 down 2.4% rising
34 Kuwait 22.39 2021 down 9.5% rising
35 United States 22.01 2021 down 4.4% rising
36 Sri Lanka 21.57 2021 up 6.7% rising
37 Brunei 21.34 2021 up 2.3% rising
38 Barbados 21.33 2021 up 0.2% flat
39 Dominican Republic 21.21 2021 down 4.6% flat
40 China 21.21 2021 up 8.3% rising
41 Nicaragua 21.17 2021 down 9.2% flat
42 Estonia 21.03 2021 down 1.6% rising
43 Algeria 20.96 2021 up 0.1% flat
44 Antigua and Barbuda 20.88 2021 up 2.8% flat
45 Bhutan 20.86 2021 up 4.9% rising
46 United Arab Emirates 20.42 2021 down 11.9% flat
47 Croatia 20.29 2021 down 3.0% rising
48 Czechia 20.29 2021 down 4.2% rising
49 Uruguay 20.17 2021 down 6.5% rising
50 Colombia 20.15 2021 down 9.0% rising
51 Belize 20.13 2021 down 7.3% rising
52 Saudi Arabia 20.09 2021 down 4.4% rising
53 Ecuador 20 2021 down 8.5% flat
54 Jordan 19.96 2021 down 6.7% rising
55 Albania 19.94 2021 down 7.6% flat
56 El Salvador 19.94 2021 down 11.6% flat
57 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 19.93 2021 down 4.1% flat
58 Mauritius 19.87 2021 up 1.5% rising
59 Iran 19.86 2021 down 10.4% flat
60 Poland 19.76 2021 down 7.1% rising
61 Bangladesh 19.73 2021 up 1.2% rising
62 Vietnam 19.62 2021 up 3.6% rising
63 Argentina 19.57 2021 down 7.5% flat
64 Venezuela 19.55 2021 down 9.5% falling
65 Lithuania 19.49 2021 down 3.1% rising
66 Qatar 19.47 2021 up 8.7% rising
67 Trinidad and Tobago 19.43 2021 down 8.8% rising
68 Seychelles 19.42 2021 down 1.2% rising
69 Brazil 19.41 2021 down 5.9% flat
70 Lebanon 19.36 2021 down 11.6% rising
71 Turkey 19.32 2021 down 8.7% flat
72 North Korea 19.11 2021 up 7.6% rising
73 Cape Verde 18.98 2021 down 13.0% falling
74 Tonga 18.94 2021 up 1.7% rising
75 Latvia 18.86 2021 down 4.4% rising
76 Slovakia 18.75 2021 down 7.6% rising
77 Tunisia 18.69 2021 down 11.6% flat
78 Hungary 18.68 2021 down 5.7% rising
79 Bahamas 18.58 2021 down 10.2% flat
80 Grenada 18.56 2021 up 3.8% rising
81 Nigeria 18.55 2021 up 4.6% rising
82 Mexico 18.51 2021 down 15.1% flat
83 Azerbaijan 18.44 2021 up 6.9% rising
84 Peru 18.42 2021 down 23.5% falling
85 Tajikistan 18.39 2021 up 4.2% rising
86 Montenegro 18.38 2021 down 7.6% rising
87 Syria 18.35 2021 down 1.7% flat
88 Malaysia 18.35 2021 down 4.1% rising
89 Bosnia and Herzegovina 18.34 2021 down 11.3% flat
90 Libya 18.33 2021 down 7.3% falling
91 Kyrgyzstan 18.27 2021 up 4.4% rising
92 Palestine 18.22 2021 up 2.8% rising
93 Turkmenistan 18.19 2021 down 2.1% rising
94 Cuba 18.12 2021 down 18.9% flat
95 Belarus 18.06 2021 up 0.4% rising
96 Morocco 18.03 2021 down 5.7% flat
97 Iraq 17.96 2021 down 8.9% flat
98 Mongolia 17.91 2021 up 7.9% rising
99 Ethiopia 17.83 2021 up 2.4% rising
100 Romania 17.81 2021 down 8.9% rising
101 Bahrain 17.76 2021 up 0.9% rising
102 Maldives 17.75 2021 down 5.8% rising
103 Samoa 17.73 2021 up 0.3% flat
104 Saint Lucia 17.7 2021 down 22.5% rising
105 Tanzania 17.67 2021 up 2.6% rising
106 Armenia 17.67 2021 down 5.7% rising
107 Sao Tome and Principe 17.52 2021 up 0.3% flat
108 Rwanda 17.52 2021 up 1.5% rising
109 Uzbekistan 17.52 2021 up 19.9% rising
110 Sudan 17.49 2021 down 6.3% rising
111 Ukraine 17.46 2021 down 4.2% rising
112 East Timor 17.45 2021 down 4.0% flat
113 Mauritania 17.42 2021 down 5.8% rising
114 Nepal 17.42 2021 down 6.3% flat
115 North Macedonia 17.37 2021 down 7.3% rising
116 Benin 17.36 2021 up 1.9% rising
117 Uganda 17.32 2021 up 3.3% rising
118 Guatemala 17.28 2021 down 17.1% flat
119 Oman 17.25 2021 down 5.3% flat
120 Paraguay 17.23 2021 down 19.8% falling
121 Laos 17.18 2021 up 2.7% rising
122 Serbia 17.18 2021 down 8.7% rising
123 Comoros 17.18 2021 down 2.0% rising
124 Myanmar 17.09 2021 up 1.4% rising
125 Russia 16.96 2021 down 7.9% rising
126 Pakistan 16.93 2021 down 2.2% rising
127 Senegal 16.84 2021 down 4.6% rising
128 Georgia 16.8 2021 down 5.8% flat
129 Bulgaria 16.79 2021 down 12.6% rising
130 Cote d'Ivoire 16.77 2021 up 7.5% rising
131 Cambodia 16.76 2021 down 0.7% rising
132 Liberia 16.76 2021 up 2.9% rising
133 Jamaica 16.75 2021 down 12.2% flat
134 Ghana 16.75 2021 up 4.5% rising
135 Djibouti 16.66 2021 down 1.1% rising
136 Sierra Leone 16.63 2021 up 7.8% rising
137 Yemen 16.6 2021 down 8.4% flat
138 Equatorial Guinea 16.58 2021 down 3.4% rising
139 Mali 16.57 2021 down 0.3% rising
140 Niger 16.49 2021 down 1.5% rising
141 Kazakhstan 16.4 2021 down 5.6% rising
142 Guinea 16.33 2021 up 3.6% rising
143 Burkina Faso 16.14 2021 up 1.1% rising
144 Honduras 16.11 2021 down 10.9% falling
145 Togo 16.09 2021 up 4.2% rising
146 Cameroon 16.05 2021 up 2.5% rising
147 Burundi 16.05 2021 up 0.4% rising
148 Gabon 16.03 2021 up 2.5% rising
149 Moldova 15.95 2021 down 5.6% rising
150 Guyana 15.85 2021 down 6.5% rising
151 Angola 15.85 2021 up 0.6% rising
152 Kenya 15.83 2021 down 4.2% flat
153 Papua New Guinea 15.83 2021 down 3.0% flat
154 Micronesia (country) 15.8 2021 up 0.3% flat
155 Gambia 15.74 2021 down 3.0% flat
156 Vanuatu 15.64 2021 down 0.3% rising
157 Madagascar 15.64 2021 down 0.9% rising
158 India 15.62 2021 down 14.0% flat
159 Chad 15.46 2021 up 0.4% rising
160 Indonesia 15.4 2021 down 11.7% flat
161 Democratic Republic of Congo 15.4 2021 up 1.8% rising
162 Malawi 15.28 2021 up 1.2% rising
163 South Africa 15.27 2021 down 10.2% rising
164 Congo 15.18 2021 up 1.4% rising
165 Haiti 15.17 2021 down 3.3% rising
166 South Sudan 15.07 2021 down 6.4% flat
167 Zambia 14.96 2021 down 1.0% rising
168 Egypt 14.95 2021 down 12.6% falling
169 Philippines 14.83 2021 down 17.8% falling
170 Solomon Islands 14.83 2021 down 1.6% flat
171 Eritrea 14.79 2021 up 3.7% rising
172 Fiji 14.48 2021 down 6.5% rising
173 Botswana 14.36 2021 down 8.5% rising
174 Kiribati 14.12 2021 down 3.4% flat
175 Guinea-Bissau 14.08 2021 up 2.3% rising
176 Mozambique 14.07 2021 up 0.7% flat
177 Namibia 13.85 2021 down 12.5% rising
178 Bolivia 13.84 2021 down 26.2% falling
179 Afghanistan 13.69 2021 down 6.1% rising
180 Zimbabwe 13.63 2021 up 1.8% rising
181 Eswatini 13.05 2021 up 5.8% rising
182 Somalia 12.33 2021 up 22.3% rising
183 Central African Republic 12.09 2021 up 1.0% rising
184 Lesotho 12.02 2021 down 1.3% flat

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy at age 60 (years)
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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