Life expectancy at birth, male (years) by country
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Countries reporting
218
Highest
84.56 years
Monaco
Lowest
53.36 years
Chad
Median
71.59 years
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
17,256
What the numbers show
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) is currently reported for 218 countries. The highest value is 84.56 years in Monaco; the lowest is 53.36 years in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 71.59 years, and the mean is 71.49 years.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 206 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 55.5%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 7.0%).
Life expectancy at birth, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 84.56 years | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 2 | San Marino | 84.32 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 3 | Kuwait | 83.8 years | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 4 | Switzerland | 82.7 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 82.7 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 6 | Sweden | 82.6 years | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 7 | Andorra | 82.26 years | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 8 | Liechtenstein | 82.2 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 82.17 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 10 | Italy | 82 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 11 | French Polynesia | 81.9 years | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 12 | Qatar | 81.78 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 13 | Norway | 81.6 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 14 | Spain | 81.4 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 14 | Ireland | 81.4 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 16 | Faroe Islands | 81.34 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 17 | Iceland | 81.2 years | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 17 | Malta | 81.2 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 17 | Singapore | 81.2 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 20 | Australia | 81.1 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 20 | Israel | 81.1 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 22 | Japan | 81.09 years | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 23 | Gibraltar | 81.03 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 81 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 25 | Bahrain | 80.86 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 26 | South Korea | 80.8 years | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 27 | Macao | 80.6 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 27 | Netherlands | 80.6 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 29 | Denmark | 80.4 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 29 | New Zealand | 80.4 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 31 | Belgium | 80.3 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 32 | France | 80.2 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 33 | Canada | 80.03 years | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 34 | Maldives | 79.95 years | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 35 | Cyprus | 79.84 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 36 | Austria | 79.8 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 36 | Finland | 79.8 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 38 | Portugal | 79.7 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 38 | Slovenia | 79.7 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 40 | United Kingdom | 79.54 years | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 41 | Chile | 79.45 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 42 | Greece | 79.4 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 43 | Channel Islands | 79.1 years | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 44 | Bermuda | 79.06 years | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 45 | Isle of Man | 79.04 years | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 46 | Oman | 78.72 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 47 | Germany | 78.5 years | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 48 | Costa Rica | 78.37 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 49 | Puerto Rico | 78.28 years | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 50 | Cayman Islands | 78.2 years | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 51 | Albania | 77.92 years | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 52 | United States Virgin Islands | 77.6 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 53 | Saudi Arabia | 77.33 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 54 | Northern Mariana Islands | 77.28 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 55 | Czechia | 77.1 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 56 | Saint Martin (French part) | 76.99 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 57 | Panama | 76.88 years | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 58 | United States | 76.5 years | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 59 | New Caledonia | 76.46 years | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 60 | Croatia | 76.1 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 61 | Kosovo | 76.01 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 61 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 76.01 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 63 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 76.01 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 64 | Iran | 76 years | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 65 | Jordan | 75.89 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 66 | Lebanon | 75.88 years | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 67 | Cuba | 75.86 years | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 68 | Peru | 75.63 years | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 69 | Montenegro | 75.5 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 70 | China | 75.25 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 71 | Slovakia | 75.2 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 72 | Colombia | 75.16 years | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 73 | Armenia | 75.1 years | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 73 | Estonia | 75.1 years | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 75 | Algeria | 75.1 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 76 | Argentina | 74.98 years | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 77 | Ecuador | 74.88 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 78 | Poland | 74.8 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 79 | Antigua and Barbuda | 74.74 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 80 | British Virgin Islands | 74.7 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 74.65 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 82 | Turkey | 74.62 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 83 | North Macedonia | 74.48 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 84 | Malaysia | 74.45 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 85 | Sri Lanka | 74.45 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 86 | Uruguay | 74.38 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 87 | Tunisia | 74.13 years | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 88 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 73.85 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 89 | Aruba | 73.84 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 90 | Barbados | 73.75 years | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 91 | Hungary | 73.7 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 91 | Serbia | 73.7 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 93 | Guam | 73.66 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 94 | Brunei | 73.49 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 95 | Morocco | 73.35 years | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 96 | Bangladesh | 73.3 years | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 97 | Cape Verde | 73.05 years | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 98 | Lithuania | 73 years | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 99 | Brazil | 72.95 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 100 | Romania | 72.8 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 101 | Curacao | 72.66 years | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 102 | Grenada | 72.52 years | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 103 | Nicaragua | 72.46 years | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 104 | Mexico | 72.44 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 105 | Thailand | 72.34 years | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 72.2 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 107 | Seychelles | 72.1 years | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 108 | Azerbaijan | 71.71 years | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 109 | Latvia | 71.6 years | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 110 | Bhutan | 71.57 years | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 111 | North Korea | 71.55 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 112 | Belize | 71.08 years | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 113 | Bahamas | 71.06 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 114 | Paraguay | 71.01 years | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 115 | India | 70.73 years | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 116 | Dominican Republic | 70.66 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 117 | Suriname | 70.59 years | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 70.51 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 119 | Iraq | 70.5 years | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 120 | Honduras | 70.49 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 121 | Guatemala | 70.44 years | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 122 | Mauritius | 70.35 years | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 123 | American Samoa | 70.32 years | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 124 | Kazakhstan | 70.27 years | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 125 | Syria | 70.21 years | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 126 | Vietnam | 70.05 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 127 | Samoa | 69.96 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 128 | Ukraine | 69.79 years | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 129 | Georgia | 69.75 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 130 | Belarus | 69.74 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 131 | Tajikistan | 69.68 years | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 132 | Egypt | 69.65 years | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 133 | Libya | 69.62 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 134 | Vanuatu | 69.58 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 135 | Uzbekistan | 69.56 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 136 | Tonga | 69.5 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 137 | Saint Lucia | 69.45 years | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 138 | Solomon Islands | 69.36 years | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 139 | Indonesia | 69.16 years | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 140 | Nepal | 69.09 years | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 141 | Jamaica | 69.08 years | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 142 | Venezuela | 68.89 years | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 143 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.78 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 144 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 68.69 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 145 | Greenland | 68.41 years | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 146 | Kyrgyzstan | 68.4 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 147 | Dominica | 68.35 years | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 148 | Russia | 68.26 years | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 149 | Cambodia | 68.15 years | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 150 | Mongolia | 67.92 years | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 151 | El Salvador | 67.76 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 152 | Yemen | 67.37 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 153 | Palau | 67.25 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 154 | Laos | 67.02 years | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 155 | Senegal | 67.01 years | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 156 | Turkmenistan | 67 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 157 | Philippines | 66.99 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 158 | Botswana | 66.78 years | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 159 | Eritrea | 66.76 years | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 160 | Mauritania | 66.7 years | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 161 | Moldova | 66.7 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 162 | Guyana | 66.62 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 66.41 years | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 164 | Bolivia | 66.27 years | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 165 | East Timor | 66.27 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 166 | Gabon | 66.06 years | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 167 | Rwanda | 65.71 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 168 | Uganda | 65.49 years | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 169 | Fiji | 65.47 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 170 | Pakistan | 65.46 years | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 171 | Palestine | 65.22 years | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 172 | Marshall Islands | 65.03 years | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 173 | Comoros | 65.02 years | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 174 | Afghanistan | 64.7 years | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 175 | Kiribati | 64.69 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 176 | Tanzania | 64.4 years | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 177 | Ethiopia | 64.36 years | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 178 | Gambia | 64.35 years | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 179 | Congo | 64.33 years | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 180 | Malawi | 64.27 years | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 181 | Zambia | 64.1 years | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 182 | Myanmar | 63.99 years | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 183 | Tuvalu | 63.91 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 184 | Papua New Guinea | 63.84 years | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 185 | Djibouti | 63.73 years | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 186 | Micronesia (country) | 63.63 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 187 | Namibia | 63.45 years | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 188 | Sudan | 63.45 years | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 189 | Ghana | 63.31 years | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 190 | South Africa | 62.78 years | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 191 | Togo | 62.7 years | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 192 | Angola | 62.27 years | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 193 | Equatorial Guinea | 62.22 years | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 194 | Madagascar | 62.12 years | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 195 | Haiti | 61.9 years | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 196 | Guinea-Bissau | 61.82 years | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 197 | Cameroon | 61.78 years | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 198 | Burundi | 61.75 years | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 199 | Kenya | 61.64 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 200 | Eswatini | 61.32 years | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 201 | Liberia | 61.02 years | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 202 | Zimbabwe | 60.49 years | 2024 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 203 | Niger | 60.49 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 204 | Mozambique | 60.49 years | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 205 | Nauru | 60.41 years | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 206 | Sierra Leone | 60.23 years | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 207 | Cote d'Ivoire | 60.17 years | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 208 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 59.96 years | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 209 | Guinea | 59.66 years | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 210 | Benin | 59.52 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 211 | Mali | 59.25 years | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 212 | Burkina Faso | 59.11 years | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 213 | Somalia | 56.49 years | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 214 | Central African Republic | 55.51 years | 2024 | up 55.5% | flat |
| 215 | Lesotho | 55.03 years | 2024 | up 13.9% | flat |
| 216 | South Sudan | 54.76 years | 2024 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 217 | Nigeria | 54.33 years | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 218 | Chad | 53.36 years | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 79.87 years
- Chagai 79.1 years
- European Union 79.04 years
- Post-demographic dividend 78.62 years
- OECD members 77.9 years
- High income 77.76 years
- North America 76.88 years
- Europe & Central Asia 75.57 years
- Central Europe and the Baltics 74.48 years
- Late-demographic dividend 74.23 years
- East Asia & Pacific 73.92 years
- Upper middle income 73.25 years
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 73.18 years
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 73.17 years
- Latin America & Caribbean 72.95 years
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 72.87 years
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 72.65 years
- IBRD only 72.19 years
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 71.78 years
- Other small states 71.41 years
- World 71.12 years
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 71.05 years
- South Asia 71.01 years
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 71.01 years
- Arab World 70.9 years
- Small states 70.61 years
- Middle income 70.59 years
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 70.42 years
- Caribbean Small States 70.12 years
- Early-demographic dividend 69.98 years
- IDA & IBRD total 69.77 years
- Low & middle income 69.74 years
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 69.42 years
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 69.39 years
- Lower middle income 67.81 years
- Pacific island small states 67.53 years
- IDA only 64.89 years
- Least developed countries 64.38 years
- IDA total 63.52 years
- Low income 62.81 years
About this data
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.