Life expectancy at birth, total (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
86.5 years
Monaco
Lowest
54.63 years
Nigeria
Median
74.72 years
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
17,256
What the numbers show
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) is currently reported for 218 countries. The highest value is 86.5 years in Monaco; the lowest is 54.63 years in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 74.72 years, and the mean is 74.04 years.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 207 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 43.2%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 4.9%).
Life expectancy at birth, total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 86.5 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 2 | San Marino | 85.82 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 85.39 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 4 | Kuwait | 84.58 years | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 5 | Switzerland | 84.41 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 6 | Liechtenstein | 84.2 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 7 | French Polynesia | 84.19 years | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 8 | Andorra | 84.19 years | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 9 | Sweden | 84.06 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 10 | Japan | 84.04 years | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 11 | Italy | 83.95 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 12 | Spain | 83.89 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 13 | Gibraltar | 83.63 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 14 | South Korea | 83.63 years | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 15 | Singapore | 83.35 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 16 | Macao | 83.33 years | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 17 | Israel | 83.2 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 83.2 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 19 | Norway | 83.16 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 20 | Faroe Islands | 83.08 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 83.07 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 22 | Australia | 83.05 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 23 | Ireland | 83.01 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 24 | France | 82.98 years | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 25 | Malta | 82.96 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 26 | Iceland | 82.81 years | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 27 | Qatar | 82.52 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 28 | Bermuda | 82.49 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 29 | Portugal | 82.38 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 30 | Finland | 82.34 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 31 | Belgium | 82.3 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 32 | Slovenia | 82.29 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 33 | Denmark | 82.25 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 34 | Canada | 82.11 years | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 35 | New Zealand | 82.01 years | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 36 | Austria | 82 years | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 37 | Netherlands | 81.97 years | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 38 | Puerto Rico | 81.9 years | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 39 | Greece | 81.84 years | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 40 | Cyprus | 81.82 years | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 41 | Bahrain | 81.42 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 42 | United Kingdom | 81.39 years | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 43 | Chile | 81.36 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 44 | Maldives | 81.28 years | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 45 | Channel Islands | 81.2 years | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 46 | Isle of Man | 81.09 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 81 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 48 | Germany | 80.79 years | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 49 | United States Virgin Islands | 80.77 years | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 50 | Cayman Islands | 80.54 years | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 51 | Saint Martin (French part) | 80.44 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 52 | Oman | 80.25 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 53 | Czechia | 79.98 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 54 | Albania | 79.78 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 55 | Panama | 79.78 years | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 56 | Estonia | 79.3 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 78.98 years | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 58 | Northern Mariana Islands | 78.95 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 59 | Croatia | 78.93 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 60 | New Caledonia | 78.92 years | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 61 | United States | 78.89 years | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 62 | Poland | 78.41 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 63 | Slovakia | 78.37 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 64 | Armenia | 78.32 years | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 65 | Uruguay | 78.29 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 66 | Cuba | 78.26 years | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 67 | Kosovo | 78.22 years | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 67 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 78.22 years | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 69 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 78.18 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 70 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78.04 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 71 | China | 78.02 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 72 | Jordan | 77.98 years | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 73 | Lebanon | 77.94 years | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 74 | Peru | 77.94 years | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 75 | Colombia | 77.91 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 76 | Montenegro | 77.89 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 77 | Iran | 77.85 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 78 | Antigua and Barbuda | 77.77 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 79 | Sri Lanka | 77.67 years | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 80 | Ecuador | 77.58 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 81 | Argentina | 77.54 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 82 | British Virgin Islands | 77.43 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 83 | Guam | 77.42 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 84 | Turkey | 77.42 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 85 | Lithuania | 77.2 years | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 86 | Curacao | 76.99 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 87 | Malaysia | 76.82 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 88 | Hungary | 76.72 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 89 | Tunisia | 76.71 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 90 | North Macedonia | 76.62 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 91 | Thailand | 76.56 years | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 92 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 76.53 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 93 | Aruba | 76.5 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 94 | Algeria | 76.47 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 95 | Romania | 76.46 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 96 | Latvia | 76.43 years | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 97 | Barbados | 76.33 years | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 98 | Seychelles | 76.3 years | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 99 | Cape Verde | 76.22 years | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 100 | Brazil | 76.02 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 101 | Serbia | 75.97 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 75.76 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 103 | Brunei | 75.5 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 104 | Morocco | 75.49 years | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 105 | Grenada | 75.37 years | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 106 | Mexico | 75.26 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 107 | Nicaragua | 75.1 years | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 108 | Bangladesh | 74.93 years | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 109 | Vietnam | 74.74 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 110 | Bahamas | 74.71 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 111 | Ukraine | 74.69 years | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 112 | Georgia | 74.66 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 113 | Azerbaijan | 74.58 years | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 114 | Kazakhstan | 74.53 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 115 | Belarus | 74.37 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 116 | Paraguay | 73.98 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 117 | Dominican Republic | 73.87 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 118 | Mauritius | 73.79 years | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 119 | Suriname | 73.76 years | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 120 | North Korea | 73.74 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 121 | Belize | 73.74 years | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 122 | Trinidad and Tobago | 73.62 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 123 | Russia | 73.44 years | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 124 | Bhutan | 73.26 years | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 125 | Tonga | 73.07 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 126 | Honduras | 73.04 years | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 127 | American Samoa | 72.99 years | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 128 | Saint Lucia | 72.85 years | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 129 | Guatemala | 72.75 years | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 130 | Venezuela | 72.67 years | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 131 | Syria | 72.56 years | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 132 | Uzbekistan | 72.53 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 133 | Iraq | 72.42 years | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 134 | Kyrgyzstan | 72.4 years | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 135 | Mongolia | 72.4 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 136 | El Salvador | 72.3 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 137 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 72.28 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 138 | India | 72.23 years | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 139 | Tajikistan | 71.93 years | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 140 | Samoa | 71.83 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 141 | Egypt | 71.81 years | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 142 | Vanuatu | 71.65 years | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 143 | Jamaica | 71.61 years | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 144 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.38 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 145 | Moldova | 71.33 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 146 | Dominica | 71.29 years | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 147 | Indonesia | 71.29 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 148 | Libya | 71.12 years | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 149 | Cambodia | 70.82 years | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 150 | Solomon Islands | 70.69 years | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 151 | Nepal | 70.64 years | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 152 | Guyana | 70.32 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 153 | Greenland | 70.27 years | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 154 | Turkmenistan | 70.2 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 155 | Philippines | 69.95 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 156 | Sao Tome and Principe | 69.91 years | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 157 | Yemen | 69.44 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 158 | Palau | 69.38 years | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 159 | Botswana | 69.29 years | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 160 | Laos | 69.22 years | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 161 | Palestine | 69.21 years | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 162 | Senegal | 68.92 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 163 | Eritrea | 68.89 years | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 164 | Bolivia | 68.74 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 165 | Mauritania | 68.71 years | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 166 | Gabon | 68.51 years | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 167 | Uganda | 68.49 years | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 168 | Rwanda | 68.02 years | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 169 | East Timor | 67.9 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 170 | Pakistan | 67.8 years | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 171 | Ethiopia | 67.6 years | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 172 | Malawi | 67.56 years | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 173 | Namibia | 67.52 years | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 174 | Fiji | 67.46 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 175 | Micronesia (country) | 67.36 years | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 176 | Tuvalu | 67.26 years | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 177 | Tanzania | 67.21 years | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 178 | Myanmar | 67.09 years | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 179 | Marshall Islands | 67.08 years | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 180 | Comoros | 67.02 years | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 181 | Kiribati | 66.6 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 182 | Zambia | 66.53 years | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 183 | Sudan | 66.52 years | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 184 | South Africa | 66.31 years | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 185 | Afghanistan | 66.29 years | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 186 | Papua New Guinea | 66.26 years | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 187 | Djibouti | 66.2 years | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 188 | Gambia | 66.06 years | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 189 | Congo | 66 years | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 190 | Ghana | 65.69 years | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 191 | Haiti | 65.12 years | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 192 | Angola | 64.81 years | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 193 | Eswatini | 64.26 years | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 194 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.25 years | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 195 | Cameroon | 63.97 years | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 196 | Equatorial Guinea | 63.91 years | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 197 | Madagascar | 63.84 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 198 | Kenya | 63.83 years | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 199 | Burundi | 63.82 years | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 200 | Mozambique | 63.8 years | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 201 | Zimbabwe | 63.06 years | 2024 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 202 | Togo | 62.94 years | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 203 | Liberia | 62.32 years | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 204 | Nauru | 62.28 years | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 205 | Cote d'Ivoire | 62.11 years | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 206 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 62.07 years | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 207 | Sierra Leone | 61.96 years | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 208 | Niger | 61.43 years | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 209 | Burkina Faso | 61.29 years | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 210 | Benin | 60.96 years | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 211 | Guinea | 60.9 years | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 212 | Mali | 60.67 years | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 213 | Somalia | 58.97 years | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 214 | Lesotho | 57.8 years | 2024 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 215 | South Sudan | 57.74 years | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 216 | Central African Republic | 57.67 years | 2024 | up 43.2% | flat |
| 217 | Chad | 55.24 years | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 218 | Nigeria | 54.63 years | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 82.25 years
- Chagai 81.2 years
- European Union 81.56 years
- Post-demographic dividend 81.11 years
- OECD members 80.4 years
- High income 80.39 years
- North America 79.24 years
- Europe & Central Asia 78.6 years
- Central Europe and the Baltics 77.92 years
- Late-demographic dividend 77.23 years
- East Asia & Pacific 76.74 years
- Upper middle income 76.05 years
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 75.99 years
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 75.96 years
- Latin America & Caribbean 75.82 years
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 75.74 years
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 75.54 years
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 75.14 years
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 74.97 years
- IBRD only 74.67 years
- Other small states 73.81 years
- World 73.48 years
- Caribbean Small States 73.31 years
- Small states 73.11 years
- Middle income 72.87 years
- Arab World 72.72 years
- South Asia 72.56 years
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 72.56 years
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 72.31 years
- IDA & IBRD total 72.13 years
- Low & middle income 72.02 years
- Early-demographic dividend 72.01 years
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 71.5 years
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 71.49 years
- Lower middle income 69.52 years
- Pacific island small states 69.44 years
- IDA only 67.25 years
- Least developed countries 66.71 years
- IDA total 65.64 years
- Africa Eastern and Southern 65.35 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.