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Life expectancy by country

The period life expectancy at birth, in a given year.

Countries reporting
185
Highest
84.46 Years
Japan
Lowest
51.48 Years
Lesotho
Median
72.19 Years
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,070

What the numbers show

Life expectancy is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 84.46 Years in Japan; the lowest is 51.48 Years in Lesotho.

The median across all reporting countries is 72.19 Years, and the mean is 71.29 Years.

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

Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 23.1%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 8.9%).

Life expectancy: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Japan 84.46 Years 2021 up 2.0% flat
2 Singapore 83.86 Years 2021 up 2.3% rising
3 South Korea 83.8 Years 2021 up 3.5% rising
4 Switzerland 83.33 Years 2021 up 1.2% flat
5 Australia 83.1 Years 2021 up 1.4% flat
6 Norway 82.88 Years 2021 up 2.4% rising
7 Luxembourg 82.78 Years 2021 up 1.7% rising
8 Sweden 82.66 Years 2021 up 1.4% flat
9 Spain 82.66 Years 2021 up 1.0% flat
10 Iceland 82.58 Years 2021 up 0.9% flat
11 New Zealand 82.2 Years 2021 up 1.8% flat
12 Italy 82.2 Years 2021 up 0.5% flat
13 France 81.92 Years 2021 up 0.4% flat
14 Cyprus 81.91 Years 2021 up 0.6% flat
15 Malta 81.81 Years 2021 up 1.4% rising
16 Israel 81.74 Years 2021 up 0.1% rising
17 Ireland 81.6 Years 2021 up 1.5% rising
18 Canada 81.58 Years 2021 up 0.2% flat
19 Finland 81.53 Years 2021 up 1.6% rising
20 Belgium 81.51 Years 2021 up 1.7% flat
21 Denmark 81.18 Years 2021 up 1.9% rising
22 Portugal 81.18 Years 2021 up 1.2% rising
23 Netherlands 81.12 Years 2021 up 0.2% flat
24 Austria 80.99 Years 2021 up 0.3% flat
25 Germany 80.49 Years 2021 up 0.0% flat
26 Slovenia 80.42 Years 2021 up 0.7% rising
27 United Kingdom 80.1 Years 2021 down 0.7% flat
28 Puerto Rico 79.9 Years 2021 up 1.7% rising
29 Greece 79.6 Years 2021 down 0.9% flat
30 Chile 79.02 Years 2021 down 0.7% flat
31 Kuwait 78.95 Years 2021 down 3.1% flat
32 Costa Rica 78.63 Years 2021 down 2.0% flat
33 United Arab Emirates 78.31 Years 2021 down 2.4% flat
34 China 77.62 Years 2021 up 3.4% rising
35 Panama 77.24 Years 2021 down 0.4% flat
36 Sri Lanka 77.23 Years 2021 up 3.0% rising
37 Estonia 77.13 Years 2021 up 1.1% rising
38 Czechia 77.08 Years 2021 down 0.9% flat
39 Brunei 76.92 Years 2021 down 0.1% flat
40 Antigua and Barbuda 76.92 Years 2021 up 1.7% flat
41 Croatia 76.86 Years 2021 down 0.5% flat
42 Barbados 76.84 Years 2021 up 1.1% flat
43 Qatar 76.71 Years 2021 up 3.3% rising
44 Saudi Arabia 76.43 Years 2021 up 0.4% rising
45 Albania 76.39 Years 2021 down 0.3% flat
46 United States 76.37 Years 2021 down 2.9% flat
47 Algeria 75.98 Years 2021 up 0.7% flat
48 Jordan 75.65 Years 2021 down 1.6% rising
49 Poland 75.4 Years 2021 down 1.5% flat
50 Maldives 75.4 Years 2021 up 0.4% rising
51 Thailand 75.29 Years 2021 down 0.6% rising
52 Turkey 75.27 Years 2021 down 1.9% flat
53 Nicaragua 75.03 Years 2021 down 2.5% flat
54 Uruguay 74.98 Years 2021 down 2.1% flat
55 Bhutan 74.88 Years 2021 up 3.8% rising
56 Bosnia and Herzegovina 74.85 Years 2021 down 2.9% flat
57 Iran 74.71 Years 2021 down 2.8% flat
58 Montenegro 74.71 Years 2021 down 1.7% flat
59 Argentina 74.57 Years 2021 down 1.8% flat
60 Colombia 74.53 Years 2021 down 2.8% rising
61 Slovakia 74.51 Years 2021 down 1.9% rising
62 Hungary 74.4 Years 2021 down 0.7% rising
63 Bahrain 74.38 Years 2021 up 0.3% rising
64 Lebanon 74.34 Years 2021 down 4.7% flat
65 Lithuania 74.13 Years 2021 up 0.8% rising
66 Tunisia 74.07 Years 2021 down 3.0% flat
67 Seychelles 74.01 Years 2021 up 1.0% flat
68 Ecuador 73.96 Years 2021 down 2.1% flat
69 Vietnam 73.8 Years 2021 up 1.6% flat
70 Cuba 73.67 Years 2021 down 6.2% flat
71 Palestine 73.49 Years 2021 up 1.0% rising
72 Mauritius 73.42 Years 2021 down 0.1% flat
73 Dominican Republic 73.32 Years 2021 down 1.0% flat
74 Belize 73.32 Years 2021 down 0.7% rising
75 Latvia 73.2 Years 2021 down 0.6% rising
76 Cape Verde 73.16 Years 2021 down 1.6% flat
77 Belarus 73.12 Years 2021 up 3.6% rising
78 Bangladesh 73.1 Years 2021 up 2.8% rising
79 North Macedonia 73 Years 2021 down 2.6% flat
80 Armenia 72.98 Years 2021 down 0.4% flat
81 Azerbaijan 72.91 Years 2021 up 3.6% rising
82 Malaysia 72.81 Years 2021 down 1.9% flat
83 Serbia 72.81 Years 2021 down 2.3% flat
84 Grenada 72.77 Years 2021 up 0.9% flat
85 Romania 72.76 Years 2021 down 2.3% rising
86 Tonga 72.72 Years 2021 up 0.7% flat
87 North Korea 72.64 Years 2021 up 3.4% rising
88 Morocco 72.62 Years 2021 up 0.1% flat
89 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 72.56 Years 2021 down 0.9% flat
90 Oman 72.48 Years 2021 down 1.0% flat
91 Syria 72.44 Years 2021 up 0.8% falling
92 Brazil 72.39 Years 2021 down 2.2% flat
93 Uzbekistan 72.19 Years 2021 up 7.5% rising
94 Kyrgyzstan 72.19 Years 2021 up 3.8% rising
95 Libya 72.18 Years 2021 up 1.0% flat
96 Tajikistan 71.81 Years 2021 up 2.0% rising
97 Trinidad and Tobago 71.71 Years 2021 down 3.1% flat
98 Peru 71.67 Years 2021 down 8.9% flat
99 El Salvador 71.67 Years 2021 down 3.9% flat
100 Iraq 71.47 Years 2021 up 0.1% flat
101 Bulgaria 71.31 Years 2021 down 3.7% flat
102 Georgia 71.24 Years 2021 down 1.0% flat
103 Venezuela 71.22 Years 2021 down 4.5% flat
104 Sao Tome and Principe 71.18 Years 2021 up 2.9% rising
105 Saint Lucia 71.11 Years 2021 down 6.7% flat
106 Ukraine 70.91 Years 2021 down 0.0% rising
107 Mexico 70.83 Years 2021 down 6.1% flat
108 Bahamas 70.43 Years 2021 down 3.2% flat
109 Kazakhstan 70.28 Years 2021 up 1.7% rising
110 Samoa 70.27 Years 2021 down 0.3% flat
111 Paraguay 70.27 Years 2021 down 6.2% flat
112 Jamaica 70.14 Years 2021 down 3.7% flat
113 Mongolia 70.1 Years 2021 up 4.2% rising
114 Nepal 70.05 Years 2021 up 0.6% rising
115 Russia 70.02 Years 2021 up 0.4% rising
116 Suriname 69.78 Years 2021 down 4.6% flat
117 Moldova 69.56 Years 2021 down 0.4% rising
118 Turkmenistan 69.12 Years 2021 down 0.2% rising
119 Egypt 69.11 Years 2021 down 1.4% flat
120 Honduras 68.96 Years 2021 down 2.4% flat
121 Cambodia 68.92 Years 2021 up 2.5% rising
122 Mauritania 68.87 Years 2021 up 0.1% rising
123 Guatemala 68.7 Years 2021 down 4.0% flat
124 Indonesia 68.26 Years 2021 down 1.8% rising
125 Laos 68.23 Years 2021 up 4.9% rising
126 East Timor 68 Years 2021 up 1.1% rising
127 Myanmar 67.85 Years 2021 up 4.0% rising
128 Ethiopia 67.84 Years 2021 up 5.6% rising
129 Senegal 67.79 Years 2021 up 2.8% rising
130 Sudan 67.59 Years 2021 up 0.8% rising
131 Rwanda 67.54 Years 2021 up 3.8% rising
132 Comoros 67.5 Years 2021 up 2.6% rising
133 India 67.31 Years 2021 down 0.8% rising
134 Tanzania 66.81 Years 2021 up 7.3% rising
135 Kenya 66.76 Years 2021 up 7.7% rising
136 Philippines 66.41 Years 2021 down 4.8% flat
137 Vanuatu 66.35 Years 2021 up 0.1% flat
138 Ghana 66.1 Years 2021 up 5.6% rising
139 Guyana 66.08 Years 2021 down 0.1% rising
140 Pakistan 65.99 Years 2021 up 2.2% rising
141 Uganda 65.99 Years 2021 up 8.4% rising
142 Yemen 65.76 Years 2021 down 3.5% flat
143 Micronesia (country) 65.71 Years 2021 up 1.2% flat
144 Fiji 65.5 Years 2021 down 2.8% flat
145 Papua New Guinea 65.49 Years 2021 up 0.7% rising
146 Bolivia 65.41 Years 2021 down 7.5% rising
147 Gabon 65.09 Years 2021 up 4.8% rising
148 Djibouti 64.87 Years 2021 up 4.1% rising
149 Solomon Islands 64.79 Years 2021 up 0.4% flat
150 Gambia 64.21 Years 2021 up 2.2% rising
151 Benin 64.01 Years 2021 up 4.0% rising
152 Burundi 64.01 Years 2021 up 6.0% rising
153 Togo 63.86 Years 2021 up 6.8% rising
154 Eritrea 63.57 Years 2021 up 4.4% rising
155 Cote d'Ivoire 63.52 Years 2021 up 10.4% rising
156 Liberia 63.46 Years 2021 up 4.5% rising
157 Nigeria 63.4 Years 2021 up 5.3% rising
158 Congo 63.17 Years 2021 up 3.3% rising
159 Madagascar 62.93 Years 2021 up 0.3% rising
160 Malawi 62.49 Years 2021 up 7.5% rising
161 Haiti 62.46 Years 2021 up 2.2% rising
162 Burkina Faso 62.3 Years 2021 up 5.5% rising
163 Angola 62.13 Years 2021 up 5.7% rising
164 Cameroon 61.77 Years 2021 up 7.9% rising
165 Mali 61.67 Years 2021 up 4.4% rising
166 Democratic Republic of Congo 61.63 Years 2021 up 6.5% rising
167 Equatorial Guinea 61.61 Years 2021 up 3.0% rising
168 South Africa 61.5 Years 2021 up 4.1% rising
169 Guinea 61.26 Years 2021 up 4.6% rising
170 Botswana 61.23 Years 2021 up 4.8% rising
171 Sierra Leone 61.02 Years 2021 up 9.6% rising
172 Zambia 60.97 Years 2021 up 5.1% rising
173 Kiribati 60.87 Years 2021 down 0.9% flat
174 Namibia 60.36 Years 2021 down 0.9% rising
175 Niger 59.97 Years 2021 up 2.3% rising
176 Afghanistan 59.13 Years 2021 down 0.7% rising
177 Chad 59.09 Years 2021 up 5.2% rising
178 Guinea-Bissau 58.63 Years 2021 up 4.8% rising
179 South Sudan 58.57 Years 2021 down 0.6% rising
180 Zimbabwe 58.48 Years 2021 up 9.8% rising
181 Mozambique 57.66 Years 2021 up 7.7% rising
182 Eswatini 54.59 Years 2021 up 13.6% rising
183 Somalia 53.95 Years 2021 up 23.1% rising
184 Central African Republic 52.31 Years 2021 up 5.7% rising
185 Lesotho 51.48 Years 2021 up 4.8% rising

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Indicator
Life expectancy
Unit
Years
Source
World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
185 places, 4,070 data points, 2000–2021
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The period life expectancy at birth, in a given year.