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Life expectancy by country

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.

Countries reporting
229
Highest
86.37 years
Monaco
Lowest
54.46 years
Nigeria
Median
74.95 years
Years covered
481
1543–2023
Data points
19,452

What the numbers show

Life expectancy is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 86.37 years in Monaco; the lowest is 54.46 years in Nigeria.

The median across all reporting countries is 74.95 years, and the mean is 73.9 years.

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

Over the past decade 220 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 23.1%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 12.1%).

Life expectancy: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 86.37 years 2023 up 1.5% rising
2 San Marino 85.71 years 2023 up 1.8% rising
3 Hong Kong 85.51 years 2023 up 2.2% rising
4 Japan 84.71 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
5 South Korea 84.33 years 2023 up 3.0% rising
6 Saint Barthelemy 84.29 years 2023 up 2.2% rising
7 French Polynesia 84.07 years 2023 up 2.6% rising
8 Andorra 84.04 years 2023 down 0.4% rising
9 Switzerland 83.95 years 2023 up 1.5% rising
10 Australia 83.92 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
11 Singapore 83.74 years 2023 up 1.5% rising
12 Italy 83.72 years 2023 up 1.3% rising
13 Spain 83.67 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
15 Gibraltar 83.55 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
16 Reunion 83.55 years 2023 up 2.4% rising
17 France 83.33 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
18 Norway 83.31 years 2023 up 2.0% rising
20 Guernsey 83.27 years 2023 up 0.5% rising
21 Sweden 83.26 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
22 Macao 83.07 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
23 Vatican 82.98 years 2023 up 0.6% rising
24 United Arab Emirates 82.91 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
25 Iceland 82.69 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
26 Canada 82.63 years 2023 up 1.0% rising
29 Israel 82.41 years 2023 up 0.1% rising
30 Qatar 82.37 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
31 Portugal 82.36 years 2023 up 1.8% rising
32 Bermuda 82.31 years 2023 up 2.9% rising
34 Netherlands 82.16 years 2023 up 1.1% rising
35 Belgium 82.11 years 2023 up 2.0% rising
36 New Zealand 82.09 years 2023 up 0.6% rising
38 Austria 81.96 years 2023 up 1.1% rising
39 Denmark 81.93 years 2023 up 2.0% rising
40 Finland 81.91 years 2023 up 1.3% rising
41 Greece 81.86 years 2023 up 1.0% rising
42 Puerto Rico 81.69 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
43 Cyprus 81.65 years 2023 up 0.4% rising
44 Slovenia 81.6 years 2023 up 1.9% rising
45 Germany 81.38 years 2023 up 1.1% rising
46 United Kingdom 81.3 years 2023 up 0.5% rising
47 Bahrain 81.28 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
48 Chile 81.17 years 2023 up 2.0% rising
49 Maldives 81.04 years 2023 up 4.1% rising
50 Isle of Man 81 years 2023 up 1.1% rising
51 Costa Rica 80.8 years 2023 up 0.8% rising
52 Taiwan 80.56 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
53 Kuwait 80.4 years 2023 up 2.3% rising
54 Cayman Islands 80.36 years 2023 up 3.5% rising
55 Saint Martin (French part) 80.22 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
56 Faroe Islands 80.18 years 2023 up 1.3% rising
57 Oman 80.03 years 2023 up 1.8% rising
58 Czechia 79.83 years 2023 up 2.1% rising
59 Jersey 79.71 years 2023 down 1.2% rising
60 Albania 79.6 years 2023 up 2.1% rising
61 Panama 79.59 years 2023 up 3.2% rising
62 Anguilla 79.31 years 2023 up 2.2% rising
63 United States 79.3 years 2023 up 0.6% rising
64 Falkland Islands 79.21 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
65 Estonia 79.15 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
66 Northern Mariana Islands 78.81 years 2023 up 1.8% rising
67 New Caledonia 78.77 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
68 Saudi Arabia 78.73 years 2023 up 2.9% rising
69 Poland 78.63 years 2023 up 2.0% rising
70 Wallis and Futuna 78.63 years 2023 up 1.9% rising
71 Croatia 78.58 years 2023 up 1.4% rising
72 Slovakia 78.34 years 2023 up 2.4% rising
73 Uruguay 78.14 years 2023 up 1.5% rising
74 Cuba 78.09 years 2023 up 0.1% rising
75 Turks and Caicos Islands 78.01 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
76 China 77.95 years 2023 up 2.0% rising
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 77.85 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
78 Lebanon 77.82 years 2023 down 0.3% rising
79 Jordan 77.81 years 2023 up 4.8% rising
80 Peru 77.74 years 2023 up 4.2% rising
81 Colombia 77.72 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
82 Iran 77.65 years 2023 up 3.1% rising
83 Antigua and Barbuda 77.6 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
84 Sri Lanka 77.48 years 2023 up 2.6% rising
85 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 77.44 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
86 Argentina 77.39 years 2023 up 2.1% rising
86 North Macedonia 77.39 years 2023 up 2.4% rising
88 Ecuador 77.39 years 2023 up 2.1% rising
89 British Virgin Islands 77.28 years 2023 up 1.1% rising
90 Guam 77.21 years 2023 up 1.1% rising
91 Turkey 77.16 years 2023 up 1.3% rising
92 Montenegro 77.09 years 2023 up 1.0% rising
93 Tokelau 77.05 years 2023 up 2.4% rising
94 Hungary 77.02 years 2023 up 1.8% rising
95 French Guiana 76.98 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
96 Curacao 76.8 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
97 Saint Helena 76.79 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
98 Serbia 76.77 years 2023 up 1.9% rising
99 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 76.76 years 2023 up 0.4% rising
100 Malaysia 76.66 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
101 Tunisia 76.51 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
102 Thailand 76.41 years 2023 up 0.6% rising
103 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 76.37 years 2023 up 1.3% rising
104 Aruba 76.35 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
105 Algeria 76.26 years 2023 up 1.9% rising
106 Latvia 76.19 years 2023 up 2.7% rising
107 Montserrat 76.19 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
108 Barbados 76.18 years 2023 up 0.5% rising
109 Cape Verde 76.06 years 2023 up 3.5% rising
111 Lithuania 76.03 years 2023 up 2.7% rising
112 Romania 75.94 years 2023 up 1.4% rising
113 Brazil 75.85 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
114 Armenia 75.68 years 2023 up 2.7% rising
115 Bulgaria 75.64 years 2023 up 1.1% rising
116 United States Virgin Islands 75.47 years 2023 up 2.1% rising
117 Brunei 75.33 years 2023 up 0.6% rising
118 Morocco 75.31 years 2023 up 4.4% rising
119 Cook Islands 75.28 years 2023 up 2.3% rising
120 Grenada 75.21 years 2023 up 0.2% rising
121 Mexico 75.07 years 2023 up 1.0% rising
122 Nicaragua 74.95 years 2023 up 3.3% rising
123 Mauritius 74.93 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
124 Bangladesh 74.67 years 2023 up 7.5% rising
125 Vietnam 74.59 years 2023 up 1.0% rising
126 Bahamas 74.55 years 2023 up 0.8% rising
127 Georgia 74.5 years 2023 up 2.0% rising
128 Belarus 74.43 years 2023 up 2.4% rising
129 Azerbaijan 74.43 years 2023 up 4.1% rising
130 Kazakhstan 74.4 years 2023 up 5.2% rising
131 Paraguay 73.84 years 2023 up 0.8% rising
132 Dominican Republic 73.72 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
133 North Korea 73.64 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
134 Suriname 73.63 years 2023 up 5.0% rising
135 Belize 73.57 years 2023 up 3.2% rising
136 Trinidad and Tobago 73.49 years 2023 up 1.0% rising
137 Ukraine 73.42 years 2023 up 2.7% rising
138 Russia 73.15 years 2023 up 3.6% rising
139 Bhutan 72.98 years 2023 up 4.0% rising
140 Tonga 72.89 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
141 Honduras 72.88 years 2023 up 3.0% rising
142 Seychelles 72.86 years 2023 up 0.6% rising
143 American Samoa 72.85 years 2023 up 0.1% rising
144 Saint Lucia 72.7 years 2023 up 0.0% rising
145 Guatemala 72.6 years 2023 up 2.4% rising
146 Venezuela 72.51 years 2023 down 0.8% rising
147 Uzbekistan 72.39 years 2023 up 2.4% rising
148 Iraq 72.32 years 2023 up 4.7% rising
149 Saint Kitts and Nevis 72.14 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
150 Syria 72.12 years 2023 up 10.7% rising
151 El Salvador 72.1 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
152 India 72 years 2023 up 5.1% rising
153 Tajikistan 71.79 years 2023 up 3.2% rising
154 Mongolia 71.73 years 2023 up 5.2% rising
155 Samoa 71.7 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
156 Kyrgyzstan 71.68 years 2023 up 4.7% rising
157 Egypt 71.63 years 2023 up 2.9% rising
158 Jamaica 71.48 years 2023 down 1.3% rising
159 Vanuatu 71.48 years 2023 up 2.1% rising
160 Western Sahara 71.39 years 2023 up 4.0% rising
161 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 71.23 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
162 Moldova 71.2 years 2023 up 1.3% rising
163 Indonesia 71.15 years 2023 up 3.0% rising
164 Dominica 71.13 years 2023 down 0.1% rising
165 Cambodia 70.67 years 2023 up 2.8% rising
166 Solomon Islands 70.53 years 2023 up 2.2% rising
167 Nepal 70.35 years 2023 up 4.1% rising
168 Guyana 70.18 years 2023 up 5.2% rising
169 Turkmenistan 70.07 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
170 Greenland 70.06 years 2023 up 0.4% rising
171 Niue 69.98 years 2023 up 2.6% rising
172 Philippines 69.83 years 2023 up 0.8% rising
173 Sao Tome and Principe 69.72 years 2023 up 7.4% rising
174 Libya 69.34 years 2023 down 4.1% rising
175 Yemen 69.3 years 2023 up 2.0% rising
176 Palau 69.27 years 2023 up 0.4% rising
177 Botswana 69.16 years 2023 up 13.0% rising
178 Laos 68.96 years 2023 up 4.9% rising
179 Senegal 68.68 years 2023 up 4.6% rising
180 Eritrea 68.62 years 2023 up 5.6% rising
181 Bolivia 68.58 years 2023 up 2.7% rising
182 Mauritania 68.48 years 2023 up 3.9% rising
183 Gabon 68.34 years 2023 up 3.9% rising
184 Uganda 68.25 years 2023 up 9.5% rising
185 Rwanda 67.79 years 2023 up 4.8% rising
186 East Timor 67.69 years 2023 up 4.6% rising
187 Pakistan 67.65 years 2023 up 3.9% rising
188 Namibia 67.38 years 2023 up 15.3% rising
189 Malawi 67.35 years 2023 up 10.8% rising
190 Fiji 67.32 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
191 Ethiopia 67.31 years 2023 up 8.3% rising
192 Micronesia (country) 67.2 years 2023 up 3.1% rising
193 Tuvalu 67.1 years 2023 up 3.0% rising
194 Tanzania 67 years 2023 up 6.7% rising
195 Marshall Islands 66.95 years 2023 up 3.1% rising
196 Myanmar 66.89 years 2023 up 3.5% rising
197 Comoros 66.78 years 2023 up 4.6% rising
198 Kiribati 66.47 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
199 Zambia 66.35 years 2023 up 11.6% rising
200 Sudan 66.33 years 2023 up 4.6% rising
201 South Africa 66.14 years 2023 up 6.0% rising
202 Papua New Guinea 66.13 years 2023 up 3.5% rising
203 Afghanistan 66.03 years 2023 up 6.2% rising
204 Djibouti 65.99 years 2023 up 6.2% rising
205 Gambia 65.86 years 2023 up 5.8% rising
206 Congo 65.77 years 2023 up 4.5% rising
207 Ghana 65.5 years 2023 up 5.0% rising
208 Palestine 65.17 years 2023 down 12.1% rising
209 Haiti 64.94 years 2023 up 3.7% rising
210 Angola 64.62 years 2023 up 8.2% rising
211 Eswatini 64.12 years 2023 up 23.1% rising
212 Guinea-Bissau 64.08 years 2023 up 8.8% rising
213 Equatorial Guinea 63.71 years 2023 up 6.6% rising
214 Cameroon 63.7 years 2023 up 8.5% rising
215 Burundi 63.65 years 2023 up 7.6% rising
216 Kenya 63.65 years 2023 up 3.1% rising
217 Madagascar 63.63 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
218 Mozambique 63.61 years 2023 up 11.2% rising
219 Zimbabwe 62.77 years 2023 up 10.4% flat
220 Togo 62.74 years 2023 up 7.5% rising
221 Liberia 62.16 years 2023 up 3.6% rising
222 Nauru 62.11 years 2023 up 2.3% rising
223 Cote d'Ivoire 61.94 years 2023 up 8.6% rising
224 Democratic Republic of Congo 61.9 years 2023 up 7.1% rising
225 Sierra Leone 61.79 years 2023 up 14.3% rising
226 Niger 61.18 years 2023 up 4.8% rising
227 Burkina Faso 61.09 years 2023 up 5.5% rising
228 Benin 60.77 years 2023 up 3.2% rising
229 Guinea 60.74 years 2023 up 5.7% rising
230 Mali 60.44 years 2023 up 5.9% rising
231 Somalia 58.82 years 2023 up 8.9% rising
232 South Sudan 57.62 years 2023 down 1.1% rising
233 Central African Republic 57.41 years 2023 up 16.0% rising
234 Lesotho 57.37 years 2023 up 15.8% flat
235 Chad 55.07 years 2023 up 7.9% rising
236 Nigeria 54.46 years 2023 up 5.1% rising

About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy
Unit
years
Source
Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
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Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.