Life expectancy in Monaco

Monaco: Life expectancy was 86.37 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
86.37 years
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
1st
of 236 countries
All-time high
86.37 years
in 2023
All-time low
68 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy in Monaco, 1950–2023

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Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2023, life expectancy in Monaco stood at 86.37 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Monaco peaked at 86.37 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 68 years, in 1950.

Monaco ranks 1st of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 69.93 years 68 years 71.35 years 10
1960s 72.7 years 71.86 years 73.25 years 10
1970s 73.79 years 73.35 years 74.87 years 10
1980s 77.11 years 74.95 years 79.42 years 10
1990s 80.71 years 79.44 years 81.83 years 10
2000s 83.59 years 82.12 years 84.34 years 10
2010s 85.39 years 84.64 years 86.15 years 10
2020s 85.83 years 85.11 years 86.37 years 4

Countries ranked near Monaco

  1. 2 San Marino 85.71 years compare
  2. 3 Hong Kong 85.51 years compare
  3. 4 Japan 84.71 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Monaco?
Life expectancy in Monaco was 86.37 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Monaco?
The highest recorded value was 86.37 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Monaco?
The lowest recorded value was 68 years in 1950.
How does Monaco rank for life expectancy?
Monaco ranks 1st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Monaco?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Monaco data come from?
The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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.