Statizoid

Life expectancy versus lifespan inequality by country

The level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.

Countries reporting
229
Highest
0.2807
Nigeria
Lowest
0.0635
Macao
Median
0.1027
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464

What the numbers show

Life expectancy versus lifespan inequality is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 0.2807 in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.0635 in Macao.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1027, and the mean is 0.1162.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 205 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 58.4%), and the largest decrease in Zambia (down 29.0%).

Life expectancy versus lifespan inequality: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 0.2807 2023 down 8.5% falling
2 Chad 0.2633 2023 down 14.9% falling
3 Central African Republic 0.2403 2023 down 18.4% falling
4 South Sudan 0.2393 2023 down 3.2% falling
5 Somalia 0.2356 2023 down 17.6% falling
6 Guinea 0.228 2023 down 11.3% falling
7 Lesotho 0.225 2023 down 14.8% falling
8 Niger 0.2246 2023 down 10.6% falling
9 Benin 0.2208 2023 down 10.0% falling
10 Mali 0.2162 2023 down 14.7% falling
11 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.2063 2023 down 16.6% falling
12 Sierra Leone 0.2045 2023 down 27.5% falling
13 Burkina Faso 0.2019 2023 down 15.7% falling
14 Togo 0.1966 2023 down 15.9% falling
15 Cote d'Ivoire 0.196 2023 down 17.2% falling
16 Madagascar 0.1948 2023 down 2.3% falling
17 Liberia 0.1903 2023 down 11.3% falling
18 Burundi 0.1868 2023 down 18.8% falling
19 Nauru 0.1858 2023 up 0.4% falling
20 Zimbabwe 0.1852 2023 down 21.2% falling
21 Guinea-Bissau 0.184 2023 down 19.8% falling
22 Equatorial Guinea 0.1836 2023 down 18.2% falling
23 Kenya 0.1827 2023 down 6.7% falling
24 Cameroon 0.1807 2023 down 21.4% falling
25 Eswatini 0.1786 2023 down 28.6% falling
26 Angola 0.1746 2023 down 20.8% falling
27 Gambia 0.1725 2023 down 16.6% falling
28 Mozambique 0.1688 2023 down 26.6% falling
29 Ghana 0.1687 2023 down 16.0% falling
30 Djibouti 0.1687 2023 down 16.6% falling
31 Palestine 0.1666 2023 up 58.4% falling
32 Afghanistan 0.1662 2023 down 17.2% falling
33 South Africa 0.1656 2023 down 16.8% falling
34 Tanzania 0.1649 2023 down 17.0% falling
35 Uganda 0.1641 2023 down 21.1% falling
36 Libya 0.1637 2023 up 44.6% volatile
37 Sudan 0.1614 2023 down 14.2% falling
38 Congo 0.1606 2023 down 14.0% falling
39 Kiribati 0.1605 2023 down 3.8% falling
40 Haiti 0.1596 2023 down 14.9% falling
41 Namibia 0.1533 2023 down 27.9% falling
42 Comoros 0.1529 2023 down 15.3% falling
43 Ethiopia 0.1515 2023 down 24.4% falling
44 Papua New Guinea 0.1505 2023 down 11.1% falling
45 Bolivia 0.1505 2023 down 10.5% falling
46 Pakistan 0.1502 2023 down 14.3% falling
47 Zambia 0.1501 2023 down 29.0% falling
48 East Timor 0.1491 2023 down 15.5% falling
49 Eritrea 0.1488 2023 down 16.4% falling
50 Marshall Islands 0.1483 2023 down 9.0% falling
51 Malawi 0.1477 2023 down 26.0% falling
52 Botswana 0.1469 2023 down 27.0% falling
53 Rwanda 0.1462 2023 down 15.1% falling
54 Gabon 0.1443 2023 down 15.1% falling
55 Myanmar 0.1413 2023 down 14.2% falling
56 Tuvalu 0.1408 2023 down 8.9% falling
57 Mauritania 0.1407 2023 down 11.7% falling
58 Micronesia (country) 0.1364 2023 down 12.5% falling
59 Senegal 0.1354 2023 down 17.3% falling
60 Yemen 0.1346 2023 down 8.9% falling
61 Laos 0.1345 2023 down 17.3% falling
62 Guyana 0.1339 2023 down 9.5% falling
63 Fiji 0.1325 2023 up 1.3% falling
64 Palau 0.1323 2023 up 4.1% falling
65 Greenland 0.1291 2023 down 2.1% falling
66 India 0.1281 2023 down 19.0% falling
67 Cambodia 0.128 2023 down 12.9% falling
68 Nepal 0.1263 2023 down 16.2% falling
69 Bangladesh 0.1263 2023 down 16.1% falling
70 Niue 0.1257 2023 down 6.8% falling
71 Dominican Republic 0.1256 2023 down 7.3% falling
72 Philippines 0.1239 2023 down 3.3% falling
73 Turkmenistan 0.1236 2023 down 4.8% falling
74 Indonesia 0.1229 2023 down 10.2% falling
75 Suriname 0.1227 2023 down 5.2% falling
76 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1226 2023 down 22.2% falling
77 Samoa 0.1224 2023 up 1.0% falling
78 Bahamas 0.122 2023 down 2.9% falling
79 Solomon Islands 0.1217 2023 down 7.8% falling
80 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1198 2023 down 3.8% falling
81 Vanuatu 0.1193 2023 down 4.7% falling
82 Grenada 0.1192 2023 up 1.8% falling
83 Western Sahara 0.1184 2023 down 15.5% falling
84 Guam 0.1183 2023 up 0.5% falling
85 Guatemala 0.1179 2023 down 8.1% falling
86 Syria 0.117 2023 down 18.8% falling
87 Tajikistan 0.1154 2023 down 10.6% falling
88 Peru 0.1145 2023 down 7.2% falling
89 Dominica 0.1143 2023 down 2.4% falling
90 Jamaica 0.1141 2023 up 2.2% falling
91 Iraq 0.1138 2023 down 13.9% falling
92 Venezuela 0.1135 2023 up 6.7% falling
93 North Korea 0.1119 2023 down 6.3% falling
94 Honduras 0.1103 2023 down 10.0% falling
95 Bhutan 0.1103 2023 down 14.6% falling
96 Paraguay 0.1098 2023 down 6.6% falling
97 Mauritius 0.1097 2023 up 0.2% falling
98 Moldova 0.1087 2023 down 2.6% falling
99 El Salvador 0.1087 2023 down 5.1% falling
100 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1082 2023 down 3.2% falling
101 Tonga 0.1077 2023 down 3.9% falling
102 American Samoa 0.1074 2023 up 2.1% falling
103 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1072 2023 down 5.3% falling
104 Uzbekistan 0.1071 2023 down 10.7% falling
105 Vietnam 0.1063 2023 down 2.8% falling
106 Thailand 0.1062 2023 up 0.6% falling
107 Ukraine 0.1061 2023 up 1.1% falling
108 Mexico 0.106 2023 down 2.9% falling
109 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1053 2023 up 2.1% falling
110 Mongolia 0.1052 2023 down 14.7% falling
111 Wallis and Futuna 0.105 2023 down 3.6% falling
112 Seychelles 0.1045 2023 down 2.1% falling
113 Saint Lucia 0.1044 2023 down 4.3% falling
114 Egypt 0.103 2023 down 10.6% volatile
115 Uruguay 0.1027 2023 up 0.4% falling
116 Nicaragua 0.1027 2023 down 10.5% falling
117 Argentina 0.1027 2023 down 2.5% falling
118 Tokelau 0.1024 2023 down 4.4% falling
119 Ecuador 0.1015 2023 down 4.8% falling
120 Panama 0.1014 2023 down 6.8% falling
121 Russia 0.1013 2023 down 7.8% falling
122 Belize 0.1012 2023 down 12.3% falling
123 Malaysia 0.1011 2023 down 0.4% falling
124 Brunei 0.1008 2023 down 2.7% falling
125 Brazil 0.1007 2023 down 6.7% falling
126 Morocco 0.1007 2023 down 13.2% falling
127 Kyrgyzstan 0.1005 2023 down 14.1% falling
128 Algeria 0.1001 2023 down 9.4% volatile
129 Turkey 0.0998 2023 up 7.6% falling
130 Azerbaijan 0.0966 2023 down 13.6% falling
131 Cuba 0.0964 2023 down 0.5% falling
132 Lebanon 0.0963 2023 up 4.6% falling
133 Cayman Islands 0.0962 2023 down 4.2% falling
134 Kazakhstan 0.0958 2023 down 14.3% falling
135 United States 0.0958 2023 up 0.2% falling
136 Cook Islands 0.0953 2023 down 4.2% falling
138 Barbados 0.0943 2023 down 6.0% falling
139 Isle of Man 0.0937 2023 down 5.3% falling
140 Colombia 0.0935 2023 down 7.8% falling
141 Georgia 0.0932 2023 down 5.1% falling
142 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0932 2023 down 3.2% falling
143 Jordan 0.0916 2023 down 11.0% volatile
144 Serbia 0.0916 2023 down 2.4% falling
146 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.0913 2023 down 1.4% falling
147 Latvia 0.0904 2023 down 6.0% falling
148 Costa Rica 0.0904 2023 down 1.8% falling
149 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0902 2023 down 4.2% falling
150 Montserrat 0.0902 2023 down 5.4% falling
151 Saint Helena 0.0899 2023 down 2.3% falling
152 Chile 0.0897 2023 down 3.9% falling
153 Bulgaria 0.0893 2023 down 2.3% falling
154 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.089 2023 down 1.4% falling
155 Tunisia 0.0884 2023 down 9.2% volatile
156 Lithuania 0.0884 2023 down 6.8% falling
157 Falkland Islands 0.0881 2023 down 3.5% falling
158 Cape Verde 0.0879 2023 down 11.2% falling
159 Aruba 0.0873 2023 down 4.6% falling
160 Iran 0.0873 2023 down 13.3% volatile
161 Curacao 0.0871 2023 down 4.1% falling
162 Romania 0.0869 2023 down 5.8% falling
164 Hungary 0.0867 2023 down 5.1% falling
165 Jersey 0.0866 2023 up 4.6% falling
166 Bahrain 0.0864 2023 down 8.7% volatile
168 Montenegro 0.0864 2023 down 5.7% falling
169 Saudi Arabia 0.0862 2023 down 8.7% volatile
170 Belarus 0.0861 2023 down 8.8% falling
171 Northern Mariana Islands 0.0859 2023 down 4.9% falling
172 New Caledonia 0.0856 2023 down 7.0% falling
173 Armenia 0.0854 2023 down 10.6% falling
174 China 0.0853 2023 down 11.4% falling
175 French Guiana 0.085 2023 down 3.9% falling
176 Poland 0.0842 2023 down 3.5% falling
177 British Virgin Islands 0.0841 2023 down 3.4% falling
178 Albania 0.0841 2023 down 5.7% volatile
179 Slovakia 0.084 2023 down 2.2% falling
180 United States Virgin Islands 0.0837 2023 down 7.3% falling
181 Gibraltar 0.0837 2023 down 3.4% falling
182 Puerto Rico 0.0834 2023 down 4.6% falling
183 North Macedonia 0.0832 2023 down 8.3% falling
184 Sri Lanka 0.0829 2023 down 8.5% falling
185 United Kingdom 0.0826 2023 up 0.7% falling
186 Oman 0.0823 2023 down 9.8% volatile
187 Canada 0.0822 2023 down 2.6% falling
189 Saint Martin (French part) 0.0808 2023 down 2.1% falling
190 Taiwan 0.0807 2023 down 7.0% falling
191 Estonia 0.0798 2023 down 7.3% falling
192 New Zealand 0.0796 2023 down 3.2% falling
193 Anguilla 0.0793 2023 down 4.2% falling
194 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0788 2023 down 1.1% falling
195 Belgium 0.0781 2023 down 4.1% falling
196 Croatia 0.0777 2023 down 4.7% falling
197 Vatican 0.0775 2023 down 1.4% falling
198 Reunion 0.0773 2023 down 9.4% volatile
199 Czechia 0.077 2023 down 3.0% falling
201 Guernsey 0.0763 2023 down 2.7% falling
203 France 0.0761 2023 down 3.6% falling
204 Bermuda 0.0759 2023 up 0.5% falling
205 Singapore 0.0759 2023 down 3.2% falling
206 Germany 0.0758 2023 down 3.1% falling
207 Denmark 0.0757 2023 down 7.6% falling
208 Netherlands 0.0754 2023 down 5.3% falling
209 Greece 0.0753 2023 down 1.1% falling
210 Israel 0.0752 2023 down 3.4% falling
211 Andorra 0.075 2023 up 1.8% falling
212 Faroe Islands 0.0748 2023 down 4.3% falling
213 Qatar 0.0741 2023 down 12.2% falling
214 French Polynesia 0.074 2023 down 6.0% falling
215 Finland 0.0739 2023 down 3.1% falling
216 Kuwait 0.0736 2023 down 9.8% volatile
217 Austria 0.0736 2023 down 3.4% falling
218 Saint Barthelemy 0.0733 2023 up 1.2% volatile
219 Portugal 0.0732 2023 down 3.7% falling
220 Slovenia 0.0731 2023 down 4.6% falling
221 Sweden 0.0725 2023 down 4.3% falling
222 Maldives 0.0722 2023 down 15.2% volatile
223 Cyprus 0.0713 2023 down 2.6% falling
224 Hong Kong 0.0712 2023 down 3.8% falling
225 Australia 0.0712 2023 down 7.9% falling
226 Norway 0.0703 2023 down 9.3% falling
227 Japan 0.0703 2023 down 4.0% falling
228 Iceland 0.0701 2023 down 10.9% falling
229 Monaco 0.0694 2023 down 1.9% falling
230 Spain 0.0694 2023 down 3.1% falling
231 Switzerland 0.0694 2023 down 4.3% falling
232 Italy 0.0692 2023 down 4.8% falling
233 South Korea 0.0683 2023 down 7.5% volatile
234 San Marino 0.0667 2023 down 1.8% falling
235 United Arab Emirates 0.0656 2023 down 6.7% volatile
236 Macao 0.0635 2023 down 4.1% falling

About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy versus lifespan inequality
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.