Life expectancy vs health expenditure by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
86.37
Monaco
Lowest
54.46
Nigeria
Median
75.3
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Life expectancy vs health expenditure is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 86.37 in Monaco; the lowest is 54.46 in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 75.3, and the mean is 74.13.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 226 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 23.1%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 12.1%).
Life expectancy vs health expenditure: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 86.37 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 2 | San Marino | 85.71 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 85.51 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 4 | Japan | 84.71 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 5 | South Korea | 84.33 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 6 | Saint Barthelemy | 84.29 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 7 | French Polynesia | 84.07 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 8 | Andorra | 84.04 | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 9 | Switzerland | 83.95 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 10 | Australia | 83.92 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 11 | Singapore | 83.74 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 12 | Italy | 83.72 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 13 | Spain | 83.67 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 14 | Liechtenstein | 83.63 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 15 | Gibraltar | 83.55 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 16 | Reunion | 83.55 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 17 | France | 83.33 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 18 | Norway | 83.31 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 19 | Malta | 83.3 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 20 | Guernsey | 83.27 | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 21 | Sweden | 83.26 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 22 | Macao | 83.08 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 23 | Vatican | 82.98 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 82.91 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 25 | Iceland | 82.69 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 26 | Canada | 82.63 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 27 | Martinique | 82.56 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 28 | Ireland | 82.41 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 29 | Israel | 82.41 | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 30 | Qatar | 82.37 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 31 | Portugal | 82.36 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 32 | Bermuda | 82.31 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 82.23 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 34 | Netherlands | 82.16 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 35 | Belgium | 82.11 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 36 | New Zealand | 82.09 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 37 | Guadeloupe | 82.05 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 38 | Austria | 81.96 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 39 | Denmark | 81.93 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 40 | Finland | 81.91 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 41 | Greece | 81.86 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 42 | Puerto Rico | 81.69 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 43 | Cyprus | 81.65 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 44 | Slovenia | 81.6 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 45 | Germany | 81.38 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 46 | United Kingdom | 81.3 | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 47 | Bahrain | 81.28 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 48 | Chile | 81.17 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 49 | Maldives | 81.04 | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 50 | Isle of Man | 81 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 51 | Costa Rica | 80.8 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 52 | Taiwan | 80.56 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 53 | Kuwait | 80.41 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 54 | Cayman Islands | 80.36 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 55 | Saint Martin (French part) | 80.22 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 56 | Faroe Islands | 80.18 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 57 | Oman | 80.03 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 58 | Czechia | 79.83 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 59 | Jersey | 79.71 | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 60 | Albania | 79.6 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 61 | Panama | 79.59 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 62 | Anguilla | 79.31 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 63 | United States | 79.3 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 64 | Falkland Islands | 79.21 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 65 | Estonia | 79.15 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 66 | Northern Mariana Islands | 78.81 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 67 | New Caledonia | 78.77 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 68 | Saudi Arabia | 78.73 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 69 | Poland | 78.63 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 70 | Wallis and Futuna | 78.63 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 71 | Croatia | 78.58 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 72 | Slovakia | 78.34 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 73 | Uruguay | 78.14 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 74 | Cuba | 78.08 | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 75 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 78.01 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 76 | China | 77.95 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77.85 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 78 | Lebanon | 77.82 | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 79 | Jordan | 77.81 | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 80 | Peru | 77.74 | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 81 | Colombia | 77.72 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 82 | Iran | 77.65 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 83 | Antigua and Barbuda | 77.6 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 84 | Sri Lanka | 77.48 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 85 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 77.44 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 86 | Argentina | 77.39 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 86 | North Macedonia | 77.39 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 88 | Ecuador | 77.39 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 89 | British Virgin Islands | 77.28 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 90 | Guam | 77.21 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 91 | Turkey | 77.16 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 92 | Montenegro | 77.09 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 93 | Tokelau | 77.05 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 94 | Hungary | 77.02 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 95 | French Guiana | 76.98 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 96 | Curacao | 76.8 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 97 | Saint Helena | 76.79 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 98 | Serbia | 76.77 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 99 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 76.76 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 100 | Malaysia | 76.66 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 101 | Tunisia | 76.51 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 102 | Thailand | 76.41 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 103 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 76.37 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 104 | Aruba | 76.35 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 105 | Algeria | 76.26 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 106 | Latvia | 76.19 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 107 | Montserrat | 76.19 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 108 | Barbados | 76.18 | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 109 | Cape Verde | 76.06 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 110 | Mayotte | 76.05 | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 111 | Lithuania | 76.03 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 112 | Romania | 75.94 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 113 | Brazil | 75.85 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 114 | Armenia | 75.68 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 115 | Bulgaria | 75.64 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 116 | United States Virgin Islands | 75.47 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 117 | Brunei | 75.33 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 118 | Morocco | 75.31 | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 119 | Cook Islands | 75.28 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 120 | Grenada | 75.2 | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 121 | Mexico | 75.07 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 122 | Nicaragua | 74.95 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 123 | Mauritius | 74.93 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 124 | Bangladesh | 74.67 | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 125 | Vietnam | 74.59 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 126 | Bahamas | 74.55 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 127 | Georgia | 74.5 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 128 | Belarus | 74.43 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 129 | Azerbaijan | 74.43 | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 130 | Kazakhstan | 74.4 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 131 | Paraguay | 73.84 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 132 | Dominican Republic | 73.72 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 133 | North Korea | 73.64 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 134 | Suriname | 73.63 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 135 | Belize | 73.57 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 136 | Trinidad and Tobago | 73.49 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 137 | Ukraine | 73.42 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 138 | Russia | 73.15 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 139 | Bhutan | 72.97 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 140 | Tonga | 72.89 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 141 | Honduras | 72.88 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 142 | Seychelles | 72.86 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 143 | American Samoa | 72.85 | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 144 | Saint Lucia | 72.7 | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 145 | Guatemala | 72.6 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 146 | Venezuela | 72.51 | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 147 | Uzbekistan | 72.39 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 148 | Iraq | 72.32 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 149 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 72.14 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 150 | Syria | 72.12 | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 151 | El Salvador | 72.1 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 152 | India | 72 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 153 | Tajikistan | 71.79 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 154 | Mongolia | 71.73 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 155 | Samoa | 71.7 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 156 | Kyrgyzstan | 71.68 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 157 | Egypt | 71.63 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 158 | Jamaica | 71.48 | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 159 | Vanuatu | 71.48 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 160 | Western Sahara | 71.39 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 161 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.23 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 162 | Moldova | 71.2 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 163 | Indonesia | 71.15 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 164 | Dominica | 71.13 | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 165 | Cambodia | 70.67 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 70.53 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 167 | Nepal | 70.35 | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 168 | Guyana | 70.18 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 169 | Turkmenistan | 70.07 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 170 | Greenland | 70.06 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 171 | Niue | 69.98 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 172 | Philippines | 69.83 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | 69.72 | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 174 | Libya | 69.34 | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 175 | Yemen | 69.3 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 176 | Palau | 69.27 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 177 | Botswana | 69.16 | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 178 | Laos | 68.96 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 179 | Senegal | 68.68 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 180 | Eritrea | 68.62 | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 181 | Bolivia | 68.58 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 182 | Mauritania | 68.48 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 183 | Gabon | 68.34 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 184 | Uganda | 68.25 | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 185 | Rwanda | 67.78 | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 186 | East Timor | 67.69 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 187 | Pakistan | 67.65 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 188 | Namibia | 67.39 | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 189 | Malawi | 67.35 | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 190 | Fiji | 67.32 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 191 | Ethiopia | 67.31 | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 192 | Micronesia (country) | 67.2 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 193 | Tuvalu | 67.11 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 194 | Tanzania | 67 | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 195 | Marshall Islands | 66.94 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 196 | Myanmar | 66.89 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 197 | Comoros | 66.78 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 198 | Kiribati | 66.47 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 199 | Zambia | 66.35 | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 200 | Sudan | 66.33 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 201 | South Africa | 66.14 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 202 | Papua New Guinea | 66.13 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 203 | Afghanistan | 66.03 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 204 | Djibouti | 65.99 | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 205 | Gambia | 65.86 | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 206 | Congo | 65.77 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 207 | Ghana | 65.5 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 208 | Palestine | 65.17 | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 209 | Haiti | 64.94 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 210 | Angola | 64.62 | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 211 | Eswatini | 64.12 | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 212 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.08 | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 213 | Equatorial Guinea | 63.71 | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 214 | Cameroon | 63.7 | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 215 | Burundi | 63.65 | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 216 | Kenya | 63.65 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 217 | Madagascar | 63.63 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 218 | Mozambique | 63.61 | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 219 | Zimbabwe | 62.77 | 2023 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 220 | Togo | 62.74 | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 221 | Liberia | 62.16 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 222 | Nauru | 62.11 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 223 | Cote d'Ivoire | 61.94 | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 224 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 61.9 | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 225 | Sierra Leone | 61.79 | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 226 | Niger | 61.18 | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 227 | Burkina Faso | 61.09 | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 228 | Benin | 60.77 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 229 | Guinea | 60.74 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 230 | Mali | 60.44 | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 231 | Somalia | 58.82 | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 232 | South Sudan | 57.62 | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 233 | Central African Republic | 57.41 | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 234 | Lesotho | 57.38 | 2023 | up 15.8% | flat |
| 235 | Chad | 55.07 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 236 | Nigeria | 54.46 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |