Mens life expectancy at birth by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
84.45
Monaco
Lowest
53.2
Chad
Median
72.05
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Mens life expectancy at birth is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 84.45 in Monaco; the lowest is 53.2 in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 72.05, and the mean is 71.53.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 221 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 22.2%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 17.3%).
Mens life expectancy at birth: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 84.45 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 2 | San Marino | 84.21 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 82.84 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 4 | Andorra | 82.1 | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 5 | Australia | 82.1 | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 6 | Switzerland | 82.01 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 81.98 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 8 | Liechtenstein | 81.84 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 9 | French Polynesia | 81.78 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 10 | Norway | 81.75 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 11 | Japan | 81.69 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 12 | Qatar | 81.61 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 13 | Italy | 81.57 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 14 | Saint Barthelemy | 81.46 | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 15 | Sweden | 81.44 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 16 | Malta | 81.27 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 17 | Singapore | 81.24 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 18 | South Korea | 81.19 | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 19 | Guernsey | 81.01 | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 20 | Iceland | 80.98 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 21 | Spain | 80.96 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 22 | Gibraltar | 80.92 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 23 | Macao | 80.83 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 24 | Vatican | 80.78 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 25 | Bahrain | 80.67 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 26 | Luxembourg | 80.57 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 27 | Netherlands | 80.54 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 28 | Reunion | 80.53 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 29 | France | 80.43 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 30 | Canada | 80.43 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 31 | New Zealand | 80.41 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 32 | Ireland | 80.37 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 33 | Israel | 80.18 | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 34 | Denmark | 80.02 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 35 | Belgium | 79.86 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 36 | Maldives | 79.69 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 37 | Cyprus | 79.64 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 38 | Austria | 79.54 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 39 | Portugal | 79.44 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 40 | United Kingdom | 79.36 | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 41 | Greece | 79.29 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 42 | Martinique | 79.25 | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 43 | Kuwait | 79.25 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 44 | Chile | 79.24 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 45 | Finland | 79.17 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 46 | Germany | 79.02 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 47 | Isle of Man | 78.93 | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 48 | Slovenia | 78.9 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 49 | Bermuda | 78.86 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 50 | Oman | 78.49 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 51 | Faroe Islands | 78.17 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 52 | Guadeloupe | 78.13 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 78.13 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | 78.03 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 55 | Cayman Islands | 77.98 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 56 | Albania | 77.73 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 57 | Jersey | 77.72 | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 58 | Wallis and Futuna | 77.66 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 59 | Taiwan | 77.63 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 60 | Falkland Islands | 77.15 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 61 | Northern Mariana Islands | 77.13 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 77.1 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 63 | Czechia | 77 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 64 | United States | 76.86 | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 65 | Saint Martin (French part) | 76.77 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 66 | Panama | 76.65 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 67 | New Caledonia | 76.28 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 68 | Anguilla | 76.03 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 69 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 75.83 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 70 | Iran | 75.79 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 71 | Lebanon | 75.74 | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 72 | Jordan | 75.71 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 73 | Cuba | 75.67 | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 74 | Peru | 75.41 | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 75 | Croatia | 75.41 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 76 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 75.23 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 77 | China | 75.2 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 78 | North Macedonia | 75.11 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 79 | Slovakia | 75.02 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 80 | Tokelau | 74.95 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 81 | Colombia | 74.95 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 82 | Estonia | 74.9 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 83 | Algeria | 74.89 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 84 | Poland | 74.88 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 85 | Argentina | 74.81 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 86 | Ecuador | 74.66 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 87 | Antigua and Barbuda | 74.55 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 88 | Turkey | 74.53 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 89 | British Virgin Islands | 74.53 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 90 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 74.42 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 91 | Malaysia | 74.27 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 92 | Sri Lanka | 74.24 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 93 | Uruguay | 74.19 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 94 | French Guiana | 74.13 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 95 | Montserrat | 74.11 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 96 | Mayotte | 74.09 | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 97 | Tunisia | 73.92 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 98 | Saint Helena | 73.87 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 99 | Montenegro | 73.73 | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 100 | Hungary | 73.71 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 101 | Aruba | 73.7 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 102 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 73.7 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 103 | Barbados | 73.63 | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 104 | Serbia | 73.5 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 105 | Guam | 73.44 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 106 | Brunei | 73.33 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 107 | Morocco | 73.17 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 108 | Bangladesh | 73.03 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 109 | Cape Verde | 72.86 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 110 | Brazil | 72.76 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 111 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 72.75 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 112 | Curacao | 72.46 | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 113 | Romania | 72.4 | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 114 | Grenada | 72.36 | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 115 | Nicaragua | 72.31 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 116 | Mexico | 72.24 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 117 | Bulgaria | 72.16 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 118 | Thailand | 72.16 | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 119 | Mauritius | 71.94 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 120 | Cook Islands | 71.87 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 71.56 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 122 | Latvia | 71.56 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 123 | North Korea | 71.46 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 124 | Armenia | 71.39 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 125 | Bhutan | 71.31 | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 126 | Lithuania | 71.22 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 127 | Belize | 70.93 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 128 | Bahamas | 70.91 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 129 | Paraguay | 70.89 | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 130 | Dominican Republic | 70.53 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 131 | India | 70.52 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 132 | United States Virgin Islands | 70.51 | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 133 | Suriname | 70.46 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 134 | Iraq | 70.43 | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 135 | Trinidad and Tobago | 70.38 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 136 | Honduras | 70.35 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 137 | Guatemala | 70.31 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 138 | American Samoa | 70.2 | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 139 | Kazakhstan | 70.11 | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 140 | Seychelles | 69.94 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 141 | Vietnam | 69.88 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 142 | Samoa | 69.86 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 143 | Syria | 69.83 | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 144 | Western Sahara | 69.69 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 145 | Tajikistan | 69.57 | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 146 | Georgia | 69.57 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 147 | Belarus | 69.53 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 148 | Egypt | 69.49 | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 149 | Uzbekistan | 69.45 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 150 | Vanuatu | 69.44 | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 151 | Tonga | 69.37 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 152 | Saint Lucia | 69.31 | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 153 | Solomon Islands | 69.22 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 154 | Indonesia | 69.04 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 155 | Jamaica | 68.97 | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 156 | Nepal | 68.83 | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 157 | Venezuela | 68.72 | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 158 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.66 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 159 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 68.57 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 160 | Libya | 68.27 | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 161 | Dominica | 68.21 | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 162 | Kyrgyzstan | 68.18 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 163 | Greenland | 68.09 | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 164 | Cambodia | 68.01 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 165 | El Salvador | 67.52 | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 166 | Niue | 67.43 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 167 | Russia | 67.26 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 168 | Mongolia | 67.24 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 169 | Yemen | 67.23 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 170 | Palau | 67.15 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 171 | Ukraine | 66.9 | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 172 | Philippines | 66.89 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 173 | Turkmenistan | 66.87 | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 174 | Senegal | 66.79 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 175 | Laos | 66.78 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 176 | Botswana | 66.67 | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 177 | Moldova | 66.57 | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 178 | Eritrea | 66.51 | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 179 | Guyana | 66.51 | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 180 | Mauritania | 66.5 | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 181 | Sao Tome and Principe | 66.24 | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 182 | Bolivia | 66.13 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 183 | East Timor | 66.07 | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 184 | Gabon | 65.91 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 185 | Rwanda | 65.49 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 186 | Fiji | 65.34 | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 187 | Pakistan | 65.33 | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 188 | Uganda | 65.27 | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 189 | Marshall Islands | 64.93 | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 190 | Comoros | 64.79 | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 191 | Kiribati | 64.58 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 192 | Afghanistan | 64.47 | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 193 | Tanzania | 64.2 | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 194 | Gambia | 64.17 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 195 | Congo | 64.12 | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 196 | Ethiopia | 64.08 | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 197 | Malawi | 64.07 | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 198 | Zambia | 63.94 | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 199 | Myanmar | 63.79 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 200 | Tuvalu | 63.77 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 201 | Papua New Guinea | 63.74 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 202 | Djibouti | 63.52 | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 203 | Micronesia (country) | 63.49 | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 204 | Namibia | 63.33 | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 205 | Sudan | 63.27 | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 206 | Ghana | 63.13 | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 207 | South Africa | 62.61 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 208 | Togo | 62.54 | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 209 | Angola | 62.1 | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 210 | Equatorial Guinea | 62.04 | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 211 | Madagascar | 61.94 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 212 | Haiti | 61.73 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 213 | Guinea-Bissau | 61.66 | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 214 | Burundi | 61.6 | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 215 | Cameroon | 61.52 | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 216 | Kenya | 61.46 | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 217 | Eswatini | 61.19 | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 218 | Liberia | 60.88 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 219 | Mozambique | 60.3 | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 220 | Nauru | 60.28 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 221 | Niger | 60.26 | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 222 | Zimbabwe | 60.23 | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 223 | Sierra Leone | 60.06 | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 224 | Cote d'Ivoire | 60.02 | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 225 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 59.79 | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 226 | Palestine | 59.69 | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 227 | Guinea | 59.52 | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 228 | Benin | 59.35 | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 229 | Mali | 59.04 | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 230 | Burkina Faso | 58.92 | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 231 | Somalia | 56.35 | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 232 | Central African Republic | 55.26 | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 233 | South Sudan | 54.64 | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 234 | Lesotho | 54.62 | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 235 | Nigeria | 54.18 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 236 | Chad | 53.2 | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |