Countries ranked by life expectancy

Countries ranked by life expectancy at birth, measured by years, using the latest data from the World Bank.

Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn child is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future.

The global average life expectancy is 72.6. Since 1900 the global average life expectancy has more than doubled.

The Central African Republic has the lowest life expectancy of just 52.8, while Hong Kong has the highest of 84.9. The sovereign state with the highest life expectancy is Japan with 84.2.

Countries ranked by life expectancy

The table below ranks 195 of the world’s countries and territories by life expectancy at birth (in years).

Some countries may have been omitted due to insufficient data.

Rank	Country	Life expectancy
1	Hong Kong SAR, China	84.9
2	Japan	84.2
3	Macao SAR, China	84.1
4	Switzerland	83.8
5	Spain	83.4
6	Italy	83.3
7	Singapore	83.1
8	Liechtenstein	83.0
9	Iceland	82.9
10	Israel	82.8
11	Norway	82.8
12	Australia	82.7
13	France	82.7
14	South Korea	82.6
15	Sweden	82.6
16	Faroe Islands	82.5
17	Malta	82.4
18	Ireland	82.3
19	Luxembourg	82.3
20	Canada	81.9
21	New Zealand	81.9
22	Greece	81.8
23	Netherlands	81.8
24	Austria	81.7
25	Bermuda	81.7
26	Finland	81.7
27	Belgium	81.6
28	Slovenia	81.4
29	Portugal	81.3
30	UK	81.3
31	Denmark	81.0
32	Germany	80.9
33	Cyprus	80.8
34	Costa Rica	80.1
35	Qatar	80.1
36	Chile	80.0
37	Guam	79.9
38	Puerto Rico	79.8
39	Barbados	79.1
40	Czech Rep.	79.0
41	Lebanon	78.9
42	Cuba	78.7
43	Maldives	78.6
44	Albania	78.5
45	USA	78.5
46	Panama	78.3
47	Estonia	78.2
48	Croatia	78.1
49	UAE	77.8
50	Uruguay	77.8
51	Oman	77.6
52	Poland	77.6
53	French Polynesia	77.5
54	Turkey	77.4
55	Bosnia & Herz.	77.3
56	Slovak Rep.	77.3
57	Bahrain	77.2
58	Colombia	77.1
59	New Caledonia	77.1
60	Antigua & Barbuda	76.9
61	Thailand	76.9
62	Ecuador	76.8
63	Montenegro	76.8
64	Sri Lanka	76.8
65	Algeria	76.7
66	China	76.7
67	Argentina	76.5
68	Iran	76.5
69	Morocco	76.5
70	Peru	76.5
71	Tunisia	76.5
72	Aruba	76.2
73	Hungary	76.1
74	St. Lucia	76.1
75	Malaysia	76.0
76	Serbia	75.9
77	Brazil	75.7
78	Brunei Darussalam	75.7
79	Lithuania	75.7
80	North Macedonia	75.7
81	Kuwait	75.4
82	Romania	75.4
83	Vietnam	75.3
84	Honduras	75.1
85	Bulgaria	75.0
86	Mexico	75.0
87	Saudi Arabia	75.0
88	Armenia	74.9
89	Latvia	74.8
90	Belize	74.5
91	Jamaica	74.4
92	Jordan	74.4
93	Mauritius	74.4
94	Nicaragua	74.3
95	Belarus	74.2
96	Guatemala	74.1
97	Paraguay	74.1
98	Dominican Rep.	73.9
99	West Bank & Gaza	73.9
100	The Bahamas	73.8
101	Georgia	73.6
102	Trinidad & Tobago	73.4
103	Kazakhstan	73.2
104	Samoa	73.2
105	El Salvador	73.1
106	Azerbaijan	72.9
107	Cabo Verde	72.8
108	Seychelles	72.8
109	Solomon Islands	72.8
110	Libya	72.7
111	Russia	72.7
112	Grenada	72.4
113	St. Vincent & Gren.	72.4
114	Bangladesh	72.3
115	Kosovo	72.2
116	North Korea	72.1
117	Venezuela, RB	72.1
118	Egypt	71.8
119	Moldova	71.8
120	Syria	71.8
121	Suriname	71.6
122	Ukraine	71.6
123	Uzbekistan	71.6
124	Bhutan	71.5
125	Indonesia	71.5
126	Kyrgyzstan	71.4
127	Bolivia	71.2
128	Philippines	71.1
129	Tajikistan	70.9
130	Tonga	70.8
131	Iraq	70.5
132	Nepal	70.5
133	Vanuatu	70.3
134	Sao Tome & Principe	70.2
135	Guyana	69.8
136	Mongolia	69.7
137	Cambodia	69.6
138	India	69.4
139	Botswana	69.3
140	Timor-Leste	69.3
141	Rwanda	68.7
142	Kiribati	68.1
143	Turkmenistan	68.1
144	Micronesia	67.8
145	Senegal	67.7
146	Laos	67.6
147	Fiji	67.3
148	Pakistan	67.1
149	Myanmar	66.9
150	Madagascar	66.7
151	Djibouti	66.6
152	Kenya	66.3
153	Ethiopia	66.2
154	Gabon	66.2
155	Yemen	66.1
156	Eritrea	65.9
157	Sudan	65.1
158	Tanzania	65.0
159	Mauritania	64.7
160	Afghanistan	64.5
161	Congo	64.3
162	Papua New Guinea	64.3
163	Comoros	64.1
164	South Africa	63.9
165	Ghana	63.8
166	Malawi	63.8
167	Haiti	63.7
168	Liberia	63.7
169	Zambia	63.5
170	Namibia	63.4
171	Uganda	63.0
172	Niger	62.0
173	The Gambia	61.7
174	Benin	61.5
175	Burkina Faso	61.2
176	Burundi	61.2
177	Guinea	61.2
178	Zimbabwe	61.2
179	Angola	60.8
180	Togo	60.8
181	DR Congo	60.4
182	Mozambique	60.2
183	Eswatini	59.4
184	Cameroon	58.9
185	Mali	58.9
186	Equatorial Guinea	58.4
187	Guinea-Bissau	58.0
188	South Sudan	57.6
189	Cote d’Ivoire	57.4
190	Somalia	57.1
191	Nigeria	54.3
192	Sierra Leone	54.3
193	Chad	54.0
194	Lesotho	53.7
195	Central African Rep.	52.8

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators