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.
Highest & lowest life expectancy
Highest life expectancy
- Hong Kong SAR, China
- Japan
- Macao SAR, China
- Switzerland
- Spain
- Italy
- Singapore
- Liechtenstein
- Iceland
- Israel
Lowest life expectancy
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 |