NationsTreeRanking · latest available · data as of 26 October 2026 · printed 27 Oct 2026
Life expectancy (years)
How many years a newborn would live on average if today’s death rates stayed the same. Higher is better.
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · SP.DYN.LE00.IN
Top 5 over time
Dashed line: world median| # | Country | Region | Life expectancyyears | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Monaco |
Europe & Central Asia | 86.5 years | 2024 |
| 2 |  San Marino |
Europe & Central Asia | 85.8 years | 2024 |
| 3 |  Hong Kong |
East Asia & Pacific | 85.4 years | 2024 |
| 4 |  Kuwait |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 84.6 years | 2024 |
| 5 |  Switzerland |
Europe & Central Asia | 84.4 years | 2024 |
| 6 |  Liechtenstein |
Europe & Central Asia | 84.2 years | 2024 |
| 7 |  French Polynesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 84.2 years | 2024 |
| 8 |  Andorra |
Europe & Central Asia | 84.2 years | 2024 |
| 9 |  Sweden |
Europe & Central Asia | 84.1 years | 2024 |
| 10 |  Japan |
East Asia & Pacific | 84.0 years | 2024 |
| 11 |  Italy |
Europe & Central Asia | 84.0 years | 2024 |
| 12 |  Spain |
Europe & Central Asia | 83.9 years | 2024 |
| 13 |  Gibraltar |
Europe & Central Asia | 83.6 years | 2024 |
| 14 |  South Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | 83.6 years | 2024 |
| 15 |  Singapore |
East Asia & Pacific | 83.3 years | 2024 |
| 16 |  Macao |
East Asia & Pacific | 83.3 years | 2024 |
| 17 |  Israel |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 83.2 years | 2024 |
| 18 |  Luxembourg |
Europe & Central Asia | 83.2 years | 2024 |
| 19 |  Norway |
Europe & Central Asia | 83.2 years | 2024 |
| 20 |  Faroe Islands |
Europe & Central Asia | 83.1 years | 2024 |
| 21 |  United Arab Emirates |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 83.1 years | 2024 |
| 22 |  Australia |
East Asia & Pacific | 83.1 years | 2024 |
| 23 |  Ireland |
Europe & Central Asia | 83.0 years | 2024 |
| 24 |  France |
Europe & Central Asia | 83.0 years | 2024 |
| 25 |  Malta |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 83.0 years | 2024 |
| 26 |  Iceland |
Europe & Central Asia | 82.8 years | 2024 |
| 27 |  Qatar |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 82.5 years | 2024 |
| 28 |  Bermuda |
North America | 82.5 years | 2024 |
| 29 |  Portugal |
Europe & Central Asia | 82.4 years | 2024 |
| 30 |  Finland |
Europe & Central Asia | 82.3 years | 2024 |
| 31 |  Belgium |
Europe & Central Asia | 82.3 years | 2024 |
| 32 |  Slovenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 82.3 years | 2024 |
| 33 |  Denmark |
Europe & Central Asia | 82.3 years | 2024 |
| 34 |  Canada |
North America | 82.1 years | 2024 |
| 35 |  New Zealand |
East Asia & Pacific | 82.0 years | 2024 |
| 36 |  Austria |
Europe & Central Asia | 82.0 years | 2024 |
| 37 |  Netherlands |
Europe & Central Asia | 82.0 years | 2024 |
| 38 |  Puerto Rico (US) |
Latin America & Caribbean | 81.9 years | 2024 |
| 39 |  Greece |
Europe & Central Asia | 81.8 years | 2024 |
| 40 |  Cyprus |
Europe & Central Asia | 81.8 years | 2024 |
| 41 |  Bahrain |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 81.4 years | 2024 |
| 42 |  United Kingdom |
Europe & Central Asia | 81.4 years | 2024 |
| 43 |  Chile |
Latin America & Caribbean | 81.4 years | 2024 |
| 44 |  Maldives |
South Asia | 81.3 years | 2024 |
| 45 | CHIChannel Islands | Europe & Central Asia | 81.2 years | 2024 |
| 46 |  Isle of Man |
Europe & Central Asia | 81.1 years | 2024 |
| 47 |  Costa Rica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 81.0 years | 2024 |
| 48 |  Germany |
Europe & Central Asia | 80.8 years | 2024 |
| 49 |  US Virgin Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 80.8 years | 2024 |
| 50 |  Cayman Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 80.5 years | 2024 |
| 51 |  Saint Martin |
Latin America & Caribbean | 80.4 years | 2024 |
| 52 |  Oman |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 80.2 years | 2024 |
| 53 |  Czechia |
Europe & Central Asia | 80.0 years | 2024 |
| 54 |  Albania |
Europe & Central Asia | 79.8 years | 2024 |
| 55 |  Panama |
Latin America & Caribbean | 79.8 years | 2024 |
| 56 |  Estonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 79.3 years | 2024 |
| 57 |  Saudi Arabia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 79.0 years | 2024 |
| 58 |  Northern Mariana Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 78.9 years | 2024 |
| 59 |  Croatia |
Europe & Central Asia | 78.9 years | 2024 |
| 60 |  New Caledonia |
East Asia & Pacific | 78.9 years | 2024 |
| 61 |  United States |
North America | 78.9 years | 2024 |
| 62 |  Poland |
Europe & Central Asia | 78.4 years | 2024 |
| 63 |  Slovakia |
Europe & Central Asia | 78.4 years | 2024 |
| 64 |  Armenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 78.3 years | 2024 |
| 65 |  Uruguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 78.3 years | 2024 |
| 66 |  Cuba |
Latin America & Caribbean | 78.3 years | 2024 |
| 67 | XKXKosovo | Europe & Central Asia | 78.2 years | 2024 |
| 68 |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 78.2 years | 2024 |
| 69 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Europe & Central Asia | 78.0 years | 2024 |
| 70 |  China |
East Asia & Pacific | 78.0 years | 2024 |
| 71 |  Jordan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 78.0 years | 2024 |
| 72 |  Lebanon |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 77.9 years | 2024 |
| 73 |  Peru |
Latin America & Caribbean | 77.9 years | 2024 |
| 74 |  Colombia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 77.9 years | 2024 |
| 75 |  Montenegro |
Europe & Central Asia | 77.9 years | 2024 |
| 76 |  Iran |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 77.9 years | 2024 |
| 77 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
Latin America & Caribbean | 77.8 years | 2024 |
| 78 |  Sri Lanka |
South Asia | 77.7 years | 2024 |
| 79 |  Ecuador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 77.6 years | 2024 |
| 80 |  Argentina |
Latin America & Caribbean | 77.5 years | 2024 |
| 81 |  British Virgin Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 77.4 years | 2024 |
| 82 |  Guam |
East Asia & Pacific | 77.4 years | 2024 |
| 83 |  Türkiye |
Europe & Central Asia | 77.4 years | 2024 |
| 84 |  Lithuania |
Europe & Central Asia | 77.2 years | 2024 |
| 85 |  Curaçao |
Latin America & Caribbean | 77.0 years | 2024 |
| 86 |  Malaysia |
East Asia & Pacific | 76.8 years | 2024 |
| 87 |  Hungary |
Europe & Central Asia | 76.7 years | 2024 |
| 88 |  Tunisia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 76.7 years | 2024 |
| 89 |  North Macedonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 76.6 years | 2024 |
| 90 |  Thailand |
East Asia & Pacific | 76.6 years | 2024 |
| 91 |  Sint Maarten |
Latin America & Caribbean | 76.5 years | 2024 |
| 92 |  Aruba |
Latin America & Caribbean | 76.5 years | 2024 |
| 93 |  Algeria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 76.5 years | 2024 |
| 94 |  Romania |
Europe & Central Asia | 76.5 years | 2024 |
| 95 |  Latvia |
Europe & Central Asia | 76.4 years | 2024 |
| 96 |  Barbados |
Latin America & Caribbean | 76.3 years | 2024 |
| 97 |  Seychelles |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 76.3 years | 2024 |
| 98 |  Cabo Verde |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 76.2 years | 2024 |
| 99 |  Brazil |
Latin America & Caribbean | 76.0 years | 2024 |
| 100 |  Serbia |
Europe & Central Asia | 76.0 years | 2024 |
| 101 |  Bulgaria |
Europe & Central Asia | 75.8 years | 2024 |
| 102 |  Brunei |
East Asia & Pacific | 75.5 years | 2024 |
| 103 |  Morocco |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 75.5 years | 2024 |
| 104 |  Grenada |
Latin America & Caribbean | 75.4 years | 2024 |
| 105 |  Mexico |
Latin America & Caribbean | 75.3 years | 2024 |
| 106 |  Nicaragua |
Latin America & Caribbean | 75.1 years | 2024 |
| 107 |  Bangladesh |
South Asia | 74.9 years | 2024 |
| 108 |  Vietnam |
East Asia & Pacific | 74.7 years | 2024 |
| 109 |  Bahamas |
Latin America & Caribbean | 74.7 years | 2024 |
| 110 |  Ukraine |
Europe & Central Asia | 74.7 years | 2024 |
| 111 |  Georgia |
Europe & Central Asia | 74.7 years | 2024 |
| 112 |  Azerbaijan |
Europe & Central Asia | 74.6 years | 2024 |
| 113 |  Kazakhstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 74.5 years | 2024 |
| 114 |  Belarus |
Europe & Central Asia | 74.4 years | 2024 |
| 115 |  Paraguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 74.0 years | 2024 |
| 116 |  Dominican Republic |
Latin America & Caribbean | 73.9 years | 2024 |
| 117 |  Mauritius |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 73.8 years | 2024 |
| 118 |  Suriname |
Latin America & Caribbean | 73.8 years | 2024 |
| 119 |  North Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | 73.7 years | 2024 |
| 120 |  Belize |
Latin America & Caribbean | 73.7 years | 2024 |
| 121 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
Latin America & Caribbean | 73.6 years | 2024 |
| 122 |  Russia |
Europe & Central Asia | 73.4 years | 2024 |
| 123 |  Bhutan |
South Asia | 73.3 years | 2024 |
| 124 |  Tonga |
East Asia & Pacific | 73.1 years | 2024 |
| 125 |  Honduras |
Latin America & Caribbean | 73.0 years | 2024 |
| 126 |  American Samoa |
East Asia & Pacific | 73.0 years | 2024 |
| 127 |  Saint Lucia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 72.8 years | 2024 |
| 128 |  Guatemala |
Latin America & Caribbean | 72.7 years | 2024 |
| 129 |  Venezuela |
Latin America & Caribbean | 72.7 years | 2024 |
| 130 |  Syria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 72.6 years | 2024 |
| 131 |  Uzbekistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 72.5 years | 2024 |
| 132 |  Iraq |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 72.4 years | 2024 |
| 133 |  Kyrgyzstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 72.4 years | 2024 |
| 134 |  Mongolia |
East Asia & Pacific | 72.4 years | 2024 |
| 135 |  El Salvador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 72.3 years | 2024 |
| 136 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Latin America & Caribbean | 72.3 years | 2024 |
| 137 |  India |
South Asia | 72.2 years | 2024 |
| 138 |  Tajikistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 71.9 years | 2024 |
| 139 |  Samoa |
East Asia & Pacific | 71.8 years | 2024 |
| 140 |  Egypt |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 71.8 years | 2024 |
| 141 |  Vanuatu |
East Asia & Pacific | 71.7 years | 2024 |
| 142 |  Jamaica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 71.6 years | 2024 |
| 143 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Latin America & Caribbean | 71.4 years | 2024 |
| 144 |  Moldova |
Europe & Central Asia | 71.3 years | 2024 |
| 145 |  Dominica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 71.3 years | 2024 |
| 146 |  Indonesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 71.3 years | 2024 |
| 147 |  Libya |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 71.1 years | 2024 |
| 148 |  Cambodia |
East Asia & Pacific | 70.8 years | 2024 |
| 149 |  Solomon Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 70.7 years | 2024 |
| 150 |  Nepal |
South Asia | 70.6 years | 2024 |
| 151 |  Guyana |
Latin America & Caribbean | 70.3 years | 2024 |
| 152 |  Greenland |
Europe & Central Asia | 70.3 years | 2024 |
| 153 |  Turkmenistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 70.2 years | 2024 |
| 154 |  Philippines |
East Asia & Pacific | 69.9 years | 2024 |
| 155 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 69.9 years | 2024 |
| 156 |  Yemen |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 69.4 years | 2024 |
| 157 |  Palau |
East Asia & Pacific | 69.4 years | 2024 |
| 158 |  Botswana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 69.3 years | 2024 |
| 159 |  Laos |
East Asia & Pacific | 69.2 years | 2024 |
| 160 |  Palestine |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 69.2 years | 2024 |
| 161 |  Senegal |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 68.9 years | 2024 |
| 162 |  Eritrea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 68.9 years | 2024 |
| 163 |  Bolivia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 68.7 years | 2024 |
| 164 |  Mauritania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 68.7 years | 2024 |
| 165 |  Gabon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 68.5 years | 2024 |
| 166 |  Uganda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 68.5 years | 2024 |
| 167 |  Rwanda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 68.0 years | 2024 |
| 168 |  Timor-Leste |
East Asia & Pacific | 67.9 years | 2024 |
| 169 |  Pakistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 67.8 years | 2024 |
| 170 |  Ethiopia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 67.6 years | 2024 |
| 171 |  Malawi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 67.6 years | 2024 |
| 172 |  Namibia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 67.5 years | 2024 |
| 173 |  Fiji |
East Asia & Pacific | 67.5 years | 2024 |
| 174 |  Micronesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 67.4 years | 2024 |
| 175 |  Tuvalu |
East Asia & Pacific | 67.3 years | 2024 |
| 176 |  Tanzania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 67.2 years | 2024 |
| 177 |  Myanmar |
East Asia & Pacific | 67.1 years | 2024 |
| 178 |  Marshall Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 67.1 years | 2024 |
| 179 |  Comoros |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 67.0 years | 2024 |
| 180 |  Kiribati |
East Asia & Pacific | 66.6 years | 2024 |
| 181 |  Zambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 66.5 years | 2024 |
| 182 |  Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 66.5 years | 2024 |
| 183 |  South Africa |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 66.3 years | 2024 |
| 184 |  Afghanistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 66.3 years | 2024 |
| 185 |  Papua New Guinea |
East Asia & Pacific | 66.3 years | 2024 |
| 186 |  Djibouti |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 66.2 years | 2024 |
| 187 |  Gambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 66.1 years | 2024 |
| 188 |  Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 66.0 years | 2024 |
| 189 |  Ghana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 65.7 years | 2024 |
| 190 |  Haiti |
Latin America & Caribbean | 65.1 years | 2024 |
| 191 |  Angola |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 64.8 years | 2024 |
| 192 |  Eswatini |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 64.3 years | 2024 |
| 193 |  Guinea-Bissau |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 64.3 years | 2024 |
| 194 |  Cameroon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 64.0 years | 2024 |
| 195 |  Equatorial Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 63.9 years | 2024 |
| 196 |  Madagascar |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 63.8 years | 2024 |
| 197 |  Kenya |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 63.8 years | 2024 |
| 198 |  Burundi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 63.8 years | 2024 |
| 199 |  Mozambique |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 63.8 years | 2024 |
| 200 |  Zimbabwe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 63.1 years | 2024 |
| 201 |  Togo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 62.9 years | 2024 |
| 202 |  Liberia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 62.3 years | 2024 |
| 203 |  Naoero |
East Asia & Pacific | 62.3 years | 2024 |
| 204 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 62.1 years | 2024 |
| 205 |  DR Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 62.1 years | 2024 |
| 206 |  Sierra Leone |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 62.0 years | 2024 |
| 207 |  Niger |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 61.4 years | 2024 |
| 208 |  Burkina Faso |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 61.3 years | 2024 |
| 209 |  Benin |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 61.0 years | 2024 |
| 210 |  Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 60.9 years | 2024 |
| 211 |  Mali |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 60.7 years | 2024 |
| 212 |  Somalia, Fed. Rep. |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 59.0 years | 2024 |
| 213 |  Lesotho |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 57.8 years | 2024 |
| 214 |  South Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 57.7 years | 2024 |
| 215 |  Central African Republic |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 57.7 years | 2024 |
| 216 |  Chad |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 55.2 years | 2024 |
| 217 |  Nigeria |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 54.6 years | 2024 |
Latest value per country. Ranked: countries with data from the last 5 years of the series; older values are listed below without a rank. 217 ranked.