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Countries Ranked by Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

Showing every country with available data for 2024 • World Bank: SP.DYN.LE00.IN

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported life expectancy at birth, total (years) data for 2024, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 217 countries reporting, the median value is 74.71, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Hong Kong SAR, China

85.39

Europe & Central Asia

Monaco

86.50

Latin America & Caribbean

Puerto Rico (US)

81.90

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Kuwait

84.58

North America

Bermuda

82.49

South Asia

Maldives

81.29

Sub-Saharan Africa

Seychelles

76.30

Rank Country Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
1 Monaco 86.50
2 San Marino 85.82
3 Hong Kong SAR, China 85.39
4 Kuwait 84.58
5 Switzerland 84.41
6 Liechtenstein 84.20
7 French Polynesia 84.19
8 Andorra 84.19
9 Sweden 84.06
10 Japan 84.04
11 Italy 83.95
12 Spain 83.89
13 Gibraltar 83.63
14 Korea, Rep. 83.63
15 Singapore 83.35
16 Macao SAR, China 83.33
17 Israel 83.20
18 Luxembourg 83.20
19 Norway 83.16
20 Faroe Islands 83.08
21 United Arab Emirates 83.07
22 Australia 83.05
23 Ireland 83.01
24 France 82.98
25 Malta 82.96
26 Iceland 82.81
27 Qatar 82.52
28 Bermuda 82.49
29 Portugal 82.38
30 Finland 82.34
31 Belgium 82.30
32 Slovenia 82.29
33 Denmark 82.25
34 Canada 82.11
35 New Zealand 82.01
36 Austria 82.00
37 Netherlands 81.97
38 Puerto Rico (US) 81.90
39 Greece 81.84
40 Cyprus 81.82
41 Bahrain 81.42
42 United Kingdom 81.39
43 Chile 81.36
44 Maldives 81.29
45 Channel Islands 81.20
46 Isle of Man 81.09
47 Costa Rica 81.00
48 Germany 80.79
49 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 80.77
50 Cayman Islands 80.54
51 St. Martin (French part) 80.44
52 Oman 80.25
53 Czechia 79.98
54 Albania 79.78
55 Panama 79.78
56 Estonia 79.30
57 Saudi Arabia 78.98
58 Northern Mariana Islands 78.95
59 Croatia 78.93
60 New Caledonia 78.92
61 United States 78.89
62 Poland 78.41
63 Slovak Republic 78.37
64 Armenia 78.32
65 Uruguay 78.29
66 Cuba 78.26
67 Kosovo 78.22
68 Turks and Caicos Islands 78.18
69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 78.04
70 China 78.02
71 Jordan 77.98
72 Lebanon 77.95
73 Peru 77.94
74 Colombia 77.91
75 Montenegro 77.89
76 Iran, Islamic Rep. 77.85
77 Antigua and Barbuda 77.77
78 Sri Lanka 77.67
79 Ecuador 77.58
80 Argentina 77.54
81 British Virgin Islands 77.43
82 Guam 77.42
83 Turkiye 77.42
84 Lithuania 77.20
85 Curacao 76.99
86 Malaysia 76.82
87 Hungary 76.72
88 Tunisia 76.71
89 North Macedonia 76.62
90 Thailand 76.56
91 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 76.53
92 Aruba 76.50
93 Algeria 76.48
94 Romania 76.46
95 Latvia 76.43
96 Barbados 76.33
97 Seychelles 76.30
98 Cabo Verde 76.22
99 Brazil 76.02
100 Serbia 75.97
101 Bulgaria 75.76
102 Brunei Darussalam 75.50
103 Morocco 75.49
104 Grenada 75.37
105 Mexico 75.26
106 Nicaragua 75.10
107 Bangladesh 74.93
108 Viet Nam 74.74
109 Bahamas, The 74.71
110 Ukraine 74.69
111 Georgia 74.66
112 Azerbaijan 74.58
113 Kazakhstan 74.53
114 Belarus 74.37
115 Paraguay 73.98
116 Dominican Republic 73.87
117 Mauritius 73.79
118 Suriname 73.76
119 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 73.74
120 Belize 73.74
121 Trinidad and Tobago 73.62
122 Russian Federation 73.44
123 Bhutan 73.26
124 Tonga 73.07
125 Honduras 73.04
126 American Samoa 72.99
127 St. Lucia 72.85
128 Guatemala 72.75
129 Venezuela, RB 72.67
130 Syrian Arab Republic 72.56
131 Uzbekistan 72.53
132 Iraq 72.42
133 Kyrgyz Republic 72.40
134 Mongolia 72.40
135 El Salvador 72.30
136 St. Kitts and Nevis 72.28
137 India 72.24
138 Tajikistan 71.93
139 Samoa 71.83
140 Egypt, Arab Rep. 71.81
141 Vanuatu 71.65
142 Jamaica 71.61
143 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 71.38
144 Moldova 71.33
145 Dominica 71.29
146 Indonesia 71.29
147 Libya 71.12
148 Cambodia 70.82
149 Solomon Islands 70.69
150 Nepal 70.64
151 Guyana 70.32
152 Greenland 70.27
153 Turkmenistan 70.20
154 Philippines 69.95
155 Sao Tome and Principe 69.91
156 Yemen, Rep. 69.44
157 Palau 69.38
158 Botswana 69.29
159 Lao PDR 69.23
160 West Bank and Gaza 69.21
161 Senegal 68.92
162 Eritrea 68.89
163 Bolivia 68.74
164 Mauritania 68.71
165 Gabon 68.51
166 Uganda 68.49
167 Rwanda 68.02
168 Timor-Leste 67.90
169 Pakistan 67.80
170 Ethiopia 67.60
171 Malawi 67.56
172 Namibia 67.52
173 Fiji 67.46
174 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 67.36
175 Tuvalu 67.26
176 Tanzania 67.21
177 Myanmar 67.10
178 Marshall Islands 67.08
179 Comoros 67.02
180 Kiribati 66.60
181 Zambia 66.53
182 Sudan 66.52
183 South Africa 66.31
184 Afghanistan 66.29
185 Papua New Guinea 66.26
186 Djibouti 66.20
187 Gambia, The 66.06
188 Congo, Rep. 66.00
189 Ghana 65.70
190 Haiti 65.12
191 Angola 64.81
192 Eswatini 64.26
193 Guinea-Bissau 64.25
194 Cameroon 63.97
195 Equatorial Guinea 63.91
196 Madagascar 63.84
197 Kenya 63.83
198 Burundi 63.82
199 Mozambique 63.80
200 Zimbabwe 63.06
201 Togo 62.94
202 Liberia 62.32
203 Nauru 62.28
204 Cote d'Ivoire 62.11
205 Congo, Dem. Rep. 62.07
206 Sierra Leone 61.96
207 Niger 61.43
208 Burkina Faso 61.29
209 Benin 60.96
210 Guinea 60.90
211 Mali 60.68
212 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 58.97
213 Lesotho 57.80
214 South Sudan 57.74
215 Central African Republic 57.67
216 Chad 55.24
217 Nigeria 54.64

Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.DYN.LE00.IN), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2024; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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