Countries by life expectancy

Countries by life expectancy, World Bank, 2024

#	Country	Years	Region
1	Monaco	86.5	Western Europe
2	San Marino	85.8	Southern Europe
3	Kuwait	84.6	Western Asia
4	Switzerland	84.4	Western Europe
=5	Andorra	84.2	Southern Europe
=5	Liechtenstein	84.2	Western Europe
7	Sweden	84.1	Northern Europe
=8	Italy	84.0	Southern Europe
=8	Japan	84.0	Eastern Asia
10	Spain	83.9	Southern Europe
11	South Korea	83.6	Eastern Asia
12	Singapore	83.3	South-Eastern Asia
=13	Israel	83.2	Western Asia
=13	Luxembourg	83.2	Western Europe
=13	Norway	83.2	Northern Europe
=16	Australia	83.1	Australia and New Zealand
=16	United Arab Emirates	83.1	Western Asia
=18	France	83.0	Western Europe
=18	Ireland	83.0	Northern Europe
=18	Malta	83.0	Southern Europe
21	Iceland	82.8	Northern Europe
22	Qatar	82.5	Western Asia
23	Portugal	82.4	Southern Europe
=24	Belgium	82.3	Western Europe
=24	Denmark	82.3	Northern Europe
=24	Finland	82.3	Northern Europe
=24	Slovenia	82.3	Southern Europe
28	Canada	82.1	Northern America
=29	Austria	82.0	Western Europe
=29	Netherlands	82.0	Western Europe
=29	New Zealand	82.0	Australia and New Zealand
=32	Cyprus	81.8	Western Asia
=32	Greece	81.8	Southern Europe
=34	Bahrain	81.4	Western Asia
=34	Chile	81.4	South America
=34	United Kingdom	81.4	Northern Europe
37	Maldives	81.3	Southern Asia
38	Costa Rica	81.0	Central America
39	Germany	80.8	Western Europe
40	Oman	80.2	Western Asia
41	Czechia	80.0	Eastern Europe
=42	Albania	79.8	Southern Europe
=42	Panama	79.8	Central America
44	Estonia	79.3	Northern Europe
45	Saudi Arabia	79.0	Western Asia
=46	Croatia	78.9	Southern Europe
=46	United States	78.9	Northern America
=48	Poland	78.4	Eastern Europe
=48	Slovakia	78.4	Eastern Europe
=50	Armenia	78.3	Western Asia
=50	Cuba	78.3	Caribbean
=50	Uruguay	78.3	South America
=53	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.0	Southern Europe
=53	China	78.0	Eastern Asia
=53	Jordan	78.0	Western Asia
=56	Colombia	77.9	South America
=56	Iran	77.9	Southern Asia
=56	Lebanon	77.9	Western Asia
=56	Montenegro	77.9	Southern Europe
=56	Peru	77.9	South America
61	Antigua and Barbuda	77.8	Caribbean
62	Sri Lanka	77.7	Southern Asia
63	Ecuador	77.6	South America
64	Argentina	77.5	South America
65	Turkey	77.4	Western Asia
66	Lithuania	77.2	Northern Europe
67	Malaysia	76.8	South-Eastern Asia
=68	Hungary	76.7	Eastern Europe
=68	Tunisia	76.7	Northern Africa
=70	North Macedonia	76.6	Southern Europe
=70	Thailand	76.6	South-Eastern Asia
=72	Algeria	76.5	Northern Africa
=72	Romania	76.5	Eastern Europe
74	Latvia	76.4	Northern Europe
=75	Barbados	76.3	Caribbean
=75	Seychelles	76.3	Eastern Africa
77	Cabo Verde	76.2	Western Africa
=78	Brazil	76.0	South America
=78	Serbia	76.0	Southern Europe
80	Bulgaria	75.8	Eastern Europe
=81	Brunei	75.5	South-Eastern Asia
=81	Morocco	75.5	Northern Africa
83	Grenada	75.4	Caribbean
84	Mexico	75.3	Central America
85	Nicaragua	75.1	Central America
86	Bangladesh	74.9	Southern Asia
=87	Bahamas	74.7	Caribbean
=87	Georgia	74.7	Western Asia
=87	Ukraine	74.7	Eastern Europe
=87	Vietnam	74.7	South-Eastern Asia
91	Azerbaijan	74.6	Western Asia
92	Kazakhstan	74.5	Central Asia
93	Belarus	74.4	Eastern Europe
94	Paraguay	74.0	South America
95	Dominican Republic	73.9	Caribbean
=96	Mauritius	73.8	Eastern Africa
=96	Suriname	73.8	South America
=98	Belize	73.7	Central America
=98	North Korea	73.7	Eastern Asia
100	Trinidad and Tobago	73.6	Caribbean
101	Russia	73.4	Eastern Europe
102	Bhutan	73.3	Southern Asia
103	Tonga	73.1	Polynesia
104	Honduras	73.0	Central America
105	Saint Lucia	72.8	Caribbean
=106	Guatemala	72.7	Central America
=106	Venezuela	72.7	South America
108	Syria	72.6	Western Asia
109	Uzbekistan	72.5	Central Asia
=110	Iraq	72.4	Western Asia
=110	Kyrgyzstan	72.4	Central Asia
=110	Mongolia	72.4	Eastern Asia
=113	El Salvador	72.3	Central America
=113	Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.3	Caribbean
115	India	72.2	Southern Asia
116	Tajikistan	71.9	Central Asia
=117	Egypt	71.8	Northern Africa
=117	Samoa	71.8	Polynesia
119	Vanuatu	71.7	Melanesia
120	Jamaica	71.6	Caribbean
121	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.4	Caribbean
=122	Dominica	71.3	Caribbean
=122	Indonesia	71.3	South-Eastern Asia
=122	Moldova	71.3	Eastern Europe
125	Libya	71.1	Northern Africa
126	Cambodia	70.8	South-Eastern Asia
127	Solomon Islands	70.7	Melanesia
128	Nepal	70.6	Southern Asia
129	Guyana	70.3	South America
130	Turkmenistan	70.2	Central Asia
=131	Philippines	69.9	South-Eastern Asia
=131	São Tomé and Principe	69.9	Middle Africa
=133	Palau	69.4	Micronesia
=133	Yemen	69.4	Western Asia
135	Botswana	69.3	Southern Africa
136	Laos	69.2	South-Eastern Asia
=137	Eritrea	68.9	Eastern Africa
=137	Senegal	68.9	Western Africa
=139	Bolivia	68.7	South America
=139	Mauritania	68.7	Western Africa
=141	Gabon	68.5	Middle Africa
=141	Uganda	68.5	Eastern Africa
143	Rwanda	68.0	Eastern Africa
144	Timor-Leste	67.9	South-Eastern Asia
145	Pakistan	67.8	Southern Asia
=146	Ethiopia	67.6	Eastern Africa
=146	Malawi	67.6	Eastern Africa
=148	Fiji	67.5	Melanesia
=148	Namibia	67.5	Southern Africa
150	Micronesia	67.4	Micronesia
151	Tanzania	67.2	Eastern Africa
=152	Marshall Islands	67.1	Micronesia
=152	Myanmar	67.1	South-Eastern Asia
154	Comoros	67.0	Eastern Africa
155	Kiribati	66.6	Micronesia
=156	Sudan	66.5	Northern Africa
=156	Zambia	66.5	Eastern Africa
=158	Afghanistan	66.3	Southern Asia
=158	Papua New Guinea	66.3	Melanesia
=158	South Africa	66.3	Southern Africa
161	Djibouti	66.2	Eastern Africa
162	Gambia	66.1	Western Africa
163	Congo	66.0	Middle Africa
164	Ghana	65.7	Western Africa
165	Haiti	65.1	Caribbean
166	Angola	64.8	Middle Africa
=167	Eswatini	64.3	Southern Africa
=167	Guinea-Bissau	64.3	Western Africa
169	Cameroon	64.0	Middle Africa
170	Equatorial Guinea	63.9	Middle Africa
=171	Burundi	63.8	Eastern Africa
=171	Kenya	63.8	Eastern Africa
=171	Madagascar	63.8	Eastern Africa
=171	Mozambique	63.8	Eastern Africa
175	Zimbabwe	63.1	Eastern Africa
176	Togo	62.9	Western Africa
=177	Liberia	62.3	Western Africa
=177	Nauru	62.3	Micronesia
=179	Côte d'Ivoire	62.1	Western Africa
=179	DR Congo	62.1	Middle Africa
181	Sierra Leone	62.0	Western Africa
182	Niger	61.4	Western Africa
183	Burkina Faso	61.3	Western Africa
184	Benin	61.0	Western Africa
185	Guinea	60.9	Western Africa
186	Mali	60.7	Western Africa
187	Somalia	59.0	Eastern Africa
188	Lesotho	57.8	Southern Africa
=189	Central African Republic	57.7	Middle Africa
=189	South Sudan	57.7	Eastern Africa
191	Chad	55.2	Middle Africa
192	Nigeria	54.6	Western Africa

No World Bank figure for 2 countries: Taiwan, Vatican City.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed, and Antarctica. Highest first.

Place	Years	Status
Hong Kong	85.4	Territory of China
French Polynesia	84.2	Territory of France
Macao	83.3	Territory of China
Faroe Islands	83.1	Territory of Denmark
Bermuda	82.5	Territory of United Kingdom
Puerto Rico	81.9	Territory of United States of America
Isle of Man	81.1	Territory of United Kingdom
US Virgin Islands	80.8	Territory of United States of America
Cayman Islands	80.5	Territory of United Kingdom
Saint Martin	80.4	Territory of France
New Caledonia	78.9	Territory of France
Northern Mariana Islands	78.9	Territory of United States of America
Turks and Caicos Islands	78.2	Territory of United Kingdom
British Virgin Islands	77.4	Territory of United Kingdom
Guam	77.4	Territory of United States of America
Curaçao	77.0	Territory of Netherlands
Aruba	76.5	Territory of Netherlands
Sint Maarten	76.5	Territory of Netherlands
American Samoa	73.0	Territory of United States of America
Greenland	70.3	Territory of Denmark
Palestine	69.2	Status disputed

Questions

Which country has the highest life expectancy?

Monaco has the highest life expectancy: 86.5 years (2024). Next come San Marino (85.8 years) and Kuwait (84.6 years).

Which country has the lowest life expectancy?

Nigeria, with 54.6 years (2024).

What is the typical life expectancy of a country?

The median of the 192 countries is 73.8 years: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

Life expectancy at birth: the years a newborn would live if the death rates of the year stayed the same all its life. Source: World Bank, 2024. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures older than five years are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.