Which country in Oceania has the highest life expectancy?

Australia has the highest life expectancy in Oceania: 83.1 years (2024). Next come New Zealand (82.0 years) and Tonga (73.1 years).

What is the typical life expectancy of a country in Oceania?

The median of the 13 countries in Oceania is 69.4 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. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in Oceania by life expectancy

Life expectancy at birth: the years a newborn would live if the death rates of the year stayed the same all its life. 13 countries in Oceania, highest first. World Bank, 2024

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Highest

83.1

Australia

Median country

69.4

half above, half below

Lowest

62.3

Nauru

Countries in Oceania by life expectancy, World Bank, 2024
#	Country	Years	Region
1	Australia	83.1	Australia and New Zealand
2	New Zealand	82.0	Australia and New Zealand
3	Tonga	73.1	Polynesia
4	Samoa	71.8	Polynesia
5	Vanuatu	71.7	Melanesia
6	Solomon Islands	70.7	Melanesia
7	Palau	69.4	Micronesia
8	Fiji	67.5	Melanesia
9	Micronesia	67.4	Micronesia
10	Marshall Islands	67.1	Micronesia
11	Kiribati	66.6	Micronesia
12	Papua New Guinea	66.3	Melanesia
13	Nauru	62.3	Micronesia

Territories and other places

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

Place	Years	Status
French Polynesia	84.2	Territory of France
New Caledonia	78.9	Territory of France
Northern Mariana Islands	78.9	Territory of United States of America
Guam	77.4	Territory of United States of America
American Samoa	73.0	Territory of United States of America

Questions

Which country in Oceania has the highest life expectancy?: Australia has the highest life expectancy in Oceania: 83.1 years (2024). Next come New Zealand (82.0 years) and Tonga (73.1 years).
Which country in Oceania has the lowest life expectancy?: Nauru, with 62.3 years (2024).
What is the typical life expectancy of a country in Oceania?: The median of the 13 countries in Oceania is 69.4 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. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.