Life Expectancy by Country (2024): All 217 Countries Ranked

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#	Country	Overall	Men	Women
1	Monaco	86.5	84.6	88.6
2	San Marino	85.8	84.3	87.2
3	Hong Kong	85.4	82.7	88.2
4	Kuwait	84.6	83.8	85.4
5	Switzerland	84.4	82.7	86.2
6	Andorra	84.2	82.3	86.2
7	French Polynesia	84.2	81.9	86.6
8	Liechtenstein	84.2	82.2	86.3
9	Sweden	84.1	82.6	85.6
10	Italy	84.0	82.0	86.0
11	Japan	84.0	81.1	87.1
12	Spain	83.9	81.4	86.5
13	Gibraltar	83.6	81.0	86.2
14	South Korea	83.6	80.8	86.6
15	Macao	83.3	80.6	86.2
16	Singapore	83.3	81.2	85.6
17	Israel	83.2	81.1	85.4
18	Luxembourg	83.2	81.0	85.5
19	Norway	83.2	81.6	84.8
20	Australia	83.1	81.1	85.1
21	Faroe Islands	83.1	81.3	84.9
22	United Arab Emirates	83.1	82.2	84.3
23	France	83.0	80.2	85.9
24	Ireland	83.0	81.4	84.7
25	Malta	83.0	81.2	84.8
26	Iceland	82.8	81.2	84.5
27	Bermuda	82.5	79.1	85.9
28	Qatar	82.5	81.8	83.5
29	Portugal	82.4	79.7	85.2
30	Belgium	82.3	80.3	84.4
31	Denmark	82.3	80.4	84.2
32	Finland	82.3	79.8	85.0
33	Slovenia	82.3	79.7	85.0
34	Canada	82.1	80.0	84.3
35	Austria	82.0	79.8	84.3
36	Netherlands	82.0	80.6	83.4
37	New Zealand	82.0	80.4	83.7
38	Puerto Rico (US)	81.9	78.3	85.4
39	Cyprus	81.8	79.8	83.8
40	Greece	81.8	79.4	84.4
41	Bahrain	81.4	80.9	82.1
42	Chile	81.4	79.5	83.2
43	United Kingdom	81.4	79.5	83.3
44	Maldives	81.3	79.9	83.0
45	Channel Islands	81.2	79.1	83.3
46	Isle of Man	81.1	79.0	83.2
47	Costa Rica	81.0	78.4	83.6
48	Germany	80.8	78.5	83.2
49	U.S. Virgin Islands	80.8	77.6	84.1
50	Cayman Islands	80.5	78.2	83.0
51	Saint Martin	80.4	77.0	84.0
52	Oman	80.2	78.7	82.0
53	Czechia	80.0	77.1	83.0
54	Albania	79.8	77.9	81.6
55	Panama	79.8	76.9	82.7
56	Estonia	79.3	75.1	83.7
57	Saudi Arabia	79.0	77.3	81.3
58	Croatia	78.9	76.1	81.9
59	New Caledonia	78.9	76.5	81.4
60	Northern Mariana Islands	78.9	77.3	80.9
61	United States	78.9	76.5	81.4
62	Poland	78.4	74.8	82.2
63	Slovakia	78.4	75.2	81.7
64	Armenia	78.3	75.1	81.7
65	Cuba	78.3	75.9	80.7
66	Uruguay	78.3	74.4	82.0
67	Kosovo	78.2	76.0	80.3
68	Turks and Caicos Islands	78.2	76.0	80.4
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.0	74.6	81.1
70	China	78.0	75.2	81.0
71	Jordan	78.0	75.9	80.3
72	Colombia	77.9	75.2	80.6
73	Iran	77.9	76.0	79.8
74	Lebanon	77.9	75.9	79.9
75	Montenegro	77.9	75.5	80.4
76	Peru	77.9	75.6	80.3
77	Antigua and Barbuda	77.8	74.7	80.4
78	Sri Lanka	77.7	74.4	80.7
79	Ecuador	77.6	74.9	80.3
80	Argentina	77.5	75.0	80.0
81	British Virgin Islands	77.4	74.7	80.2
82	Guam	77.4	73.7	81.6
83	Türkiye	77.4	74.6	80.3
84	Lithuania	77.2	73.0	81.6
85	Curaçao	77.0	72.7	81.0
86	Malaysia	76.8	74.4	79.5
87	Hungary	76.7	73.7	79.9
88	Tunisia	76.7	74.1	79.3
89	North Macedonia	76.6	74.5	78.9
90	Thailand	76.6	72.3	81.0
91	Algeria	76.5	75.1	77.9
92	Aruba	76.5	73.8	78.9
93	Romania	76.5	72.8	80.3
94	Sint Maarten	76.5	73.8	79.7
95	Latvia	76.4	71.6	81.5
96	Barbados	76.3	73.8	78.8
97	Seychelles	76.3	72.1	80.7
98	Cape Verde	76.2	73.1	79.4
99	Brazil	76.0	73.0	79.1
100	Serbia	76.0	73.7	78.4
101	Bulgaria	75.8	72.2	79.5
102	Brunei	75.5	73.5	77.7
103	Morocco	75.5	73.3	77.8
104	Grenada	75.4	72.5	78.5
105	Mexico	75.3	72.4	78.0
106	Nicaragua	75.1	72.5	77.6
107	Bangladesh	74.9	73.3	76.7
108	Bahamas	74.7	71.1	78.3
109	Georgia	74.7	69.7	79.2
110	Ukraine	74.7	69.8	79.4
111	Vietnam	74.7	70.1	79.4
112	Azerbaijan	74.6	71.7	77.3
113	Kazakhstan	74.5	70.3	78.5
114	Belarus	74.4	69.7	79.2
115	Paraguay	74.0	71.0	77.1
116	Dominican Republic	73.9	70.7	77.1
117	Mauritius	73.8	70.4	77.4
118	Suriname	73.8	70.6	77.0
119	Belize	73.7	71.1	76.7
120	North Korea	73.7	71.6	75.9
121	Trinidad and Tobago	73.6	70.5	76.8
122	Russia	73.4	68.3	78.9
123	Bhutan	73.3	71.6	75.3
124	Tonga	73.1	69.5	76.5
125	American Samoa	73.0	70.3	76.0
126	Honduras	73.0	70.5	75.7
127	Saint Lucia	72.8	69.5	76.5
128	Guatemala	72.7	70.4	75.0
129	Venezuela	72.7	68.9	76.7
130	Syria	72.6	70.2	74.9
131	Uzbekistan	72.5	69.6	75.5
132	Iraq	72.4	70.5	74.2
133	Kyrgyzstan	72.4	68.4	76.6
134	Mongolia	72.4	67.9	77.1
135	El Salvador	72.3	67.8	76.5
136	Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.3	68.7	76.2
137	India	72.2	70.7	73.9
138	Tajikistan	71.9	69.7	74.1
139	Egypt	71.8	69.7	74.0
140	Samoa	71.8	70.0	73.8
141	Vanuatu	71.7	69.6	74.1
142	Jamaica	71.6	69.1	74.1
143	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.4	68.8	74.5
144	Dominica	71.3	68.4	74.7
145	Indonesia	71.3	69.2	73.4
146	Moldova	71.3	66.7	75.7
147	Libya	71.1	69.6	72.7
148	Cambodia	70.8	68.1	73.4
149	Solomon Islands	70.7	69.4	72.2
150	Nepal	70.6	69.1	72.1
151	Greenland	70.3	68.4	72.2
152	Guyana	70.3	66.6	74.1
153	Turkmenistan	70.2	67.0	73.0
154	Philippines	69.9	67.0	73.0
155	São Tomé and Príncipe	69.9	66.4	73.9
156	Palau	69.4	67.3	71.9
157	Yemen	69.4	67.4	71.5
158	Botswana	69.3	66.8	71.9
159	Laos	69.2	67.0	71.5
160	Palestine	69.2	65.2	74.3
161	Eritrea	68.9	66.8	70.9
162	Senegal	68.9	67.0	71.0
163	Bolivia	68.7	66.3	71.3
164	Mauritania	68.7	66.7	70.7
165	Gabon	68.5	66.1	71.2
166	Uganda	68.5	65.5	71.4
167	Rwanda	68.0	65.7	70.1
168	Timor-Leste	67.9	66.3	69.7
169	Pakistan	67.8	65.5	70.3
170	Ethiopia	67.6	64.4	71.0
171	Malawi	67.6	64.3	70.8
172	Fiji	67.5	65.5	69.5
173	Namibia	67.5	63.5	71.5
174	Micronesia	67.4	63.6	71.3
175	Tuvalu	67.3	63.9	70.9
176	Tanzania	67.2	64.4	70.0
177	Marshall Islands	67.1	65.0	69.5
178	Myanmar	67.1	64.0	70.4
179	Comoros	67.0	65.0	69.2
180	Kiribati	66.6	64.7	68.3
181	Sudan	66.5	63.4	69.8
182	Zambia	66.5	64.1	68.9
183	Afghanistan	66.3	64.7	67.8
184	Papua New Guinea	66.3	63.8	69.2
185	South Africa	66.3	62.8	69.8
186	Djibouti	66.2	63.7	68.7
187	Gambia	66.1	64.4	67.8
188	Congo	66.0	64.3	67.7
189	Ghana	65.7	63.3	68.2
190	Haiti	65.1	61.9	68.5
191	Angola	64.8	62.3	67.3
192	Eswatini	64.3	61.3	67.1
193	Guinea-Bissau	64.3	61.8	66.5
194	Cameroon	64.0	61.8	66.2
195	Equatorial Guinea	63.9	62.2	65.9
196	Burundi	63.8	61.8	65.9
197	Kenya	63.8	61.6	66.1
198	Madagascar	63.8	62.1	65.6
199	Mozambique	63.8	60.5	66.7
200	Zimbabwe	63.1	60.5	65.3
201	Togo	62.9	62.7	63.2
202	Liberia	62.3	61.0	63.6
203	Naoero	62.3	60.4	64.2
204	Congo (DRC)	62.1	60.0	64.2
205	Côte d'Ivoire	62.1	60.2	64.3
206	Sierra Leone	62.0	60.2	63.7
207	Niger	61.4	60.5	62.4
208	Burkina Faso	61.3	59.1	63.4
209	Benin	61.0	59.5	62.4
210	Guinea	60.9	59.7	62.1
211	Mali	60.7	59.3	62.2
212	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	59.0	56.5	61.6
213	Lesotho	57.8	55.0	60.4
214	Central African Republic	57.7	55.5	59.6
215	South Sudan	57.7	54.8	60.7
216	Chad	55.2	53.4	57.2
217	Nigeria	54.6	54.3	54.9

Life expectancy at birth in years, 2024. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.

World life expectancy since 1960

Women
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Worldwide life expectancy has risen from 50.9 years in 1960 to 73.5 in 2024, thanks mainly to fewer deaths among children, vaccines, clean water and better treatment of heart disease and infections.

Life expectancy by region

Region	Average	Countries
North America	81.2	3
Europe & Central Asia	79.3	58
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	75.9	23
Latin America & Caribbean	75.5	42
South Asia	75.0	6
East Asia & Pacific	74.1	37
Sub-Saharan Africa	64.8	48

Simple average of the countries in each World Bank region (not weighted by population).

Frequently asked questions

Which country has the highest life expectancy?

Monaco, at 86.5 years (2024, World Bank), followed by San Marino (85.8), Hong Kong (85.4), Kuwait (84.6), Switzerland (84.4).

Which country has the lowest life expectancy?

Nigeria, at 54.6 years — about 31.9 years less than Monaco.

Why do women live longer than men?

Women live longer in almost every country. Part of the reason is biological, and part is behaviour: on average men smoke and drink more, take more risks and have more work-related and road accidents. Worldwide the gap is about 4.9 years.

What does “life expectancy at birth” mean?

It is how long a baby born this year would live on average if today’s death rates stayed the same for its whole life. It is not the age at which most adults die — people who survive childhood live longer than this average. See your own estimate with the death clock.

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