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Life expectancy at birth

Number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life. Source: UN World Population Prospects via World Bank WDI.

Year

Highest · 2024

Monaco

86.5 yrs

Coverage · 2024

199

countries

Method

Higher is better

Score: 0 = worst, 100 = best in 2024

Ranking 2024

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#	Country	Value	Score
1	Monaco	86.5 yrs	100.0
2	San Marino	85.8 yrs	97.9
3	Hong Kong	85.4 yrs	96.5
4	Kuwait	84.6 yrs	94.0
5	Switzerland	84.4 yrs	93.4
6	Liechtenstein	84.2 yrs	92.8
7	Andorra	84.2 yrs	92.8
8	Sweden	84.1 yrs	92.4
9	Japan	84.0 yrs	92.3
10	Italy	84.0 yrs	92.0
11	Spain	83.9 yrs	91.8
12	South Korea	83.6 yrs	91.0
13	Singapore	83.3 yrs	90.1
14	Macao	83.3 yrs	90.1
15	Israel	83.2 yrs	89.6
16	Luxembourg	83.2 yrs	89.6
17	Norway	83.2 yrs	89.5
18	United Arab Emirates	83.1 yrs	89.2
19	Australia	83.1 yrs	89.2
20	Ireland	83.0 yrs	89.1
21	France	83.0 yrs	89.0
22	Malta	83.0 yrs	88.9
23	Iceland	82.8 yrs	88.4
24	Qatar	82.5 yrs	87.5
25	Portugal	82.4 yrs	87.1
26	Finland	82.3 yrs	86.9
27	Belgium	82.3 yrs	86.8
28	Slovenia	82.3 yrs	86.8
29	Denmark	82.3 yrs	86.7
30	Canada	82.1 yrs	86.2
31	New Zealand	82.0 yrs	85.9
32	Austria	82.0 yrs	85.9
33	Netherlands	82.0 yrs	85.8
34	Puerto Rico	81.9 yrs	85.6
35	Greece	81.8 yrs	85.4
36	Cyprus	81.8 yrs	85.3
37	Bahrain	81.4 yrs	84.1
38	United Kingdom	81.4 yrs	84.0
39	Chile	81.4 yrs	83.9
40	Maldives	81.3 yrs	83.6
41	Costa Rica	81.0 yrs	82.7
42	Germany	80.8 yrs	82.1
43	Oman	80.2 yrs	80.4
44	Czechia	80.0 yrs	79.5
45	Albania	79.8 yrs	78.9
46	Panama	79.8 yrs	78.9
47	Estonia	79.3 yrs	77.4
48	Saudi Arabia	79.0 yrs	76.4
49	Croatia	78.9 yrs	76.2
50	United States	78.9 yrs	76.1
51	Poland	78.4 yrs	74.6
52	Slovakia	78.4 yrs	74.5
53	Armenia	78.3 yrs	74.3
54	Uruguay	78.3 yrs	74.2
55	Cuba	78.3 yrs	74.2
56	Kosovo	78.2 yrs	74.0
57	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.0 yrs	73.5
58	China	78.0 yrs	73.4
59	Jordan	78.0 yrs	73.3
60	Lebanon	77.9 yrs	73.2
61	Peru	77.9 yrs	73.1
62	Colombia	77.9 yrs	73.1
63	Montenegro	77.9 yrs	73.0
64	Iran	77.9 yrs	72.9
65	Antigua and Barbuda	77.8 yrs	72.6
66	Sri Lanka	77.7 yrs	72.3
67	Ecuador	77.6 yrs	72.0
68	Argentina	77.5 yrs	71.9
69	Turkey	77.4 yrs	71.5
70	Lithuania	77.2 yrs	70.8
71	Malaysia	76.8 yrs	69.6
72	Hungary	76.7 yrs	69.3
73	Tunisia	76.7 yrs	69.3
74	North Macedonia	76.6 yrs	69.0
75	Thailand	76.6 yrs	68.8
76	Aruba	76.5 yrs	68.6
77	Algeria	76.5 yrs	68.5
78	Romania	76.5 yrs	68.5
79	Latvia	76.4 yrs	68.4
80	Barbados	76.3 yrs	68.1
81	Seychelles	76.3 yrs	68.0
82	Cabo Verde	76.2 yrs	67.8
83	Brazil	76.0 yrs	67.1
84	Serbia	76.0 yrs	67.0
85	Bulgaria	75.8 yrs	66.3
86	Brunei	75.5 yrs	65.5
87	Morocco	75.5 yrs	65.5
88	Grenada	75.4 yrs	65.1
89	Mexico	75.3 yrs	64.7
90	Nicaragua	75.1 yrs	64.2
91	Bangladesh	74.9 yrs	63.7
92	Vietnam	74.7 yrs	63.1
93	Bahamas	74.7 yrs	63.0
94	Ukraine	74.7 yrs	62.9
95	Georgia	74.7 yrs	62.8
96	Azerbaijan	74.6 yrs	62.6
97	Kazakhstan	74.5 yrs	62.4
98	Belarus	74.4 yrs	61.9
99	Paraguay	74.0 yrs	60.7
100	Dominican Republic	73.9 yrs	60.4
101	Mauritius	73.8 yrs	60.1
102	Suriname	73.8 yrs	60.0
103	North Korea	73.7 yrs	60.0
104	Belize	73.7 yrs	60.0
105	Trinidad and Tobago	73.6 yrs	59.6
106	Russia	73.4 yrs	59.0
107	Bhutan	73.3 yrs	58.5
108	Tonga	73.1 yrs	57.9
109	Honduras	73.0 yrs	57.8
110	Saint Lucia	72.8 yrs	57.2
111	Guatemala	72.7 yrs	56.8
112	Venezuela	72.7 yrs	56.6
113	Syria	72.6 yrs	56.3
114	Uzbekistan	72.5 yrs	56.2
115	Iraq	72.4 yrs	55.8
116	Kyrgyzstan	72.4 yrs	55.8
117	Mongolia	72.4 yrs	55.7
118	El Salvador	72.3 yrs	55.4
119	Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.3 yrs	55.4
120	India	72.2 yrs	55.2
121	Tajikistan	71.9 yrs	54.3
122	Samoa	71.8 yrs	54.0
123	Egypt	71.8 yrs	53.9
124	Vanuatu	71.7 yrs	53.4
125	Jamaica	71.6 yrs	53.3
126	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.4 yrs	52.6
127	Moldova	71.3 yrs	52.4
128	Dominica	71.3 yrs	52.3
129	Indonesia	71.3 yrs	52.3
130	Libya	71.1 yrs	51.7
131	Cambodia	70.8 yrs	50.8
132	Solomon Islands	70.7 yrs	50.4
133	Nepal	70.6 yrs	50.2
134	Guyana	70.3 yrs	49.2
135	Turkmenistan	70.2 yrs	48.9
136	Philippines	69.9 yrs	48.1
137	São Tomé and Príncipe	69.9 yrs	47.9
138	Yemen	69.4 yrs	46.5
139	Palau	69.4 yrs	46.3
140	Botswana	69.3 yrs	46.0
141	Laos	69.2 yrs	45.8
142	West Bank and Gaza	69.2 yrs	45.8
143	Senegal	68.9 yrs	44.8
144	Eritrea	68.9 yrs	44.7
145	Bolivia	68.7 yrs	44.3
146	Mauritania	68.7 yrs	44.2
147	Gabon	68.5 yrs	43.6
148	Uganda	68.5 yrs	43.5
149	Rwanda	68.0 yrs	42.0
150	Timor-Leste	67.9 yrs	41.6
151	Pakistan	67.8 yrs	41.3
152	Ethiopia	67.6 yrs	40.7
153	Malawi	67.6 yrs	40.6
154	Namibia	67.5 yrs	40.4
155	Fiji	67.5 yrs	40.3
156	Micronesia	67.4 yrs	39.9
157	Tuvalu	67.3 yrs	39.6
158	Tanzania	67.2 yrs	39.5
159	Myanmar	67.1 yrs	39.1
160	Marshall Islands	67.1 yrs	39.0
161	Comoros	67.0 yrs	38.9
162	Kiribati	66.6 yrs	37.6
163	Zambia	66.5 yrs	37.3
164	Sudan	66.5 yrs	37.3
165	South Africa	66.3 yrs	36.6
166	Afghanistan	66.3 yrs	36.6
167	Papua New Guinea	66.3 yrs	36.5
168	Djibouti	66.2 yrs	36.3
169	Gambia	66.1 yrs	35.8
170	Congo	66.0 yrs	35.7
171	Ghana	65.7 yrs	34.7
172	Haiti	65.1 yrs	32.9
173	Angola	64.8 yrs	31.9
174	Eswatini	64.3 yrs	30.2
175	Guinea-Bissau	64.3 yrs	30.2
176	Cameroon	64.0 yrs	29.3
177	Equatorial Guinea	63.9 yrs	29.1
178	Madagascar	63.8 yrs	28.9
179	Kenya	63.8 yrs	28.9
180	Burundi	63.8 yrs	28.8
181	Mozambique	63.8 yrs	28.8
182	Zimbabwe	63.1 yrs	26.5
183	Togo	62.9 yrs	26.0
184	Liberia	62.3 yrs	24.1
185	Nauru	62.3 yrs	24.0
186	Côte d'Ivoire	62.1 yrs	23.5
187	DR Congo	62.1 yrs	23.3
188	Sierra Leone	62.0 yrs	23.0
189	Niger	61.4 yrs	21.3
190	Burkina Faso	61.3 yrs	20.9
191	Benin	61.0 yrs	19.9
192	Guinea	60.9 yrs	19.7
193	Mali	60.7 yrs	19.0
194	Somalia	59.0 yrs	13.6
195	Lesotho	57.8 yrs	9.9
196	South Sudan	57.7 yrs	9.7
197	Central African Republic	57.7 yrs	9.5
198	Chad	55.2 yrs	1.9
199	Nigeria	54.6 yrs	0.0

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators — Life expectancy at birth, total (years) · Unit: Years · Year: 2024 · 199 entries