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171 countries ranked · World Bank · 2024

Which country has the highest life expectancy?

The top 10

1. 🇲🇨Monaco 86.5 yrs
2. 🇰🇼Kuwait 84.6 yrs
3. 🇨🇭Switzerland 84.4 yrs
4. 🇦🇩Andorra 84.2 yrs
5. 🇸🇪Sweden 84.1 yrs
6. 🇯🇵Japan 84 yrs
7. 🇮🇹Italy 84 yrs
8. 🇪🇸Spain 83.9 yrs
9. 🇰🇷South Korea 83.6 yrs
10. 🇸🇬Singapore 83.4 yrs

Which country has the lowest life expectancy?

The lowest life expectancy in this table, from the very last row upwards: Nigeria (54.6 yrs), then Chad (55.2 yrs) and Central African Republic (57.7 yrs).

The bottom 10

1. 171st 🇳🇬Nigeria 54.6 yrs
2. 170th 🇹🇩Chad 55.2 yrs
3. 169th 🇨🇫Central African Republic 57.7 yrs
4. 168th 🇸🇸South Sudan 57.7 yrs
5. 167th 🇱🇸Lesotho 57.8 yrs
6. 166th 🇸🇴Somalia 59 yrs
7. 165th 🇲🇱Mali 60.7 yrs
8. 164th 🇬🇳Guinea 60.9 yrs
9. 163rd 🇧🇯Benin 61 yrs
10. 162nd 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 61.3 yrs

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Highest and lowest by region

The same table split by continent. Each row gives how many countries on that continent are ranked, and the extremes at both ends of it, which is the comparison a world table ordered by rank hides: a continent's floor is often above another's ceiling. Continents with fewer than three ranked countries are left out, so the counts need not add up to the whole table.

Region	Ranked	Highest	Lowest
Europe	42	🇲🇨Monaco 86.5 yrs	🇲🇩Moldova 71.3 yrs
Asia	45	🇰🇼Kuwait 84.6 yrs	🇦🇫Afghanistan 66.3 yrs
Africa	51	🇹🇳Tunisia 76.7 yrs	🇳🇬Nigeria 54.6 yrs
North America	16	🇨🇦Canada 82.1 yrs	🇭🇹Haiti 65.1 yrs
South America	12	🇨🇱Chile 81.4 yrs	🇧🇴Bolivia 68.7 yrs
Oceania	5	🇦🇺Australia 83.1 yrs	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 66.3 yrs

The full ranking of all 171 countries

Life expectancy · 2024

#	Country	Life expectancy
1	🇲🇨Monaco	86.5 yrs
2	🇰🇼Kuwait	84.6 yrs
3	🇨🇭Switzerland	84.4 yrs
4	🇦🇩Andorra	84.2 yrs
5	🇸🇪Sweden	84.1 yrs
6	🇯🇵Japan	84 yrs
7	🇮🇹Italy	84 yrs
8	🇪🇸Spain	83.9 yrs
9	🇰🇷South Korea	83.6 yrs
10	🇸🇬Singapore	83.4 yrs
11	🇮🇱Israel	83.2 yrs
12	🇱🇺Luxembourg	83.2 yrs
13	🇳🇴Norway	83.2 yrs
14	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	83.1 yrs
15	🇦🇺Australia	83.1 yrs
16	🇮🇪Ireland	83 yrs
17	🇫🇷France	83 yrs
18	🇲🇹Malta	83 yrs
19	🇮🇸Iceland	82.8 yrs
20	🇶🇦Qatar	82.5 yrs
21	🇵🇹Portugal	82.4 yrs
22	🇫🇮Finland	82.3 yrs
23	🇧🇪Belgium	82.3 yrs
24	🇸🇮Slovenia	82.3 yrs
25	🇩🇰Denmark	82.3 yrs
26	🇨🇦Canada	82.1 yrs
27	🇳🇿New Zealand	82 yrs
28	🇦🇹Austria	82 yrs
29	🇳🇱Netherlands	82 yrs
30	🇬🇷Greece	81.8 yrs
31	🇨🇾Cyprus	81.8 yrs
32	🇧🇭Bahrain	81.4 yrs
33	🇬🇧United Kingdom	81.4 yrs
34	🇨🇱Chile	81.4 yrs
35	🇲🇻Maldives	81.3 yrs
36	🇨🇷Costa Rica	81 yrs
37	🇩🇪Germany	80.8 yrs
38	🇴🇲Oman	80.3 yrs
39	🇨🇿Czechia	80 yrs
40	🇦🇱Albania	79.8 yrs
41	🇵🇦Panama	79.8 yrs
42	🇪🇪Estonia	79.3 yrs
43	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	79 yrs
44	🇭🇷Croatia	78.9 yrs
45	🇺🇸United States	78.9 yrs
46	🇵🇱Poland	78.4 yrs
47	🇸🇰Slovakia	78.4 yrs
48	🇦🇲Armenia	78.3 yrs
49	🇺🇾Uruguay	78.3 yrs
50	🇨🇺Cuba	78.3 yrs
51	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	78 yrs
52	🇨🇳China	78 yrs
53	🇯🇴Jordan	78 yrs
54	🇱🇧Lebanon	77.9 yrs
55	🇵🇪Peru	77.9 yrs
56	🇨🇴Colombia	77.9 yrs
57	🇲🇪Montenegro	77.9 yrs
58	🇮🇷Iran	77.9 yrs
59	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	77.7 yrs
60	🇪🇨Ecuador	77.6 yrs
61	🇦🇷Argentina	77.5 yrs
62	🇹🇷Turkey	77.4 yrs
63	🇱🇹Lithuania	77.2 yrs
64	🇲🇾Malaysia	76.8 yrs
65	🇭🇺Hungary	76.7 yrs
66	🇹🇳Tunisia	76.7 yrs
67	🇲🇰North Macedonia	76.6 yrs
68	🇹🇭Thailand	76.6 yrs
69	🇩🇿Algeria	76.5 yrs
70	🇷🇴Romania	76.5 yrs
71	🇱🇻Latvia	76.4 yrs
72	🇧🇧Barbados	76.3 yrs
73	🇨🇻Cape Verde	76.2 yrs
74	🇧🇷Brazil	76 yrs
75	🇷🇸Serbia	76 yrs
76	🇧🇬Bulgaria	75.8 yrs
77	🇧🇳Brunei	75.5 yrs
78	🇲🇦Morocco	75.5 yrs
79	🇲🇽Mexico	75.3 yrs
80	🇳🇮Nicaragua	75.1 yrs
81	🇧🇩Bangladesh	74.9 yrs
82	🇻🇳Vietnam	74.7 yrs
83	🇧🇸Bahamas	74.7 yrs
84	🇺🇦Ukraine	74.7 yrs
85	🇬🇪Georgia	74.7 yrs
86	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	74.6 yrs
87	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	74.5 yrs
88	🇧🇾Belarus	74.4 yrs
89	🇵🇾Paraguay	74 yrs
90	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	73.9 yrs
91	🇲🇺Mauritius	73.8 yrs
92	🇸🇷Suriname	73.8 yrs
93	🇧🇿Belize	73.7 yrs
94	🇰🇵North Korea	73.7 yrs
95	🇷🇺Russia	73.4 yrs
96	🇧🇹Bhutan	73.3 yrs
97	🇭🇳Honduras	73 yrs
98	🇬🇹Guatemala	72.8 yrs
99	🇻🇪Venezuela	72.7 yrs
100	🇸🇾Syria	72.6 yrs
101	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	72.5 yrs
102	🇮🇶Iraq	72.4 yrs
103	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	72.4 yrs
104	🇲🇳Mongolia	72.4 yrs
105	🇸🇻El Salvador	72.3 yrs
106	🇮🇳India	72.2 yrs
107	🇹🇯Tajikistan	71.9 yrs
108	🇪🇬Egypt	71.8 yrs
109	🇻🇺Vanuatu	71.7 yrs
110	🇯🇲Jamaica	71.6 yrs
111	🇲🇩Moldova	71.3 yrs
112	🇮🇩Indonesia	71.3 yrs
113	🇱🇾Libya	71.1 yrs
114	🇰🇭Cambodia	70.8 yrs
115	🇳🇵Nepal	70.6 yrs
116	🇬🇾Guyana	70.3 yrs
117	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	70.2 yrs
118	🇵🇭Philippines	70 yrs
119	🇾🇪Yemen	69.4 yrs
120	🇧🇼Botswana	69.3 yrs
121	🇱🇦Laos	69.2 yrs
122	🇸🇳Senegal	68.9 yrs
123	🇪🇷Eritrea	68.9 yrs
124	🇧🇴Bolivia	68.7 yrs
125	🇲🇷Mauritania	68.7 yrs
126	🇬🇦Gabon	68.5 yrs
127	🇺🇬Uganda	68.5 yrs
128	🇷🇼Rwanda	68 yrs
129	🇵🇰Pakistan	67.8 yrs
130	🇪🇹Ethiopia	67.6 yrs
131	🇲🇼Malawi	67.6 yrs
132	🇳🇦Namibia	67.5 yrs
133	🇫🇯Fiji	67.5 yrs
134	🇹🇿Tanzania	67.2 yrs
135	🇲🇲Myanmar	67.1 yrs
136	🇰🇲Comoros	67 yrs
137	🇿🇲Zambia	66.5 yrs
138	🇸🇩Sudan	66.5 yrs
139	🇿🇦South Africa	66.3 yrs
140	🇦🇫Afghanistan	66.3 yrs
141	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	66.3 yrs
142	🇩🇯Djibouti	66.2 yrs
143	🇬🇲Gambia	66.1 yrs
144	🇨🇬Congo	66 yrs
145	🇬🇭Ghana	65.7 yrs
146	🇭🇹Haiti	65.1 yrs
147	🇦🇴Angola	64.8 yrs
148	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	64.3 yrs
149	🇨🇲Cameroon	64 yrs
150	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	63.9 yrs
151	🇲🇬Madagascar	63.8 yrs
152	🇰🇪Kenya	63.8 yrs
153	🇧🇮Burundi	63.8 yrs
154	🇲🇿Mozambique	63.8 yrs
155	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	63.1 yrs
156	🇹🇬Togo	62.9 yrs
157	🇱🇷Liberia	62.3 yrs
158	🇨🇮Ivory Coast	62.1 yrs
159	🇨🇩DR Congo	62.1 yrs
160	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	62 yrs
161	🇳🇪Niger	61.4 yrs
162	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	61.3 yrs
163	🇧🇯Benin	61 yrs
164	🇬🇳Guinea	60.9 yrs
165	🇲🇱Mali	60.7 yrs
166	🇸🇴Somalia	59 yrs
167	🇱🇸Lesotho	57.8 yrs
168	🇸🇸South Sudan	57.7 yrs
169	🇨🇫Central African Republic	57.7 yrs
170	🇹🇩Chad	55.2 yrs
171	🇳🇬Nigeria	54.6 yrs

Life expectancy by country for every country, A to Z

All 171 countries in alphabetical order, each with its figure and its position in the world ranking. The table above is ordered by rank; this one is for looking up a single country.

• 🇦🇫Afghanistan 66.3 yrs 140th of 171
• 🇦🇱Albania 79.8 yrs 40th of 171
• 🇩🇿Algeria 76.5 yrs 69th of 171
• 🇦🇩Andorra 84.2 yrs 4th of 171
• 🇦🇴Angola 64.8 yrs 147th of 171
• 🇦🇷Argentina 77.5 yrs 61st of 171
• 🇦🇲Armenia 78.3 yrs 48th of 171
• 🇦🇺Australia 83.1 yrs 15th of 171
• 🇦🇹Austria 82 yrs 28th of 171
• 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 74.6 yrs 86th of 171
• 🇧🇸Bahamas 74.7 yrs 83rd of 171
• 🇧🇭Bahrain 81.4 yrs 32nd of 171
• 🇧🇩Bangladesh 74.9 yrs 81st of 171
• 🇧🇧Barbados 76.3 yrs 72nd of 171
• 🇧🇾Belarus 74.4 yrs 88th of 171
• 🇧🇪Belgium 82.3 yrs 23rd of 171
• 🇧🇿Belize 73.7 yrs 93rd of 171
• 🇧🇯Benin 61 yrs 163rd of 171
• 🇧🇹Bhutan 73.3 yrs 96th of 171
• 🇧🇴Bolivia 68.7 yrs 124th of 171
• 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 78 yrs 51st of 171
• 🇧🇼Botswana 69.3 yrs 120th of 171
• 🇧🇷Brazil 76 yrs 74th of 171
• 🇧🇳Brunei 75.5 yrs 77th of 171
• 🇧🇬Bulgaria 75.8 yrs 76th of 171
• 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 61.3 yrs 162nd of 171
• 🇧🇮Burundi 63.8 yrs 153rd of 171
• 🇰🇭Cambodia 70.8 yrs 114th of 171
• 🇨🇲Cameroon 64 yrs 149th of 171
• 🇨🇦Canada 82.1 yrs 26th of 171
• 🇨🇻Cape Verde 76.2 yrs 73rd of 171
• 🇨🇫Central African Republic 57.7 yrs 169th of 171
• 🇹🇩Chad 55.2 yrs 170th of 171
• 🇨🇱Chile 81.4 yrs 34th of 171
• 🇨🇳China 78 yrs 52nd of 171
• 🇨🇴Colombia 77.9 yrs 56th of 171
• 🇰🇲Comoros 67 yrs 136th of 171
• 🇨🇬Congo 66 yrs 144th of 171
• 🇨🇷Costa Rica 81 yrs 36th of 171
• 🇭🇷Croatia 78.9 yrs 44th of 171
• 🇨🇺Cuba 78.3 yrs 50th of 171
• 🇨🇾Cyprus 81.8 yrs 31st of 171
• 🇨🇿Czechia 80 yrs 39th of 171
• 🇩🇰Denmark 82.3 yrs 25th of 171
• 🇩🇯Djibouti 66.2 yrs 142nd of 171
• 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 73.9 yrs 90th of 171
• 🇨🇩DR Congo 62.1 yrs 159th of 171
• 🇪🇨Ecuador 77.6 yrs 60th of 171
• 🇪🇬Egypt 71.8 yrs 108th of 171
• 🇸🇻El Salvador 72.3 yrs 105th of 171
• 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 63.9 yrs 150th of 171
• 🇪🇷Eritrea 68.9 yrs 123rd of 171
• 🇪🇪Estonia 79.3 yrs 42nd of 171
• 🇪🇹Ethiopia 67.6 yrs 130th of 171
• 🇫🇯Fiji 67.5 yrs 133rd of 171
• 🇫🇮Finland 82.3 yrs 22nd of 171
• 🇫🇷France 83 yrs 17th of 171
• 🇬🇦Gabon 68.5 yrs 126th of 171
• 🇬🇲Gambia 66.1 yrs 143rd of 171
• 🇬🇪Georgia 74.7 yrs 85th of 171
• 🇩🇪Germany 80.8 yrs 37th of 171
• 🇬🇭Ghana 65.7 yrs 145th of 171
• 🇬🇷Greece 81.8 yrs 30th of 171
• 🇬🇹Guatemala 72.8 yrs 98th of 171
• 🇬🇳Guinea 60.9 yrs 164th of 171
• 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 64.3 yrs 148th of 171
• 🇬🇾Guyana 70.3 yrs 116th of 171
• 🇭🇹Haiti 65.1 yrs 146th of 171
• 🇭🇳Honduras 73 yrs 97th of 171
• 🇭🇺Hungary 76.7 yrs 65th of 171
• 🇮🇸Iceland 82.8 yrs 19th of 171
• 🇮🇳India 72.2 yrs 106th of 171
• 🇮🇩Indonesia 71.3 yrs 112th of 171
• 🇮🇷Iran 77.9 yrs 58th of 171
• 🇮🇶Iraq 72.4 yrs 102nd of 171
• 🇮🇪Ireland 83 yrs 16th of 171
• 🇮🇱Israel 83.2 yrs 11th of 171
• 🇮🇹Italy 84 yrs 7th of 171
• 🇨🇮Ivory Coast 62.1 yrs 158th of 171
• 🇯🇲Jamaica 71.6 yrs 110th of 171
• 🇯🇵Japan 84 yrs 6th of 171
• 🇯🇴Jordan 78 yrs 53rd of 171
• 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 74.5 yrs 87th of 171
• 🇰🇪Kenya 63.8 yrs 152nd of 171
• 🇰🇼Kuwait 84.6 yrs 2nd of 171
• 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 72.4 yrs 103rd of 171
• 🇱🇦Laos 69.2 yrs 121st of 171
• 🇱🇻Latvia 76.4 yrs 71st of 171
• 🇱🇧Lebanon 77.9 yrs 54th of 171
• 🇱🇸Lesotho 57.8 yrs 167th of 171
• 🇱🇷Liberia 62.3 yrs 157th of 171
• 🇱🇾Libya 71.1 yrs 113th of 171
• 🇱🇹Lithuania 77.2 yrs 63rd of 171
• 🇱🇺Luxembourg 83.2 yrs 12th of 171
• 🇲🇬Madagascar 63.8 yrs 151st of 171
• 🇲🇼Malawi 67.6 yrs 131st of 171
• 🇲🇾Malaysia 76.8 yrs 64th of 171
• 🇲🇻Maldives 81.3 yrs 35th of 171
• 🇲🇱Mali 60.7 yrs 165th of 171
• 🇲🇹Malta 83 yrs 18th of 171
• 🇲🇷Mauritania 68.7 yrs 125th of 171
• 🇲🇺Mauritius 73.8 yrs 91st of 171
• 🇲🇽Mexico 75.3 yrs 79th of 171
• 🇲🇩Moldova 71.3 yrs 111th of 171
• 🇲🇨Monaco 86.5 yrs 1st of 171
• 🇲🇳Mongolia 72.4 yrs 104th of 171
• 🇲🇪Montenegro 77.9 yrs 57th of 171
• 🇲🇦Morocco 75.5 yrs 78th of 171
• 🇲🇿Mozambique 63.8 yrs 154th of 171
• 🇲🇲Myanmar 67.1 yrs 135th of 171
• 🇳🇦Namibia 67.5 yrs 132nd of 171
• 🇳🇵Nepal 70.6 yrs 115th of 171
• 🇳🇱Netherlands 82 yrs 29th of 171
• 🇳🇿New Zealand 82 yrs 27th of 171
• 🇳🇮Nicaragua 75.1 yrs 80th of 171
• 🇳🇪Niger 61.4 yrs 161st of 171
• 🇳🇬Nigeria 54.6 yrs 171st of 171
• 🇰🇵North Korea 73.7 yrs 94th of 171
• 🇲🇰North Macedonia 76.6 yrs 67th of 171
• 🇳🇴Norway 83.2 yrs 13th of 171
• 🇴🇲Oman 80.3 yrs 38th of 171
• 🇵🇰Pakistan 67.8 yrs 129th of 171
• 🇵🇦Panama 79.8 yrs 41st of 171
• 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 66.3 yrs 141st of 171
• 🇵🇾Paraguay 74 yrs 89th of 171
• 🇵🇪Peru 77.9 yrs 55th of 171
• 🇵🇭Philippines 70 yrs 118th of 171
• 🇵🇱Poland 78.4 yrs 46th of 171
• 🇵🇹Portugal 82.4 yrs 21st of 171
• 🇶🇦Qatar 82.5 yrs 20th of 171
• 🇷🇴Romania 76.5 yrs 70th of 171
• 🇷🇺Russia 73.4 yrs 95th of 171
• 🇷🇼Rwanda 68 yrs 128th of 171
• 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 79 yrs 43rd of 171
• 🇸🇳Senegal 68.9 yrs 122nd of 171
• 🇷🇸Serbia 76 yrs 75th of 171
• 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 62 yrs 160th of 171
• 🇸🇬Singapore 83.4 yrs 10th of 171
• 🇸🇰Slovakia 78.4 yrs 47th of 171
• 🇸🇮Slovenia 82.3 yrs 24th of 171
• 🇸🇴Somalia 59 yrs 166th of 171
• 🇿🇦South Africa 66.3 yrs 139th of 171
• 🇰🇷South Korea 83.6 yrs 9th of 171
• 🇸🇸South Sudan 57.7 yrs 168th of 171
• 🇪🇸Spain 83.9 yrs 8th of 171
• 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 77.7 yrs 59th of 171
• 🇸🇩Sudan 66.5 yrs 138th of 171
• 🇸🇷Suriname 73.8 yrs 92nd of 171
• 🇸🇪Sweden 84.1 yrs 5th of 171
• 🇨🇭Switzerland 84.4 yrs 3rd of 171
• 🇸🇾Syria 72.6 yrs 100th of 171
• 🇹🇯Tajikistan 71.9 yrs 107th of 171
• 🇹🇿Tanzania 67.2 yrs 134th of 171
• 🇹🇭Thailand 76.6 yrs 68th of 171
• 🇹🇬Togo 62.9 yrs 156th of 171
• 🇹🇳Tunisia 76.7 yrs 66th of 171
• 🇹🇷Turkey 77.4 yrs 62nd of 171
• 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 70.2 yrs 117th of 171
• 🇺🇬Uganda 68.5 yrs 127th of 171
• 🇺🇦Ukraine 74.7 yrs 84th of 171
• 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 83.1 yrs 14th of 171
• 🇬🇧United Kingdom 81.4 yrs 33rd of 171
• 🇺🇸United States 78.9 yrs 45th of 171
• 🇺🇾Uruguay 78.3 yrs 49th of 171
• 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 72.5 yrs 101st of 171
• 🇻🇺Vanuatu 71.7 yrs 109th of 171
• 🇻🇪Venezuela 72.7 yrs 99th of 171
• 🇻🇳Vietnam 74.7 yrs 82nd of 171
• 🇾🇪Yemen 69.4 yrs 119th of 171
• 🇿🇲Zambia 66.5 yrs 137th of 171
• 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 63.1 yrs 155th of 171

What this table covers

This table ranks the 171 countries that have a life expectancy figure in World Bank's data (2024). Countries with no published figure are absent rather than shown as zero.

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