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Countries With the Longest Life Expectancy.
Life expectancy at birth is the most-cited single proxy for overall public health. The countries here all clear 80 years, putting them in the global top quartile.
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41 countries match
Ranked by composite
Where in the world
41 countries
- Europe25
- Americas3
- Asia11
- Oceania2
- 1
Monaco
98Life expectancy 86.4 yrs
- 2
San Marino
95Life expectancy 85.7 yrs
- 3
Hong Kong
93Life expectancy 85.5 yrs
- 4
Japan
90Life expectancy 84.7 yrs
- 5
South Korea
88Life expectancy 84.3 yrs
- 6
Andorra
85Life expectancy 84.0 yrs
- 7
Switzerland
83Life expectancy 84.0 yrs
- 8
Australia
80Life expectancy 83.9 yrs
- 9
Singapore
78Life expectancy 83.7 yrs
- 10
Italy
76Life expectancy 83.7 yrs
- 11
Spain
73Life expectancy 83.7 yrs
- 12
Liechtenstein
71Life expectancy 83.6 yrs
- 13
France
68Life expectancy 83.3 yrs
- 14
Norway
66Life expectancy 83.3 yrs
- 15
Malta
63Life expectancy 83.3 yrs
- 16
Sweden
61Life expectancy 83.3 yrs
- 17
United Arab Emirates
59Life expectancy 82.9 yrs
- 18
Iceland
56Life expectancy 82.7 yrs
- 19
Canada
54Life expectancy 82.6 yrs
- 20
Ireland
51Life expectancy 82.4 yrs
- 21
Israel
49Life expectancy 82.4 yrs
- 22
Qatar
46Life expectancy 82.4 yrs
- 23
Portugal
44Life expectancy 82.4 yrs
- 24
Luxembourg
41Life expectancy 82.2 yrs
- 25
Netherlands
39Life expectancy 82.2 yrs
- 26
Belgium
37Life expectancy 82.1 yrs
- 27
New Zealand
34Life expectancy 82.1 yrs
- 28
Austria
32Life expectancy 82.0 yrs
- 29
Denmark
29Life expectancy 81.9 yrs
- 30
Finland
27Life expectancy 81.9 yrs
- 31
Greece
24Life expectancy 81.9 yrs
- 32
Cyprus
22Life expectancy 81.6 yrs
- 33
Slovenia
20Life expectancy 81.6 yrs
- 34
Germany
17Life expectancy 81.4 yrs
- 35
United Kingdom
15Life expectancy 81.3 yrs
- 36
Bahrain
12Life expectancy 81.3 yrs
- 37
Chile
10Life expectancy 81.2 yrs
- 38
Maldives
7Life expectancy 81.0 yrs
- 39
Costa Rica
5Life expectancy 80.8 yrs
- 40
Kuwait
2Life expectancy 80.4 yrs
- 41
Oman
0Life expectancy 80.0 yrs
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