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Life expectancy at birth

Name: Life expectancy at birth
Creator: UNDP
License: Public

Unit: years

Life expectancy at birth by country

All 195 reporting countries — sort by value or name

1Monaco86.42023
2San Marino85.72023
3Hong Kong85.52023
4Japan84.72023
5South Korea84.32023
6Andorra84.02023
7Switzerland84.02023
8Australia83.92023
9Singapore83.72023
10Italy83.72023
11Spain83.72023
12Liechtenstein83.62023
13France83.32023
14Norway83.32023
15Malta83.32023
16Sweden83.32023
17United Arab Emirates82.92023
18Iceland82.72023
19Canada82.62023
20Ireland82.42023
21Israel82.42023
22Qatar82.42023
23Portugal82.42023
24Luxembourg82.22023
25Netherlands82.22023
26Belgium82.12023
27New Zealand82.12023
28Austria82.02023
29Denmark81.92023
30Finland81.92023
31Greece81.92023
32Cyprus81.62023
33Slovenia81.62023
34Germany81.42023
35United Kingdom81.32023
36Bahrain81.32023
37Chile81.22023
38Maldives81.02023
39Costa Rica80.82023
40Kuwait80.42023
41Oman80.02023
42Czechia79.82023
43Albania79.62023
44Panama79.62023
45United States79.32023
46Estonia79.22023
47Saudi Arabia78.72023
48Poland78.62023
49Croatia78.62023
50Slovakia78.32023
51Uruguay78.12023
52Cuba78.12023
53China78.02023
54Bosnia and Herzegovina77.92023
55Lebanon77.82023
56Jordan77.82023
57Peru77.72023
58Colombia77.72023
59Iran77.72023
60Antigua and Barbuda77.62023
61Sri Lanka77.52023
62North Macedonia77.42023
63Argentina77.42023
64Ecuador77.42023
65Turkey77.22023
66Montenegro77.12023
67Hungary77.02023
68Serbia76.82023
69Malaysia76.72023
70Tunisia76.52023
71Thailand76.42023
72Algeria76.32023
73Latvia76.22023
74Barbados76.22023
75Cape Verde76.12023
76Lithuania76.02023
77Romania75.92023
78Brazil75.82023
79Armenia75.72023
80Bulgaria75.62023
81Brunei75.32023
82Morocco75.32023
83Grenada75.22023
84Mexico75.12023
85Nicaragua74.92023
86Mauritius74.92023
87Bangladesh74.72023
88Vietnam74.62023
89Bahamas74.62023
90Georgia74.52023
91Belarus74.42023
92Azerbaijan74.42023
93Kazakhstan74.42023
94Paraguay73.82023
95Dominican Republic73.72023
96North Korea73.62023
97Suriname73.62023
98Belize73.62023
99Trinidad and Tobago73.52023
100Ukraine73.42023
101Russia73.22023
102Bhutan73.02023
103Tonga72.92023
104Honduras72.92023
105Seychelles72.92023
106Saint Lucia72.72023
107Guatemala72.62023
108Venezuela72.52023
109Uzbekistan72.42023
110Iraq72.32023
111Saint Kitts and Nevis72.12023
112Syria72.12023
113El Salvador72.12023
114India72.02023
115Tajikistan71.82023
116Mongolia71.72023
117Samoa71.72023
118Kyrgyzstan71.72023
119Egypt71.62023
120Jamaica71.52023
121Vanuatu71.52023
122Saint Vincent and the Grenadines71.22023
123Moldova71.22023
124Indonesia71.12023
125Dominica71.12023
126Cambodia70.72023
127Solomon Islands70.52023
128Nepal70.42023
129Guyana70.22023
130Turkmenistan70.12023
131Philippines69.82023
132São Tomé and Príncipe69.72023
133Libya69.32023
134Yemen69.32023
135Palau69.32023
136Botswana69.22023
137Laos69.02023
138Senegal68.72023
139Eritrea68.62023
140Bolivia68.62023
141Mauritania68.52023
142Gabon68.32023
143Uganda68.32023
144Rwanda67.82023
145Timor-Leste67.72023
146Pakistan67.62023
147Namibia67.42023
148Malawi67.42023
149Fiji67.32023
150Ethiopia67.32023
151Micronesia67.22023
152Tuvalu67.12023
153Tanzania67.02023
154Marshall Islands66.92023
155Myanmar66.92023
156Comoros66.82023
157Kiribati66.52023
158Zambia66.32023
159Sudan66.32023
160South Africa66.12023
161Papua New Guinea66.12023
162Afghanistan66.02023
163Djibouti66.02023
164Gambia65.92023
165Republic of the Congo65.82023
166Ghana65.52023
167Palestine65.22023
168Haiti64.92023
169Angola64.62023
170Eswatini64.12023
171Guinea-Bissau64.12023
172Equatorial Guinea63.72023
173Cameroon63.72023
174Burundi63.72023
175Kenya63.62023
176Madagascar63.62023
177Mozambique63.62023
178Zimbabwe62.82023
179Togo62.72023
180Liberia62.22023
181Nauru62.12023
182Ivory Coast61.92023
183DR Congo61.92023
184Sierra Leone61.82023
185Niger61.22023
186Burkina Faso61.12023
187Benin60.82023
188Guinea60.72023
189Mali60.42023
190Somalia58.82023
191South Sudan57.62023
192Central African Republic57.42023
193Lesotho57.42023
194Chad55.12023
195Nigeria54.52023

195 countries · latest reported year each · Life expectancy at birth

What this measures

A formal definition for this indicator hasn't been written yet. Until it is, follow the source link below — the primary publisher's documentation is authoritative.

How we source it

Primary source: UNDP
License: Public
Refresh cadence: annual

Every fact rendered on a country page deep-links to this source. We don't copy values blindly — our ingestion pipeline fetches directly from the publisher and logs every run so the provenance chain is verifiable.

Source: UNDP

World leaderboard

Latest non-null value per country (195 reporting)

Across the 195 countries reporting, the world median is 73.6years. Both columns are sorted purely by value — interpretation (whether higher is "better") depends on the indicator.

Highest values

1.Monaco86.42023
2.San Marino85.72023
3.Hong Kong85.52023
4.Japan84.72023
5.South Korea84.32023
6.Andorra84.02023
7.Switzerland84.02023
8.Australia83.92023
9.Singapore83.72023
10.Italy83.72023

Lowest values

1.Nigeria54.52023
2.Chad55.12023
3.Lesotho57.42023
4.Central African Republic57.42023
5.South Sudan57.62023
6.Somalia58.82023
7.Mali60.42023
8.Guinea60.72023
9.Benin60.82023
10.Burkina Faso61.12023

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