Data / Health Life expectancy at birth - number of years newborn female children would live if subject to the mortality risks prevailing for the cross section of population at the time of their birth (estimated) · 217 countries · 2022–2024 · Higher is better · CC BY 3.0 IGO Map Bars Trend Distribution Table
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League table 2024
# ▲ Country ↕ Value ↕
1 Monaco 88.6 2 San Marino 87.2 3 French Polynesia 86.6 4 Spain 86.4 5 France 86.2 6 Gibraltar 86.2 7 Switzerland 85.9 8 Puerto Rico (US) 85.4 9 Malta 85.4 10 Liechtenstein 85.4 11 Macao SAR, China 85.4 12 Portugal 85.3 13 Sweden 85.2 14 Norway 85 15 Finland 84.8 16 United Arab Emirates 84.3 17 St. Martin (French part) 84 18 Denmark 84 19 Germany 83.9 20 Luxembourg 83.9 21 Netherlands 83.9 22 New Zealand 83.9 23 Cyprus 83.8 24 Taiwan 83.7 25 Costa Rica 83.6 26 Qatar 83.5 27 United Kingdom 83.3 28 Chile 83.2 29 Isle of Man 83.2 30 Estonia 83.2 31 Maldives 83 32 Cayman Islands 83 33 Panama 82.7 34 Faroe Islands 82.7 35 Czechia 82.7 36 Poland 82.5 37 Uruguay 82 38 United States 82 39 Oman 82 40 Croatia 81.8 41 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 81.5 42 New Caledonia 81.4 43 Saudi Arabia 81.3 44 Thailand 81 45 China 81 46 Curacao 81 47 Northern Mariana Islands 80.9 48 Lithuania 80.8 49 Cuba 80.7 50 Sri Lanka 80.7 51 Colombia 80.6 52 Montenegro 80.4 53 Turks and Caicos Islands 80.4 54 Peru 80.3 55 Ecuador 80.3 56 Turkiye 80.3 57 Serbia 80.2 58 North Macedonia 79.7 59 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 79.7 60 Malaysia 79.5 61 Ukraine 79.4 62 Tunisia 79.3 63 Russian Federation 79.2 64 Belarus 79.2 65 Georgia 79.2 66 Aruba 78.9 67 Mauritius 78.3 68 Mexico 78 69 Morocco 77.8 70 Nicaragua 77.6 71 Dominican Republic 77.1 72 Suriname 77 73 Trinidad and Tobago 76.8 74 Seychelles 76.7 75 Belize 76.7 76 Venezuela, RB 76.7 77 Mongolia 76.7 78 Bangladesh 76.7 79 Tonga 76.5 80 El Salvador 76.5 81 St. Kitts and Nevis 76.2 82 Moldova 75.7 83 Uzbekistan 75.5 84 Syrian Arab Republic 74.9 85 Dominica 74.7 86 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 74.5 87 West Bank and Gaza 74.3 88 Tajikistan 74.1 89 Vanuatu 74.1 90 Egypt, Arab Rep. 74 91 Sao Tome and Principe 73.9 92 Samoa 73.8 93 Turkmenistan 73 94 Nepal 72.1 95 Palau 71.9 96 Yemen, Rep. 71.5 97 Namibia 71.5 98 Uganda 71.4 99 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 71.3 100 Gabon 71.2 101 Ethiopia 71 102 Eritrea 70.9 103 Tuvalu 70.9 104 Malawi 70.8 105 Mauritania 70.7 106 Rwanda 70.1 107 Tanzania 70 108 Sudan 69.8 109 South Africa 69.8 110 Timor-Leste 69.7 111 Marshall Islands 69.5 112 Fiji 69.5 113 Papua New Guinea 69.2 114 Comoros 69.2 115 Zambia 68.9 116 Djibouti 68.7 117 Ghana 68.2 118 Gambia, The 67.8 119 Congo, Rep. 67.7 120 Eswatini 67.1 121 Mozambique 66.7 122 Equatorial Guinea 65.9 123 Madagascar 65.6 124 Zimbabwe 65.3 125 Congo, Dem. Rep. 64.2 126 Naoero 64.2 127 Sierra Leone 63.7 128 Burkina Faso 63.4 129 Togo 63.2 130 Benin 62.4 131 Niger 62.4 132 South Sudan 60.7 133 Nigeria 54.9
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Life expectancy at birth - number of years newborn female children would live if subject to the mortality risks prevailing for the cross section of population at the time of their birth (estimated)