* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Life expectancy, in years, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 196 countries was 73.88 years. The highest value was in Monaco: 86.5 years and the lowest value was in Nigeria: 54.63 years. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: years; Source: The United Nations Population Division
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Countries Life expectancy, 2024 Global rank Available data
Monaco 86.5 1 1960 - 2024
San Marino 85.82 2 1960 - 2024
Hong Kong 85.39 3 1960 - 2024
Kuwait 84.58 4 1960 - 2024
Switzerland 84.41 5 1960 - 2024
Liechtenstein 84.2 6 1960 - 2024
Andorra 84.19 7 1960 - 2024
Sweden 84.06 8 1960 - 2024
Japan 84.04 9 1960 - 2024
Italy 83.95 10 1960 - 2024
Spain 83.89 11 1960 - 2024
Gibraltar 83.63 12 1960 - 2024
South Korea 83.63 13 1960 - 2024
Singapore 83.35 14 1960 - 2024
Macao 83.33 15 1960 - 2024
Israel 83.2 16 1961 - 2024
Luxembourg 83.2 17 1960 - 2024
Norway 83.16 18 1960 - 2024
Faroe Isl. 83.08 19 1960 - 2024
UA Emirates 83.07 20 1960 - 2024
Australia 83.05 21 1960 - 2024
Ireland 83.01 22 1960 - 2024
France 82.98 23 1960 - 2024
Malta 82.96 24 1960 - 2024
Iceland 82.81 25 1960 - 2024
Qatar 82.52 26 1960 - 2024
Bermuda 82.49 27 1960 - 2024
Portugal 82.38 28 1960 - 2024
Finland 82.34 29 1960 - 2024
Belgium 82.3 30 1960 - 2024
Slovenia 82.29 31 1960 - 2024
Denmark 82.25 32 1960 - 2024
Canada 82.11 33 1960 - 2024
New Zealand 82.01 34 1960 - 2024
Austria 82 35 1960 - 2024
Netherlands 81.97 36 1960 - 2024
Puerto Rico 81.9 37 1960 - 2024
Greece 81.84 38 1960 - 2024
Cyprus 81.82 39 1960 - 2024
Bahrain 81.42 40 1960 - 2024
UK 81.39 41 1960 - 2024
Chile 81.36 42 1960 - 2024
Maldives 81.29 43 1960 - 2024
Costa Rica 81 44 1960 - 2024
Germany 80.79 45 1960 - 2024
Oman 80.25 46 1960 - 2024
Czechia 79.98 47 1960 - 2024
Albania 79.78 48 1960 - 2024
Panama 79.78 49 1960 - 2024
Estonia 79.3 50 1960 - 2024
Saudi Arabia 78.98 51 1960 - 2024
Croatia 78.93 52 1960 - 2024
N. Caledonia 78.92 53 1960 - 2024
USA 78.89 54 1960 - 2024
Poland 78.41 55 1960 - 2024
Slovakia 78.37 56 1960 - 2024
Armenia 78.32 57 1960 - 2024
Uruguay 78.29 58 1960 - 2024
Bosnia & Herz. 78.04 59 1960 - 2024
China 78.02 60 1960 - 2024
Jordan 77.98 61 1960 - 2024
Lebanon 77.94 62 1960 - 2024
Peru 77.94 63 1960 - 2024
Colombia 77.91 64 1960 - 2024
Montenegro 77.89 65 1960 - 2024
Iran 77.85 66 1960 - 2024
Ant.& Barb. 77.77 67 1960 - 2024
Sri Lanka 77.67 68 1960 - 2024
Ecuador 77.58 69 1960 - 2024
Argentina 77.54 70 1960 - 2024
Turkey 77.42 71 1960 - 2024
Lithuania 77.2 72 1960 - 2024
Malaysia 76.82 73 1960 - 2024
Hungary 76.72 74 1960 - 2024
Tunisia 76.71 75 1960 - 2024
North Macedonia 76.62 76 1960 - 2024
Thailand 76.56 77 1960 - 2024
Aruba 76.5 78 1960 - 2024
Algeria 76.47 79 1960 - 2024
Romania 76.46 80 1960 - 2024
Latvia 76.43 81 1960 - 2024
Barbados 76.33 82 1960 - 2024
Seychelles 76.3 83 1960 - 2024
Cape Verde 76.22 84 1960 - 2024
Brazil 76.02 85 1960 - 2024
Serbia 75.97 86 1960 - 2024
Bulgaria 75.76 87 1960 - 2024
Brunei 75.5 88 1960 - 2024
Morocco 75.49 89 1960 - 2024
Grenada 75.37 90 1960 - 2024
Mexico 75.26 91 1960 - 2024
Nicaragua 75.1 92 1960 - 2024
Bangladesh 74.93 93 1960 - 2024
Vietnam 74.74 94 1960 - 2024
Bahamas 74.71 95 1960 - 2024
Ukraine 74.69 96 1960 - 2024
Georgia 74.66 97 1960 - 2024
Azerbaijan 74.58 98 1960 - 2024
Kazakhstan 74.53 99 1960 - 2024
Belarus 74.37 100 1960 - 2024
Paraguay 73.98 101 1960 - 2024
Domin. Rep. 73.87 102 1960 - 2024
Mauritius 73.79 103 1960 - 2024
Suriname 73.76 104 1960 - 2024
Belize 73.74 105 1960 - 2024
North Korea 73.74 106 1960 - 2024
Tr.&Tobago 73.62 107 1960 - 2024
Russia 73.44 108 1960 - 2024
Bhutan 73.26 109 1960 - 2024
Tonga 73.07 110 1960 - 2024
Honduras 73.04 111 1960 - 2024
Saint Lucia 72.85 112 1960 - 2024
Guatemala 72.75 113 1960 - 2024
Venezuela 72.67 114 1960 - 2024
Syria 72.56 115 1960 - 2024
Uzbekistan 72.53 116 1960 - 2024
Iraq 72.42 117 1960 - 2024
Kyrgyzstan 72.4 118 1960 - 2024
Mongolia 72.4 119 1960 - 2024
El Salvador 72.3 120 1960 - 2024
India 72.24 121 1960 - 2024
Tajikistan 71.93 122 1960 - 2024
Samoa 71.83 123 1960 - 2024
Egypt 71.81 124 1960 - 2024
Vanuatu 71.65 125 1960 - 2024
Jamaica 71.61 126 1960 - 2024
St. Vincent & ... 71.38 127 1960 - 2024
Moldova 71.33 128 1960 - 2024
Dominica 71.29 129 1960 - 2024
Indonesia 71.29 130 1960 - 2024
Libya 71.12 131 1960 - 2024
Cambodia 70.82 132 1960 - 2024
Solomon Isl. 70.69 133 1960 - 2024
Nepal 70.64 134 1960 - 2024
Guyana 70.32 135 1960 - 2024
Turkmenistan 70.2 136 1960 - 2024
Philippines 69.95 137 1960 - 2024
S.T.&Principe 69.9 138 1960 - 2024
Yemen 69.44 139 1960 - 2024
Palau 69.38 140 1960 - 2024
Botswana 69.29 141 1960 - 2024
Laos 69.22 142 1960 - 2024
Palestine 69.21 143 1990 - 2024
Senegal 68.92 144 1960 - 2024
Eritrea 68.89 145 1960 - 2024
Bolivia 68.74 146 1960 - 2024
Mauritania 68.71 147 1960 - 2024
Gabon 68.51 148 1960 - 2024
Uganda 68.49 149 1960 - 2024
Rwanda 68.02 150 1960 - 2024
Pakistan 67.8 151 1960 - 2024
Ethiopia 67.6 152 1960 - 2024
Malawi 67.56 153 1960 - 2024
Namibia 67.52 154 1960 - 2024
Fiji 67.46 155 1960 - 2024
Micronesia 67.36 156 1960 - 2024
Tuvalu 67.26 157 1960 - 2024
Tanzania 67.21 158 1960 - 2024
Burma 67.1 159 1960 - 2024
Comoros 67.02 160 1960 - 2024
Kiribati 66.6 161 1960 - 2024
Zambia 66.53 162 1960 - 2024
Sudan 66.52 163 1960 - 2024
South Africa 66.31 164 1960 - 2024
Afghanistan 66.29 165 1960 - 2024
Papua N.G. 66.26 166 1960 - 2024
Djibouti 66.2 167 1960 - 2024
Gambia 66.06 168 1960 - 2024
R. of Congo 66 169 1960 - 2024
Ghana 65.69 170 1960 - 2024
Haiti 65.12 171 1960 - 2024
Angola 64.81 172 1960 - 2024
Swaziland 64.26 173 1960 - 2024
G.-Bissau 64.25 174 1960 - 2024
Cameroon 63.97 175 1960 - 2024
Eq. Guinea 63.91 176 1960 - 2024
Kenya 63.83 177 1960 - 2024
Madagascar 63.83 178 1960 - 2024
Burundi 63.82 179 1960 - 2024
Mozambique 63.8 180 1960 - 2024
Zimbabwe 63.06 181 1960 - 2024
Togo 62.94 182 1960 - 2024
Liberia 62.32 183 1960 - 2024
Ivory Coast 62.11 184 1960 - 2024
DR Congo 62.07 185 1960 - 2024
Sierra Leone 61.96 186 1960 - 2024
Niger 61.43 187 1960 - 2024
Burkina Faso 61.29 188 1960 - 2024
Benin 60.96 189 1960 - 2024
Guinea 60.9 190 1960 - 2024
Mali 60.67 191 1960 - 2024
Somalia 58.97 192 1960 - 2024
Lesotho 57.8 193 1960 - 2024
C.A. Republic 57.67 194 1960 - 2024
Chad 55.24 195 1960 - 2024
Nigeria 54.63 196 1960 - 2024


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Definition: Life expectancy at birth indicates the 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.

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