* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Life expectancy, in years, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 44 countries was 79.06 years. The highest value was in Liechtenstein: 84.32 years and the lowest value was in Ukraine: 68.59 years. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2022. 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, 2022 Global rank Available data
Liechtenstein 84.32 1 1994 - 2022
Switzerland 83.45 2 1960 - 2022
Faroe Isl. 83.3 3 1973 - 2022
Sweden 83.11 4 1960 - 2022
Spain 83.08 5 1960 - 2022
Ireland 83.06 6 1960 - 2022
Luxembourg 83.05 7 1960 - 2022
Italy 82.9 8 1960 - 2022
Gibraltar 82.83 9 1960 - 2022
Malta 82.7 10 1960 - 2022
Norway 82.56 11 1960 - 2022
France 82.23 12 1960 - 2022
Iceland 82.17 13 1960 - 2022
UK 82.06 14 1960 - 2022
Cyprus 81.89 15 1960 - 2022
Netherlands 81.71 16 1960 - 2022
Belgium 81.7 17 1960 - 2022
Portugal 81.58 18 1960 - 2022
Denmark 81.3 19 1960 - 2022
Slovenia 81.28 20 1960 - 2022
Finland 81.19 21 1960 - 2022
Austria 81.09 22 1960 - 2022
Germany 80.71 23 1960 - 2022
Greece 80.64 24 1960 - 2022
Czechia 79.03 25 1960 - 2022
Turkey 78.47 26 1960 - 2022
Estonia 77.94 27 1960 - 2022
Croatia 77.58 28 1960 - 2022
Poland 77.3 29 1960 - 2022
Slovakia 77.07 30 1960 - 2022
Albania 76.83 31 1960 - 2022
Montenegro 76.19 32 1960 - 2022
Hungary 76.02 33 1960 - 2022
Lithuania 75.79 34 1960 - 2022
Serbia 75.48 35 1960 - 2022
Romania 75.3 36 1960 - 2022
Bosnia & Herz. 75.29 37 1960 - 2022
Latvia 74.58 38 1960 - 2022
North Macedonia 74.42 39 1960 - 2022
Bulgaria 74.36 40 1960 - 2022
Belarus 73.11 41 1960 - 2022
Russia 72.55 42 1960 - 2022
Moldova 68.62 43 1960 - 2022
Ukraine 68.59 44 1960 - 2022



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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84.32
83.45
83.30
83.11
83.08
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83.05
82.90
82.83
82.70
82.56
82.23
82.17
82.06
81.89
81.71
81.70
81.58
81.30
81.28
81.19
81.09
80.71
80.64
79.03
78.47
77.94
77.58
77.30
77.07
76.83
76.19
76.02
75.79
75.48
75.30
75.29
74.58
74.42
74.36
73.11
72.55
68.62
68.59
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