Life expectancy - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Life expectancy, in years, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 24 countries was 74.31 years. The highest value was in Bermuda: 81.57 years and the lowest value was in Haiti: 63.73 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
Bermuda 81.57 1 1960 - 2022
Canada 81.3 2 1960 - 2022
Puerto Rico 79.72 3 1960 - 2022
Ant.& Barb. 79.24 4 1960 - 2022
Barbados 77.71 5 1960 - 2022
USA 77.43 6 1960 - 2022
Costa Rica 77.32 7 1960 - 2022
Panama 76.83 8 1960 - 2022
Grenada 75.33 9 1960 - 2022
Aruba 74.99 10 1960 - 2022
Mexico 74.83 11 1960 - 2022
Tr.&Tobago 74.71 12 1960 - 2022
Nicaragua 74.61 13 1960 - 2022
Bahamas 74.36 14 1960 - 2022
Domin. Rep. 74.17 15 1960 - 2022
Dominica 72.98 16 1960 - 2022
El Salvador 71.47 17 1960 - 2022
Saint Lucia 71.29 18 1960 - 2022
Belize 70.96 19 1960 - 2022
Honduras 70.73 20 1960 - 2022
Jamaica 70.63 21 1960 - 2022
St. Vincent & ... 68.97 22 1960 - 2022
Guatemala 68.67 23 1960 - 2022
Haiti 63.73 24 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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1. Bermuda
2. Canada
3. Puerto Rico
4. Ant.& Barb.
5. Barbados
6. USA
7. Costa Rica
8. Panama
9. Grenada
10. Aruba
11. Mexico
12. Tr.&Tobago
13. Nicaragua
14. Bahamas
15. Domin. Rep.
16. Dominica
17. El Salvador
18. Saint Lucia
19. Belize
20. Honduras
21. Jamaica
22. St. Vincent & ...
23. Guatemala
24. Haiti
81.57
81.30
79.72
79.24
77.71
77.43
77.32
76.83
75.33
74.99
74.83
74.71
74.61
74.36
74.17
72.98
71.47
71.29
70.96
70.73
70.63
68.97
68.67
63.73
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20.4
40.8
61.2
81.57


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