Life expectancy, male - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Life expectancy, in years, male, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 196 countries was 71.34 years. The highest value was in Monaco: 84.56 years and the lowest value was in Chad: 53.36 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, male, 2024 Global rank Available data
Monaco 84.56 1 1960 - 2024
San Marino 84.32 2 1960 - 2024
Kuwait 83.8 3 1960 - 2024
Hong Kong 82.7 4 1960 - 2024
Switzerland 82.7 5 1960 - 2024
Sweden 82.6 6 1960 - 2024
Andorra 82.26 7 1960 - 2024
Liechtenstein 82.2 8 1960 - 2024
UA Emirates 82.17 9 1960 - 2024
Italy 82 10 1960 - 2024
Qatar 81.78 11 1960 - 2024
Norway 81.6 12 1960 - 2024
Ireland 81.4 13 1960 - 2024
Spain 81.4 14 1960 - 2024
Faroe Isl. 81.34 15 1960 - 2024
Iceland 81.2 16 1960 - 2024
Malta 81.2 17 1960 - 2024
Singapore 81.2 18 1960 - 2024
Australia 81.1 19 1960 - 2024
Israel 81.1 20 1961 - 2024
Japan 81.09 21 1960 - 2024
Gibraltar 81.03 22 1960 - 2024
Luxembourg 81 23 1960 - 2024
Bahrain 80.86 24 1960 - 2024
South Korea 80.8 25 1960 - 2024
Macao 80.6 26 1960 - 2024
Netherlands 80.6 27 1960 - 2024
Denmark 80.4 28 1960 - 2024
New Zealand 80.4 29 1960 - 2024
Belgium 80.3 30 1960 - 2024
France 80.2 31 1960 - 2024
Canada 80.03 32 1960 - 2024
Maldives 79.95 33 1960 - 2024
Cyprus 79.84 34 1960 - 2024
Austria 79.8 35 1960 - 2024
Finland 79.8 36 1960 - 2024
Portugal 79.7 37 1960 - 2024
Slovenia 79.7 38 1960 - 2024
UK 79.54 39 1960 - 2024
Chile 79.45 40 1960 - 2024
Greece 79.4 41 1960 - 2024
Bermuda 79.06 42 1960 - 2024
Oman 78.72 43 1960 - 2024
Germany 78.5 44 1960 - 2024
Costa Rica 78.37 45 1960 - 2024
Puerto Rico 78.28 46 1960 - 2024
Albania 77.92 47 1960 - 2024
Saudi Arabia 77.33 48 1960 - 2024
Czechia 77.1 49 1960 - 2024
Panama 76.88 50 1960 - 2024
USA 76.5 51 1960 - 2024
N. Caledonia 76.46 52 1960 - 2024
Croatia 76.1 53 1960 - 2024
Iran 76 54 1960 - 2024
Jordan 75.89 55 1960 - 2024
Lebanon 75.88 56 1960 - 2024
Peru 75.63 57 1960 - 2024
Montenegro 75.5 58 1960 - 2024
China 75.25 59 1960 - 2024
Slovakia 75.2 60 1960 - 2024
Colombia 75.16 61 1960 - 2024
Algeria 75.1 62 1960 - 2024
Armenia 75.1 63 1960 - 2024
Estonia 75.1 64 1960 - 2024
Argentina 74.98 65 1960 - 2024
Ecuador 74.88 66 1960 - 2024
Poland 74.8 67 1960 - 2024
Ant.& Barb. 74.74 68 1960 - 2024
Bosnia & Herz. 74.65 69 1960 - 2024
Turkey 74.62 70 1960 - 2024
North Macedonia 74.48 71 1960 - 2024
Malaysia 74.45 72 1960 - 2024
Sri Lanka 74.45 73 1960 - 2024
Uruguay 74.38 74 1960 - 2024
Tunisia 74.13 75 1960 - 2024
Aruba 73.85 76 1960 - 2024
Barbados 73.75 77 1960 - 2024
Hungary 73.7 78 1960 - 2024
Serbia 73.7 79 1960 - 2024
Brunei 73.49 80 1960 - 2024
Morocco 73.35 81 1960 - 2024
Bangladesh 73.3 82 1960 - 2024
Cape Verde 73.05 83 1960 - 2024
Lithuania 73 84 1960 - 2024
Brazil 72.95 85 1960 - 2024
Romania 72.8 86 1960 - 2024
Grenada 72.52 87 1960 - 2024
Nicaragua 72.46 88 1960 - 2024
Mexico 72.44 89 1960 - 2024
Thailand 72.34 90 1960 - 2024
Bulgaria 72.2 91 1960 - 2024
Seychelles 72.1 92 1960 - 2024
Azerbaijan 71.71 93 1960 - 2024
Latvia 71.6 94 1960 - 2024
Bhutan 71.57 95 1960 - 2024
North Korea 71.55 96 1960 - 2024
Belize 71.08 97 1960 - 2024
Bahamas 71.06 98 1960 - 2024
Paraguay 71.01 99 1960 - 2024
India 70.73 100 1960 - 2024
Domin. Rep. 70.66 101 1960 - 2024
Suriname 70.6 102 1960 - 2024
Tr.&Tobago 70.51 103 1960 - 2024
Iraq 70.5 104 1960 - 2024
Honduras 70.49 105 1960 - 2024
Guatemala 70.44 106 1960 - 2024
Mauritius 70.35 107 1960 - 2024
Kazakhstan 70.27 108 1960 - 2024
Syria 70.21 109 1960 - 2024
Vietnam 70.05 110 1960 - 2024
Samoa 69.96 111 1960 - 2024
Ukraine 69.79 112 1960 - 2024
Georgia 69.75 113 1960 - 2024
Belarus 69.74 114 1960 - 2024
Tajikistan 69.68 115 1960 - 2024
Egypt 69.65 116 1960 - 2024
Libya 69.63 117 1960 - 2024
Vanuatu 69.59 118 1960 - 2024
Uzbekistan 69.56 119 1960 - 2024
Tonga 69.5 120 1960 - 2024
Saint Lucia 69.45 121 1960 - 2024
Solomon Isl. 69.36 122 1960 - 2024
Indonesia 69.16 123 1960 - 2024
Nepal 69.09 124 1960 - 2024
Jamaica 69.08 125 1960 - 2024
Venezuela 68.89 126 1960 - 2024
St. Vincent & ... 68.78 127 1960 - 2024
Kyrgyzstan 68.4 128 1960 - 2024
Dominica 68.35 129 1960 - 2024
Russia 68.26 130 1960 - 2024
Cambodia 68.15 131 1960 - 2024
Mongolia 67.92 132 1960 - 2024
El Salvador 67.76 133 1960 - 2024
Yemen 67.37 134 1960 - 2024
Palau 67.25 135 1960 - 2024
Laos 67.02 136 1960 - 2024
Senegal 67.01 137 1960 - 2024
Turkmenistan 67 138 1960 - 2024
Philippines 66.99 139 1960 - 2024
Botswana 66.78 140 1960 - 2024
Eritrea 66.76 141 1960 - 2024
Mauritania 66.7 142 1960 - 2024
Moldova 66.7 143 1960 - 2024
Guyana 66.62 144 1960 - 2024
S.T.&Principe 66.41 145 1960 - 2024
Bolivia 66.27 146 1960 - 2024
Gabon 66.06 147 1960 - 2024
Rwanda 65.71 148 1960 - 2024
Uganda 65.49 149 1960 - 2024
Fiji 65.47 150 1960 - 2024
Pakistan 65.46 151 1960 - 2024
Palestine 65.22 152 1990 - 2024
Comoros 65.02 153 1960 - 2024
Afghanistan 64.7 154 1960 - 2024
Kiribati 64.69 155 1960 - 2024
Tanzania 64.4 156 1960 - 2024
Ethiopia 64.36 157 1960 - 2024
Gambia 64.35 158 1960 - 2024
R. of Congo 64.33 159 1960 - 2024
Malawi 64.27 160 1960 - 2024
Zambia 64.1 161 1960 - 2024
Burma 63.99 162 1960 - 2024
Tuvalu 63.91 163 1960 - 2024
Papua N.G. 63.84 164 1960 - 2024
Djibouti 63.73 165 1960 - 2024
Micronesia 63.63 166 1960 - 2024
Namibia 63.45 167 1960 - 2024
Sudan 63.45 168 1960 - 2024
Ghana 63.31 169 1960 - 2024
South Africa 62.78 170 1960 - 2024
Togo 62.7 171 1960 - 2024
Angola 62.28 172 1960 - 2024
Eq. Guinea 62.22 173 1960 - 2024
Madagascar 62.12 174 1960 - 2024
Haiti 61.9 175 1960 - 2024
G.-Bissau 61.82 176 1960 - 2024
Cameroon 61.78 177 1960 - 2024
Burundi 61.75 178 1960 - 2024
Kenya 61.64 179 1960 - 2024
Swaziland 61.32 180 1960 - 2024
Liberia 61.02 181 1960 - 2024
Mozambique 60.49 182 1960 - 2024
Niger 60.49 183 1960 - 2024
Zimbabwe 60.49 184 1960 - 2024
Sierra Leone 60.23 185 1960 - 2024
Ivory Coast 60.17 186 1960 - 2024
DR Congo 59.96 187 1960 - 2024
Guinea 59.66 188 1960 - 2024
Benin 59.52 189 1960 - 2024
Mali 59.25 190 1960 - 2024
Burkina Faso 59.11 191 1960 - 2024
Somalia 56.49 192 1960 - 2024
C.A. Republic 55.51 193 1960 - 2024
Lesotho 55.03 194 1960 - 2024
Nigeria 54.33 195 1960 - 2024
Chad 53.36 196 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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1. Monaco
2. San Marino
3. Kuwait
4. Hong Kong
5. Switzerland
6. Sweden
7. Andorra
8. Liechtenstein
9. UA Emirates
10. Italy
11. Qatar
12. Norway
13. Ireland
14. Spain
15. Faroe Isl.
16. Iceland
17. Malta
18. Singapore
19. Australia
20. Israel
21. Japan
22. Gibraltar
23. Luxembourg
24. Bahrain
25. South Korea
26. Macao
27. Netherlands
28. Denmark
29. New Zealand
30. Belgium
31. France
32. Canada
33. Maldives
34. Cyprus
35. Austria
36. Finland
37. Portugal
38. Slovenia
39. UK
40. Chile
41. Greece
42. Bermuda
43. Oman
44. Germany
45. Costa Rica
46. Puerto Rico
47. Albania
48. Saudi Arabia
49. Czechia
50. Panama
51. USA
52. N. Caledonia
53. Croatia
54. Iran
55. Jordan
56. Lebanon
57. Peru
58. Montenegro
59. China
60. Slovakia
61. Colombia
62. Algeria
63. Armenia
64. Estonia
65. Argentina
66. Ecuador
67. Poland
68. Ant.& Barb.
69. Bosnia & Herz.
70. Turkey
71. North Macedonia
72. Malaysia
73. Sri Lanka
74. Uruguay
75. Tunisia
76. Aruba
77. Barbados
78. Hungary
79. Serbia
80. Brunei
81. Morocco
82. Bangladesh
83. Cape Verde
84. Lithuania
85. Brazil
86. Romania
87. Grenada
88. Nicaragua
89. Mexico
90. Thailand
91. Bulgaria
92. Seychelles
93. Azerbaijan
94. Latvia
95. Bhutan
96. North Korea
97. Belize
98. Bahamas
99. Paraguay
100. India
101. Domin. Rep.
102. Suriname
103. Tr.&Tobago
104. Iraq
105. Honduras
106. Guatemala
107. Mauritius
108. Kazakhstan
109. Syria
110. Vietnam
111. Samoa
112. Ukraine
113. Georgia
114. Belarus
115. Tajikistan
116. Egypt
117. Libya
118. Vanuatu
119. Uzbekistan
120. Tonga
121. Saint Lucia
122. Solomon Isl.
123. Indonesia
124. Nepal
125. Jamaica
126. Venezuela
127. St. Vincent & ...
128. Kyrgyzstan
129. Dominica
130. Russia
131. Cambodia
132. Mongolia
133. El Salvador
134. Yemen
135. Palau
136. Laos
137. Senegal
138. Turkmenistan
139. Philippines
140. Botswana
141. Eritrea
142. Mauritania
143. Moldova
144. Guyana
145. S.T.&Principe
146. Bolivia
147. Gabon
148. Rwanda
149. Uganda
150. Fiji
151. Pakistan
152. Palestine
153. Comoros
154. Afghanistan
155. Kiribati
156. Tanzania
157. Ethiopia
158. Gambia
159. R. of Congo
160. Malawi
161. Zambia
162. Burma
163. Tuvalu
164. Papua N.G.
165. Djibouti
166. Micronesia
167. Namibia
168. Sudan
169. Ghana
170. South Africa
171. Togo
172. Angola
173. Eq. Guinea
174. Madagascar
175. Haiti
176. G.-Bissau
177. Cameroon
178. Burundi
179. Kenya
180. Swaziland
181. Liberia
182. Mozambique
183. Niger
184. Zimbabwe
185. Sierra Leone
186. Ivory Coast
187. DR Congo
188. Guinea
189. Benin
190. Mali
191. Burkina Faso
192. Somalia
193. C.A. Republic
194. Lesotho
195. Nigeria
196. Chad
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84.32
83.80
82.70
82.70
82.60
82.26
82.20
82.17
82.00
81.78
81.60
81.40
81.40
81.34
81.20
81.20
81.20
81.10
81.10
81.09
81.03
81.00
80.86
80.80
80.60
80.60
80.40
80.40
80.30
80.20
80.03
79.95
79.84
79.80
79.80
79.70
79.70
79.54
79.45
79.40
79.06
78.72
78.50
78.37
78.28
77.92
77.33
77.10
76.88
76.50
76.46
76.10
76.00
75.89
75.88
75.63
75.50
75.25
75.20
75.16
75.10
75.10
75.10
74.98
74.88
74.80
74.74
74.65
74.62
74.48
74.45
74.45
74.38
74.13
73.85
73.75
73.70
73.70
73.49
73.35
73.30
73.05
73.00
72.95
72.80
72.52
72.46
72.44
72.34
72.20
72.10
71.71
71.60
71.57
71.55
71.08
71.06
71.01
70.73
70.66
70.60
70.51
70.50
70.49
70.44
70.35
70.27
70.21
70.05
69.96
69.79
69.75
69.74
69.68
69.65
69.63
69.59
69.56
69.50
69.45
69.36
69.16
69.09
69.08
68.89
68.78
68.40
68.35
68.26
68.15
67.92
67.76
67.37
67.25
67.02
67.01
67.00
66.99
66.78
66.76
66.70
66.70
66.62
66.41
66.27
66.06
65.71
65.49
65.47
65.46
65.22
65.02
64.70
64.69
64.40
64.36
64.35
64.33
64.27
64.10
63.99
63.91
63.84
63.73
63.63
63.45
63.45
63.31
62.78
62.70
62.28
62.22
62.12
61.90
61.82
61.78
61.75
61.64
61.32
61.02
60.49
60.49
60.49
60.23
60.17
59.96
59.66
59.52
59.25
59.11
56.49
55.51
55.03
54.33
53.36
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