* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Life expectancy, in years, male, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 192 countries was 69.65 years. The highest value was in Liechtenstein: 83.1 years and the lowest value was in Lesotho: 50.32 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, male, 2022 Global rank Available data
Liechtenstein 83.1 1 1994 - 2022
Macao 82.75 2 1960 - 2022
Switzerland 81.6 3 1960 - 2022
Sweden 81.5 4 1960 - 2022
Faroe Isl. 81.3 5 1973 - 2022
Ireland 81.3 6 1960 - 2022
Australia 81.2 7 1960 - 2022
New Zealand 81.2 8 1960 - 2022
Japan 81.05 9 1960 - 2022
Iceland 81 10 1960 - 2022
Norway 81 11 1960 - 2022
Gibraltar 80.93 12 1960 - 2022
Italy 80.9 13 1960 - 2022
Luxembourg 80.9 14 1960 - 2022
Hong Kong 80.7 15 1960 - 2022
Israel 80.7 16 1961 - 2022
Malta 80.7 17 1960 - 2022
Singapore 80.7 18 1960 - 2022
Qatar 80.63 19 1960 - 2022
Spain 80.4 20 1960 - 2022
UK 80.4 21 1960 - 2022
Netherlands 80.3 22 1960 - 2022
Cyprus 80.07 23 1960 - 2022
Maldives 80.07 24 1960 - 2022
South Korea 79.9 25 1960 - 2022
Belgium 79.6 26 1960 - 2022
Denmark 79.5 27 1960 - 2022
France 79.4 28 1960 - 2022
Canada 79.12 29 1960 - 2022
Kuwait 78.88 30 1960 - 2022
Austria 78.8 31 1960 - 2022
Portugal 78.8 32 1960 - 2022
Finland 78.7 33 1960 - 2022
Slovenia 78.6 34 1960 - 2022
Bermuda 78.44 35 1960 - 2022
Germany 78.33 36 1960 - 2022
Bahrain 78.24 37 1960 - 2022
Greece 78.1 38 1960 - 2022
UA Emirates 77.72 39 1960 - 2022
N. Caledonia 77.53 40 1960 - 2022
Chile 77.16 41 1960 - 2022
Saudi Arabia 76.67 42 1960 - 2022
Ant.& Barb. 76.51 43 1960 - 2022
Czechia 76.2 44 1960 - 2022
China 75.96 45 1960 - 2022
Algeria 75.85 46 1960 - 2022
Barbados 75.68 47 1960 - 2022
Puerto Rico 75.58 48 1960 - 2022
Thailand 75.47 49 1960 - 2022
Turkey 75.38 50 1960 - 2022
Ecuador 75.31 51 1960 - 2022
USA 74.8 52 1960 - 2022
Costa Rica 74.76 53 1960 - 2022
Croatia 74.6 54 1960 - 2022
Albania 74.5 55 1960 - 2022
Uruguay 74.15 56 1960 - 2022
Malaysia 73.96 57 1960 - 2022
Panama 73.73 58 1960 - 2022
Estonia 73.7 59 1960 - 2022
Montenegro 73.7 60 1960 - 2022
Slovakia 73.7 61 1960 - 2022
Poland 73.5 62 1960 - 2022
Bosnia & Herz. 73.13 63 1960 - 2022
Serbia 72.97 64 1960 - 2022
Morocco 72.9 65 1960 - 2022
Argentina 72.85 66 1960 - 2022
Sri Lanka 72.85 67 1960 - 2022
Hungary 72.7 68 1960 - 2022
Grenada 72.59 69 1960 - 2022
Brunei 72.51 70 1960 - 2022
Oman 72.36 71 1960 - 2022
Lebanon 72.24 72 1960 - 2022
North Macedonia 72.22 73 1960 - 2022
Aruba 72.15 74 1960 - 2022
Jordan 72.12 75 1960 - 2022
Iran 71.93 76 1960 - 2022
Seychelles 71.8 77 1980 - 2022
Nicaragua 71.61 78 1960 - 2022
Mexico 71.55 79 1960 - 2022
Bangladesh 71.51 80 1960 - 2022
Lithuania 71.5 81 1960 - 2022
Romania 71.5 82 1960 - 2022
Tunisia 71.37 83 1960 - 2022
Peru 71.33 84 1960 - 2022
Tr.&Tobago 71.31 85 1960 - 2022
Domin. Rep. 71.04 86 1960 - 2022
Palestine 71.02 87 1990 - 2022
North Korea 70.97 88 1960 - 2022
Bulgaria 70.8 89 1960 - 2022
Bahamas 70.76 90 1960 - 2022
Bhutan 70.57 91 1960 - 2022
Azerbaijan 70.55 92 1960 - 2022
Colombia 70.32 93 1960 - 2022
Brazil 70.3 94 1960 - 2022
Cape Verde 70.29 95 1960 - 2022
Kazakhstan 70.26 96 1960 - 2022
Philippines 70.22 97 1960 - 2022
Samoa 70.15 98 1960 - 2022
Mauritius 70.1 99 1960 - 2022
Vietnam 69.93 100 1960 - 2022
Dominica 69.88 101 1960 - 2022
Latvia 69.8 102 1960 - 2022
Libya 69.74 103 1960 - 2022
Solomon Isl. 69.29 104 1960 - 2022
Tajikistan 69.19 105 1960 - 2022
Iraq 69.16 106 1960 - 2022
Uzbekistan 69.03 107 1960 - 2022
Syria 68.67 108 1960 - 2022
Nepal 68.61 109 1960 - 2022
Tonga 68.58 110 1960 - 2022
Jamaica 68.53 111 1960 - 2022
Honduras 68.46 112 1960 - 2022
Vanuatu 68.32 113 1960 - 2022
Belarus 68.09 114 1960 - 2022
Mongolia 68.08 115 1960 - 2022
Saint Lucia 68.01 116 1960 - 2022
Kyrgyzstan 68 117 1960 - 2022
Armenia 67.87 118 1960 - 2022
Egypt 67.87 119 1960 - 2022
Belize 67.72 120 1960 - 2022
Paraguay 67.65 121 1960 - 2022
Russia 67.57 122 1960 - 2022
Micronesia 67.33 123 1960 - 2022
Suriname 67.19 124 1960 - 2022
Cambodia 67.12 125 1960 - 2022
Laos 66.94 126 1960 - 2022
Venezuela 66.88 127 1960 - 2022
El Salvador 66.84 128 1960 - 2022
Georgia 66.76 129 1960 - 2022
St. Vincent & ... 66.69 130 1960 - 2022
Fiji 66.47 131 1960 - 2022
India 66.26 132 1960 - 2022
Indonesia 66.18 133 1960 - 2022
S.T.&Principe 66.05 134 1960 - 2022
Turkmenistan 65.92 135 1960 - 2022
Kiribati 65.73 136 1960 - 2022
Guatemala 65.7 137 1960 - 2022
Senegal 65.47 138 1960 - 2022
Rwanda 64.81 139 1960 - 2022
Tanzania 64.72 140 1960 - 2022
Eritrea 64.46 141 1960 - 2022
Moldova 64.22 142 1960 - 2022
Burma 64.18 143 1960 - 2022
Pakistan 64.13 144 1960 - 2022
Ukraine 63.53 145 1960 - 2022
Papua N.G. 63.38 146 1960 - 2022
Gabon 63.36 147 1960 - 2022
Botswana 63.33 148 1960 - 2022
Sudan 63.05 149 1960 - 2022
Madagascar 62.97 150 1960 - 2022
Mauritania 62.97 151 1960 - 2022
Guyana 62.78 152 1960 - 2022
Ethiopia 62.61 153 1960 - 2022
Bolivia 62.27 154 1960 - 2022
Ghana 61.81 155 1960 - 2022
Comoros 61.52 156 1960 - 2022
R. of Congo 61.51 157 1960 - 2022
Uganda 61.49 158 1960 - 2022
Gambia 61.48 159 1960 - 2022
Tuvalu 61.14 160 1960 - 2022
Togo 60.95 161 1960 - 2022
Haiti 60.89 162 1960 - 2022
Niger 60.82 163 1960 - 2022
Yemen 60.49 164 1960 - 2022
Djibouti 60.34 165 1960 - 2022
Burundi 60.08 166 1960 - 2022
Liberia 59.8 167 1960 - 2022
Afghanistan 59.77 168 1960 - 2022
Kenya 59.58 169 1960 - 2022
Malawi 59.58 170 1960 - 2022
Eq. Guinea 59.43 171 1960 - 2022
Cameroon 59.39 172 1960 - 2022
Angola 59.35 173 1960 - 2022
Sierra Leone 59.12 174 1960 - 2022
Zambia 59.06 175 1960 - 2022
South Africa 58.6 176 1960 - 2022
Benin 58.27 177 1960 - 2022
Mali 58.07 178 1960 - 2022
Burkina Faso 57.95 179 1960 - 2022
Ivory Coast 57.69 180 1960 - 2022
G.-Bissau 57.67 181 1960 - 2022
Guinea 57.64 182 1960 - 2022
DR Congo 57.52 183 1960 - 2022
Mozambique 56.53 184 1960 - 2022
Zimbabwe 56.43 185 1960 - 2022
Namibia 54.59 186 1960 - 2022
Somalia 54.07 187 1960 - 2022
Nigeria 53.3 188 1960 - 2022
Swaziland 52.65 189 1960 - 2022
C.A. Republic 52.26 190 1960 - 2022
Chad 51.3 191 1960 - 2022
Lesotho 50.32 192 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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72.85
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71.80
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71.37
71.33
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62.78
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62.27
61.81
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60.82
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60.34
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59.80
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58.07
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