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Life expectancy at birth, total (years) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
215
Highest
86.37 years
Monaco
Lowest
54.46 years
Nigeria
Median
74.5 years
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
11,590

What the numbers show

Life expectancy at birth, total (years) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 86.37 years in Monaco; the lowest is 54.46 years in Nigeria.

The median across all reporting countries is 74.5 years, and the mean is 73.75 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 203 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 23.1%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 12.1%).

Life expectancy at birth, total (years) (expectancy UNESCO Institute): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 86.37 years 2023 up 1.5% rising
2 San Marino 85.71 years 2023 up 1.8% rising
3 Hong Kong 85.25 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
4 Liechtenstein 84.84 years 2023 up 3.1% rising
5 French Polynesia 84.07 years 2023 up 2.6% rising
6 Switzerland 84.06 years 2023 up 1.5% rising
7 Japan 84.04 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
8 Andorra 84.04 years 2023 down 0.4% rising
9 Spain 83.88 years 2023 up 1.0% rising
10 Italy 83.7 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
11 Gibraltar 83.55 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
12 Malta 83.51 years 2023 up 2.2% rising
13 South Korea 83.43 years 2023 up 2.7% rising
14 Luxembourg 83.36 years 2023 up 1.9% rising
15 Sweden 83.31 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
16 Israel 83.2 years 2023 up 1.4% rising
17 Kuwait 83.19 years 2023 up 5.6% rising
18 Macao 83.18 years 2023 up 0.6% rising
19 Faroe Islands 83.14 years 2023 up 2.2% rising
20 Norway 83.11 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
21 Australia 83.05 years 2023 up 1.1% rising
22 New Zealand 83 years 2023 up 2.0% rising
23 France 82.93 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
24 United Arab Emirates 82.91 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
25 Singapore 82.9 years 2023 up 0.8% rising
26 Ireland 82.86 years 2023 up 2.4% rising
27 Iceland 82.61 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
28 Belgium 82.4 years 2023 up 2.2% rising
29 Qatar 82.37 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
30 Bermuda 82.31 years 2023 up 2.9% rising
31 Portugal 82.28 years 2023 up 1.9% rising
32 Slovenia 81.98 years 2023 up 2.1% rising
33 Netherlands 81.91 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
34 Denmark 81.85 years 2023 up 1.9% rising
35 Puerto Rico 81.69 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
36 Finland 81.69 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
37 Cyprus 81.65 years 2023 up 0.4% rising
38 Canada 81.65 years 2023 down 0.1% rising
39 Austria 81.54 years 2023 up 0.5% rising
40 Greece 81.54 years 2023 up 0.3% rising
41 Bahrain 81.28 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
42 United Kingdom 81.24 years 2023 up 0.3% rising
43 Chile 81.17 years 2023 up 2.0% rising
44 Maldives 81.04 years 2023 up 4.1% rising
45 Isle of Man 81 years 2023 up 1.1% rising
46 Costa Rica 80.8 years 2023 up 0.8% rising
47 Germany 80.54 years 2023 up 0.1% rising
48 United States Virgin Islands 80.52 years 2023 up 2.3% rising
49 Cayman Islands 80.36 years 2023 up 3.5% rising
50 Saint Martin (French Part) 80.22 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
51 Oman 80.03 years 2023 up 1.8% rising
52 Czechia 79.88 years 2023 up 2.2% rising
53 Albania 79.6 years 2023 up 2.1% rising
54 Panama 79.59 years 2023 up 3.2% rising
55 Northern Mariana Islands 78.81 years 2023 up 1.8% rising
56 New Caledonia 78.77 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
57 Saudi Arabia 78.73 years 2023 up 2.9% rising
58 Poland 78.51 years 2023 up 2.0% rising
59 Estonia 78.49 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
60 Croatia 78.47 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
61 United States 78.39 years 2023 down 0.5% rising
62 Uruguay 78.14 years 2023 up 1.5% rising
63 Cuba 78.08 years 2023 up 0.1% rising
64 Slovakia 78.02 years 2023 up 2.1% rising
65 Turks and Caicos Islands 78.01 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
66 China 77.95 years 2023 up 2.0% rising
67 Bosnia and Herzegovina 77.85 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
68 Lebanon 77.82 years 2023 down 0.3% rising
69 Jordan 77.81 years 2023 up 4.8% rising
70 Peru 77.74 years 2023 up 4.2% rising
71 Colombia 77.72 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
72 Iran 77.65 years 2023 up 3.1% rising
73 Antigua and Barbuda 77.6 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
74 Montenegro 77.59 years 2023 up 1.4% rising
75 Sri Lanka 77.48 years 2023 up 2.6% rising
76 Armenia 77.47 years 2023 up 3.8% rising
77 Argentina 77.39 years 2023 up 2.1% rising
78 Ecuador 77.39 years 2023 up 2.1% rising
79 British Virgin Islands 77.28 years 2023 up 1.1% rising
80 Guam 77.21 years 2023 up 1.1% rising
81 Turkey 77.16 years 2023 up 1.3% rising
82 Lithuania 76.99 years 2023 up 4.2% rising
83 Curacao 76.8 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
84 Hungary 76.77 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
85 Malaysia 76.66 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
86 Romania 76.61 years 2023 up 2.1% rising
87 Tunisia 76.51 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
88 Thailand 76.41 years 2023 up 0.6% rising
89 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 76.37 years 2023 up 1.3% rising
90 Aruba 76.35 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
91 Algeria 76.26 years 2023 up 1.9% rising
92 Serbia 76.22 years 2023 up 1.4% rising
93 Barbados 76.18 years 2023 up 0.5% rising
94 Cape Verde 76.06 years 2023 up 3.5% rising
95 Brazil 75.85 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
96 Bulgaria 75.71 years 2023 up 1.1% rising
97 Latvia 75.68 years 2023 up 2.3% rising
98 Brunei 75.33 years 2023 up 0.6% rising
99 North Macedonia 75.32 years 2023 down 0.1% rising
100 Morocco 75.31 years 2023 up 4.4% rising
101 Grenada 75.2 years 2023 up 0.2% rising
102 Mexico 75.07 years 2023 up 1.0% rising
103 Seychelles 74.96 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
104 Nicaragua 74.95 years 2023 up 3.3% rising
105 Bangladesh 74.67 years 2023 up 7.5% rising
106 Vietnam 74.59 years 2023 up 1.0% rising
107 Bahamas 74.55 years 2023 up 0.8% rising
108 Georgia 74.5 years 2023 up 2.0% rising
109 Azerbaijan 74.43 years 2023 up 4.1% rising
110 Kazakhstan 74.4 years 2023 up 5.2% rising
111 Belarus 74.18 years 2023 up 2.4% flat
112 Paraguay 73.84 years 2023 up 0.8% rising
113 Dominican Republic 73.72 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
114 North Korea 73.64 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
115 Suriname 73.63 years 2023 up 5.0% rising
116 Belize 73.57 years 2023 up 3.2% rising
117 Trinidad and Tobago 73.49 years 2023 up 1.0% rising
118 Ukraine 73.42 years 2023 up 2.7% flat
119 Mauritius 73.41 years 2023 down 0.8% rising
120 Russia 73.25 years 2023 up 3.8% rising
121 Bhutan 72.97 years 2023 up 4.0% rising
122 Tonga 72.89 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
123 Honduras 72.88 years 2023 up 3.0% rising
124 American Samoa 72.85 years 2023 up 0.1% rising
125 Saint Lucia 72.7 years 2023 up 0.0% rising
126 Guatemala 72.6 years 2023 up 2.4% rising
127 Venezuela 72.51 years 2023 down 0.8% rising
128 Uzbekistan 72.39 years 2023 up 2.4% rising
129 Iraq 72.32 years 2023 up 4.7% rising
130 Kyrgyzstan 72.25 years 2023 up 2.9% rising
131 Saint Kitts and Nevis 72.14 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
132 Mongolia 72.12 years 2023 up 2.9% rising
133 Syria 72.12 years 2023 up 10.7% rising
134 El Salvador 72.1 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
135 India 72 years 2023 up 5.1% rising
136 Tajikistan 71.79 years 2023 up 3.2% rising
137 Samoa 71.7 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
138 Egypt 71.63 years 2023 up 2.9% rising
139 Greenland 71.55 years 2023 up 1.0% rising
140 Jamaica 71.48 years 2023 down 1.3% rising
141 Vanuatu 71.48 years 2023 up 2.1% rising
142 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 71.23 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
143 Moldova 71.2 years 2023 up 1.3% rising
144 Indonesia 71.15 years 2023 up 3.0% rising
145 Dominica 71.13 years 2023 down 0.1% flat
146 Cambodia 70.67 years 2023 up 2.8% rising
147 Solomon Islands 70.53 years 2023 up 2.2% rising
148 Nepal 70.35 years 2023 up 4.1% rising
149 Guyana 70.18 years 2023 up 5.2% rising
150 Turkmenistan 70.07 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
151 Philippines 69.83 years 2023 up 0.8% rising
152 Sao Tome and Principe 69.72 years 2023 up 7.4% rising
153 Libya 69.34 years 2023 down 4.1% rising
154 Yemen 69.3 years 2023 up 2.0% rising
155 Palau 69.27 years 2023 up 0.4% rising
156 Botswana 69.16 years 2023 up 13.0% rising
157 Laos 68.96 years 2023 up 4.9% rising
158 Senegal 68.68 years 2023 up 4.6% rising
159 Eritrea 68.62 years 2023 up 5.6% rising
160 Bolivia 68.58 years 2023 up 2.7% rising
161 Mauritania 68.48 years 2023 up 3.9% rising
162 Gabon 68.34 years 2023 up 3.9% rising
163 Uganda 68.25 years 2023 up 9.5% rising
164 Rwanda 67.78 years 2023 up 4.8% rising
165 East Timor 67.69 years 2023 up 4.6% rising
166 Pakistan 67.65 years 2023 up 3.9% rising
167 Namibia 67.39 years 2023 up 15.3% rising
168 Malawi 67.35 years 2023 up 10.7% rising
169 Fiji 67.32 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
170 Ethiopia 67.31 years 2023 up 8.3% rising
171 Micronesia (country) 67.2 years 2023 up 3.1% rising
172 Tuvalu 67.11 years 2023 up 3.0% rising
173 Tanzania 67 years 2023 up 6.7% rising
174 Marshall Islands 66.94 years 2023 up 3.1% rising
175 Myanmar 66.89 years 2023 up 3.5% rising
176 Comoros 66.78 years 2023 up 4.6% rising
177 Kiribati 66.47 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
178 Zambia 66.35 years 2023 up 11.6% rising
179 Sudan 66.33 years 2023 up 4.6% rising
180 South Africa 66.14 years 2023 up 6.0% rising
181 Papua New Guinea 66.13 years 2023 up 3.5% rising
182 Afghanistan 66.03 years 2023 up 6.2% rising
183 Djibouti 65.99 years 2023 up 6.2% rising
184 Gambia 65.86 years 2023 up 5.8% rising
185 Congo 65.77 years 2023 up 4.5% rising
186 Ghana 65.5 years 2023 up 5.0% rising
187 Palestine 65.17 years 2023 down 12.1% rising
188 Haiti 64.94 years 2023 up 3.7% rising
189 Angola 64.62 years 2023 up 8.2% rising
190 Eswatini 64.12 years 2023 up 23.1% falling
191 Guinea-Bissau 64.08 years 2023 up 8.8% rising
192 Equatorial Guinea 63.71 years 2023 up 6.6% rising
193 Cameroon 63.7 years 2023 up 8.5% rising
194 Burundi 63.65 years 2023 up 7.6% rising
195 Kenya 63.65 years 2023 up 3.1% rising
196 Madagascar 63.63 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
197 Mozambique 63.61 years 2023 up 11.2% rising
198 Zimbabwe 62.77 years 2023 up 10.4% flat
199 Togo 62.74 years 2023 up 7.5% rising
200 Liberia 62.16 years 2023 up 3.6% rising
201 Nauru 62.11 years 2023 up 2.3% rising
202 Cote d'Ivoire 61.94 years 2023 up 8.6% rising
203 Democratic Republic of Congo 61.9 years 2023 up 7.1% rising
204 Sierra Leone 61.79 years 2023 up 14.3% rising
205 Niger 61.18 years 2023 up 4.8% rising
206 Burkina Faso 61.09 years 2023 up 5.5% rising
207 Benin 60.77 years 2023 up 3.2% rising
208 Guinea 60.74 years 2023 up 5.7% rising
209 Mali 60.44 years 2023 up 5.9% rising
210 Somalia 58.82 years 2023 up 8.9% rising
211 South Sudan 57.62 years 2023 down 1.1% rising
212 Central African Republic 57.41 years 2023 up 16.0% falling
213 Lesotho 57.38 years 2023 up 15.8% falling
214 Chad 55.07 years 2023 up 7.9% rising
215 Nigeria 54.46 years 2023 up 5.1% rising

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Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
215 places, 11,590 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release