Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2011

Countries217

1. Monaco85.0

Median72.9

Japan82.66 / 217

World71.0

Top 20

Monaco85.0

Andorra84.3

San Marino83.7

Hong Kong83.4

Switzerland82.7

Japan82.6

Spain82.5

Macau82.5

Iceland82.4

Gibraltar82.3

Italy82.2

France82.1

United Arab Emirates81.9

Australia81.9

Sweden81.8

Liechtenstein81.8

Singapore81.7

Israel81.7

Canada81.5

French Polynesia81.4

Bottom 10

Côte d’Ivoire56.0

Mozambique55.7

Zimbabwe53.9

Sierra Leone52.6

Nigeria51.5

Chad50.4

Central African Republic50.1

Eswatini49.1

Lesotho46.9

Somalia32.5

Biggest increases since 2010

Haiti+35.1%

Central African Republic+6.9%

Zimbabwe+3.8%

South Africa+2.9%

Lesotho+1.9%

Malawi+1.9%

Portugal+1.8%

Zambia+1.7%

Eswatini+1.5%

Angola+1.5%

Biggest decreases since 2010

Somalia-33.6%

Libya-3.1%

Syria-1.7%

Malta-0.8%

Seychelles-0.6%

Japan-0.3%

Dominica-0.2%

Türkiye-0.2%

Northern Mariana Islands-0.1%

Albania-0.1%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	85.0	1
2	Andorra	84.3	2
3	San Marino	83.7	3
4	Hong Kong	83.4	4
5	Switzerland	82.7	7
6	Japan	82.6	5
7	Spain	82.5	15
8	Macau	82.5	6
9	Iceland	82.4	10
10	Gibraltar	82.3	8
11	Italy	82.2	9
12	France	82.1	14
13	United Arab Emirates	81.9	11
14	Australia	81.9	13
15	Sweden	81.8	18
16	Liechtenstein	81.8	12
17	Singapore	81.7	17
18	Israel	81.7	16
19	Canada	81.5	20
20	French Polynesia	81.4	22
21	Channel Islands	81.4	21
22	Norway	81.3	23
23	Netherlands	81.2	26
24	New Zealand	81.2	24
25	Luxembourg	81.0	28
26	Austria	81.0	30
27	United Kingdom	81.0	31
28	Cyprus	80.9	27
29	Faroe Islands	80.9	29
30	Ireland	80.7	25
31	Malta	80.7	19
32	Greece	80.7	32
33	Belgium	80.6	33
34	South Korea	80.6	34
35	Finland	80.5	36
36	Portugal	80.5	44
37	Germany	80.4	35
38	Qatar	80.0	38
39	Slovenia	80.0	39
40	Isle of Man	79.8	37
41	Denmark	79.8	42
42	Bermuda	79.7	40
43	Costa Rica	79.6	41
44	Chile	79.2	43
45	Bahrain	79.1	47
46	St. Martin	79.0	45
47	Puerto Rico	78.8	46
48	United States	78.6	48
49	U.S. Virgin Islands	78.3	51
50	Albania	78.3	49
51	Kuwait	78.1	53
52	Cuba	78.1	50
53	Czechia	77.9	55
54	Lebanon	77.8	54
55	Oman	77.7	56
56	Northern Mariana Islands	77.7	52
57	Maldives	77.1	59
58	Antigua & Barbuda	77.0	60
59	Bosnia & Herzegovina	77.0	57
60	Turks & Caicos Islands	76.9	58
61	Croatia	76.8	62
62	Poland	76.7	65
63	Panama	76.7	63
64	Uruguay	76.6	61
65	Cayman Islands	76.6	67
66	British Virgin Islands	76.4	64
67	New Caledonia	76.3	68
68	Estonia	76.2	74
69	Guam	76.2	66
70	Argentina	76.1	70
71	Montenegro	76.1	69
72	Slovakia	76.0	78
73	China	75.9	71
74	Saudi Arabia	75.8	72
75	Barbados	75.6	73
76	Curaçao	75.6	77
77	Malaysia	75.5	75
78	Kosovo	75.3	86
79	Thailand	75.3	79
80	Colombia	75.2	82
81	Ecuador	75.2	76
82	North Macedonia	75.1	80
83	Sint Maarten	74.9	83
84	Grenada	74.9	85
85	Hungary	74.9	92
86	Brunei	74.8	84
87	Türkiye	74.8	81
88	Sri Lanka	74.7	87
89	Iran	74.7	89
90	Aruba	74.6	91
91	Serbia	74.5	90
92	Tunisia	74.5	88
93	Romania	74.4	101
94	Algeria	74.4	93
95	Bulgaria	74.2	99
96	Brazil	74.0	95
97	Jordan	73.9	94
98	Mexico	73.9	96
99	Armenia	73.8	106
100	Vietnam	73.7	97
101	Latvia	73.6	100
102	Bahamas	73.6	102
103	Lithuania	73.6	104
104	Palestinian Territories	73.6	103
105	Peru	73.3	109
106	Mauritius	73.3	108
107	Venezuela	73.1	107
108	St. Lucia	73.0	110
109	Cape Verde	72.9	113
110	Paraguay	72.8	112
111	Seychelles	72.7	105
112	American Samoa	72.7	111
113	Dominican Republic	72.5	115
114	Georgia	72.5	119
115	Syria	72.3	98
116	Jamaica	72.2	116
117	Trinidad & Tobago	72.2	117
118	Nicaragua	72.0	118
119	Dominica	71.5	120
120	Tonga	71.4	123
121	St. Kitts & Nevis	71.4	121
122	Samoa	71.4	122
123	Morocco	71.3	126
124	El Salvador	71.2	124
125	Belize	71.0	125
126	North Korea	70.8	130
127	Ukraine	70.7	131
128	St. Vincent & Grenadines	70.6	127
129	Azerbaijan	70.6	129
130	Belarus	70.6	128
131	Guatemala	70.3	132
132	Moldova	70.2	133
133	Uzbekistan	70.1	134
134	Honduras	70.1	135
135	Libya	70.0	114
136	Suriname	69.8	136
137	Vanuatu	69.7	137
138	Russia	69.7	142
139	Greenland	69.6	138
140	Kyrgyzstan	69.6	139
141	Bhutan	69.3	143
142	Egypt	69.2	140
143	Mongolia	69.1	146
144	Kazakhstan	69.1	150
145	Philippines	69.1	141
146	Turkmenistan	68.9	145
147	Solomon Islands	68.8	144
148	Tajikistan	68.7	147
149	Palau	68.6	149
150	Indonesia	68.6	148
151	Bangladesh	68.5	152
152	Iraq	68.4	151
153	Cambodia	67.9	153
154	India	67.6	155
155	Yemen	67.4	154
156	Nepal	67.1	157
157	Fiji	66.9	156
158	Guyana	66.5	158
159	Bolivia	66.3	159
160	Kiribati	65.9	160
161	Mauritania	65.8	161
162	Gabon	65.1	164
163	Micronesia	65.0	162
164	Tuvalu	65.0	163
165	Senegal	64.8	167
166	Pakistan	64.7	166
167	Marshall Islands	64.6	165
168	Laos	64.5	169
169	Eritrea	64.2	170
170	São Tomé & Príncipe	64.1	168
171	Timor-Leste	64.0	171
172	Myanmar (Burma)	63.9	172
173	Rwanda	63.5	175
174	Papua New Guinea	63.4	173
175	Sudan	63.2	174
176	Comoros	63.1	176
177	Madagascar	62.9	177
178	Congo - Brazzaville	62.3	178
179	Tanzania	61.6	181
180	Ghana	61.6	179
181	Haiti	61.6	217
182	Gambia	61.6	180
183	Djibouti	61.3	183
184	Kenya	61.3	182
185	Afghanistan	61.2	184
186	Uganda	60.8	186
187	South Africa	60.6	190
188	Ethiopia	60.6	187
189	Nauru	60.3	185
190	Botswana	59.7	189
191	Liberia	59.5	188
192	Malawi	58.9	193
193	Equatorial Guinea	58.8	192
194	Benin	58.5	191
195	Angola	58.1	195
196	Zambia	57.8	201
197	Burundi	57.8	197
198	South Sudan	57.7	194
199	Guinea-Bissau	57.7	199
200	Togo	57.6	196
201	Niger	57.6	198
202	Cameroon	57.5	200
203	Burkina Faso	57.0	204
204	Congo - Kinshasa	56.9	203
205	Guinea	56.8	202
206	Namibia	56.6	205
207	Mali	56.4	206
208	Côte d’Ivoire	56.0	207
209	Mozambique	55.7	208
210	Zimbabwe	53.9	210
211	Sierra Leone	52.6	209
212	Nigeria	51.5	211
213	Chad	50.4	212
214	Central African Republic	50.1	215
215	Eswatini	49.1	214
216	Lesotho	46.9	216
217	Somalia	32.5	213

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