Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2012

Countries217

1. Monaco85.0

Median73.1

Japan83.15 / 217

World71.3

Top 20

Monaco85.0

Andorra84.3

San Marino83.9

Hong Kong83.5

Japan83.1

Iceland82.9

Switzerland82.7

Gibraltar82.5

Macau82.5

Spain82.4

Liechtenstein82.4

Italy82.2

Australia82.0

Singapore82.0

France82.0

United Arab Emirates81.9

Israel81.7

Sweden81.7

French Polynesia81.7

Canada81.7

Bottom 10

Côte d’Ivoire56.6

Mozambique56.5

Zimbabwe55.4

Sierra Leone53.2

Nigeria51.7

Central African Republic51.3

Chad50.8

Eswatini50.7

Somalia49.1

Lesotho48.2

Biggest increases since 2011

Somalia+51.4%

Eswatini+3.4%

Libya+3.2%

Lesotho+2.8%

Zimbabwe+2.7%

Central African Republic+2.5%

Seychelles+2.1%

Belarus+2.0%

Namibia+1.9%

South Africa+1.9%

Biggest decreases since 2011

Syria-8.4%

Fiji-1.6%

Argentina-0.4%

Samoa-0.3%

Albania-0.3%

North Macedonia-0.3%

Belgium-0.2%

France-0.2%

Dominica-0.2%

Northern Mariana Islands-0.2%

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	83.9	3
4	Hong Kong	83.5	4
5	Japan	83.1	6
6	Iceland	82.9	9
7	Switzerland	82.7	5
8	Gibraltar	82.5	10
9	Macau	82.5	8
10	Spain	82.4	7
11	Liechtenstein	82.4	16
12	Italy	82.2	11
13	Australia	82.0	14
14	Singapore	82.0	17
15	France	82.0	12
16	United Arab Emirates	81.9	13
17	Israel	81.7	18
18	Sweden	81.7	15
19	French Polynesia	81.7	20
20	Canada	81.7	19
21	Norway	81.5	22
22	New Zealand	81.4	24
23	Luxembourg	81.4	25
24	Channel Islands	81.3	21
25	Cyprus	81.1	28
26	Faroe Islands	81.1	29
27	Netherlands	81.1	23
28	Austria	80.9	26
29	United Kingdom	80.9	27
30	Ireland	80.8	30
31	South Korea	80.8	34
32	Malta	80.7	31
33	Greece	80.6	32
34	Finland	80.6	35
35	Germany	80.5	37
36	Qatar	80.5	38
37	Belgium	80.4	33
38	Portugal	80.4	36
39	Slovenia	80.1	39
40	Denmark	80.1	41
41	Isle of Man	80.0	40
42	Costa Rica	79.9	43
43	Bermuda	79.8	42
44	Bahrain	79.6	45
45	St. Martin	79.3	46
46	Puerto Rico	79.3	47
47	Chile	79.2	44
48	United States	78.7	48
49	U.S. Virgin Islands	78.5	49
50	Kuwait	78.4	51
51	Oman	78.2	55
52	Cuba	78.2	52
53	Albania	78.1	50
54	Czechia	78.1	53
55	Lebanon	77.9	54
56	Northern Mariana Islands	77.6	56
57	Maldives	77.5	57
58	Croatia	77.2	61
59	Cayman Islands	77.1	65
60	Antigua & Barbuda	77.1	58
61	Bosnia & Herzegovina	77.0	59
62	Turks & Caicos Islands	77.0	60
63	Panama	76.9	63
64	Poland	76.7	62
65	Uruguay	76.7	64
66	New Caledonia	76.6	67
67	British Virgin Islands	76.4	66
68	Estonia	76.3	68
69	Montenegro	76.3	71
70	Guam	76.2	69
71	China	76.2	73
72	Slovakia	76.1	72
73	Saudi Arabia	76.1	74
74	Curaçao	76.0	76
75	Argentina	75.8	70
76	Kosovo	75.8	78
77	Barbados	75.7	75
78	Colombia	75.6	80
79	Thailand	75.6	79
80	Malaysia	75.6	77
81	Türkiye	75.6	87
82	Ecuador	75.5	81
83	Sri Lanka	75.2	88
84	Sint Maarten	75.1	83
85	Hungary	75.1	85
86	Iran	75.0	89
87	Grenada	75.0	84
88	North Macedonia	74.9	82
89	Brunei	74.8	86
90	Aruba	74.8	90
91	Serbia	74.8	91
92	Algeria	74.6	94
93	Tunisia	74.6	92
94	Romania	74.4	93
95	Brazil	74.3	96
96	Bulgaria	74.3	95
97	Seychelles	74.3	111
98	Mexico	74.1	98
99	Armenia	74.1	99
100	Jordan	74.1	97
101	Peru	74.0	105
102	Lithuania	73.9	103
103	Mauritius	73.9	106
104	Latvia	73.8	101
105	Vietnam	73.8	100
106	Palestinian Territories	73.7	104
107	Bahamas	73.7	102
108	Cape Verde	73.3	109
109	Paraguay	73.1	110
110	Venezuela	73.1	107
111	St. Lucia	72.9	108
112	Dominican Republic	72.8	113
113	American Samoa	72.7	112
114	Georgia	72.7	114
115	Trinidad & Tobago	72.5	117
116	Nicaragua	72.4	118
117	Jamaica	72.4	116
118	Libya	72.2	135
119	Belarus	72.0	130
120	Morocco	71.7	123
121	Tonga	71.5	120
122	El Salvador	71.4	124
123	Dominica	71.4	119
124	St. Kitts & Nevis	71.4	121
125	North Korea	71.3	126
126	Samoa	71.2	122
127	Belize	71.1	125
128	Ukraine	71.1	127
129	Azerbaijan	71.1	129
130	Guatemala	70.7	131
131	St. Vincent & Grenadines	70.5	128
132	Honduras	70.5	134
133	Uzbekistan	70.4	133
134	Moldova	70.3	132
135	Russia	70.1	138
136	Kyrgyzstan	70.0	140
137	Greenland	70.0	139
138	Suriname	70.0	136
139	Kazakhstan	69.9	144
140	Vanuatu	69.9	137
141	Bhutan	69.8	141
142	Mongolia	69.5	143
143	Egypt	69.5	142
144	Philippines	69.2	145
145	Tajikistan	69.1	148
146	Bangladesh	69.0	151
147	Solomon Islands	69.0	147
148	Turkmenistan	69.0	146
149	Palau	68.9	149
150	Indonesia	68.9	150
151	Iraq	68.8	152
152	Cambodia	68.4	153
153	India	68.1	154
154	Yemen	67.6	155
155	Nepal	67.4	156
156	Bolivia	66.6	159
157	Guyana	66.4	158
158	Syria	66.2	115
159	Kiribati	65.9	160
160	Fiji	65.8	157
161	Mauritania	65.8	161
162	Gabon	65.4	162
163	Senegal	65.2	165
164	Laos	65.1	168
165	Micronesia	65.1	163
166	Tuvalu	65.1	164
167	Pakistan	64.9	166
168	Marshall Islands	64.8	167
169	Eritrea	64.7	169
170	São Tomé & Príncipe	64.5	170
171	Timor-Leste	64.4	171
172	Myanmar (Burma)	64.3	172
173	Rwanda	64.2	173
174	Papua New Guinea	63.6	174
175	Comoros	63.5	176
176	Sudan	63.4	175
177	Madagascar	63.0	177
178	Congo - Brazzaville	62.7	178
179	Tanzania	62.3	179
180	Haiti	62.3	181
181	Ghana	62.0	180
182	Gambia	61.9	182
183	South Africa	61.7	187
184	Afghanistan	61.7	185
185	Djibouti	61.7	183
186	Uganda	61.6	186
187	Kenya	61.5	184
188	Ethiopia	61.4	188
189	Nauru	60.5	189
190	Botswana	60.4	190
191	Malawi	59.9	192
192	Liberia	59.8	191
193	Equatorial Guinea	59.3	193
194	Angola	58.9	195
195	Zambia	58.7	196
196	Benin	58.6	194
197	Burundi	58.5	197
198	Guinea-Bissau	58.3	199
199	South Sudan	58.2	198
200	Cameroon	58.2	202
201	Niger	58.0	201
202	Togo	58.0	200
203	Namibia	57.7	206
204	Burkina Faso	57.5	203
205	Congo - Kinshasa	57.4	204
206	Guinea	57.1	205
207	Mali	56.7	207
208	Côte d’Ivoire	56.6	208
209	Mozambique	56.5	209
210	Zimbabwe	55.4	210
211	Sierra Leone	53.2	211
212	Nigeria	51.7	212
213	Central African Republic	51.3	214
214	Chad	50.8	213
215	Eswatini	50.7	215
216	Somalia	49.1	217
217	Lesotho	48.2	216

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