Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2013

Countries217

1. Monaco85.1

Median73.1

Japan83.35 / 217

World71.5

Top 20

Monaco85.1

Andorra84.4

San Marino84.2

Hong Kong83.8

Japan83.3

Spain83.1

Switzerland82.8

Macau82.7

Italy82.7

Gibraltar82.6

Liechtenstein82.3

Singapore82.2

France82.2

Australia82.1

Iceland82.1

Israel82.1

Sweden82.0

United Arab Emirates82.0

French Polynesia81.9

Luxembourg81.8

Bottom 10

Côte d’Ivoire57.1

Mali57.1

Zimbabwe56.8

Sierra Leone54.1

Somalia54.0

Eswatini52.1

Nigeria51.8

Chad51.1

Lesotho49.5

Central African Republic49.5

Biggest increases since 2012

Somalia+9.9%

Eswatini+2.8%

Lesotho+2.7%

Zimbabwe+2.6%

Sierra Leone+1.7%

Malawi+1.6%

Botswana+1.4%

Angola+1.3%

Puerto Rico+1.3%

Mozambique+1.3%

Biggest decreases since 2012

Central African Republic-3.6%

Syria-1.6%

Seychelles-1.6%

Iceland-1.0%

St. Vincent & Grenadines-0.6%

El Salvador-0.3%

St. Lucia-0.2%

Dominica-0.2%

Cuba-0.2%

Liechtenstein-0.1%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	85.1	1
2	Andorra	84.4	2
3	San Marino	84.2	3
4	Hong Kong	83.8	4
5	Japan	83.3	5
6	Spain	83.1	10
7	Switzerland	82.8	7
8	Macau	82.7	9
9	Italy	82.7	12
10	Gibraltar	82.6	8
11	Liechtenstein	82.3	11
12	Singapore	82.2	14
13	France	82.2	15
14	Australia	82.1	13
15	Iceland	82.1	6
16	Israel	82.1	17
17	Sweden	82.0	18
18	United Arab Emirates	82.0	16
19	French Polynesia	81.9	19
20	Luxembourg	81.8	23
21	Norway	81.8	21
22	Malta	81.7	32
23	Canada	81.7	20
24	Channel Islands	81.5	24
25	New Zealand	81.4	22
26	Faroe Islands	81.4	26
27	Cyprus	81.3	25
28	Netherlands	81.3	27
29	Greece	81.3	33
30	South Korea	81.3	31
31	Austria	81.1	28
32	United Kingdom	81.0	29
33	Finland	81.0	34
34	Qatar	81.0	36
35	Ireland	80.9	30
36	Portugal	80.7	38
37	Belgium	80.6	37
38	Germany	80.5	35
39	Slovenia	80.3	39
40	Puerto Rico	80.3	46
41	Denmark	80.3	40
42	Costa Rica	80.2	42
43	Isle of Man	80.1	41
44	Bermuda	80.0	43
45	Bahrain	80.0	44
46	Chile	79.6	47
47	St. Martin	79.5	45
48	Kuwait	78.7	50
49	United States	78.7	48
50	U.S. Virgin Islands	78.7	49
51	Oman	78.6	51
52	Czechia	78.2	54
53	Lebanon	78.0	55
54	Cuba	78.0	52
55	Albania	78.0	53
56	Maldives	77.8	57
57	Cayman Islands	77.7	59
58	Croatia	77.6	58
59	Northern Mariana Islands	77.5	56
60	Estonia	77.1	68
61	Bosnia & Herzegovina	77.1	61
62	Panama	77.1	63
63	Turks & Caicos Islands	77.1	62
64	Antigua & Barbuda	77.0	60
65	Poland	77.0	64
66	Uruguay	77.0	65
67	New Caledonia	76.9	66
68	Saudi Arabia	76.5	73
69	Montenegro	76.5	69
70	British Virgin Islands	76.5	67
71	China	76.5	71
72	Slovakia	76.4	72
73	Guam	76.4	70
74	Kosovo	76.3	76
75	Curaçao	76.2	74
76	Türkiye	76.2	81
77	Thailand	76.0	79
78	Colombia	75.8	78
79	Ecuador	75.8	82
80	Argentina	75.8	75
81	Barbados	75.8	77
82	Hungary	75.6	85
83	Sri Lanka	75.5	83
84	Malaysia	75.5	80
85	North Macedonia	75.4	88
86	Sint Maarten	75.4	84
87	Iran	75.3	86
88	Serbia	75.2	91
89	Aruba	75.1	90
90	Romania	75.1	94
91	Grenada	75.0	87
92	Bulgaria	74.9	96
93	Brunei	74.9	89
94	Algeria	74.8	92
95	Tunisia	74.7	93
96	Armenia	74.6	99
97	Brazil	74.6	95
98	Peru	74.6	101
99	Mexico	74.3	98
100	Jordan	74.3	100
101	Palestinian Territories	74.1	106
102	Mauritius	74.0	103
103	Latvia	74.0	104
104	Bahamas	73.9	107
105	Lithuania	73.9	102
106	Vietnam	73.8	105
107	Cape Verde	73.5	108
108	Paraguay	73.3	109
109	Seychelles	73.1	97
110	Venezuela	73.1	110
111	Dominican Republic	73.0	112
112	Georgia	73.0	114
113	Trinidad & Tobago	72.8	115
114	American Samoa	72.8	113
115	St. Lucia	72.7	111
116	Nicaragua	72.6	116
117	Belarus	72.5	119
118	Jamaica	72.4	117
119	Libya	72.3	118
120	Morocco	72.1	120
121	North Korea	71.9	125
122	Tonga	71.6	121
123	Azerbaijan	71.5	129
124	Ukraine	71.5	128
125	St. Kitts & Nevis	71.3	124
126	Belize	71.3	127
127	Samoa	71.2	126
128	Dominica	71.2	123
129	El Salvador	71.2	122
130	Guatemala	70.9	130
131	Honduras	70.8	132
132	Kazakhstan	70.7	139
133	Uzbekistan	70.7	133
134	Russia	70.6	135
135	Greenland	70.3	137
136	Moldova	70.3	134
137	Kyrgyzstan	70.2	136
138	Bhutan	70.2	141
139	Suriname	70.1	138
140	Mongolia	70.1	142
141	St. Vincent & Grenadines	70.1	131
142	Vanuatu	70.0	140
143	Egypt	69.6	143
144	Tajikistan	69.6	145
145	Bangladesh	69.5	146
146	Philippines	69.3	144
147	Indonesia	69.1	150
148	Iraq	69.0	151
149	Solomon Islands	69.0	147
150	Palau	69.0	149
151	Turkmenistan	69.0	148
152	Cambodia	68.8	152
153	India	68.5	153
154	Yemen	68.0	154
155	Nepal	67.6	155
156	Bolivia	66.8	156
157	Guyana	66.7	157
158	Fiji	66.5	160
159	Kiribati	65.9	159
160	Mauritania	65.9	161
161	Gabon	65.8	162
162	Laos	65.7	164
163	Senegal	65.6	163
164	Micronesia	65.2	165
165	Tuvalu	65.2	166
166	Syria	65.1	158
167	Pakistan	65.1	167
168	Eritrea	65.0	169
169	Marshall Islands	65.0	168
170	São Tomé & Príncipe	64.9	170
171	Timor-Leste	64.7	171
172	Rwanda	64.7	173
173	Myanmar (Burma)	64.6	172
174	Papua New Guinea	63.9	174
175	Comoros	63.8	175
176	Sudan	63.4	176
177	Madagascar	63.2	177
178	Congo - Brazzaville	63.0	178
179	Tanzania	62.8	179
180	Haiti	62.6	180
181	Ghana	62.4	181
182	South Africa	62.4	183
183	Uganda	62.4	186
184	Gambia	62.3	182
185	Afghanistan	62.2	184
186	Ethiopia	62.2	188
187	Djibouti	62.1	185
188	Kenya	61.7	187
189	Botswana	61.2	190
190	Malawi	60.8	191
191	Nauru	60.7	189
192	Liberia	60.0	192
193	Equatorial Guinea	59.8	193
194	Angola	59.7	194
195	Zambia	59.4	195
196	Burundi	59.2	197
197	Guinea-Bissau	58.9	198
198	Benin	58.9	196
199	Cameroon	58.7	200
200	Namibia	58.5	203
201	Niger	58.4	201
202	Togo	58.4	202
203	South Sudan	58.3	199
204	Burkina Faso	57.9	204
205	Congo - Kinshasa	57.8	205
206	Guinea	57.5	206
207	Mozambique	57.2	209
208	Côte d’Ivoire	57.1	208
209	Mali	57.1	207
210	Zimbabwe	56.8	210
211	Sierra Leone	54.1	211
212	Somalia	54.0	216
213	Eswatini	52.1	215
214	Nigeria	51.8	212
215	Chad	51.1	214
216	Lesotho	49.5	217
217	Central African Republic	49.5	213

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