Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2016

Countries217

1. Monaco85.6

Median73.8

Japan84.05 / 217

World72.2

Top 20

Monaco85.6

San Marino84.8

Andorra84.5

Hong Kong84.2

Japan84.0

Switzerland83.6

Spain83.3

Macau83.3

Italy83.2

Singapore82.8

Gibraltar82.7

Luxembourg82.7

France82.6

French Polynesia82.6

Australia82.4

Israel82.4

Norway82.4

Malta82.4

Sweden82.3

South Korea82.3

Bottom 10

Guinea58.5

Mali58.3

Sierra Leone56.9

Eswatini56.2

Somalia55.3

Lesotho52.9

Nigeria52.2

Chad51.6

Central African Republic51.0

South Sudan36.7

Biggest increases since 2015

Syria+3.0%

Sierra Leone+2.7%

Eswatini+2.3%

Liberia+2.1%

Lesotho+2.1%

Botswana+1.7%

Dominica+1.7%

Nepal+1.6%

Malawi+1.3%

Namibia+1.3%

Biggest decreases since 2015

South Sudan-7.6%

Iraq-1.8%

Central African Republic-1.8%

Venezuela-1.4%

Mongolia-0.8%

Argentina-0.6%

Costa Rica-0.5%

St. Lucia-0.5%

Liechtenstein-0.5%

Puerto Rico-0.4%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	85.6	1
2	San Marino	84.8	2
3	Andorra	84.5	3
4	Hong Kong	84.2	4
5	Japan	84.0	5
6	Switzerland	83.6	7
7	Spain	83.3	8
8	Macau	83.3	6
9	Italy	83.2	12
10	Singapore	82.8	9
11	Gibraltar	82.7	10
12	Luxembourg	82.7	18
13	France	82.6	16
14	French Polynesia	82.6	15
15	Australia	82.4	14
16	Israel	82.4	21
17	Norway	82.4	17
18	Malta	82.4	25
19	Sweden	82.3	19
20	South Korea	82.3	22
21	Liechtenstein	82.3	11
22	Iceland	82.2	13
23	United Arab Emirates	82.2	20
24	Qatar	82.1	26
25	Faroe Islands	82.0	24
26	Canada	81.9	23
27	New Zealand	81.7	27
28	Ireland	81.7	31
29	Austria	81.6	33
30	Netherlands	81.6	28
31	Cyprus	81.5	30
32	Belgium	81.4	36
33	Finland	81.4	29
34	Greece	81.4	35
35	Channel Islands	81.2	32
36	Slovenia	81.2	38
37	United Kingdom	81.2	37
38	Portugal	81.1	34
39	Germany	81.0	41
40	Denmark	80.9	39
41	Bermuda	80.5	44
42	Bahrain	80.4	43
43	Isle of Man	80.4	45
44	Puerto Rico	80.4	40
45	Chile	80.3	46
46	Costa Rica	80.0	42
47	St. Martin	79.9	47
48	Kuwait	79.7	48
49	Oman	79.6	49
50	U.S. Virgin Islands	79.2	50
51	Czechia	79.0	53
52	Maldives	78.9	52
53	Albania	78.6	54
54	United States	78.5	51
55	Cayman Islands	78.4	56
56	Saudi Arabia	78.4	57
57	Lebanon	78.3	55
58	Croatia	77.9	65
59	Poland	77.9	61
60	Panama	77.8	60
61	Estonia	77.6	59
62	Cuba	77.6	58
63	Turks & Caicos Islands	77.4	63
64	Northern Mariana Islands	77.4	62
65	New Caledonia	77.4	66
66	Uruguay	77.4	64
67	China	77.2	68
68	Slovakia	77.2	72
69	Bosnia & Herzegovina	77.1	67
70	Antigua & Barbuda	77.0	69
71	Thailand	76.8	73
72	Kosovo	76.7	81
73	British Virgin Islands	76.6	74
74	Türkiye	76.6	75
75	Montenegro	76.5	70
76	Guam	76.4	77
77	Curaçao	76.3	76
78	Colombia	76.2	79
79	Barbados	76.2	80
80	Iran	76.2	83
81	Sri Lanka	76.1	82
82	Argentina	76.1	71
83	Ecuador	76.1	78
84	Hungary	76.1	86
85	Sint Maarten	76.0	84
86	Peru	76.0	85
87	Serbia	75.7	90
88	Jordan	75.6	93
89	Aruba	75.5	87
90	North Macedonia	75.4	88
91	Malaysia	75.4	89
92	Algeria	75.3	91
93	Romania	75.2	95
94	Brazil	75.1	92
95	Grenada	75.0	94
96	Tunisia	75.0	97
97	Palestinian Territories	74.9	100
98	Brunei	74.9	96
99	Armenia	74.9	98
100	Bulgaria	74.8	99
101	Lithuania	74.7	104
102	Latvia	74.6	101
103	Mauritius	74.4	103
104	Mexico	74.4	102
105	Cape Verde	74.4	106
106	Seychelles	74.3	105
107	Bahamas	74.0	108
108	Vietnam	74.0	107
109	Belarus	73.8	109
110	Paraguay	73.5	110
111	Ukraine	73.4	119
112	Morocco	73.2	116
113	Nicaragua	73.2	115
114	Georgia	73.1	111
115	North Korea	73.0	118
116	Trinidad & Tobago	72.9	117
117	Dominican Republic	72.9	113
118	American Samoa	72.6	120
119	Azerbaijan	72.6	121
120	St. Lucia	72.6	114
121	Kazakhstan	72.5	123
122	Jamaica	72.1	122
123	Venezuela	72.0	112
124	Tonga	72.0	124
125	Belize	71.8	125
126	Libya	71.8	126
127	Russia	71.7	130
128	Honduras	71.6	128
129	Uzbekistan	71.6	127
130	St. Kitts & Nevis	71.2	129
131	Guatemala	71.2	133
132	Greenland	71.2	134
133	Dominica	71.2	145
134	Bhutan	71.1	136
135	Bangladesh	71.1	139
136	Samoa	71.0	131
137	Suriname	71.0	138
138	Kyrgyzstan	71.0	137
139	El Salvador	70.9	132
140	St. Vincent & Grenadines	70.7	140
141	Egypt	70.4	142
142	Vanuatu	70.4	141
143	Mongolia	70.2	135
144	Moldova	70.2	143
145	Tajikistan	70.0	146
146	Indonesia	69.7	147
147	India	69.7	150
148	Cambodia	69.6	149
149	Solomon Islands	69.5	151
150	Philippines	69.5	148
151	Turkmenistan	69.1	153
152	Palau	69.0	152
153	Iraq	68.7	144
154	Nepal	68.4	155
155	Guyana	68.1	154
156	Bolivia	67.4	156
157	Yemen	67.1	157
158	Laos	67.0	158
159	Mauritania	66.8	159
160	Senegal	66.7	161
161	Fiji	66.7	160
162	Gabon	66.6	162
163	São Tomé & Príncipe	66.6	163
164	Eritrea	66.2	164
165	Pakistan	65.9	166
166	Kiribati	65.8	165
167	Rwanda	65.7	167
168	Myanmar (Burma)	65.6	172
169	Timor-Leste	65.6	169
170	Micronesia	65.6	170
171	Tuvalu	65.5	168
172	Marshall Islands	65.5	171
173	Syria	65.2	182
174	Comoros	64.8	173
175	South Africa	64.7	176
176	Papua New Guinea	64.7	174
177	Sudan	64.7	175
178	Uganda	64.5	178
179	Tanzania	64.4	177
180	Botswana	64.3	184
181	Ethiopia	64.2	180
182	Congo - Brazzaville	63.9	179
183	Ghana	63.5	185
184	Madagascar	63.4	181
185	Gambia	63.4	186
186	Djibouti	63.3	187
187	Haiti	63.3	183
188	Malawi	63.2	188
189	Afghanistan	62.6	190
190	Kenya	62.5	189
191	Angola	61.6	191
192	Zambia	61.1	193
193	Equatorial Guinea	61.1	194
194	Nauru	61.0	192
195	Namibia	60.8	197
196	Burundi	60.8	195
197	Guinea-Bissau	60.6	196
198	Liberia	60.5	199
199	Cameroon	60.3	198
200	Zimbabwe	59.8	202
201	Togo	59.7	200
202	Mozambique	59.5	205
203	Benin	59.3	201
204	Niger	59.2	203
205	Burkina Faso	59.2	204
206	Congo - Kinshasa	59.1	206
207	Côte d’Ivoire	58.8	207
208	Guinea	58.5	208
209	Mali	58.3	209
210	Sierra Leone	56.9	210
211	Eswatini	56.2	212
212	Somalia	55.3	211
213	Lesotho	52.9	215
214	Nigeria	52.2	213
215	Chad	51.6	216
216	Central African Republic	51.0	214
217	South Sudan	36.7	217

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