Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2017

Countries217

1. Monaco85.9

Median74.0

Japan84.15 / 217

World72.4

Top 20

Monaco85.9

San Marino84.9

Hong Kong84.7

Andorra84.4

Japan84.1

Liechtenstein83.7

Switzerland83.6

Macau83.5

Spain83.3

Singapore83.1

Italy82.9

Gibraltar82.9

French Polynesia82.8

Iceland82.7

South Korea82.6

Norway82.6

France82.6

Israel82.6

Australia82.5

Qatar82.5

Bottom 10

Guinea58.7

Mali58.6

Sierra Leone57.8

Eswatini57.6

Lesotho53.9

Nigeria52.4

Somalia52.2

Chad51.9

Central African Republic45.2

South Sudan35.4

Biggest increases since 2016

Eswatini+2.4%

Lesotho+1.8%

Liechtenstein+1.8%

Botswana+1.7%

Iraq+1.6%

Sierra Leone+1.4%

Namibia+1.4%

Libya+1.3%

Malawi+1.2%

Mozambique+1.2%

Biggest decreases since 2016

Central African Republic-11.3%

Somalia-5.6%

South Sudan-3.7%

Dominica-3.6%

Puerto Rico-1.6%

St. Martin-1.4%

British Virgin Islands-1.2%

Luxembourg-0.7%

Sint Maarten-0.7%

Afghanistan-0.4%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	85.9	1
2	San Marino	84.9	2
3	Hong Kong	84.7	4
4	Andorra	84.4	3
5	Japan	84.1	5
6	Liechtenstein	83.7	21
7	Switzerland	83.6	6
8	Macau	83.5	8
9	Spain	83.3	7
10	Singapore	83.1	10
11	Italy	82.9	9
12	Gibraltar	82.9	11
13	French Polynesia	82.8	14
14	Iceland	82.7	22
15	South Korea	82.6	20
16	Norway	82.6	17
17	France	82.6	13
18	Israel	82.6	16
19	Australia	82.5	15
20	Qatar	82.5	24
21	Sweden	82.4	19
22	United Arab Emirates	82.4	23
23	Malta	82.2	18
24	Ireland	82.2	28
25	Faroe Islands	82.1	25
26	Luxembourg	82.1	12
27	New Zealand	81.9	27
28	Canada	81.8	26
29	Netherlands	81.8	30
30	Austria	81.6	29
31	Finland	81.6	33
32	Cyprus	81.5	31
33	Belgium	81.5	32
34	Portugal	81.4	38
35	Greece	81.3	34
36	United Kingdom	81.3	37
37	Denmark	81.1	40
38	Slovenia	81.0	36
39	Channel Islands	81.0	35
40	Germany	81.0	39
41	Bermuda	80.7	41
42	Chile	80.6	45
43	Isle of Man	80.5	43
44	Bahrain	80.4	42
45	Costa Rica	80.0	46
46	Kuwait	79.9	48
47	Oman	79.7	49
48	U.S. Virgin Islands	79.4	50
49	Maldives	79.2	52
50	Puerto Rico	79.1	44
51	Czechia	79.0	51
52	Albania	78.9	53
53	St. Martin	78.8	47
54	Saudi Arabia	78.7	56
55	Cayman Islands	78.6	55
56	United States	78.5	54
57	Lebanon	78.2	57
58	Estonia	78.1	61
59	Panama	77.9	60
60	Poland	77.8	59
61	Croatia	77.7	58
62	Uruguay	77.6	66
63	Turks & Caicos Islands	77.5	63
64	New Caledonia	77.5	65
65	Northern Mariana Islands	77.5	64
66	Bosnia & Herzegovina	77.4	69
67	Cuba	77.3	62
68	China	77.2	67
69	Slovakia	77.2	68
70	Kosovo	77.1	72
71	Türkiye	77.0	74
72	Antigua & Barbuda	77.0	70
73	Thailand	77.0	71
74	Montenegro	76.7	75
75	Argentina	76.5	82
76	Guam	76.5	76
77	Curaçao	76.4	77
78	Colombia	76.4	78
79	Iran	76.4	80
80	Sri Lanka	76.2	81
81	Barbados	76.2	79
82	Ecuador	76.2	83
83	Jordan	76.1	88
84	Peru	76.0	86
85	North Macedonia	76.0	90
86	Hungary	75.8	84
87	British Virgin Islands	75.7	73
88	Aruba	75.6	89
89	Malaysia	75.5	91
90	Serbia	75.5	87
91	Lithuania	75.5	101
92	Sint Maarten	75.5	85
93	Algeria	75.4	92
94	Brazil	75.4	94
95	Armenia	75.2	99
96	Palestinian Territories	75.2	97
97	Romania	75.2	93
98	Tunisia	75.2	96
99	Grenada	75.0	95
100	Brunei	74.9	98
101	Bulgaria	74.8	100
102	Cape Verde	74.7	105
103	Latvia	74.6	102
104	Mauritius	74.5	103
105	Seychelles	74.3	106
106	Mexico	74.3	104
107	Belarus	74.1	109
108	Bahamas	74.0	107
109	Vietnam	74.0	108
110	Ukraine	74.0	111
111	Morocco	73.6	112
112	Paraguay	73.4	110
113	Georgia	73.4	114
114	Nicaragua	73.4	113
115	Dominican Republic	73.4	117
116	North Korea	73.0	115
117	Kazakhstan	73.0	121
118	Trinidad & Tobago	73.0	116
119	American Samoa	72.8	118
120	Libya	72.7	126
121	Azerbaijan	72.7	119
122	St. Lucia	72.5	120
123	Russia	72.5	127
124	Tonga	72.1	124
125	Belize	72.1	125
126	Venezuela	71.9	123
127	Jamaica	71.9	122
128	Honduras	71.8	128
129	Uzbekistan	71.7	129
130	Bangladesh	71.6	135
131	Guatemala	71.6	131
132	Bhutan	71.4	134
133	St. Kitts & Nevis	71.3	130
134	Greenland	71.3	132
135	Suriname	71.2	137
136	Kyrgyzstan	71.2	138
137	St. Vincent & Grenadines	71.0	140
138	El Salvador	71.0	139
139	Samoa	71.0	136
140	Egypt	70.7	141
141	Mongolia	70.5	143
142	Tajikistan	70.5	145
143	Vanuatu	70.5	142
144	Moldova	70.4	144
145	India	70.1	147
146	Philippines	70.0	150
147	Indonesia	70.0	146
148	Cambodia	69.8	148
149	Iraq	69.8	153
150	Solomon Islands	69.7	149
151	Turkmenistan	69.2	151
152	Palau	69.0	152
153	Nepal	68.7	154
154	Dominica	68.6	133
155	Guyana	68.5	155
156	Bolivia	67.5	156
157	Laos	67.3	158
158	Yemen	67.1	157
159	Mauritania	67.1	159
160	São Tomé & Príncipe	67.1	163
161	Fiji	67.1	161
162	Senegal	67.1	160
163	Gabon	66.8	162
164	Eritrea	66.6	164
165	Pakistan	66.2	165
166	Rwanda	66.1	167
167	Myanmar (Burma)	65.9	168
168	Timor-Leste	65.9	169
169	Kiribati	65.8	166
170	Micronesia	65.8	170
171	Tuvalu	65.7	171
172	Marshall Islands	65.7	172
173	Syria	65.7	173
174	South Africa	65.4	175
175	Botswana	65.4	180
176	Uganda	65.2	178
177	Sudan	65.1	177
178	Comoros	65.1	174
179	Tanzania	65.0	179
180	Papua New Guinea	64.9	176
181	Ethiopia	64.8	181
182	Congo - Brazzaville	64.2	182
183	Malawi	63.9	188
184	Haiti	63.8	187
185	Ghana	63.8	183
186	Djibouti	63.7	186
187	Gambia	63.7	185
188	Madagascar	63.4	184
189	Kenya	62.7	190
190	Afghanistan	62.4	189
191	Angola	62.1	191
192	Namibia	61.7	195
193	Zambia	61.6	192
194	Equatorial Guinea	61.5	193
195	Burundi	61.3	196
196	Guinea-Bissau	61.1	197
197	Nauru	61.1	194
198	Cameroon	60.8	199
199	Liberia	60.8	198
200	Zimbabwe	60.3	200
201	Mozambique	60.1	202
202	Togo	60.1	201
203	Burkina Faso	59.6	205
204	Benin	59.5	203
205	Niger	59.5	204
206	Congo - Kinshasa	59.5	206
207	Côte d’Ivoire	59.3	207
208	Guinea	58.7	208
209	Mali	58.6	209
210	Sierra Leone	57.8	210
211	Eswatini	57.6	211
212	Lesotho	53.9	213
213	Nigeria	52.4	214
214	Somalia	52.2	212
215	Chad	51.9	215
216	Central African Republic	45.2	216
217	South Sudan	35.4	217

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