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Countries by Life Expectancy

Complete ranking of 215 countries • years • Data refreshed May 5, 2026

Leader

Monaco

Field size

215 countries

Lowest rank

Nigeria

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Monaco leads all 215 countries in Life Expectancy with a value of 86.37 years, while Nigeria ranks last at 54.46 years. This represents a 2-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.

What Life Expectancy Measures

Life Expectancy from World Bank Open Data, using the latest available country values in TerraBrawl.

Why This Ranking Matters

Examining Life Expectancy across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.

Global Range

Values range from 54.46 years (Nigeria) to 86.37 years (Monaco) — a 2-fold difference across 215 countries.

Regional Patterns

European countries dominate this ranking, holding 13 of the top 20 positions. This strong regional concentration suggests shared economic, geographic, or policy factors that drive higher values across the continent.

Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 68.34 years to 79.59 years. The overall spread from 54.46 years to 86.37 years reflects significant global variation.

Notable Outliers

The top of the ranking is competitive: Monaco and San Marino are separated by only 1%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data. The bottom five countries are all from Africa, pointing to regional challenges that affect life expectancy across the continent.

Continental Leaders

Europe

Monaco

86.37 years

Asia

Hong Kong

85.25 years

Oceania

French Polynesia

84.07 years

North America

Bermuda

82.31 years

South America

Chile

81.17 years

Africa

Tunisia

76.51 years

Highest Life Expectancy

The 5 strongest Life Expectancy reads.

Monaco86.37 years San Marino85.71 years Hong Kong85.25 years Liechtenstein84.84 years French Polynesia84.07 years

Lowest Life Expectancy

The 5 lowest Life Expectancy reads.

Nigeria54.46 years Chad55.07 years Lesotho57.38 years Central African Republic57.41 years South Sudan57.62 years

Data Note

Rankings are based on the latest available data from World Bank Open Data, covering 215 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.

Top 10 Countries

1stMonaco86.4 years

2ndSan Marino85.7 years

3rdHong Kong85.2 years

4thLiechtenstein84.8 years

5thFrench Polynesia84.1 years

6thSwitzerland84.1 years

Country Ladder

1stMonacoEurope86.4 years 2ndSan MarinoEurope85.7 years 3rdHong KongAsia85.2 years 4thLiechtensteinEurope84.8 years 5thFrench PolynesiaOceania84.1 years 6thSwitzerlandEurope84.1 years 7thJapanAsia84.0 years 8thAndorraEurope84.0 years 9thSpainEurope83.9 years 10thItalyEurope83.7 years 11thGibraltarEurope83.6 years 12thMaltaEurope83.5 years 13thSouth KoreaAsia83.4 years 14thLuxembourgEurope83.4 years 15thSwedenEurope83.3 years 16thIsraelAsia83.2 years 17thKuwaitAsia83.2 years 18thMacaoAsia83.2 years 19thFaroe IslandsEurope83.1 years 20thNorwayEurope83.1 years 21stAustraliaOceania83.1 years 22ndNew ZealandOceania83.0 years 23rdFranceEurope82.9 years 24thUnited Arab EmiratesAsia82.9 years 25thSingaporeAsia82.9 years 26thIrelandEurope82.9 years 27thIcelandEurope82.6 years 28thBelgiumEurope82.4 years 29thQatarAsia82.4 years 30thBermudaNorth America82.3 years 31stPortugalEurope82.3 years 32ndSloveniaEurope82.0 years 33rdNetherlandsEurope81.9 years 34thDenmarkEurope81.9 years 35thPuerto RicoNorth America81.7 years 36thFinlandEurope81.7 years 37thCyprusEurope81.6 years 38thCanadaNorth America81.6 years 39thAustriaEurope81.5 years 40thGreeceEurope81.5 years 41stBahrainAsia81.3 years 42ndUnited KingdomEurope81.2 years 43rdChileSouth America81.2 years 44thMaldivesAsia81.0 years 45thIsle of ManEurope81.0 years 46thCosta RicaNorth America80.8 years 47thGermanyEurope80.5 years 48thU.S. Virgin IslandsNorth America80.5 years 49thCayman IslandsNorth America80.4 years 50thSaint MartinNorth America80.2 years 51stOmanAsia80.0 years 52ndCzechiaEurope79.9 years 53rdAlbaniaEurope79.6 years 54thPanamaNorth America79.6 years 55thNorthern Mariana IslandsOceania78.8 years 56thNew CaledoniaOceania78.8 years 57thSaudi ArabiaAsia78.7 years 58thPolandEurope78.5 years 59thEstoniaEurope78.5 years 60thCroatiaEurope78.5 years 61stUnited StatesNorth America78.4 years 62ndUruguaySouth America78.1 years 63rdCubaNorth America78.1 years 64thSlovakiaEurope78.0 years 65thTurks and Caicos IslandsNorth America78.0 years 66thChinaAsia78.0 years 67thBosnia and HerzegovinaEurope77.8 years 68thLebanonAsia77.8 years 69thJordanAsia77.8 years 70thPeruSouth America77.7 years 71stColombiaNorth America77.7 years 72ndIranAsia77.7 years 73rdAntigua and BarbudaNorth America77.6 years 74thMontenegroEurope77.6 years 75thSri LankaAsia77.5 years 76thArmeniaEurope77.5 years 77thArgentinaSouth America77.4 years 78thEcuadorSouth America77.4 years 79thBritish Virgin IslandsNorth America77.3 years 80thGuamOceania77.2 years 81stTurkeyEurope77.2 years 82ndLithuaniaEurope77.0 years 83rdCuraçaoNorth America76.8 years 84thHungaryEurope76.8 years 85thMalaysiaAsia76.7 years 86thRomaniaEurope76.6 years 87thTunisiaAfrica76.5 years 88thThailandAsia76.4 years 89thSint MaartenNorth America76.4 years 90thArubaNorth America76.4 years 91stAlgeriaAfrica76.3 years 92ndSerbiaEurope76.2 years 93rdBarbadosNorth America76.2 years 94thCabo VerdeAfrica76.1 years 95thBrazilSouth America75.8 years 96thBulgariaEurope75.7 years 97thLatviaEurope75.7 years 98thBruneiAsia75.3 years 99thNorth MacedoniaEurope75.3 years 100thMoroccoAfrica75.3 years 101stGrenadaNorth America75.2 years 102ndMexicoNorth America75.1 years 103rdSeychellesAfrica75.0 years 104thNicaraguaNorth America74.9 years 105thBangladeshAsia74.7 years 106thVietnamAsia74.6 years 107thBahamasNorth America74.6 years 108thGeorgiaEurope74.5 years 109thAzerbaijanEurope74.4 years 110thKazakhstanAsia74.4 years 111stBelarusEurope74.2 years 112ndParaguaySouth America73.8 years 113rdDominican RepublicNorth America73.7 years 114thNorth KoreaAsia73.6 years 115thSurinameNorth America73.6 years 116thBelizeNorth America73.6 years 117thTrinidad and TobagoNorth America73.5 years 118thUkraineEurope73.4 years 119thMauritiusAfrica73.4 years 120thRussiaEurope73.3 years 121stBhutanAsia73.0 years 122ndTongaOceania72.9 years 123rdHondurasNorth America72.9 years 124thAmerican SamoaOceania72.9 years 125thSaint LuciaNorth America72.7 years 126thGuatemalaNorth America72.6 years 127thVenezuelaNorth America72.5 years 128thUzbekistanAsia72.4 years 129thIraqAsia72.3 years 130thKyrgyzstanAsia72.2 years 131stSaint Kitts and NevisNorth America72.1 years 132ndMongoliaAsia72.1 years 133rdSyriaAsia72.1 years 134thEl SalvadorNorth America72.1 years 135thIndiaAsia72.0 years 136thTajikistanAsia71.8 years 137thSamoaOceania71.7 years 138thEgyptAfrica71.6 years 139thGreenlandNorth America71.5 years 140thJamaicaNorth America71.5 years 141stVanuatuOceania71.5 years 142ndSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesNorth America71.2 years 143rdMoldovaEurope71.2 years 144thIndonesiaAsia71.1 years 145thDominicaNorth America71.1 years 146thCambodiaAsia70.7 years 147thSolomon IslandsOceania70.5 years 148thNepalAsia70.4 years 149thGuyanaNorth America70.2 years 150thTurkmenistanAsia70.1 years 151stPhilippinesAsia69.8 years 152ndSao Tome and PrincipeAfrica69.7 years 153rdLibyaAfrica69.3 years 154thYemenAsia69.3 years 155thPalauOceania69.3 years 156thBotswanaAfrica69.2 years 157thLaosAsia69.0 years 158thSenegalAfrica68.7 years 159thEritreaAfrica68.6 years 160thBoliviaSouth America68.6 years 161stMauritaniaAfrica68.5 years 162ndGabonAfrica68.3 years 163rdUgandaAfrica68.3 years 164thRwandaAfrica67.8 years 165thTimor-LesteAsia67.7 years 166thPakistanAsia67.6 years 167thNamibiaAfrica67.4 years 168thMalawiAfrica67.4 years 169thFijiOceania67.3 years 170thEthiopiaAfrica67.3 years 171stMicronesiaOceania67.2 years 172ndTuvaluOceania67.1 years 173rdTanzaniaAfrica67.0 years 174thMarshall IslandsOceania66.9 years 175thMyanmarAsia66.9 years 176thComorosAfrica66.8 years 177thKiribatiOceania66.5 years 178thZambiaAfrica66.3 years 179thSudanAfrica66.3 years 180thSouth AfricaAfrica66.1 years 181stPapua New GuineaOceania66.1 years 182ndAfghanistanAsia66.0 years 183rdDjiboutiAfrica66.0 years 184thGambiaAfrica65.9 years 185thCongoAfrica65.8 years 186thGhanaAfrica65.5 years 187thPalestineAsia65.2 years 188thHaitiNorth America64.9 years 189thAngolaAfrica64.6 years 190thEswatiniAfrica64.1 years 191stGuinea-BissauAfrica64.1 years 192ndEquatorial GuineaAfrica63.7 years 193rdCameroonAfrica63.7 years 194thBurundiAfrica63.7 years 195thKenyaAfrica63.6 years 196thMadagascarAfrica63.6 years 197thMozambiqueAfrica63.6 years 198thZimbabweAfrica62.8 years 199thTogoAfrica62.7 years 200thLiberiaAfrica62.2 years 201stNauruOceania62.1 years 202ndCôte d'IvoireAfrica61.9 years 203rdCongo, Democratic RepublicAfrica61.9 years 204thSierra LeoneAfrica61.8 years 205thNigerAfrica61.2 years 206thBurkina FasoAfrica61.1 years 207thBeninAfrica60.8 years 208thGuineaAfrica60.7 years 209thMaliAfrica60.4 years 210thSomaliaAfrica58.8 years 211stSouth SudanAfrica57.6 years 212ndCentral African RepublicAfrica57.4 years 213rdLesothoAfrica57.4 years 214thChadAfrica55.1 years 215thNigeriaAfrica54.5 years

Life Expectancy ranking for 215 countries
				Percentile
1st	Monaco	86.4 years	Europe	100%
2nd	San Marino	85.7 years	Europe	100%
3rd	Hong Kong	85.2 years	Asia	99%
4th	Liechtenstein	84.8 years	Europe	99%
5th	French Polynesia	84.1 years	Oceania	98%
6th	Switzerland	84.1 years	Europe	98%
7th	Japan	84.0 years	Asia	97%
8th	Andorra	84.0 years	Europe	97%
9th	Spain	83.9 years	Europe	96%
10th	Italy	83.7 years	Europe	96%
11th	Gibraltar	83.6 years	Europe	95%
12th	Malta	83.5 years	Europe	95%
13th	South Korea	83.4 years	Asia	94%
14th	Luxembourg	83.4 years	Europe	94%
15th	Sweden	83.3 years	Europe	93%
16th	Israel	83.2 years	Asia	93%
17th	Kuwait	83.2 years	Asia	93%
18th	Macao	83.2 years	Asia	92%
19th	Faroe Islands	83.1 years	Europe	92%
20th	Norway	83.1 years	Europe	91%
21st	Australia	83.1 years	Oceania	91%
22nd	New Zealand	83.0 years	Oceania	90%
23rd	France	82.9 years	Europe	90%
24th	United Arab Emirates	82.9 years	Asia	89%
25th	Singapore	82.9 years	Asia	89%
26th	Ireland	82.9 years	Europe	88%
27th	Iceland	82.6 years	Europe	88%
28th	Belgium	82.4 years	Europe	87%
29th	Qatar	82.4 years	Asia	87%
30th	Bermuda	82.3 years	North America	87%
31st	Portugal	82.3 years	Europe	86%
32nd	Slovenia	82.0 years	Europe	86%
33rd	Netherlands	81.9 years	Europe	85%
34th	Denmark	81.9 years	Europe	85%
35th	Puerto Rico	81.7 years	North America	84%
36th	Finland	81.7 years	Europe	84%
37th	Cyprus	81.6 years	Europe	83%
38th	Canada	81.6 years	North America	83%
39th	Austria	81.5 years	Europe	82%
40th	Greece	81.5 years	Europe	82%
41st	Bahrain	81.3 years	Asia	81%
42nd	United Kingdom	81.2 years	Europe	81%
43rd	Chile	81.2 years	South America	80%
44th	Maldives	81.0 years	Asia	80%
45th	Isle of Man	81.0 years	Europe	80%
46th	Costa Rica	80.8 years	North America	79%
47th	Germany	80.5 years	Europe	79%
48th	U.S. Virgin Islands	80.5 years	North America	78%
49th	Cayman Islands	80.4 years	North America	78%
50th	Saint Martin	80.2 years	North America	77%
51st	Oman	80.0 years	Asia	77%
52nd	Czechia	79.9 years	Europe	76%
53rd	Albania	79.6 years	Europe	76%
54th	Panama	79.6 years	North America	75%
55th	Northern Mariana Islands	78.8 years	Oceania	75%
56th	New Caledonia	78.8 years	Oceania	74%
57th	Saudi Arabia	78.7 years	Asia	74%
58th	Poland	78.5 years	Europe	73%
59th	Estonia	78.5 years	Europe	73%
60th	Croatia	78.5 years	Europe	73%
61st	United States	78.4 years	North America	72%
62nd	Uruguay	78.1 years	South America	72%
63rd	Cuba	78.1 years	North America	71%
64th	Slovakia	78.0 years	Europe	71%
65th	Turks and Caicos Islands	78.0 years	North America	70%
66th	China	78.0 years	Asia	70%
67th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77.8 years	Europe	69%
68th	Lebanon	77.8 years	Asia	69%
69th	Jordan	77.8 years	Asia	68%
70th	Peru	77.7 years	South America	68%
71st	Colombia	77.7 years	North America	67%
72nd	Iran	77.7 years	Asia	67%
73rd	Antigua and Barbuda	77.6 years	North America	67%
74th	Montenegro	77.6 years	Europe	66%
75th	Sri Lanka	77.5 years	Asia	66%
76th	Armenia	77.5 years	Europe	65%
77th	Argentina	77.4 years	South America	65%
78th	Ecuador	77.4 years	South America	64%
79th	British Virgin Islands	77.3 years	North America	64%
80th	Guam	77.2 years	Oceania	63%
81st	Turkey	77.2 years	Europe	63%
82nd	Lithuania	77.0 years	Europe	62%
83rd	Curaçao	76.8 years	North America	62%
84th	Hungary	76.8 years	Europe	61%
85th	Malaysia	76.7 years	Asia	61%
86th	Romania	76.6 years	Europe	60%
87th	Tunisia	76.5 years	Africa	60%
88th	Thailand	76.4 years	Asia	60%
89th	Sint Maarten	76.4 years	North America	59%
90th	Aruba	76.4 years	North America	59%
91st	Algeria	76.3 years	Africa	58%
92nd	Serbia	76.2 years	Europe	58%
93rd	Barbados	76.2 years	North America	57%
94th	Cabo Verde	76.1 years	Africa	57%
95th	Brazil	75.8 years	South America	56%
96th	Bulgaria	75.7 years	Europe	56%
97th	Latvia	75.7 years	Europe	55%
98th	Brunei	75.3 years	Asia	55%
99th	North Macedonia	75.3 years	Europe	54%
100th	Morocco	75.3 years	Africa	54%
101st	Grenada	75.2 years	North America	53%
102nd	Mexico	75.1 years	North America	53%
103rd	Seychelles	75.0 years	Africa	53%
104th	Nicaragua	74.9 years	North America	52%
105th	Bangladesh	74.7 years	Asia	52%
106th	Vietnam	74.6 years	Asia	51%
107th	Bahamas	74.6 years	North America	51%
108th	Georgia	74.5 years	Europe	50%
109th	Azerbaijan	74.4 years	Europe	50%
110th	Kazakhstan	74.4 years	Asia	49%
111st	Belarus	74.2 years	Europe	49%
112nd	Paraguay	73.8 years	South America	48%
113rd	Dominican Republic	73.7 years	North America	48%
114th	North Korea	73.6 years	Asia	47%
115th	Suriname	73.6 years	North America	47%
116th	Belize	73.6 years	North America	47%
117th	Trinidad and Tobago	73.5 years	North America	46%
118th	Ukraine	73.4 years	Europe	46%
119th	Mauritius	73.4 years	Africa	45%
120th	Russia	73.3 years	Europe	45%
121st	Bhutan	73.0 years	Asia	44%
122nd	Tonga	72.9 years	Oceania	44%
123rd	Honduras	72.9 years	North America	43%
124th	American Samoa	72.9 years	Oceania	43%
125th	Saint Lucia	72.7 years	North America	42%
126th	Guatemala	72.6 years	North America	42%
127th	Venezuela	72.5 years	North America	41%
128th	Uzbekistan	72.4 years	Asia	41%
129th	Iraq	72.3 years	Asia	40%
130th	Kyrgyzstan	72.2 years	Asia	40%
131st	Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.1 years	North America	40%
132nd	Mongolia	72.1 years	Asia	39%
133rd	Syria	72.1 years	Asia	39%
134th	El Salvador	72.1 years	North America	38%
135th	India	72.0 years	Asia	38%
136th	Tajikistan	71.8 years	Asia	37%
137th	Samoa	71.7 years	Oceania	37%
138th	Egypt	71.6 years	Africa	36%
139th	Greenland	71.5 years	North America	36%
140th	Jamaica	71.5 years	North America	35%
141st	Vanuatu	71.5 years	Oceania	35%
142nd	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.2 years	North America	34%
143rd	Moldova	71.2 years	Europe	34%
144th	Indonesia	71.1 years	Asia	33%
145th	Dominica	71.1 years	North America	33%
146th	Cambodia	70.7 years	Asia	33%
147th	Solomon Islands	70.5 years	Oceania	32%
148th	Nepal	70.4 years	Asia	32%
149th	Guyana	70.2 years	North America	31%
150th	Turkmenistan	70.1 years	Asia	31%
151st	Philippines	69.8 years	Asia	30%
152nd	Sao Tome and Principe	69.7 years	Africa	30%
153rd	Libya	69.3 years	Africa	29%
154th	Yemen	69.3 years	Asia	29%
155th	Palau	69.3 years	Oceania	28%
156th	Botswana	69.2 years	Africa	28%
157th	Laos	69.0 years	Asia	27%
158th	Senegal	68.7 years	Africa	27%
159th	Eritrea	68.6 years	Africa	27%
160th	Bolivia	68.6 years	South America	26%
161st	Mauritania	68.5 years	Africa	26%
162nd	Gabon	68.3 years	Africa	25%
163rd	Uganda	68.3 years	Africa	25%
164th	Rwanda	67.8 years	Africa	24%
165th	Timor-Leste	67.7 years	Asia	24%
166th	Pakistan	67.6 years	Asia	23%
167th	Namibia	67.4 years	Africa	23%
168th	Malawi	67.4 years	Africa	22%
169th	Fiji	67.3 years	Oceania	22%
170th	Ethiopia	67.3 years	Africa	21%
171st	Micronesia	67.2 years	Oceania	21%
172nd	Tuvalu	67.1 years	Oceania	20%
173rd	Tanzania	67.0 years	Africa	20%
174th	Marshall Islands	66.9 years	Oceania	20%
175th	Myanmar	66.9 years	Asia	19%
176th	Comoros	66.8 years	Africa	19%
177th	Kiribati	66.5 years	Oceania	18%
178th	Zambia	66.3 years	Africa	18%
179th	Sudan	66.3 years	Africa	17%
180th	South Africa	66.1 years	Africa	17%
181st	Papua New Guinea	66.1 years	Oceania	16%
182nd	Afghanistan	66.0 years	Asia	16%
183rd	Djibouti	66.0 years	Africa	15%
184th	Gambia	65.9 years	Africa	15%
185th	Congo	65.8 years	Africa	14%
186th	Ghana	65.5 years	Africa	14%
187th	Palestine	65.2 years	Asia	13%
188th	Haiti	64.9 years	North America	13%
189th	Angola	64.6 years	Africa	13%
190th	Eswatini	64.1 years	Africa	12%
191st	Guinea-Bissau	64.1 years	Africa	12%
192nd	Equatorial Guinea	63.7 years	Africa	11%
193rd	Cameroon	63.7 years	Africa	11%
194th	Burundi	63.7 years	Africa	10%
195th	Kenya	63.6 years	Africa	10%
196th	Madagascar	63.6 years	Africa	9%
197th	Mozambique	63.6 years	Africa	9%
198th	Zimbabwe	62.8 years	Africa	8%
199th	Togo	62.7 years	Africa	8%
200th	Liberia	62.2 years	Africa	7%
201st	Nauru	62.1 years	Oceania	7%
202nd	Côte d'Ivoire	61.9 years	Africa	7%
203rd	Congo, Democratic Republic	61.9 years	Africa	6%
204th	Sierra Leone	61.8 years	Africa	6%
205th	Niger	61.2 years	Africa	5%
206th	Burkina Faso	61.1 years	Africa	5%
207th	Benin	60.8 years	Africa	4%
208th	Guinea	60.7 years	Africa	4%
209th	Mali	60.4 years	Africa	3%
210th	Somalia	58.8 years	Africa	3%
211st	South Sudan	57.6 years	Africa	2%
212nd	Central African Republic	57.4 years	Africa	2%
213rd	Lesotho	57.4 years	Africa	1%
214th	Chad	55.1 years	Africa	1%
215th	Nigeria	54.5 years	Africa	0%

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