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This list of countries by life expectancy provides a comprehensive list of countries alongside their respective life expectancy figures. The data is differentiated by sex, presenting life expectancies for males, females, and a combined average. In addition to sovereign nations, the list encompasses several non-sovereign entities and territories. The figures serve as an indicator of the quality of healthcare in the respective countries and are influenced by various factors, including the prevalence of diseases such as . This article introduces the concept of (HALE), which denotes the average number of years a person is expected to live in "full health". There are challenges in comparing life expectancies across countries due to disparities in data reporting and collection standards. The primary source of the most recent data presented is the World Bank Group's 2022 report.

The life expectancy is shown separately for males and for females, as well as a combined figure. Several non-sovereign entities and territories are also included in this list.

The figures reflect the quality of healthcare in the countries listed as well as other factors including HIV infections.

From the beginning of the current century there is a tendency to also estimate Healthy life expectancy (HALE), the average number of years that a person can expect to live in "full health".

Comparing life expectancies across countries can be problematic. For example, due to poor reporting in some countries and various local standards in collecting statistics. This is especially true for Healthy life expectancy, the definition of which criteria may change over time, even within a country. For example, Canada is a country with a fairly high overall life expectancy at 81.63 years; however, this number decreases to 75.5 years for Indigenous people in the country. This discrepancy is echoed in most quality of life metrics across Canada.

Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2022. Only countries with populations over 50,000 are listed. The values in the World Bank Group tables are rounded. All calculations were done on raw data, therefore, due to the nuances of rounding, in some places illusory inconsistencies of indicators arose, with a size of 0.01 year.

Countries and territories	2022				Historical data									recovery from COVID-19: 2019→2022
	All	Male	Female	Sex gap	2014	2014 →2019	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022
Macao SAR, China	85.38	82.75	87.98	5.23	83.88	1.09	84.98	0.21	85.18	0.22	85.40	−0.02	85.38	0.40
Japan	84.00	81.05	87.09	6.04	83.59	0.77	84.36	0.20	84.56	−0.11	84.45	−0.45	84.00	−0.36
Hong Kong SAR, China	83.66	80.70	86.77	6.07	83.94	1.22	85.16	0.34	85.50	0.04	85.53	−1.87	83.66	−1.49
French Polynesia	83.55	81.33	85.98	4.65	82.21	0.78	83.00	−0.78	82.22	−2.73	79.49	4.06	83.55	0.55
Switzerland	83.45	81.60	85.40	3.80	83.20	0.71	83.90	−0.90	83.00	0.75	83.75	−0.30	83.45	−0.45
Faroe Islands	83.30	81.30	85.40	4.10	81.59	1.05	82.65	0.25	82.90	0.20	83.10	0.20	83.30	0.65
Australia	83.20	81.20	85.30	4.10	82.30	0.60	82.90	0.30	83.20	0.10	83.30	−0.10	83.20	0.30
Sweden	83.11	81.50	84.80	3.30	82.25	0.86	83.11	−0.75	82.36	0.70	83.06	0.05	83.11	0.00
Spain	83.08	80.40	85.90	5.50	83.23	0.60	83.83	−1.50	82.33	0.90	83.23	−0.15	83.08	−0.75
Ireland	83.06	81.30	84.90	3.60	81.35	1.35	82.70	−0.15	82.56	−0.20	82.35	0.70	83.06	0.35
Luxembourg	83.05	80.90	85.30	4.40	82.23	0.41	82.64	−0.50	82.14	0.45	82.60	0.45	83.05	0.41
Italy	82.90	80.90	85.00	4.10	83.09	0.41	83.50	−1.30	82.20	0.45	82.65	0.25	82.90	−0.60
Singapore	82.90	80.70	85.20	4.50	82.50	1.10	83.60	−0.05	83.54	−0.45	83.09	−0.20	82.90	−0.70
New Zealand	82.76	81.20	84.40	3.20	81.46	0.60	82.06	0.20	82.26	−0.05	82.21	0.55	82.76	0.70
Israel	82.70	80.70	84.80	4.10	82.15	0.65	82.80	−0.16	82.65	−0.15	82.50	0.20	82.70	−0.10
Malta	82.70	80.70	84.80	4.10	82.05	0.81	82.86	−0.51	82.35	0.16	82.51	0.19	82.70	−0.16
South Korea	82.68	79.90	85.60	5.70	81.72	1.50	83.23	0.20	83.43	0.10	83.53	−0.85	82.68	−0.55
Norway	82.56	81.00	84.20	3.20	82.10	0.86	82.96	0.25	83.21	−0.05	83.16	−0.60	82.56	−0.40
France	82.23	79.40	85.20	5.80	82.72	0.11	82.83	−0.65	82.18	0.15	82.32	−0.10	82.23	−0.60
Iceland	82.17	81.00	83.40	2.40	82.86	0.30	83.16	−0.10	83.06	0.10	83.17	−1.00	82.17	−0.99
United Kingdom	82.06	80.40	83.80	3.40	81.30	0.10	81.40	−1.05	80.35	0.35	80.70	1.36	82.06	0.65
Cyprus	81.89	80.07	83.67	3.61	80.77	0.63	81.40	−0.01	81.39	−0.19	81.20	0.69	81.89	0.49
Netherlands	81.71	80.30	83.20	2.90	81.71	0.40	82.11	−0.75	81.36	−0.05	81.31	0.40	81.71	−0.40
Belgium	81.70	79.60	83.90	4.30	81.29	0.71	82.00	−1.30	80.70	1.10	81.79	−0.09	81.70	−0.30
Channel Islands	81.58	79.52	83.64	4.11	81.88	−0.49	81.39	−0.13	81.26	−0.03	81.23	0.35	81.58	0.19
Portugal	81.58	78.80	84.50	5.70	81.12	0.55	81.68	−0.70	80.98	0.40	81.38	0.20	81.58	−0.10
Bermuda	81.57	78.44	84.51	6.07	79.52	1.52	81.03	0.10	81.14	−1.86	79.28	2.29	81.57	0.54
Qatar	81.56	80.63	83.10	2.47	79.77	1.22	80.99	−1.89	79.10	0.17	79.27	2.29	81.56	0.57
Denmark	81.30	79.50	83.20	3.70	80.70	0.75	81.45	0.15	81.60	−0.20	81.40	−0.10	81.30	−0.15
Canada	81.30	79.12	83.58	4.46	81.78	0.44	82.22	−0.56	81.66	−0.07	81.59	−0.29	81.30	−0.93
Slovenia	81.28	78.60	84.10	5.50	81.08	0.45	81.53	−1.00	80.53	0.14	80.68	0.61	81.28	−0.25
Finland	81.19	78.70	83.80	5.10	81.18	0.80	81.98	−0.05	81.93	−0.05	81.89	−0.70	81.19	−0.80
Austria	81.09	78.80	83.50	4.70	81.49	0.40	81.90	−0.70	81.19	0.00	81.19	−0.10	81.09	−0.80
New Caledonia	80.98	77.53	84.61	7.09	77.24	3.18	80.42	0.42	80.83	−1.71	79.13	1.85	80.98	0.56
Maldives	80.84	80.06	81.84	1.78	79.42	0.69	80.12	−0.24	79.88	0.04	79.92	0.92	80.84	0.72
Isle of Man	80.76	78.83	82.73	3.90	80.04	0.70	80.74	−0.15	80.59	−0.06	80.53	0.24	80.76	0.03
Germany	80.71	78.33	83.20	4.87	81.09	0.20	81.29	−0.25	81.04	−0.25	80.79	−0.08	80.71	−0.59
Greece	80.64	78.10	83.30	5.20	81.39	0.25	81.64	−0.35	81.29	−1.20	80.08	0.55	80.64	−1.00
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	80.32	77.10	83.70	6.60	78.87	0.80	79.67	0.15	79.82	0.25	80.07	0.25	80.32	0.65
Kuwait	80.26	78.88	82.75	3.87	79.44	0.24	79.69	−2.77	76.92	1.75	78.67	1.59	80.26	0.58
Puerto Rico	79.72	75.58	83.90	8.32	78.93	0.13	79.06	−1.02	78.04	2.12	80.16	−0.44	79.72	0.66
Thailand	79.68	75.47	83.93	8.46	77.42	1.56	78.97	0.30	79.27	−0.56	78.72	0.97	79.68	0.71
Chile	79.52	77.16	81.88	4.72	79.47	0.85	80.33	−0.95	79.38	−0.43	78.94	0.58	79.52	−0.81
Bahrain	79.25	78.24	80.50	2.25	79.33	0.69	80.02	−0.84	79.17	−0.41	78.76	0.49	79.25	−0.77
Antigua and Barbuda	79.24	76.51	81.64	5.14	77.86	0.83	78.69	0.15	78.84	−0.34	78.50	0.74	79.24	0.55
United Arab Emirates	79.20	77.72	81.41	3.69	79.04	0.68	79.73	−0.78	78.95	−0.24	78.71	0.49	79.20	−0.53
Czechia	79.03	76.20	82.00	5.80	78.82	0.40	79.23	−1.05	78.18	−0.95	77.22	1.81	79.03	−0.20
China	78.59	75.96	81.34	5.38	76.72	1.25	77.97	0.11	78.08	0.13	78.21	0.38	78.59	0.62
Turkey	78.47	75.38	81.50	6.12	76.56	1.27	77.83	−1.98	75.85	0.18	76.03	2.44	78.47	0.64
Guam	78.33	74.84	82.05	7.21	76.75	0.97	77.72	−1.11	76.61	0.04	76.66	1.67	78.33	0.61
Cuba	78.16	75.79	80.56	4.77	77.85	−0.24	77.61	−0.04	77.57	−3.88	73.68	4.47	78.16	0.54
Uruguay	78.00	74.15	81.69	7.54	77.37	0.14	77.51	0.92	78.43	−2.99	75.44	2.56	78.00	0.49
Estonia	77.94	73.70	82.40	8.70	77.03	1.61	78.65	−0.05	78.60	−1.65	76.94	1.00	77.94	−0.70
Saudi Arabia	77.91	76.67	79.53	2.86	76.76	0.55	77.30	−1.06	76.24	0.70	76.94	0.97	77.91	0.60
Ecuador	77.89	75.31	80.48	5.17	76.62	0.67	77.30	−5.14	72.15	1.52	73.67	4.22	77.89	0.60
Barbados	77.71	75.68	79.58	3.90	76.48	0.78	77.26	0.14	77.39	0.18	77.57	0.14	77.71	0.45
Croatia	77.58	74.60	80.70	6.10	77.48	0.95	78.42	−0.70	77.72	−1.30	76.42	1.15	77.58	−0.85
USA	77.43	74.80	80.20	5.40	78.84	−0.05	78.79	−1.81	76.98	−0.65	76.33	1.10	77.43	−1.35
Costa Rica	77.32	74.76	80.04	5.27	78.77	0.65	79.43	−0.15	79.28	−2.25	77.02	0.30	77.32	−2.11
Poland	77.30	73.50	81.30	7.80	77.60	0.30	77.90	−1.40	76.50	−1.00	75.50	1.80	77.30	−0.60
Algeria	77.13	75.85	78.46	2.60	75.11	1.36	76.47	−2.02	74.45	1.92	76.38	0.75	77.13	0.66
Slovakia	77.07	73.70	80.60	6.90	76.81	0.85	77.67	−0.80	76.87	−2.25	74.61	2.45	77.07	−0.60
Albania	76.83	74.50	79.47	4.97	78.41	0.88	79.28	−2.29	76.99	−0.53	76.46	0.37	76.83	−2.45
Panama	76.83	73.73	80.09	6.36	77.25	0.56	77.81	−1.15	76.66	−0.43	76.22	0.60	76.83	−0.98
Sri Lanka	76.61	72.85	80.23	7.38	74.65	1.36	76.01	0.39	76.39	0.01	76.40	0.21	76.61	0.60
Malaysia	76.26	73.95	78.80	4.84	75.15	0.61	75.76	0.18	75.94	−1.05	74.88	1.38	76.26	0.50
Montenegro	76.19	73.70	78.80	5.10	76.44	0.24	76.68	−0.75	75.93	−2.11	73.82	2.36	76.19	−0.50
Argentina	76.06	72.85	79.28	6.43	76.75	0.53	77.28	−1.39	75.89	−0.50	75.39	0.67	76.06	−1.22
Hungary	76.02	72.70	79.50	6.80	75.76	0.56	76.32	−0.75	75.57	−1.40	74.16	1.85	76.02	−0.30
Lithuania	75.79	71.50	80.30	8.80	74.52	1.77	76.28	−1.30	74.98	−0.94	74.04	1.76	75.79	−0.49
Serbia	75.48	72.97	78.12	5.15	75.34	0.60	75.94	−1.46	74.48	−1.70	72.78	2.70	75.48	−0.45
Grenada	75.33	72.59	78.30	5.71	74.98	−0.12	74.86	0.06	74.92	0.01	74.94	0.40	75.33	0.47
Romania	75.30	71.50	79.30	7.80	74.91	0.70	75.61	−1.35	74.25	−1.44	72.81	2.50	75.30	−0.30
Bosnia and Herzegovina	75.29	73.13	77.50	4.37	75.66	1.58	77.24	−1.02	76.22	−0.92	75.30	−0.01	75.29	−1.95
Aruba	74.99	72.14	77.68	5.54	75.60	0.65	76.25	−0.53	75.72	−1.10	74.63	0.37	74.99	−1.26
Morocco	74.97	72.90	77.18	4.28	72.54	1.73	74.27	−0.35	73.92	0.12	74.04	0.93	74.97	0.70
Mexico	74.83	71.55	78.16	6.61	74.80	−0.59	74.20	−4.07	70.13	0.08	70.21	4.62	74.83	0.63
Cabo Verde	74.72	70.29	79.01	8.72	75.24	0.76	76.00	−1.20	74.81	−0.76	74.05	0.67	74.72	−1.28
Trinidad and Tobago	74.71	71.31	78.15	6.85	74.22	0.01	74.23	0.18	74.41	−1.44	72.97	1.74	74.71	0.48
Nicaragua	74.61	71.61	77.56	5.94	72.81	1.24	74.05	−2.26	71.80	2.04	73.84	0.78	74.61	0.56
Latvia	74.58	69.80	79.60	9.80	74.12	1.26	75.39	−0.20	75.19	−2.20	72.98	1.60	74.58	−0.81
Vietnam	74.58	69.93	79.29	9.36	73.86	0.24	74.09	1.28	75.38	−1.76	73.62	0.96	74.58	0.49
Iran	74.56	71.93	77.45	5.52	74.78	1.32	76.10	−1.27	74.83	−0.96	73.88	0.68	74.56	−1.55
Brunei	74.55	72.51	76.79	4.28	74.78	−0.03	74.75	0.05	74.80	−0.15	74.64	−0.09	74.55	−0.20
Kazakhstan	74.44	70.26	78.41	8.15	71.44	1.74	73.18	−1.81	71.37	−1.14	70.23	4.21	74.44	1.26
North Macedonia	74.42	72.22	76.74	4.52	75.45	1.15	76.60	−2.21	74.40	−1.15	73.25	1.18	74.42	−2.18
Lebanon	74.42	72.24	76.60	4.36	78.97	0.26	79.24	−1.43	77.80	−2.76	75.05	−0.63	74.42	−4.82
Bulgaria	74.36	70.80	78.10	7.30	74.47	0.65	75.11	−1.45	73.66	−2.20	71.46	2.90	74.36	−0.75
Bahamas	74.36	70.76	77.84	7.09	73.37	−2.16	71.20	1.47	72.68	−1.08	71.60	2.76	74.36	3.15
Tunisia	74.26	71.37	77.41	6.04	75.65	0.34	75.99	−0.70	75.29	−1.52	73.77	0.49	74.26	−1.73
Jordan	74.22	72.12	76.67	4.55	74.79	1.25	76.04	−0.86	75.18	−0.93	74.26	−0.04	74.22	−1.83
Dominican Republic	74.17	71.04	77.54	6.49	72.87	0.71	73.58	−0.69	72.89	−0.27	72.61	1.56	74.17	0.59
Oman	73.94	72.36	76.05	3.69	77.45	0.56	78.00	−3.24	74.76	−2.22	72.54	1.39	73.94	−4.07
Seychelles	73.85	71.80	76.00	4.20	73.23	0.82	74.05	3.19	77.24	−3.84	73.40	0.45	73.85	−0.20
Bangladesh	73.70	71.51	76.01	4.50	69.99	2.82	72.81	−0.84	71.97	0.41	72.38	1.32	73.70	0.89
Colombia	73.66	70.32	77.14	6.82	76.04	0.71	76.75	−1.98	74.77	−1.94	72.83	0.83	73.66	−3.09
North Korea	73.58	70.97	76.15	5.17	72.94	0.26	73.20	0.08	73.27	0.01	73.28	0.29	73.58	0.38
Mauritius	73.51	70.10	77.10	7.00	74.19	0.04	74.24	−0.06	74.18	−0.50	73.68	−0.17	73.51	−0.72
Azerbaijan	73.49	70.55	76.25	5.70	71.12	1.99	73.10	−6.23	66.87	2.50	69.37	4.12	73.49	0.39
Palestine	73.44	71.02	75.95	4.92	72.62	2.62	75.24	−0.84	74.40	−0.93	73.47	−0.03	73.44	−1.80
Brazil	73.42	70.30	76.60	6.30	74.31	1.03	75.34	−1.33	74.01	−1.26	72.75	0.67	73.42	−1.91
Peru	73.39	71.33	75.50	4.16	75.33	0.82	76.16	−2.49	73.67	−1.29	72.38	1.01	73.39	−2.77
Armenia	73.37	67.87	78.45	10.58	74.06	1.38	75.44	−3.27	72.17	−0.13	72.04	1.33	73.37	−2.07
Belarus	73.11	68.09	78.38	10.29	72.97	1.26	74.23	−1.77	72.46	−0.09	72.37	0.74	73.11	−1.12
Dominica	72.98	69.88	76.45	6.58	69.43	4.12	73.56	0.09	73.65	−0.84	72.81	0.17	72.98	−0.58
Mongolia	72.67	68.08	77.38	9.30	69.05	2.78	71.82	0.32	72.14	−1.17	70.97	1.69	72.67	0.84
Samoa	72.60	70.15	75.33	5.19	72.46	−0.31	72.16	0.61	72.77	0.00	72.77	−0.17	72.60	0.44
Russia	72.55	67.57	77.77	10.20	70.74	2.34	73.08	−1.75	71.34	−1.44	69.90	2.65	72.55	−0.54
Syria	72.30	68.67	76.12	7.45	63.15	8.67	71.82	0.32	72.14	−0.08	72.06	0.24	72.30	0.48
Bhutan	72.23	70.57	74.15	3.58	70.05	1.34	71.39	0.22	71.61	0.21	71.81	0.41	72.23	0.84
Philippines	72.19	70.22	74.17	3.96	71.15	0.71	71.86	0.25	72.12	−2.85	69.27	2.92	72.19	0.32
Libya	72.15	69.74	74.76	5.02	71.51	0.95	72.46	0.01	72.47	−0.56	71.91	0.24	72.15	−0.31
Kyrgyzstan	72.05	68.00	76.30	8.30	70.40	1.20	71.60	0.20	71.80	0.10	71.90	0.15	72.05	0.45
World	72.00	69.60	74.53	4.93	71.88	1.10	72.98	−0.74	72.24	−0.92	71.33	0.67	72.00	−0.98
Uzbekistan	71.67	69.03	74.29	5.26	70.23	1.11	71.34	−1.01	70.33	0.53	70.86	0.81	71.67	0.33
Georgia	71.59	66.76	76.46	9.70	73.10	0.37	73.47	−0.70	72.77	−1.07	71.69	−0.11	71.59	−1.88
Greenland	71.54	69.76	73.41	3.65	71.06	0.88	71.94	−0.09	71.85	−0.04	71.81	−0.27	71.54	−0.40
El Salvador	71.47	66.84	75.81	8.98	71.75	0.81	72.56	−1.50	71.06	−0.31	70.75	0.73	71.47	−1.08
Iraq	71.34	69.16	73.36	4.20	68.91	2.66	71.58	−2.45	69.12	1.25	70.38	0.96	71.34	−0.24
St. Lucia	71.29	68.00	74.89	6.88	72.86	0.58	73.44	−0.03	73.42	−2.30	71.11	0.18	71.29	−2.15
Tajikistan	71.29	69.19	73.52	4.33	69.07	1.80	70.87	−2.87	67.99	3.60	71.59	−0.31	71.29	0.42
Tonga	71.27	68.58	74.12	5.54	70.54	0.33	70.87	0.06	70.93	0.06	70.99	0.28	71.27	0.40
Venezuela	71.11	66.88	75.66	8.78	72.85	−0.69	72.16	−1.07	71.09	−0.54	70.55	0.55	71.11	−1.06
Caribbean small states	71.03	67.93	74.31	6.38	71.64	0.73	72.37	−0.04	72.33	−1.85	70.48	0.55	71.03	−1.34
Belize	70.96	67.72	74.69	6.96	73.31	0.62	73.93	−1.08	72.85	−2.38	70.47	0.49	70.96	−2.97
Micronesia	70.92	67.33	74.82	7.50	71.53	−0.45	71.08	−0.40	70.67	0.04	70.71	0.22	70.92	−0.15
Solomon Islands	70.74	69.29	72.36	3.06	69.23	1.15	70.38	−0.18	70.20	0.15	70.35	0.39	70.74	0.36
Honduras	70.73	68.46	73.16	4.70	72.26	0.62	72.88	−1.42	71.46	−1.34	70.12	0.60	70.73	−2.15
Jamaica	70.63	68.53	72.74	4.20	72.98	−1.22	71.77	0.10	71.87	−1.37	70.50	0.13	70.63	−1.14
Vanuatu	70.49	68.32	73.07	4.75	69.47	0.41	69.88	0.42	70.30	0.15	70.45	0.04	70.49	0.62
Nepal	70.48	68.61	72.36	3.76	68.08	1.47	69.56	−0.31	69.25	−0.80	68.45	2.03	70.48	0.93
Paraguay	70.47	67.64	73.57	5.93	72.88	0.74	73.62	−0.44	73.18	−2.92	70.26	0.21	70.47	−3.15
Suriname	70.29	67.19	73.58	6.39	69.78	2.46	72.24	0.32	72.56	−2.29	70.27	0.02	70.29	−1.95
Egypt	70.16	67.87	72.56	4.69	70.42	0.94	71.36	−0.37	70.99	−0.77	70.22	−0.06	70.16	−1.20
Cambodia	69.90	67.12	72.62	5.50	69.74	0.96	70.69	−0.28	70.42	−0.83	69.58	0.31	69.90	−0.80
Pacific island small states	69.73	67.79	71.85	4.06	68.64	0.65	69.29	0.07	69.36	−0.20	69.16	0.57	69.73	0.44
Turkmenistan	69.41	65.92	72.92	7.00	68.61	0.39	69.00	−0.31	68.69	0.58	69.26	0.15	69.41	0.41
Timor-Leste	69.06	67.44	70.81	3.38	66.79	1.48	68.27	0.21	68.47	−0.74	67.74	1.32	69.06	0.79
Laos	69.00	66.94	71.16	4.22	66.36	1.78	68.14	0.36	68.50	−0.44	68.06	0.94	69.00	0.86
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	68.97	66.69	71.73	5.04	74.47	−1.64	72.83	−0.71	72.13	−2.50	69.63	−0.66	68.97	−3.86
Sao Tome and Principe	68.79	66.05	71.94	5.88	66.84	1.68	68.52	−0.74	67.78	−0.19	67.59	1.20	68.79	0.27
Guatemala	68.67	65.70	71.75	6.06	71.96	1.17	73.13	−1.33	71.80	−2.56	69.24	−0.56	68.67	−4.45
Moldova	68.62	64.22	73.32	9.10	69.03	1.90	70.94	−0.77	70.17	−1.32	68.85	−0.23	68.62	−2.31
Ukraine	68.59	63.52	73.90	10.38	71.19	0.64	71.83	−0.64	71.19	−1.54	69.65	−1.06	68.59	−3.24
Fiji	68.31	66.47	70.24	3.77	67.38	0.52	67.89	0.03	67.92	−0.81	67.11	1.20	68.31	0.42
Indonesia	68.25	66.18	70.44	4.26	69.53	0.98	70.52	−1.71	68.81	−1.24	67.57	0.68	68.25	−2.27
Senegal	67.91	65.47	70.20	4.73	66.45	2.07	68.53	−0.52	68.01	−0.91	67.09	0.82	67.91	−0.61
India	67.74	66.26	69.38	3.13	69.07	1.84	70.91	−0.76	70.15	−2.91	67.24	0.50	67.74	−3.17
Kiribati	67.66	65.73	69.39	3.66	65.81	1.34	67.15	0.12	67.27	0.15	67.42	0.24	67.66	0.51
Myanmar	67.26	64.18	70.48	6.30	65.06	1.55	66.61	0.19	66.80	−1.12	65.67	1.58	67.26	0.65
Rwanda	67.13	64.81	69.24	4.43	64.94	1.50	66.44	0.34	66.77	−0.70	66.07	1.06	67.13	0.69
Tanzania	66.78	64.72	68.93	4.21	63.87	3.12	66.99	−0.58	66.41	−0.21	66.20	0.58	66.78	−0.21
Eritrea	66.60	64.46	68.68	4.22	65.60	1.70	67.30	−0.17	67.13	−0.60	66.54	0.07	66.60	−0.70
Pakistan	66.43	64.13	68.92	4.78	65.28	1.47	66.76	−0.49	66.27	−0.17	66.10	0.33	66.43	−0.33
Guyana	65.99	62.78	69.40	6.62	67.88	1.24	69.12	−0.64	68.49	−2.81	65.67	0.32	65.99	−3.13
Papua New Guinea	65.96	63.38	69.17	5.79	64.26	1.22	65.47	0.31	65.79	−0.44	65.35	0.61	65.96	0.48
Botswana	65.91	63.33	68.40	5.07	62.61	2.86	65.46	0.18	65.65	−4.51	61.14	4.77	65.91	0.45
Gabon	65.69	63.36	68.36	5.00	64.97	1.63	66.60	−0.07	66.53	−0.71	65.82	−0.13	65.69	−0.91
Ethiopia	65.64	62.61	68.90	6.29	62.91	2.93	65.84	−0.47	65.37	−0.40	64.97	0.67	65.64	−0.19
Sudan	65.58	63.05	68.18	5.14	64.27	1.61	65.88	−0.26	65.61	−0.35	65.27	0.31	65.58	−0.30
Madagascar	65.23	62.97	67.62	4.65	64.25	1.63	65.88	−0.70	65.18	−0.70	64.48	0.75	65.23	−0.65
Marshall Islands	65.15	63.55	67.09	3.55	63.62	1.12	64.75	0.23	64.98	0.29	65.27	−0.12	65.15	0.40
Bolivia	64.93	62.27	67.91	5.64	67.16	0.68	67.84	−3.37	64.47	−0.84	63.63	1.30	64.93	−2.91
Mauritania	64.69	62.97	66.45	3.48	64.16	1.53	65.69	−1.16	64.53	−0.17	64.36	0.33	64.69	−1.00
Ghana	63.95	61.80	66.13	4.32	63.05	1.69	64.74	−0.63	64.11	−0.32	63.80	0.15	63.95	−0.79
Haiti	63.73	60.89	66.69	5.80	62.99	1.27	64.25	−0.20	64.05	−0.86	63.19	0.54	63.73	−0.53
Yemen	63.72	60.49	67.22	6.73	67.38	−2.29	65.09	−0.44	64.65	−0.90	63.75	−0.03	63.72	−1.37
Comoros	63.68	61.52	66.06	4.54	62.52	1.55	64.07	0.10	64.17	−0.75	63.42	0.26	63.68	−0.39
Uganda	63.64	61.49	65.70	4.22	60.41	2.58	62.99	−0.14	62.85	−0.15	62.70	0.93	63.64	0.65
Congo, Rep.	63.05	61.51	64.62	3.10	62.95	−0.20	62.75	1.04	63.78	−0.27	63.52	−0.47	63.05	0.31
Gambia	62.91	61.48	64.34	2.86	62.27	1.49	63.76	−1.14	62.61	−0.53	62.08	0.82	62.91	−0.85
Malawi	62.90	59.58	66.33	6.75	60.90	3.22	64.12	−0.40	63.72	−0.81	62.90	−0.01	62.90	−1.22
Afghanistan	62.88	59.77	66.21	6.45	62.55	1.02	63.56	−0.99	62.58	−0.59	61.98	0.90	62.88	−0.69
Djibouti	62.86	60.34	65.50	5.17	61.64	1.44	63.09	−0.39	62.69	−0.39	62.30	0.55	62.86	−0.23
Niger	62.08	60.82	63.40	2.59	60.79	2.11	62.90	−1.45	61.45	0.12	61.58	0.50	62.08	−0.82
Kenya	62.05	59.58	64.69	5.11	61.82	1.13	62.94	−0.27	62.67	−1.25	61.43	0.63	62.05	−0.89
Burundi	61.98	60.08	63.87	3.79	59.87	2.48	62.35	−0.78	61.57	0.10	61.66	0.31	61.98	−0.37
Angola	61.93	59.35	64.54	5.19	60.04	2.41	62.45	−0.19	62.26	−0.62	61.64	0.29	61.93	−0.52
Zambia	61.80	59.06	64.51	5.45	60.70	2.09	62.79	−0.41	62.38	−1.16	61.22	0.58	61.80	−0.99
Togo	61.59	60.95	62.23	1.28	58.85	2.05	60.90	0.13	61.03	0.58	61.62	−0.03	61.59	0.69
South Africa	61.48	58.60	64.18	5.58	63.38	2.79	66.17	−0.92	65.25	−2.91	62.34	−0.86	61.48	−4.70
Equatorial Guinea	61.19	59.43	63.26	3.83	59.59	2.05	61.64	−0.94	60.71	−0.11	60.59	0.60	61.19	−0.45
Liberia	61.10	59.80	62.39	2.60	59.12	1.98	61.10	−0.16	60.95	−0.20	60.75	0.35	61.10	0.00
Cameroon	60.96	59.39	62.56	3.16	58.94	2.65	61.58	−0.75	60.83	−0.50	60.33	0.62	60.96	−0.63
Sierra Leone	60.41	59.12	61.69	2.58	56.39	3.86	60.26	−0.49	59.76	0.30	60.06	0.35	60.41	0.16
Benin	59.95	58.27	61.68	3.41	59.12	1.33	60.45	−0.37	60.09	−0.27	59.82	0.13	59.95	−0.50
Guinea-Bissau	59.86	57.67	61.93	4.26	58.61	2.27	60.88	−0.88	60.00	−0.35	59.65	0.21	59.86	−1.02
Burkina Faso	59.77	57.95	61.51	3.55	58.36	1.68	60.04	−0.31	59.73	−0.46	59.27	0.50	59.77	−0.27
DR Congo	59.74	57.52	62.05	4.53	58.30	1.98	60.28	−0.54	59.74	−0.55	59.19	0.55	59.74	−0.53
Mozambique	59.62	56.53	62.69	6.16	57.27	3.89	61.17	0.01	61.17	−1.85	59.33	0.30	59.62	−1.54
Mali	59.42	58.07	60.83	2.76	57.90	1.76	59.66	−1.03	58.63	0.31	58.94	0.48	59.42	−0.25
Zimbabwe	59.39	56.43	62.09	5.67	58.85	2.45	61.29	−0.17	61.12	−1.87	59.25	0.14	59.39	−1.90
Guinea	58.98	57.64	60.24	2.59	57.89	1.83	59.72	−0.39	59.33	−0.43	58.89	0.09	58.98	−0.73
Cote d'Ivoire	58.92	57.69	60.28	2.60	57.21	2.11	59.32	−0.29	59.03	−0.43	58.60	0.32	58.92	−0.40
Namibia	58.06	54.59	61.70	7.11	59.82	3.25	63.08	−0.25	62.83	−3.56	59.27	−1.21	58.06	−5.02
Eswatini	56.36	52.65	60.60	7.95	53.05	7.50	60.55	−0.86	59.69	−2.63	57.07	−0.71	56.36	−4.19
Somalia	56.11	54.07	58.23	4.16	54.28	2.80	57.08	−1.11	55.97	−0.69	55.28	0.83	56.11	−0.97
South Sudan	55.57	54.04	57.05	3.01	54.97	0.94	55.91	−0.43	55.48	−0.50	54.98	0.59	55.57	−0.34
Central African Republic	54.48	52.26	56.83	4.57	50.57	4.46	55.02	−0.42	54.60	−0.71	53.90	0.58	54.48	−0.55
Nigeria	53.63	53.30	53.97	0.67	51.79	1.12	52.91	−0.02	52.89	−0.21	52.68	0.96	53.63	0.72
Lesotho	53.04	50.32	55.92	5.60	50.03	4.14	54.17	0.52	54.69	−1.63	53.06	−0.03	53.04	−1.14
Chad	53.00	51.30	54.77	3.47	51.20	2.06	53.26	−0.48	52.78	−0.25	52.52	0.47	53.00	−0.26
Cayman Islands	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	82.01	—	—	—

Life expectancy in world, according to estimation of the World Bank Group, 2019–2021

Shown is the "period life expectancy" at birth. This is the average number of years a newborn would live if age-specific mortality rates in the current year were to stay the same throughout its life. The data is taken from the 2020, 2021/2022 and 2023/2024 United Nations World Population Prospects. It is also used to calculate the Human Development Index. Only countries with populations over 50,000 are listed. Due to this criterion, the table does not include such countries as Monaco (LE , population 39,000) and Liechtenstein (LE , population 40,000). By default, the list is sorted by 2022. Data for 2021 can also be viewed via Our World in Data.

Countries & territories	2019				2019 →2021	2021				2021 →2022	2022				2019 →2022
	overall	male	female	F Δ M		overall	male	female	F Δ M		overall	male	female	F Δ M
Japan	84.6	81.5	87.7	6.2	0.2	84.8	81.8	87.7	5.9	0.0	84.8	81.8	87.8	6.0	0.2
Switzerland	83.8	81.9	85.6	3.7	0.2	84.0	82.0	85.9	3.9	0.3	84.3	82.5	85.9	3.4	0.5
Hong Kong SAR, China	84.9	82.0	87.7	5.7	0.6	85.5	82.7	88.3	5.6	−1.2	84.3	81.8	86.9	5.1	−0.6
Singapore	83.6	81.5	85.7	4.2	−0.8	82.8	80.6	84.9	4.3	1.3	84.1	82.0	86.3	4.3	0.5
Italy	83.5	81.3	85.5	4.2	−0.6	82.9	80.5	85.1	4.6	1.2	84.1	82.0	86.0	4.0	0.6
South Korea	83.0	79.9	86.0	6.1	0.7	83.7	80.4	86.8	6.4	0.3	84.0	80.7	87.1	6.4	1.0