Countries by life expectancy

Life expectancy at birth is a number of years a newborn infant could expect to live if prevailing patterns of age-specific mortality rates at the time of birth stay the same throughout the infant’s life. The life expectancy index is life expectancy at birth expressed as an index using a minimum value of 20 years and a maximum value of 85 years.

Life expectancy at birth
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Year: 2017

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	Rank	Life expectancy, years	Female life expectancy, years	Male life expectancy, years	Life expectancy index
Hong Kong	1	84.100	87.100	81.200	0.961
Japan	2	83.900	87.100	80.700	0.955
Switzerland	3	83.500	85.300	81.500	0.942
Spain	4	83.300	86	80.500	0.945
Italy	5	83.200	85.300	80.900	0.944
Singapore	5	83.200	85.200	81.100	0.947
Australia	6	83.100	85	81.200	0.935
Iceland	7	82.900	84.400	81.500	0.945
France	8	82.700	85.600	79.800	0.930
Israel	8	82.700	84.300	80.900	0.932
Sweden	9	82.600	84.300	80.900	0.937
Canada	10	82.500	84.400	80.700	0.921
South Korea	11	82.400	85.300	79.200	0.929
Norway	12	82.300	84.200	80.500	0.933
Netherlands	13	82	83.700	80.300	0.925
New Zealand	13	82	83.700	80.400	0.913
Luxembourg	13	82	84.100	79.800	0.921
Austria	14	81.800	84.100	79.400	0.922
United Kingdom	15	81.700	83.400	79.900	0.912
Andorra	15	81.700	-	-	-
Ireland	16	81.600	83.600	79.700	0.922
Finland	17	81.500	84.300	78.700	0.920
Greece	18	81.400	83.900	78.900	0.912
Portugal	18	81.400	84.200	78.400	0.918
Belgium	19	81.300	83.600	78.900	0.909
Germany	20	81.200	83.500	78.900	0.913
Slovenia	21	81.100	83.900	78.300	0.912
Malta	22	81	82.600	79.400	0.901
Denmark	23	80.900	82.800	79	0.905
Cyprus	24	80.700	82.800	78.500	0.900
Liechtenstein	25	80.400	-	-	-
Costa Rica	26	80	82.400	77.700	0.854
Cuba	27	79.900	81.900	78	0.873
Lebanon	28	79.800	81.600	78.200	0.858
Chile	29	79.700	82.100	77.200	0.863
United States	30	79.500	81.800	77.300	0.865
Czech Republic	31	78.900	81.700	76	0.876
Albania	32	78.500	80.600	76.500	0.817
Qatar	33	78.300	80	77.600	0.844
Panama	34	78.200	81.300	75.300	0.792
Dominica	35	78	-	-	-
Poland	36	77.800	81.600	73.900	0.847
Croatia	36	77.800	81	74.500	0.853
Estonia	37	77.700	82	73	0.850
Uruguay	38	77.600	81	74	0.807
Maldives	38	77.600	78.800	76.700	0.836
United Arab Emirates	39	77.400	78.900	76.700	0.837
Brunei	39	77.400	79.100	75.800	0.834
Mexico	40	77.300	79.700	74.900	0.773
Oman	40	77.300	79.700	75.600	0.818
Montenegro	40	77.300	79.600	74.900	0.842
Bosnia and Herzegovina	41	77.100	79.600	74.600	0.826
Slovakia	42	77	80.400	73.400	0.831
Bahrain	42	77	78.100	76.200	0.828
Argentina	43	76.700	80.400	73	0.790
Ecuador	44	76.600	79.300	73.900	0.749
Vietnam	45	76.500	81	71.800	0.758
Antigua and Barbuda	45	76.500	78.900	74	0.804
China	46	76.400	78	74.900	0.799
Algeria	47	76.300	77.600	75.100	0.735
Iran	48	76.200	77.300	75.100	0.786
Morocco	49	76.100	77.200	74.900	0.742
Hungary	49	76.100	79.400	72.500	0.822
Jamaica	49	76.100	78.500	73.700	0.768
Barbados	49	76.100	78.400	73.600	0.802
Turkey	50	76	79.200	72.800	0.779
Tunisia	51	75.900	78	73.900	0.769
Macedonia	51	75.900	77.900	73.800	0.803
Bahamas	52	75.800	78.800	72.700	0.784
Brazil	53	75.700	79.300	72.100	0.765
Nicaragua	53	75.700	78.600	72.600	0.746
Saint Lucia	53	75.700	78.400	73	0.780
Romania	54	75.600	79	72.100	0.797
Thailand	55	75.500	79.300	71.800	0.774
Malaysia	55	75.500	77.900	73.300	0.803
Sri Lanka	55	75.500	78.800	72.100	0.793
Serbia	56	75.300	78.200	72.500	0.791
Peru	57	75.200	77.900	72.600	0.737
Samoa	57	75.200	78.500	72.300	0.753
Bulgaria	58	74.900	78.400	71.500	0.788
Mauritius	58	74.900	78.400	71.400	0.769
Kuwait	59	74.800	76.100	73.900	0.790
Armenia	59	74.800	77.800	71.400	0.767
Lithuania	59	74.800	80	69.400	0.797
Saudi Arabia	60	74.700	76.500	73.400	0.767
Venezuela	60	74.700	78.900	70.800	0.754
Latvia	60	74.700	79.400	69.700	0.792
Colombia	61	74.600	78.200	71	0.729
Jordan	62	74.500	76.300	72.800	0.748
Saint Kitts and Nevis	63	74.400	-	-	-
Dominican Republic	64	74	77.300	71	0.703
Honduras	65	73.800	76.300	71.200	0.678
El Salvador	65	73.800	78.100	69.100	0.726
Grenada	65	73.800	76.300	71.300	0.761
Guatemala	66	73.700	76.800	70.400	0.693
Seychelles	66	73.700	78.600	69.500	0.763
Marshall Islands	67	73.600	-	-	-
Palestinian National Authority	67	73.600	75.600	71.800	0.725
Georgia	68	73.400	77.600	69.200	0.756
Palau	68	73.400	-	-	-
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	69	73.300	75.600	71.200	0.722
Paraguay	70	73.200	75.500	71.100	0.671
Tonga	70	73.200	76.200	70.200	0.712
Belarus	71	73.100	78.500	67.500	0.776
Cape Verde	72	73	74.900	70.900	0.707
Bangladesh	73	72.800	74.600	71.200	0.672
Vanuatu	74	72.300	74.700	70.200	0.692
Ukraine	75	72.100	76.900	67.100	0.742
Azerbaijan	75	72.100	75.200	69.100	0.666
Libya	75	72.100	75.100	69.300	0.689
North Korea	76	71.900	75.300	68.300	0.706
Egypt	77	71.700	74	69.500	0.703
Moldova	77	71.700	76	67.400	0.719
Suriname	78	71.500	74.900	68.400	0.694
Uzbekistan	79	71.400	74.200	68.600	0.657
Russia	80	71.200	76.800	65.600	0.725
Tajikistan	80	71.200	74.400	68.400	0.630
Kyrgyzstan	81	71.100	75.100	67.100	0.691
Syria	82	71	77.400	65.400	0.682
Solomon Islands	82	71	72.600	69.500	0.660
Trinidad and Tobago	83	70.800	74.400	67.400	0.659
Nepal	84	70.600	72.200	69	0.649
Bhutan	84	70.600	70.900	70.300	0.639
Belize	84	70.600	73.600	67.900	0.700
Fiji	85	70.400	73.600	67.500	0.691
Iraq	86	70	72.300	67.800	0.637
Kazakhstan	86	70	74.800	65.300	0.692
Bolivia	87	69.500	72.100	67	0.569
Mongolia	87	69.500	73.700	65.400	0.659
Indonesia	88	69.400	71.600	67.300	0.647
Cambodia	89	69.300	71.300	67.100	0.638
Federated States of Micronesia	89	69.300	70.500	68.100	0.615
Philippines	90	69.200	72.800	65.900	0.648
East Timor	90	69.200	71.100	67.400	0.601
India	91	68.800	70.400	67.300	0.590
Turkmenistan	92	68	71.400	64.500	0.565
Botswana	93	67.600	70.200	64.900	0.596
Senegal	94	67.500	69.400	65.400	0.576
Rwanda	94	67.500	69.600	65.300	0.557
Kenya	95	67.300	69.700	64.900	0.562
Laos	96	67	68.600	65.400	0.556
Guyana	97	66.800	69.200	64.500	0.579
São Tomé and Príncipe	97	66.800	68.900	64.600	0.533
Pakistan	98	66.600	67.700	65.600	0.495
Myanmar	98	66.700	69.100	64.400	0.547
Gabon	99	66.500	68.200	64.900	0.550
Kiribati	99	66.500	69.800	63.200	0.540
Tanzania	100	66.300	68.100	64.600	0.535
Madagascar	100	66.300	67.900	64.700	0.561
Ethiopia	101	65.900	67.800	64	0.530
Papua New Guinea	102	65.700	68.300	63.300	0.525
Eritrea	103	65.500	67.700	63.400	0.551
Yemen	104	65.200	66.600	63.700	0.522
Republic of the Congo	105	65.100	66.700	63.500	0.520
Namibia	106	64.800	67.700	61.800	0.551
Sudan	107	64.700	66.300	63.100	0.496
Afghanistan	108	64	65.400	62.800	0.485
Comoros	109	63.900	65.700	62.200	0.480
Malawi	110	63.700	66.200	61	0.468
Haiti	111	63.600	65.800	61.400	0.479
South Africa	112	63.400	67	59.900	0.532
Mauritania	112	63.400	64.900	61.900	0.450
Ghana	113	63	64.100	62	0.489
Liberia	113	63	64	62	0.480
Djibouti	114	62.600	64.400	61	0.454
Zambia	115	62.300	65	59.600	0.463
Angola	116	61.800	64.700	59	0.426
Zimbabwe	117	61.700	63.500	59.800	0.471
The Gambia	118	61.400	62.800	60.100	0.456
Benin	119	61.200	62.700	59.600	0.412
Burkina Faso	120	60.800	61.400	60	0.427
Guinea	121	60.600	61.200	60.100	0.430
Togo	122	60.500	61.300	59.600	0.433
Niger	123	60.400	61.500	59.400	0.405
Uganda	124	60.200	62.400	58	0.417
Democratic Republic of the Congo	125	60	61.500	58.500	0.394
Mozambique	126	58.900	61	56.700	0.385
Cameroon	127	58.600	59.700	57.500	0.393
Mali	128	58.500	59.200	57.700	0.374
Swaziland	129	58.300	61.300	54.900	0.434
Burundi	130	57.900	59.900	55.900	0.361
Equatorial Guinea	130	57.900	59.400	56.700	0.379
Guinea-Bissau	131	57.800	59.500	56	0.358
South Sudan	132	57.300	58.300	56.300	0.361
Somalia	133	56.700	58.400	55.100	0.345
Lesotho	134	54.600	56.700	52.200	0.380
Ivory Coast	135	54.100	55.700	52.700	0.345
Nigeria	136	53.900	54.700	53.100	0.326
Chad	137	53.200	54.500	52	0.294
Central African Republic	138	52.900	54.800	51	0.295
Sierra Leone	139	52.200	52.800	51.600	0.298