Which country has the highest Life Expectancy at Birth (Years)?

Monaco has the highest Life Expectancy at Birth (Years) in 2024, at 86.5, followed by San Marino (85.8) and Hong Kong (85.4).

Which country has the lowest Life Expectancy at Birth (Years)?

Nigeria has the lowest Life Expectancy at Birth (Years) in 2024, at 54.6.

What is the median Life Expectancy at Birth (Years) across countries?

The median is 74.7 across the 215 countries with data in 2024.

Where does this health indicators by country (world bank) data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: World Development Indicators - The World Bank.

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Health Indicators by Country (World Bank)

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Monaco has the highest Life Expectancy at Birth (Years) in 2024 (86.5), followed by San Marino (85.8) and Hong Kong (85.4). Nigeria has the lowest (54.6).

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Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

74.7

Middle half 68.7 – 79.5

Average

74.0

215 countries

Highest

86.5

Monaco

Lowest

54.6

Nigeria

Over time · 2000–2024

The top 5 in 2024, against the median.

Median of all countries
Monaco
San Marino
Hong Kong
Kuwait
Switzerland

Data

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215 countries · # = rank by Life Expectancy at Birth (Years)

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1	Monaco	86.5	2.2	—	2.1
2	San Marino	85.8	1.2	—	1.16
3	Hong Kong	85.4	—	—	0.84
4	Kuwait	84.6	7.0	—	1.56
5	Switzerland	84.4	3.4	—	1.29
6	Liechtenstein	84.2	—	—	1.37
7	French Polynesia	84.2	—	—	1.49
8	Andorra	84.2	2.4	—	1.09
9	Sweden	84.1	2.0	$6,485	1.43
10	Japan	84.0	1.8	—	1.15
11	Italy	84.0	2.3	$3,398	1.18
12	Spain	83.9	2.6	—	1.1
13	Gibraltar	83.6	—	—	1.89
14	South Korea	83.6	2.3	$3,137	0.75
15	Singapore	83.3	2.2	—	0.97
16	Macau	83.3	—	—	0.58
17	Israel	83.2	2.7	—	2.87
18	Luxembourg	83.2	1.9	$8,170	1.25
19	Norway	83.2	2.0	—	1.45
20	Faroe Islands	83.1	—	—	1.91
21	United Arab Emirates	83.1	3.8	—	1.21
22	Australia	83.1	3.1	—	1.48
23	Ireland	83.0	3.4	$7,395	1.47
24	France	83.0	3.4	$5,327	1.61
25	Malta	83.0	4.7	—	1.01
26	Iceland	82.8	2.1	$7,642	1.56
27	Qatar	82.5	4.8	—	1.72
28	Bermuda	82.5	—	—	1.41
29	Portugal	82.4	2.7	$2,971	1.41
30	Finland	82.3	1.9	—	1.25
31	Belgium	82.3	3.1	—	1.44
32	Slovenia	82.3	1.8	$3,371	1.52
33	Denmark	82.3	3.5	$6,745	1.47
34	Canada	82.1	4.7	$6,378	1.25
35	New Zealand	82.0	4.0	$5,022	1.57
36	Austria	82.0	2.8	$6,739	1.31
37	Netherlands	82.0	3.4	$6,845	1.43
38	Puerto Rico	81.9	—	—	0.92
39	Greece	81.8	3.2	—	1.24
40	Cyprus	81.8	4.1	—	1.38
41	Bahrain	81.4	7.3	—	1.81
42	United Kingdom	81.4	4.1	$5,860	1.55
43	Chile	81.4	5.8	$1,760	1.14
44	Maldives	81.3	4.7	—	1.56
45	Isle of Man	81.1	—	—	1.54
46	Costa Rica	81.0	9.1	—	1.32
47	Germany	80.8	3.1	$6,849	1.36
48	United States Virgin Islands	80.8	—	—	1.97
49	Cayman Islands	80.5	—	—	1.53
50	Saint Martin	80.4	—	—	2.67
51	Oman	80.2	8.3	—	2.51
52	Czechia	80.0	2.1	$2,693	1.36
53	Albania	79.8	8.3	—	1.34
54	Panama	79.8	12.0	—	2.11
55	Estonia	79.3	1.5	$2,438	1.18
56	Saudi Arabia	79.0	4.7	—	2.31
57	Northern Mariana Islands	78.9	—	—	2.32
58	Croatia	78.9	4.1	—	1.46
59	New Caledonia	78.9	—	—	1.96
60	United States	78.9	5.5	—	1.63
61	Poland	78.4	3.6	$2,014	1.14
62	Slovakia	78.4	5.3	—	1.46
63	Armenia	78.3	8.5	—	1.7
64	Uruguay	78.3	6.2	—	1.4
65	Cuba	78.3	6.8	—	1.45
66	Turks and Caicos Islands	78.2	3.0	—	1.45
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.0	5.5	—	1.49
68	China	78.0	4.1	—	1.01
69	Jordan	78.0	12.0	—	2.6
70	Lebanon	77.9	15.3	—	2.23
71	Peru	77.9	11.0	—	1.97
72	Colombia	77.9	10.5	$644	1.63
73	Montenegro	77.9	1.9	—	1.8
74	Iran	77.9	10.3	—	1.68
75	Antigua and Barbuda	77.8	7.0	—	1.58
76	Sri Lanka	77.7	5.2	—	1.95
77	Ecuador	77.6	10.9	—	1.81
78	Argentina	77.5	8.0	—	1.5
79	British Virgin Islands	77.4	11.4	—	1.05
80	Guam	77.4	—	—	2.75
81	Turkey	77.4	8.0	—	1.48
82	Lithuania	77.2	2.8	$2,232	1.11
83	Curacao	77.0	—	—	1.4
84	Malaysia	76.8	7.0	—	1.54
85	Hungary	76.7	3.1	—	1.41
86	Tunisia	76.7	9.7	—	1.82
87	North Macedonia	76.6	2.5	—	1.4
88	Thailand	76.6	7.7	—	1.2
89	Sint Maarten	76.5	—	—	1.44
90	Aruba	76.5	—	—	1.61
91	Algeria	76.5	19.5	—	2.72
92	Romania	76.5	6.0	—	1.39
93	Latvia	76.4	2.2	—	1.24
94	Barbados	76.3	9.1	—	1.71
95	Seychelles	76.3	12.9	—	1.85
96	Cape Verde	76.2	10.6	—	1.51
97	Brazil	76.0	12.3	—	1.61
98	Serbia	76.0	4.6	—	1.64
99	Bulgaria	75.8	4.6	—	1.72
100	Brunei	75.5	8.6	—	1.73
101	Morocco	75.5	14.7	—	2.21
102	Grenada	75.4	16.4	—	1.47
103	Mexico	75.3	12.1	—	1.89
104	Nicaragua	75.1	9.4	—	2.21
105	Bangladesh	74.9	24.4	—	2.14
106	Vietnam	74.7	12.0	—	1.9
107	Bahamas	74.7	11.1	—	1.37
108	Ukraine	74.7	7.6	—	0.99
109	Georgia	74.7	7.5	—	1.8
110	Azerbaijan	74.6	12.5	—	1.43
111	Kazakhstan	74.5	7.4	—	2.98
112	Belarus	74.4	1.8	—	1.22
113	Paraguay	74.0	14.5	—	2.42
114	Dominican Republic	73.9	27.7	—	2.22
115	Mauritius	73.8	13.8	—	1.44
116	Suriname	73.8	14.8	—	2.23
117	North Korea	73.7	13.3	—	1.78
118	Belize	73.7	10.8	—	2.02
119	Trinidad and Tobago	73.6	17.0	—	1.54
120	Russia	73.4	4.1	—	1.42
121	Bhutan	73.3	13.7	—	1.45
122	Tonga	73.1	7.8	—	3.1
123	Honduras	73.0	12.8	—	2.48
124	American Samoa	73.0	—	—	2.27
125	Saint Lucia	72.8	15.8	—	1.39
126	Guatemala	72.7	17.2	—	2.29
127	Venezuela	72.7	21.2	—	2.08
128	Syria	72.6	17.7	—	2.7
129	Uzbekistan	72.5	12.8	—	3.49
130	Iraq	72.4	20.1	—	3.22
131	Kyrgyzstan	72.4	14.8	—	2.6
132	Mongolia	72.4	11.2	—	2.5
133	El Salvador	72.3	8.8	—	1.77
134	Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.3	13.9	—	1.53
135	India	72.2	23.3	—	1.96
136	Tajikistan	71.9	23.5	—	3.04
137	Samoa	71.8	12.3	—	3.8
138	Egypt	71.8	20.8	—	2.74
139	Vanuatu	71.7	14.4	—	3.57
140	Jamaica	71.6	16.4	—	1.35
141	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.4	10.2	—	1.76
142	Moldova	71.3	15.1	—	1.73
143	Dominica	71.3	33.3	—	1.48
144	Indonesia	71.3	15.2	—	2.12
145	Libya	71.1	7.9	—	2.3
146	Cambodia	70.8	16.4	—	2.55
147	Solomon Islands	70.7	16.4	—	3.51
148	Nepal	70.6	22.2	—	1.96
149	Guyana	70.3	23.2	—	2.4
150	Greenland	70.3	—	—	1.71
151	Turkmenistan	70.2	30.4	—	2.66
152	Philippines	69.9	21.7	—	1.89
153	Sao Tome and Principe	69.9	9.2	—	3.6
154	Yemen	69.4	33.8	—	4.5
155	Palau	69.4	18.6	—	1.88
156	Botswana	69.3	32.1	—	2.7
157	Laos	69.2	27.2	—	2.4
158	Palestine	69.2	17.0	—	3.25
159	Senegal	68.9	28.9	—	3.77
160	Eritrea	68.9	24.7	—	3.68
161	Bolivia	68.7	14.2	—	2.52
162	Mauritania	68.7	30.2	—	4.63
163	Gabon	68.5	25.9	—	3.59
164	Uganda	68.5	35.9	—	4.17
165	Rwanda	68.0	29.4	—	3.65
166	Timor-Leste	67.9	34.6	—	2.63
167	Pakistan	67.8	48.2	—	3.55
168	Ethiopia	67.6	34.5	—	3.91
169	Malawi	67.6	38.0	—	3.59
170	Namibia	67.5	36.4	—	3.21
171	Fiji	67.5	23.5	—	2.27
172	Micronesia	67.4	20.3	—	2.74
173	Tuvalu	67.3	16.5	—	3.17
174	Tanzania	67.2	28.7	—	4.54
175	Myanmar	67.1	32.8	—	2.1
176	Marshall Islands	67.1	22.7	—	2.86
177	Comoros	67.0	35.0	—	3.82
178	Kiribati	66.6	38.8	—	3.12
179	Zambia	66.5	34.6	—	4.04
180	Sudan	66.5	42.9	—	4.26
181	South Africa	66.3	24.2	—	2.21
182	Afghanistan	66.3	48.3	—	4.76
183	Papua New Guinea	66.3	31.3	—	3.07
184	Djibouti	66.2	43.0	—	2.62
185	Gambia	66.1	32.7	—	3.91
186	Republic of the Congo	66.0	27.0	—	4.11
187	Ghana	65.7	27.5	—	3.34
188	Haiti	65.1	39.0	—	2.63
189	Angola	64.8	32.1	—	5.05
190	Eswatini	64.3	42.2	—	2.72
191	Guinea-Bissau	64.3	42.1	—	3.76
192	Cameroon	64.0	40.2	—	4.26
193	Equatorial Guinea	63.9	47.6	—	4.12
194	Madagascar	63.8	43.0	—	3.91
195	Kenya	63.8	34.2	—	3.17
196	Burundi	63.8	30.5	—	4.79
197	Mozambique	63.8	43.7	—	4.69
198	Zimbabwe	63.1	62.4	—	3.67
199	Togo	62.9	34.8	—	4.12
200	Liberia	62.3	63.2	—	3.86
201	Nauru	62.3	7.7	—	3.29
202	Ivory Coast	62.1	44.8	—	4.23
203	DR Congo	62.1	56.4	—	5.98
204	Sierra Leone	62.0	54.6	—	3.7
205	Niger	61.4	65.6	—	5.94
206	Burkina Faso	61.3	43.6	—	4.11
207	Benin	61.0	45.2	—	4.48
208	Guinea	60.9	59.8	—	4.13
209	Mali	60.7	47.5	—	5.51
210	Somalia	59.0	65.4	—	6.01
211	Lesotho	57.8	56.3	—	2.66
212	South Sudan	57.7	71.9	—	3.79
213	Central African Republic	57.7	58.8	—	5.95
214	Chad	55.2	56.3	—	6.03
215	Nigeria	54.6	69.8	—	4.38

What correlates with Life Expectancy at Birth (Years) (2024)?

Pearson r against 1,337 other country metrics sharing at least 129 countries, 1 near-identical series hidden. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Life Expectancy at Birth (Years) tend to score higher on these

Life Expectancy UNLife Expectancy by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 215
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Female Life Expectancy WBLife Expectancy by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 212
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GDI Female Life ExpectancyGender Development Index by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 193
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Male Life Expectancy WBLife Expectancy by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 214
Plot
GDI Male Life ExpectancyGender Development Index by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 193
Plot
Male Life Expectancy UNLife Expectancy by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 215
Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Life Expectancy at Birth (Years) tend to score lower on these

Infant Mortality RateInfant Mortality Rate by Country
r = −0.90 · very strong · n = 194
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Neonatal Mortality RateNeonatal Mortality Rate by Country
r = −0.89 · very strong · n = 193
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Still Birth RateStillbirth Rates by Country
r = −0.88 · very strong · n = 193
Plot
Gender Inequality Index ScoreGender Inequality Index by Country
r = −0.87 · very strong · n = 165
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% ChildrenChildren in the World by Country
r = −0.87 · very strong · n = 195
Plot
Public ServicesFailed States
r = −0.86 · very strong · n = 178
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Life Expectancy at Birth (Years)?: Monaco has the highest Life Expectancy at Birth (Years) in 2024, at 86.5, followed by San Marino (85.8) and Hong Kong (85.4).
Which country has the lowest Life Expectancy at Birth (Years)?: Nigeria has the lowest Life Expectancy at Birth (Years) in 2024, at 54.6.
What is the median Life Expectancy at Birth (Years) across countries?: The median is 74.7 across the 215 countries with data in 2024.
Where does this health indicators by country (world bank) data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: World Development Indicators - The World Bank.