Which country has the highest Life Expectancy UN?

Monaco has the highest Life Expectancy UN in 2026, at 86.7 years, followed by San Marino (86.0 years) and Hong Kong (85.9 years).

Which country has the lowest Life Expectancy UN?

Nigeria has the lowest Life Expectancy UN in 2026, at 55.0 years.

What is the median Life Expectancy UN across countries?

The median is 75.7 years across the 231 countries with data in 2026.

Where does this life expectancy by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Life expectancy at birth, total (years) - World Bank; Life expectancy at birth, male (years) - World Bank; Life expectancy at birth, female (years) - World Bank; Life expectancy at birth for both sexes combined (years) - United Nations. Last updated 2026-10-28.

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Life Expectancy by Country

Name: Life Expectancy by Country
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Monaco has the highest Life Expectancy UN in 2026 (86.7 years), followed by San Marino (86.0 years) and Hong Kong (85.9 years). Nigeria has the lowest (55.0 years).

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Median

75.7 years

Middle half 69.7 years – 80.1 years

Average

74.6 years

231 countries

Highest

86.7 years

Monaco

Lowest

55.0 years

Nigeria

Over time · 2020–2026

The top 5 in 2026, against the median.

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231 countries · # = rank by Life Expectancy UN

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1	Monaco	86.7 years	87.11	84.78
2	San Marino	86.0 years	87.44	84.54
3	Hong Kong	85.9 years	88.51	83.23
4	Japan	85.2 years	88.18	82.13
5	South Korea	84.6 years	87.51	81.56
6	Saint Barthelemy	84.6 years	87.14	81.81
7	Andorra	84.5 years	86.49	82.55
8	French Polynesia	84.4 years	86.86	82.16
9	Switzerland	84.4 years	86.2	82.48
10	Australia	84.3 years	86.07	82.59
11	Italy	84.2 years	86.13	82.12
12	Singapore	84.1 years	86.6	81.68
13	Spain	84.1 years	86.71	81.4
14	Liechtenstein	84.1 years	85.64	82.39
15	Reunion	83.9 years	86.68	80.94
16	Gibraltar	83.9 years	86.45	81.33
17	Malta	83.8 years	85.63	81.88
18	Norway	83.8 years	85.21	82.31
19	Sweden	83.7 years	85.45	82.03
20	France	83.7 years	86.42	80.87
21	Guernsey	83.7 years	85.88	81.47
22	Macau	83.6 years	85.64	81.47
23	United Arab Emirates	83.4 years	84.55	82.56
24	Iceland	83.3 years	84.69	81.96
25	Canada	83.1 years	85.16	80.94
26	Martinique	83.0 years	85.95	79.81
27	Ireland	82.9 years	84.86	81.01
28	Israel	82.9 years	84.94	80.8
29	Portugal	82.9 years	85.51	80.1
30	Qatar	82.8 years	83.72	82.13
30	Bermuda	82.8 years	86.14	79.44
32	Luxembourg	82.6 years	84.17	81.08
33	Netherlands	82.6 years	84.1	81.09
34	Belgium	82.6 years	84.69	80.46
35	Guadeloupe	82.6 years	85.88	78.75
36	New Zealand	82.5 years	84.1	80.93
37	Austria	82.5 years	84.69	80.17
38	Greece	82.4 years	84.73	79.95
38	Finland	82.4 years	85.02	79.8
40	Denmark	82.4 years	84.19	80.57
41	Puerto Rico	82.3 years	85.63	78.72
42	Cyprus	82.2 years	84.05	80.24
43	Slovenia	82.1 years	84.69	79.54
44	Germany	81.9 years	84.11	79.62
45	United Kingdom	81.8 years	83.57	79.89
46	Bahrain	81.7 years	82.4	81.21
47	Maldives	81.7 years	83.34	80.45
48	Chile	81.7 years	83.51	79.88
49	Costa Rica	81.4 years	83.87	78.84
49	Isle of Man	81.4 years	83.4	79.41
51	Kuwait	81.0 years	82.3	79.83
52	Cayman Islands	80.9 years	83.28	78.62
53	Saint Martin	80.9 years	84.21	77.43
54	Faroe Islands	80.8 years	83.02	78.87
55	Oman	80.7 years	82.36	79.18
56	Czechia	80.3 years	82.96	77.53
57	Panama	80.2 years	82.99	77.33
58	Jersey	80.1 years	82.13	78.18
59	Albania	80.1 years	81.89	78.33
60	Anguilla	79.9 years	83.05	76.67
61	Falkland Islands	79.8 years	81.7	77.81
62	United States	79.8 years	82.23	77.39
63	Estonia	79.6 years	83.42	75.57
64	Saudi Arabia	79.4 years	81.67	77.78
65	New Caledonia	79.2 years	81.67	76.83
66	Northern Mariana Islands	79.2 years	81.12	77.59
67	Poland	79.2 years	82.74	75.53
68	Croatia	79.1 years	82.1	76.01
69	China	79.0 years	81.78	76.38
70	Slovakia	78.8 years	81.98	75.6
71	Cuba	78.6 years	81	76.25
71	Uruguay	78.6 years	82.29	74.79
73	Turks and Caicos Islands	78.5 years	80.72	76.35
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.4 years	81.38	75.09
75	Turkey	78.4 years	81.33	75.5
76	Peru	78.3 years	80.61	76.02
76	Jordan	78.3 years	80.6	76.24
78	Colombia	78.3 years	80.92	75.57
79	Iran	78.3 years	80.17	76.43
80	Lebanon	78.2 years	80.11	76.17
81	Antigua and Barbuda	78.1 years	80.75	75.12
82	Sri Lanka	78.0 years	81.04	74.85
83	Ecuador	77.9 years	80.62	75.28
84	Argentina	77.8 years	80.29	75.3
85	North Macedonia	77.8 years	79.96	75.56
85	Guam	77.8 years	81.88	74.11
87	British Virgin Islands	77.8 years	80.46	75.05
88	Montenegro	77.6 years	80.74	74.31
89	French Guiana	77.5 years	80.44	74.71
90	Hungary	77.5 years	80.61	74.26
91	Palestine	77.4 years	79.75	74.96
92	Tokelau	77.4 years	79.28	75.33
93	Curacao	77.3 years	81.22	73.06
94	Serbia	77.3 years	80.5	74.09
95	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	77.3 years	81.87	73.35
96	Malaysia	77.2 years	79.82	74.81
97	Tunisia	77.1 years	79.68	74.55
98	Thailand	77.1 years	81.36	72.92
99	Algeria	76.9 years	78.34	75.51
100	Sint Maarten	76.9 years	79.92	74.16
101	Aruba	76.8 years	79.19	74.14
102	Montserrat	76.7 years	79.23	74.58
103	Barbados	76.7 years	79.05	74.09
104	Latvia	76.6 years	80.85	72.13
105	Mayotte	76.6 years	78.85	74.63
106	Cape Verde	76.6 years	79.68	73.44
107	Lithuania	76.5 years	81.05	71.81
108	Romania	76.4 years	79.95	72.91
109	Brazil	76.4 years	79.46	73.33
110	Armenia	76.2 years	79.87	71.95
111	United States Virgin Islands	76.2 years	81.73	71.17
112	Bulgaria	76.1 years	79.66	72.7
113	Morocco	75.9 years	78.13	73.71
114	Cook Islands	75.9 years	79.48	72.44
115	Brunei	75.8 years	78.07	73.81
116	Grenada	75.7 years	78.78	72.83
117	Mexico	75.6 years	78.35	72.82
118	Bangladesh	75.5 years	77.22	73.82
119	Mauritius	75.4 years	78.65	72.46
120	Nicaragua	75.4 years	77.9	72.81
121	Libya	75.2 years	77.83	72.71
122	Vietnam	75.1 years	79.62	70.43
123	Ukraine	75.0 years	79.67	70.18
124	Bahamas	75.0 years	78.59	71.37
125	Georgia	75.0 years	79.49	70.11
126	Belarus	75.0 years	79.52	70.14
127	Azerbaijan	74.9 years	77.6	72.02
128	Kazakhstan	74.8 years	78.77	70.59
129	Paraguay	74.2 years	77.35	71.26
130	Dominican Republic	74.1 years	77.35	70.92
131	Belize	74.1 years	77.01	71.4
132	Suriname	74.0 years	77.26	70.87
133	North Korea	74.0 years	76.16	71.77
134	Trinidad and Tobago	73.9 years	77.1	70.77
135	Bhutan	73.8 years	75.84	72.08
136	Russia	73.7 years	79.46	67.91
137	Syria	73.4 years	75.91	70.96
138	Honduras	73.4 years	76.03	70.8
138	Tonga	73.4 years	76.84	69.79
140	Seychelles	73.3 years	76.98	70.37
141	American Samoa	73.3 years	76.28	70.55
142	Saint Lucia	73.2 years	76.75	69.74
143	Guatemala	73.0 years	75.37	70.71
144	Venezuela	73.0 years	76.99	69.22
145	Uzbekistan	72.8 years	75.84	69.79
146	El Salvador	72.7 years	76.91	68.23
147	India	72.7 years	74.39	71.16
148	Iraq	72.6 years	74.45	70.67
149	Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.6 years	76.43	68.96
150	Mongolia	72.5 years	77.11	68.01
151	Tajikistan	72.2 years	74.45	69.89
152	Egypt	72.2 years	74.41	69.98
153	Kyrgyzstan	72.1 years	75.7	68.56
154	Samoa	72.1 years	74.13	70.17
155	Vanuatu	72.0 years	74.49	69.88
156	Western Sahara	72.0 years	74.22	70.24
156	Micronesia	72.0 years	88.85	69.13
158	Jamaica	71.9 years	74.45	69.27
159	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.7 years	74.78	69.01
160	Dominica	71.6 years	75.06	68.63
161	Moldova	71.6 years	75.93	66.96
162	Indonesia	71.6 years	73.77	69.42
163	Nepal	71.2 years	72.7	69.56
164	Cambodia	71.1 years	73.72	68.45
165	Solomon Islands	71.0 years	72.52	69.58
166	Guyana	70.6 years	74.35	66.84
167	Turkmenistan	70.5 years	73.33	67.24
168	Greenland	70.4 years	72.89	68.42
169	Niue	70.4 years	73.17	67.75
170	Sao Tome and Principe	70.3 years	74.26	66.74
171	Philippines	70.2 years	73.23	67.2
172	Yemen	69.7 years	71.88	67.63
173	Laos	69.7 years	72.05	67.46
174	Palau	69.6 years	72.23	67.44
175	Botswana	69.6 years	72.17	67.03
176	Eritrea	69.4 years	71.48	67.23
177	Senegal	69.4 years	71.51	67.42
178	Mauritania	69.2 years	71.2	67.09
179	Bolivia	69.1 years	71.69	66.56
180	Uganda	68.9 years	71.83	65.9
181	Gabon	68.9 years	71.64	66.4
182	Rwanda	68.5 years	70.63	66.12
183	Timor-Leste	68.3 years	70.14	66.66
184	Ethiopia	68.2 years	71.58	64.88
185	Pakistan	68.1 years	70.61	65.69
186	Malawi	67.9 years	71.14	64.61
187	Namibia	67.8 years	71.78	63.73
188	Fiji	67.8 years	69.9	65.73
189	Tanzania	67.6 years	70.44	64.78
190	Tuvalu	67.6 years	71.19	64.2
191	Myanmar	67.5 years	70.8	64.37
192	Comoros	67.5 years	69.69	65.43
193	Marshall Islands	67.3 years	69.76	65.21
194	Sudan	66.9 years	70.21	63.78
195	Zambia	66.9 years	69.27	64.42
196	Kiribati	66.9 years	68.63	64.91
197	Afghanistan	66.8 years	68.33	65.15
198	South Africa	66.7 years	70.16	63.12
199	Djibouti	66.6 years	69.18	64.11
200	Papua New Guinea	66.5 years	69.47	64.04
201	Gambia	66.5 years	68.18	64.71
202	Republic of the Congo	66.4 years	68.17	64.7
203	Ghana	66.1 years	68.57	63.67
204	Haiti	65.5 years	68.83	62.21
205	Angola	65.2 years	67.73	62.62
206	Guinea-Bissau	64.6 years	66.91	62.13
207	Eswatini	64.5 years	67.41	61.58
208	Cameroon	64.5 years	66.79	62.3
209	Equatorial Guinea	64.3 years	66.33	62.58
210	Madagascar	64.3 years	66.06	62.51
211	Kenya	64.2 years	66.51	61.96
212	Mozambique	64.1 years	67.11	60.83
212	Burundi	64.1 years	66.24	62.04
214	Zimbabwe	63.6 years	65.9	61.01
215	Togo	63.3 years	63.61	63.03
216	Liberia	62.6 years	63.97	61.27
217	Nauru	62.6 years	64.55	60.68
218	Ivory Coast	62.4 years	64.66	60.47
219	DR Congo	62.4 years	64.57	60.25
220	Sierra Leone	62.3 years	64.09	60.57
221	Niger	61.9 years	62.9	60.9
222	Burkina Faso	61.7 years	63.81	59.45
223	Benin	61.3 years	62.81	59.84
224	Guinea	61.2 years	62.44	59.95
225	Mali	61.1 years	62.62	59.66
226	Somalia	59.3 years	61.86	56.77
227	Lesotho	58.6 years	61.29	55.85
228	Central African Republic	58.2 years	60.06	55.97
229	South Sudan	58.0 years	60.98	54.99
230	Chad	55.6 years	57.56	53.68
231	Nigeria	55.0 years	55.3	54.6

What correlates with Life Expectancy UN (2026)?

Pearson r against 1,248 other country metrics sharing at least 139 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Life Expectancy UN tend to score higher on these (or rank better)

GDI Female Life ExpectancyGender Development Index by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 193
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Life ExpectancyHappy Planet Index by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 148
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GDI Male Life ExpectancyGender Development Index by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 193
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Life ExpectancyPast Life Expectancy by Country
r = +0.96 · very strong · n = 199
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LPI Health ScoreBest Healthcare in the World
r = +0.93 · very strong · n = 166
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Legatum Prosperity Index Health RankingsLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
r = −0.93 · very strong · n = 166
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Life Expectancy UN tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)

Infant Mortality RateInfant Mortality Rate by Country
r = −0.91 · very strong · n = 198
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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
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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 = −0.86 · very strong · n = 195
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Public ServicesFailed States
r = −0.86 · very strong · n = 178
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Life Expectancy UN?: Monaco has the highest Life Expectancy UN in 2026, at 86.7 years, followed by San Marino (86.0 years) and Hong Kong (85.9 years).
Which country has the lowest Life Expectancy UN?: Nigeria has the lowest Life Expectancy UN in 2026, at 55.0 years.
What is the median Life Expectancy UN across countries?: The median is 75.7 years across the 231 countries with data in 2026.
Where does this life expectancy by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Life expectancy at birth, total (years) - World Bank; Life expectancy at birth, male (years) - World Bank; Life expectancy at birth, female (years) - World Bank; Life expectancy at birth for both sexes combined (years) - United Nations. Last updated 2026-10-28.