Which country has the highest Life Expectancy?

Hong Kong has the highest Life Expectancy, at 83.41, followed by Macau (83.29) and Japan (83.28).

Which country has the lowest Life Expectancy?

Central African Republic has the lowest Life Expectancy, at 49.4.

What is the median Life Expectancy across countries?

The median is 73.49 across the 200 countries with data.

Where does this past life expectancy by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Countries By Past Life Expectancy - Kaggle.

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Past Life Expectancy by Country

Name: Past Life Expectancy by Country
Creator: Rankodex

Hong Kong has the highest Life Expectancy (83.41), followed by Macau (83.29) and Japan (83.28). Central African Republic has the lowest (49.4).

Health History200 countries · 1 metricUpdated Feb 3, 2025Original page

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Countries By Past Life Expectancy - Kaggle

ShowingLife ExpectancyBetter directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →

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Life Expectancy

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Ranking

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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

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

Median

73.49

Middle half 65.82 – 77.01

Average

71.32

200 countries

Highest

83.41

Hong Kong

Lowest

49.4

Central African Republic

Data

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200 countries · # = rank by Life Expectancy

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1	Hong Kong	83.41
2	Macau	83.29
3	Japan	83.28
4	Switzerland	82.69
5	Spain	82.52
6	Italy	82.35
7	Singapore	82.34
8	Australia	82.3
9	Iceland	82.19
10	Israel	81.91
11	France	81.89
11	Sweden	81.89
13	Canada	81.78
14	Norway	81.61
15	New Zealand	81.33
16	Netherlands	81.31
17	South Korea	81.27
18	Martinique	81.19
19	Luxembourg	81.15
20	Austria	80.99
21	United Kingdom	80.97
22	Ireland	80.86
23	Finland	80.7
24	Greece	80.62
25	Guadeloupe	80.54
26	Belgium	80.53
27	Portugal	80.51
28	Germany	80.45
29	Slovenia	80.31
29	Malta	80.31
31	Denmark	80.15
32	Cyprus	79.92
33	Reunion	79.53
34	Mayotte	79.34
35	Taiwan	79.24
36	Puerto Rico	79.21
37	French Guiana	79.18
38	Cuba	79.16
38	Costa Rica	79.16
40	United States Virgin Islands	79.1
41	Lebanon	78.94
42	United States	78.88
43	Guam	78.84
44	Chile	78.83
45	Czechia	78.17
46	Curacao	77.78
47	Albania	77.66
48	Qatar	77.64
49	Panama	77.32
50	Croatia	77.05
51	Poland	76.99
52	Uruguay	76.96
53	Estonia	76.76
54	United Arab Emirates	76.71
54	Brunei	76.71
56	Mexico	76.49
57	Bahrain	76.41
58	Montenegro	76.39
59	Bosnia and Herzegovina	76.31
60	Slovakia	76.3
60	Maldives	76.3
62	New Caledonia	76.26
63	Oman	76.21
64	French Polynesia	76.14
65	Argentina	76.01
66	Antigua and Barbuda	75.82
67	China	75.67
68	Vietnam	75.56
69	Ecuador	75.55
70	Jamaica	75.45
71	Hungary	75.4
72	Aruba	75.37
73	Barbados	75.36
74	Algeria	75.27
75	North Macedonia	75.15
76	Bahamas	75.14
77	Iran	75.06
78	Tunisia	75.04
79	Morocco	74.87
80	Romania	74.85
81	Turkey	74.83
82	Saint Lucia	74.81
83	Malaysia	74.73
84	Brazil	74.66
85	Serbia	74.65
86	Sri Lanka	74.64
87	Thailand	74.56
88	Nicaragua	74.47
89	Kuwait	74.29
90	Bulgaria	74.25
91	Peru	74.2
92	Mauritius	74.13
93	Samoa	74.09
94	Saudi Arabia	73.99
94	Lithuania	73.99
96	Armenia	73.98
97	Venezuela	73.95
98	Latvia	73.92
99	Jordan	73.81
100	Colombia	73.75
101	Dominican Republic	73.23
102	Grenada	73.17
103	Seychelles	72.95
104	Honduras	72.89
105	Palestine	72.86
106	Paraguay	72.78
107	Georgia	72.74
107	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	72.74
109	El Salvador	72.64
110	Tonga	72.51
111	Guatemala	72.44
112	Belarus	72.15
113	Cape Verde	72.14
114	Azerbaijan	71.57
115	Libya	71.47
116	Vanuatu	71.36
117	Bangladesh	71.24
118	Ukraine	71.12
119	Moldova	70.95
120	Suriname	70.9
121	Egypt	70.84
122	Uzbekistan	70.8
123	North Korea	70.79
124	Tajikistan	70.38
125	Russia	70.3
126	Kyrgyzstan	70.27
127	Trinidad and Tobago	70.23
128	Syria	69.84
129	Belize	69.76
130	Fiji	69.72
131	Solomon Islands	69.6
132	Iraq	69.19
133	Kazakhstan	69.06
134	Nepal	68.91
135	Micronesia	68.79
136	Bhutan	68.78
137	Philippines	68.61
138	Indonesia	68.6
139	Mongolia	68.47
140	Western Sahara	68.41
141	Timor-Leste	67.74
142	Bolivia	67.72
143	Cambodia	67.61
144	India	67.57
145	Turkmenistan	67.31
146	Laos	67.17
147	Guyana	66.25
148	Sao Tome and Principe	66.14
149	Myanmar	66.01
150	Pakistan	65.86
151	Senegal	65.71
152	Kiribati	65.69
153	Kenya	65.4
154	Rwanda	65.16
155	Papua New Guinea	64.97
156	Madagascar	64.5
157	Gabon	64.45
158	Yemen	64.17
159	Ethiopia	63.69
160	Sudan	63.59
161	Eritrea	63.42
162	Botswana	62.91
163	Comoros	62.83
164	Tanzania	62.78
165	Mauritania	62.64
166	Republic of the Congo	62.55
167	Haiti	62.29
168	Afghanistan	62.25
169	Namibia	61.75
170	Ghana	61.68
171	Djibouti	61.62
172	Malawi	60.71
173	Liberia	60.7
174	Gambia	60.31
175	Angola	60.19
176	Benin	59.93
177	Zambia	59.73
178	South Africa	59.47
179	Togo	59.07
180	Burkina Faso	58.71
181	Uganda	58.61
182	Niger	58.53
183	DR Congo	58.1
184	Guinea	57.93
185	Zimbabwe	57.64
186	Equatorial Guinea	56.84
187	Cameroon	56.39
188	Mali	56.24
189	Burundi	56.09
190	Mozambique	56.08
191	Guinea-Bissau	56
192	South Sudan	55.06
193	Eswatini	54.99
194	Somalia	54.86
195	Ivory Coast	54.37
196	Lesotho	52.51
197	Nigeria	51.88
198	Chad	51.67
199	Sierra Leone	50.19
200	Central African Republic	49.4

What correlates with Life Expectancy?

Pearson r against 1,392 other country metrics sharing at least 120 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Life Expectancy tend to score higher on these

Life ExpectancyHappy Planet Index by Country
r = +0.97 · very strong · n = 149
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Life Expectancy UNLife Expectancy by Country
r = +0.96 · very strong · n = 199
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Life Expectancy at Birth (Years)Health Indicators by Country (World Bank)
r = +0.96 · very strong · n = 193
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GDI Female Life ExpectancyGender Development Index by Country
r = +0.96 · very strong · n = 184
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Life Expectancy WBLife Expectancy by Country
r = +0.95 · very strong · n = 193
Plot
Female Life Expectancy WBLife Expectancy by Country
r = +0.95 · very strong · n = 190
Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Life Expectancy tend to score lower on these

Infant Mortality RateInfant Mortality Rate by Country
r = −0.92 · very strong · n = 183
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Infant Deaths per 1,000 BirthsHealth Indicators by Country (World Bank)
r = −0.90 · very strong · n = 184
Plot
Neonatal Mortality RateNeonatal Mortality Rate by Country
r = −0.90 · very strong · n = 182
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Still Birth RateStillbirth Rates by Country
r = −0.89 · very strong · n = 184
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Infant Mortality Rate CIAInfant Mortality Rate by Country
r = −0.88 · very strong · n = 194
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% ChildrenChildren in the World by Country
r = −0.87 · very strong · n = 185
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Life Expectancy?: Hong Kong has the highest Life Expectancy, at 83.41, followed by Macau (83.29) and Japan (83.28).
Which country has the lowest Life Expectancy?: Central African Republic has the lowest Life Expectancy, at 49.4.
What is the median Life Expectancy across countries?: The median is 73.49 across the 200 countries with data.
Where does this past life expectancy by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Countries By Past Life Expectancy - Kaggle.