Life Expectancy by Country in 2012

In 2012, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 84.5293 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR with a life expectancy of 83.561 years of age, and ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎGibraltar with 83.3658 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho with 47.8354 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 79.22 years. Closely followed by Oceania with an average life expectancy of 77.69 years, and Europe with 77.25 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 82.16 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 81.03 years, and Southern Europe with 81.01 years of average life expectancy.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that High-income countries has the highest average life expectancy of 80.28 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 60.29 years of age.

Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2012

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 84.5293
2 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ China, Hong Kong SAR 83.561
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar 83.3658
4 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด China, Macao SAR 83.3259
5 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 83.1755
6 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra 82.9166
7 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 82.6158
8 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 82.575
9 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 82.5564
10 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein 82.4981
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey 82.4136
12 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia 82.3456
13 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 82.2588
14 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore 82.2434
15 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique 82.2238
16 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 82.2112
17 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Holy See 81.9506
18 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 81.774
19 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia 81.7588
20 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel 81.7346
21 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 81.7296
22 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 81.7221
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe 81.6097
24 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 81.4437
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 81.3905
26 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Republic of Korea 81.3473
27 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda 81.2724
28 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand 81.2089
29 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 81.0495
30 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 80.9818
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom 80.8659
32 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 80.841
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 80.7523
34 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion 80.7326
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey 80.6632
36 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 80.5058
37 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 80.5008
38 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 80.4784
39 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 80.3409
40 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 80.2607
41 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 80.1284
42 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 80.1094
43 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 80.0807
44 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy 80.0055
45 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man 79.3367
46 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica 79.2827
47 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ China, Taiwan Province of China 79.2614
48 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar 79.2265
49 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia 79.173
50 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain 79.0813
51 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile 79.0233
52 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin (French part) 79.0218
53 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands 78.9488
54 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America 78.9441
55 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait 78.8118
56 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates 78.7155
57 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives 78.6822
58 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon 78.6284
59 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico 78.4612
60 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 78.2796
61 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 78.1563
62 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania 78.064
63 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 78.0058
64 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba 77.8328
65 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla 77.8034
66 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte 77.6962
67 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis and Futuna Islands 77.5398
68 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda 77.3502
69 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 77.3401
70 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina 77.1914
71 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay 77.111
72 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands 77.0893
73 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman 77.0607
74 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos Islands 77.0365
75 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and Miquelon 76.8379
76 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama 76.8185
77 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand 76.7721
78 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 76.7138
79 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam 76.7068
80 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 76.5454
81 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina 76.4669
82 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana 76.4629
83 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia 76.4611
84 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro 76.3268
85 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena 76.2257
86 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China 76.1923
87 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 76.1746
88 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados 76.0987
89 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador 76.0616
90 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye 75.678
91 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia 75.5973
92 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia 75.5498
93 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands 75.5319
94 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba 75.5308
95 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao 75.467
96 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 75.2005
97 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 75.1808
98 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 75.1399
99 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 75.1062
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada 75.0416
101 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands 74.9563
102 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia 74.944
103 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei Darussalam 74.8274
104 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 74.6078
105 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat 74.5817
106 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico 74.574
107 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru 74.544
108 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde 74.4838
109 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 74.3908
110 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius 74.368
111 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan 74.3659
112 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 74.3572
113 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau 74.2482
114 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 74.2029
115 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria 74.2024
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran (Islamic Republic of) 74.186
117 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 74.1463
118 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands 73.9492
119 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka 73.9058
120 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 73.7447
121 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago 73.7159
122 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam 73.7044
123 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ United States Virgin Islands 73.6986
124 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles 73.6428
125 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil 73.5517
126 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ State of Palestine 73.4665
127 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia 73.454
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica 73.4335
129 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize 73.245
130 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 73.0364
131 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia 72.8821
132 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas 72.7528
133 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua 72.6148
134 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 72.6137
135 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic 72.5142
136 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay 72.4536
137 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 72.412
138 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa 72.3202
139 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya 72.2473
140 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa 72.1668
141 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador 71.8313
142 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras 71.7344
143 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 71.6789
144 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis 71.669
145 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 71.6273
146 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Dem. People's Republic of Korea 71.6261
147 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala 71.463
148 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland 71.4352
149 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia (Fed. States of) 71.3981
150 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines 70.8813
151 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation 70.7695
152 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica 70.5383
153 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga 70.442
154 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan 70.3598
155 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt 70.0848
156 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan 69.8742
157 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname 69.7644
158 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh 69.554
159 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu 69.4972
160 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan 69.3261
161 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue 69.2643
162 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Republic of Moldova 69.1431
163 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan 69.1295
164 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands 69.0839
165 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan 68.9933
166 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia 68.973
167 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia 68.9149
168 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan 68.7225
169 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan 68.4841
170 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara 68.2703
171 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia 68.1114
172 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq 68.0232
173 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India 67.8872
174 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji 67.5515
175 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal 67.47
176 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen 67.3429
177 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana 67.2298
178 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Republic 66.7687
179 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 66.7046
180 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste 66.0812
181 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe 65.7457
182 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal 65.4567
183 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati 65.3776
184 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao People's Democratic Republic 65.3554
185 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea 64.8385
186 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan 64.7823
187 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau 64.7077
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon 64.5871
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar 64.1412
190 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda 64.0094
191 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu 63.9636
192 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan 63.7922
193 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea 63.7325
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania 63.5779
195 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar 63.5436
196 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands 63.3733
197 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo 62.317
198 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti 62.2915
199 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia 62.0961
200 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana 62.0805
201 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ United Republic of Tanzania 62.0303
202 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan 61.923
203 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa 61.8457
204 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros 61.834
205 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia 61.5431
206 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya 61.1152
207 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti 60.8479
208 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana 60.8004
209 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru 60.7152
210 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia 59.9128
211 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger 59.6498
212 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia 58.8672
213 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea 58.8646
214 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda 58.8166
215 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin 58.7159
216 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi 58.6786
217 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola 58.6231
218 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi 58.4927
219 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo 58.073
220 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon 57.7922
221 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau 57.6901
222 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia 57.64
223 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso 57.6187
224 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea 57.4064
225 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo 57.2484
226 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali 57.0792
227 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire 56.1579
228 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan 55.8651
229 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique 55.6387
230 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe 55.6263
231 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone 55.451
232 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia 53.1611
233 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria 51.4973
234 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic 50.6861
235 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad 50.5401
236 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini 49.8352
237 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho 47.8354

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2012

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 79.2181
2 Oceania 77.6902
3 Europe 77.253
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 74.1009
5 Asia 72.0416
6 Africa 59.8106

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2012

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 82.1572
2 Western Europe 81.0262
3 Southern Europe 81.0118
4 Northern Europe 80.4136
5 Eastern Asia 77.1879
6 Polynesia 75.646
7 South America 74.2875
8 Central America 74.2022
9 Western Asia 72.9492
10 Eastern Europe 72.4563
11 Caribbean 72.0467
12 Micronesia 71.1687
13 South-Eastern Asia 70.6838
14 Northern Africa 70.1546
15 Central Asia 69.2517
16 Southern Asia 67.7736
17 Melanesia 64.9317
18 Southern Africa 60.8697
19 Eastern Africa 60.1962
20 Middle Africa 56.9386
21 Western Africa 54.9917

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2012

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 80.284
2 Upper-middle-income countries 74.6621
3 No income group available 72.9778
4 Middle-income countries 69.9571
5 Lower-middle-income countries 66.5505
6 Low-income countries 60.2932