Life Expectancy by Country in 2016

In 2016, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 85.7228 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR with a life expectancy of 84.539 years of age, and ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR with 84.2311 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria with 52.0427 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 79.16 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 78.43 years, and Oceania with 78.35 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 82.73 years. Closely followed by Southern Europe with an average life expectancy of 81.83 years, and Western Europe with 81.57 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 80.80 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 62.11 years of age.

Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2016

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 85.7228
2 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ China, Hong Kong SAR 84.539
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด China, Macao SAR 84.2311
4 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 84.0664
5 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 83.4452
6 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 83.1107
7 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 83.0492
8 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 83.0411
9 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore 83.0001
10 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 82.9726
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra 82.9671
12 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Republic of Korea 82.9259
13 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia 82.8707
14 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Holy See 82.8511
15 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey 82.6324
16 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe 82.5527
17 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia 82.4878
18 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel 82.4854
19 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 82.4372
20 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 82.4147
21 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein 82.3932
22 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 82.3391
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique 82.1944
24 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand 82.07
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 82.0535
26 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 82.0434
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 82.03
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar 81.702
29 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 81.5925
30 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 81.5498
31 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 81.547
32 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion 81.5031
33 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 81.2915
34 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 81.2661
35 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 81.2324
36 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 81.1617
37 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 81.1577
38 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom 81.0747
39 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 81.0563
40 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 80.8803
41 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 80.8471
42 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda 80.6078
43 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey 80.6028
44 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar 80.4335
45 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man 80.3138
46 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico 80.2705
47 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands 80.1813
48 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile 80.0794
49 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives 79.872
50 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ China, Taiwan Province of China 79.7716
51 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait 79.7011
52 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy 79.6338
53 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain 79.5569
54 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon 79.5054
55 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin (French part) 79.4752
56 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica 79.4592
57 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates 79.3347
58 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia 79.0211
59 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 78.9967
60 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 78.9809
61 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania 78.8602
62 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America 78.8482
63 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 78.4314
64 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis and Futuna Islands 78.3347
65 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 78.2314
66 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda 78.1516
67 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand 78.0489
68 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman 77.9158
69 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 77.8201
70 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 77.8025
71 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama 77.6529
72 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba 77.643
73 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay 77.5707
74 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte 77.3657
75 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China 77.2177
76 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 77.2146
77 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and Miquelon 77.0677
78 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia 77.0643
79 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam 76.8769
80 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos Islands 76.8644
81 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla 76.8269
82 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados 76.8149
83 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina 76.8083
84 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands 76.7804
85 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador 76.7634
86 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro 76.7462
87 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana 76.6841
88 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye 76.6605
89 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 76.5978
90 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia 76.4713
91 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina 76.3077
92 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 76.2609
93 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 76.1552
94 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 76.0296
95 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao 75.9675
96 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena 75.8071
97 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru 75.789
98 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia 75.7861
99 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde 75.7423
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria 75.7318
101 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands 75.7236
102 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba 75.6168
103 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran (Islamic Republic of) 75.6
104 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 75.4942
105 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka 75.3314
106 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia 75.2888
107 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 75.2458
108 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan 75.2153
109 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat 75.0895
110 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius 75.0114
111 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ United States Virgin Islands 74.9595
112 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 74.8816
113 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands 74.878
114 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 74.8336
115 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau 74.8174
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada 74.7622
117 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 74.7535
118 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei Darussalam 74.7332
119 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia 74.6639
120 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ State of Palestine 74.5544
121 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil 74.4415
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico 74.4122
123 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands 74.3222
124 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 74.3121
125 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago 74.281
126 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 74.2799
127 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 74.258
128 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam 73.9382
129 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles 73.6425
130 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 73.5692
131 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas 73.5368
132 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay 73.5336
133 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize 73.3988
134 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 73.284
135 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua 73.2562
136 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia 73.1116
137 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic 72.9867
138 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Dem. People's Republic of Korea 72.8045
139 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation 72.6609
140 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras 72.5878
141 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa 72.5397
142 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa 72.3712
143 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala 72.3547
144 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland 72.1911
145 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 72.0578
146 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador 72.0248
147 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica 72.0198
148 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan 72.0039
149 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya 71.756
150 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis 71.7405
151 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia (Fed. States of) 71.5954
152 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname 71.5924
153 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines 71.3871
154 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh 71.09
155 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan 70.8984
156 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt 70.8435
157 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan 70.7548
158 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga 70.661
159 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan 70.6022
160 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue 70.3281
161 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan 70.2761
162 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia 70.2244
163 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica 70.1284
164 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India 70.1167
165 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Republic of Moldova 69.9169
166 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia 69.8647
167 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands 69.8007
168 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia 69.7976
169 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu 69.6496
170 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara 69.5923
171 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan 69.5493
172 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq 68.9878
173 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan 68.7774
174 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal 68.7758
175 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana 68.384
176 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 67.6277
177 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal 67.4969
178 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe 67.4917
179 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste 67.4461
180 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji 67.2395
181 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao People's Democratic Republic 67.1667
182 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati 66.3316
183 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea 66.2893
184 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen 66.0641
185 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Republic 65.9933
186 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan 65.8797
187 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon 65.8025
188 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda 65.7373
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar 65.685
190 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana 65.4644
191 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ United Republic of Tanzania 65.3862
192 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar 64.9969
193 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea 64.8399
194 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan 64.7801
195 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania 64.7679
196 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa 64.7469
197 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia 64.3919
198 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu 64.1075
199 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands 64.0569
200 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana 63.8902
201 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau 63.8521
202 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo 63.5765
203 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti 63.3922
204 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros 63.2368
205 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan 63.1361
206 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia 63.0127
207 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru 62.7018
208 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi 62.2093
209 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti 62.1908
210 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya 62.1632
211 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia 61.7937
212 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia 61.6825
213 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda 61.6479
214 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger 61.6288
215 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola 61.0923
216 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi 60.7931
217 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea 60.4786
218 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia 60.4162
219 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe 60.3059
220 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon 60.2333
221 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau 59.6739
222 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo 59.5501
223 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin 59.5394
224 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso 59.3262
225 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo 59.0664
226 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique 59.038
227 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea 58.7625
228 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali 58.7313
229 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone 58.4045
230 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire 58.0599
231 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini 56.6591
232 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan 55.5437
233 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia 55.0444
234 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic 53.4601
235 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho 52.2641
236 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad 52.0834
237 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria 52.0427

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2016

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 79.1645
2 Europe 78.4272
3 Oceania 78.3537
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 74.5929
5 Asia 73.4446
6 Africa 61.588

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2016

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 82.7344
2 Southern Europe 81.8288
3 Western Europe 81.5676
4 Northern Europe 80.8643
5 Eastern Asia 78.2088
6 Polynesia 76.2769
7 South America 74.9513
8 Central America 74.2427
9 Eastern Europe 74.2003
10 Western Asia 73.718
11 Caribbean 72.3993
12 Micronesia 71.6569
13 South-Eastern Asia 71.5643
14 Northern Africa 71.1498
15 Central Asia 70.394
16 Southern Asia 69.7436
17 Melanesia 65.8175
18 Southern Africa 64.0278
19 Eastern Africa 62.7526
20 Middle Africa 58.9608
21 Western Africa 56.0672

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2016

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 80.8003
2 Upper-middle-income countries 75.7177
3 No income group available 72.0374
4 Middle-income countries 71.3094
5 Lower-middle-income countries 68.1173
6 Low-income countries 62.1108