Life Expectancy by Country

The Life Expectancy by Country ranking compares nations by year-over-year changes in life expectancy, ranking those with the largest increases higher to highlight advancements in healthcare, living conditions, and overall well-being.

Key highlights

• Central African Republic tops the rankings in Life Expectancy, recording an increase from 18.82 to 57.41. Somalia follows with a gain from 53.93 to 58.82, while Namibia rounds out the top three, rising from 64.19 to 67.39.
• Across all 193 countries, the average year-over-year change was +1.90% with a median change of +0.65%.
• Overall, 179 countries improved in this area while 13 worsened. Click on a country to open the full country scorecard and see how it performs across a range of key indicators.

Rank ⇵	Country ⇵	Most Recent Year ⇵	Previous Year ⇵	Change ⇵
1	Central African Republic	57.41 (2023)	18.82 (2022)	+205.07%
2	Somalia	58.82 (2023)	53.93 (2022)	+9.06%
3	Namibia	67.39 (2023)	64.19 (2022)	+4.98%
4	Armenia	77.47 (2023)	74.77 (2022)	+3.61%
5	Brunei	75.33 (2023)	72.92 (2022)	+3.31%
6	Kuwait	83.19 (2023)	80.59 (2022)	+3.23%
7	United Arab Emirates	82.91 (2023)	80.49 (2022)	+3.01%
8	Oman	80.03 (2023)	77.91 (2022)	+2.72%
9	Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.15 (2023)	70.31 (2022)	+2.61%
10	Chile	81.17 (2023)	79.18 (2022)	+2.51%
11	Uruguay	78.14 (2023)	76.47 (2022)	+2.18%
12	Paraguay	73.84 (2023)	72.32 (2022)	+2.11%
13	Argentina	77.40 (2023)	75.81 (2022)	+2.10%
14	Bulgaria	75.71 (2023)	74.16 (2022)	+2.09%
15	Cameroon	63.70 (2023)	62.44 (2022)	+2.01%
16	Malawi	67.35 (2023)	66.04 (2022)	+1.99%
17	Yemen	69.30 (2023)	67.95 (2022)	+1.98%
18	Guatemala	72.60 (2023)	71.21 (2022)	+1.96%
19	Romania	76.61 (2023)	75.15 (2022)	+1.93%
20	Belize	73.57 (2023)	72.19 (2022)	+1.91%
21	Latvia	75.68 (2023)	74.28 (2022)	+1.88%
22	Costa Rica	80.80 (2023)	79.32 (2022)	+1.87%
23	Saudi Arabia	78.73 (2023)	77.31 (2022)	+1.84%
24	Montenegro	77.59 (2023)	76.19 (2022)	+1.84%
25	Lithuania	76.99 (2023)	75.64 (2022)	+1.78%
26	Poland	78.51 (2023)	77.16 (2022)	+1.75%
27	Eswatini	64.12 (2023)	63.03 (2022)	+1.74%
28	Seychelles	74.96 (2023)	73.70 (2022)	+1.70%
29	Bolivia	68.58 (2023)	67.43 (2022)	+1.70%
30	Zambia	66.35 (2023)	65.28 (2022)	+1.64%
31	Malaysia	76.66 (2023)	75.44 (2022)	+1.61%
32	Colombia	77.73 (2023)	76.51 (2022)	+1.59%
33	Haiti	64.94 (2023)	63.95 (2022)	+1.55%
34	Gambia	65.86 (2023)	64.86 (2022)	+1.54%
35	Cyprus	81.65 (2023)	80.43 (2022)	+1.51%
36	Democratic Republic of the Congo	61.90 (2023)	60.98 (2022)	+1.50%
37	Thailand	76.41 (2023)	75.29 (2022)	+1.49%
38	Mexico	75.07 (2023)	73.97 (2022)	+1.48%
39	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77.85 (2023)	76.78 (2022)	+1.40%
40	Slovakia	78.02 (2023)	76.97 (2022)	+1.37%
41	Senegal	68.68 (2023)	67.79 (2022)	+1.32%
42	Papua New Guinea	66.13 (2023)	65.27 (2022)	+1.32%
43	Serbia	76.22 (2023)	75.24 (2022)	+1.31%
44	Brazil	75.85 (2023)	74.87 (2022)	+1.30%
45	Niger	61.18 (2023)	60.40 (2022)	+1.30%
46	Malta	83.51 (2023)	82.45 (2022)	+1.28%
47	New Zealand	83.00 (2023)	81.96 (2022)	+1.28%
48	Eritrea	68.62 (2023)	67.79 (2022)	+1.23%
49	United States	78.39 (2023)	77.43 (2022)	+1.23%
50	Kazakhstan	74.40 (2023)	73.50 (2022)	+1.22%
51	Burundi	63.65 (2023)	62.88 (2022)	+1.22%
52	Italy	83.70 (2023)	82.70 (2022)	+1.21%
53	Czech Republic	79.88 (2023)	78.93 (2022)	+1.20%
54	North Macedonia	75.32 (2023)	74.42 (2022)	+1.20%
55	Hungary	76.77 (2023)	75.87 (2022)	+1.19%
56	Congo	65.77 (2023)	65.00 (2022)	+1.19%
57	Peru	77.74 (2023)	76.83 (2022)	+1.18%
58	Croatia	78.47 (2023)	77.58 (2022)	+1.16%
59	Iran	77.65 (2023)	76.80 (2022)	+1.11%
60	Ecuador	77.39 (2023)	76.58 (2022)	+1.06%
61	Albania	79.60 (2023)	78.77 (2022)	+1.06%
62	Ukraine	73.42 (2023)	72.66 (2022)	+1.05%
63	South Africa	66.14 (2023)	65.45 (2022)	+1.05%
64	Chad	55.07 (2023)	54.53 (2022)	+0.99%
65	Lesotho	57.38 (2023)	56.81 (2022)	+0.99%
66	Russia	73.25 (2023)	72.55 (2022)	+0.98%
67	France	82.93 (2023)	82.13 (2022)	+0.97%
68	Sudan	66.33 (2023)	65.70 (2022)	+0.97%
69	Mozambique	63.61 (2023)	63.01 (2022)	+0.95%
70	Jordan	77.81 (2023)	77.09 (2022)	+0.94%
71	Greece	81.54 (2023)	80.79 (2022)	+0.93%
72	Gabon	68.34 (2023)	67.71 (2022)	+0.92%
73	South Korea	83.43 (2023)	82.68 (2022)	+0.91%
74	Spain	83.88 (2023)	83.13 (2022)	+0.90%
75	Madagascar	63.63 (2023)	63.07 (2022)	+0.89%
76	Egypt	71.63 (2023)	71.01 (2022)	+0.88%
77	Liechtenstein	84.84 (2023)	84.12 (2022)	+0.86%
78	Slovenia	81.98 (2023)	81.28 (2022)	+0.86%
79	Uganda	68.25 (2023)	67.68 (2022)	+0.85%
80	Sierra Leone	61.79 (2023)	61.28 (2022)	+0.83%
81	Estonia	78.49 (2023)	77.84 (2022)	+0.83%
82	Portugal	82.28 (2023)	81.63 (2022)	+0.79%
83	Belgium	82.40 (2023)	81.75 (2022)	+0.79%
84	Guinea-Bissau	64.09 (2023)	63.61 (2022)	+0.75%
85	Norway	83.11 (2023)	82.51 (2022)	+0.73%
86	Monaco	86.37 (2023)	85.75 (2022)	+0.73%
87	South Sudan	57.62 (2023)	57.20 (2022)	+0.72%
88	Togo	62.74 (2023)	62.29 (2022)	+0.72%
89	Nigeria	54.46 (2023)	54.08 (2022)	+0.71%
90	Sao Tome and Principe	69.72 (2023)	69.24 (2022)	+0.69%
91	Djibouti	65.99 (2023)	65.54 (2022)	+0.68%
92	Denmark	81.85 (2023)	81.30 (2022)	+0.67%
93	Mali	60.44 (2023)	60.04 (2022)	+0.67%
94	Zimbabwe	62.78 (2023)	62.36 (2022)	+0.67%
95	Barbados	76.18 (2023)	75.68 (2022)	+0.66%
96	Nicaragua	74.95 (2023)	74.46 (2022)	+0.65%
97	Burkina Faso	61.09 (2023)	60.70 (2022)	+0.65%
98	Afghanistan	66.04 (2023)	65.62 (2022)	+0.64%
99	Ethiopia	67.32 (2023)	66.90 (2022)	+0.62%
100	Qatar	82.37 (2023)	81.86 (2022)	+0.62%
101	Côte d'Ivoire	61.94 (2023)	61.56 (2022)	+0.62%
102	Finland	81.69 (2023)	81.19 (2022)	+0.61%
103	Tunisia	76.51 (2023)	76.05 (2022)	+0.60%
104	Botswana	69.16 (2023)	68.75 (2022)	+0.60%
105	Israel	83.20 (2023)	82.70 (2022)	+0.60%
106	Iceland	82.61 (2023)	82.12 (2022)	+0.59%
107	Cuba	78.09 (2023)	77.63 (2022)	+0.59%
108	Angola	64.62 (2023)	64.25 (2022)	+0.58%
109	Myanmar	66.89 (2023)	66.51 (2022)	+0.58%
110	Equatorial Guinea	63.71 (2023)	63.36 (2022)	+0.56%
111	Bangladesh	74.67 (2023)	74.27 (2022)	+0.55%
112	Switzerland	84.06 (2023)	83.60 (2022)	+0.54%
113	Philippines	69.83 (2023)	69.47 (2022)	+0.52%
114	Suriname	73.63 (2023)	73.25 (2022)	+0.51%
115	Guinea	60.74 (2023)	60.43 (2022)	+0.51%
116	Palau	69.27 (2023)	68.92 (2022)	+0.50%
117	Luxembourg	83.36 (2023)	82.95 (2022)	+0.50%
118	Benin	60.77 (2023)	60.48 (2022)	+0.49%
119	Canada	81.65 (2023)	81.25 (2022)	+0.49%
120	Georgia	74.50 (2023)	74.14 (2022)	+0.48%
121	Timor-Leste	67.69 (2023)	67.37 (2022)	+0.48%
122	Comoros	66.78 (2023)	66.48 (2022)	+0.45%
123	Ireland	82.86 (2023)	82.51 (2022)	+0.43%
124	India	72.00 (2023)	71.70 (2022)	+0.43%
125	Guyana	70.18 (2023)	69.89 (2022)	+0.42%
126	Azerbaijan	74.43 (2023)	74.13 (2022)	+0.41%
127	Iraq	72.32 (2023)	72.04 (2022)	+0.40%
128	Ghana	65.50 (2023)	65.25 (2022)	+0.39%
129	Nepal	70.35 (2023)	70.09 (2022)	+0.38%
130	Rwanda	67.79 (2023)	67.53 (2022)	+0.38%
131	Tuvalu	67.11 (2023)	66.85 (2022)	+0.38%
132	Liberia	62.16 (2023)	61.93 (2022)	+0.37%
133	Netherlands	81.91 (2023)	81.61 (2022)	+0.37%
134	Laos	68.96 (2023)	68.72 (2022)	+0.36%
135	Bahrain	81.28 (2023)	80.99 (2022)	+0.36%
136	Tonga	72.90 (2023)	72.64 (2022)	+0.36%
137	Micronesia	67.20 (2023)	66.96 (2022)	+0.35%
138	Maldives	81.04 (2023)	80.76 (2022)	+0.35%
139	Pakistan	67.65 (2023)	67.42 (2022)	+0.34%
140	Panama	79.59 (2023)	79.32 (2022)	+0.34%
141	Uzbekistan	72.39 (2023)	72.15 (2022)	+0.33%
142	Marshall Islands	66.95 (2023)	66.73 (2022)	+0.33%
143	Tajikistan	71.79 (2023)	71.56 (2022)	+0.32%
144	Indonesia	71.15 (2023)	70.93 (2022)	+0.31%
145	Mongolia	72.12 (2023)	71.90 (2022)	+0.31%
146	Kiribati	66.47 (2023)	66.27 (2022)	+0.31%
147	Bhutan	72.98 (2023)	72.75 (2022)	+0.30%
148	Austria	81.54 (2023)	81.30 (2022)	+0.30%
149	Sweden	83.31 (2023)	83.06 (2022)	+0.30%
150	Mauritania	68.48 (2023)	68.28 (2022)	+0.30%
151	Nauru	62.11 (2023)	61.93 (2022)	+0.29%
152	United Kingdom	81.24 (2023)	81.01 (2022)	+0.28%
153	Kyrgyzstan	72.25 (2023)	72.05 (2022)	+0.28%
154	Fiji	67.32 (2023)	67.15 (2022)	+0.25%
155	Vanuatu	71.48 (2023)	71.30 (2022)	+0.25%
156	Sri Lanka	77.48 (2023)	77.30 (2022)	+0.24%
157	Honduras	72.88 (2023)	72.72 (2022)	+0.23%
158	Turkmenistan	70.07 (2023)	69.91 (2022)	+0.23%
159	Trinidad and Tobago	73.49 (2023)	73.33 (2022)	+0.22%
160	Samoa	71.70 (2023)	71.55 (2022)	+0.21%
161	Morocco	75.31 (2023)	75.16 (2022)	+0.20%
162	Cabo Verde	76.06 (2023)	75.91 (2022)	+0.20%
163	Cambodia	70.67 (2023)	70.53 (2022)	+0.20%
164	El Salvador	72.10 (2023)	71.97 (2022)	+0.18%
165	Tanzania	67.00 (2023)	66.88 (2022)	+0.17%
166	Algeria	76.26 (2023)	76.13 (2022)	+0.17%
167	Solomon Islands	70.53 (2023)	70.41 (2022)	+0.17%
168	Kenya	63.65 (2023)	63.55 (2022)	+0.15%
169	Antigua and Barbuda	77.60 (2023)	77.48 (2022)	+0.15%
170	Vietnam	74.59 (2023)	74.50 (2022)	+0.12%
171	Belarus	74.18 (2023)	74.10 (2022)	+0.11%
172	Bahamas	74.55 (2023)	74.49 (2022)	+0.08%
173	Grenada	75.21 (2023)	75.15 (2022)	+0.07%
174	Dominica	71.13 (2023)	71.08 (2022)	+0.07%
175	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.23 (2023)	71.19 (2022)	+0.05%
176	Japan	84.04 (2023)	84.00 (2022)	+0.05%
177	Saint Lucia	72.70 (2023)	72.67 (2022)	+0.04%
178	Andorra	84.04 (2023)	84.02 (2022)	+0.03%
179	North Korea	73.64 (2023)	73.64 (2022)	+0.00%
180	Singapore	82.90 (2023)	82.90 (2022)	+0.00%
181	San Marino	85.71 (2023)	85.71 (2022)	0.00%
182	Jamaica	71.48 (2023)	71.48 (2022)	0.00%
183	Venezuela	72.51 (2023)	72.57 (2022)	-0.07%
184	Germany	80.54 (2023)	80.61 (2022)	-0.08%
185	Mauritius	73.41 (2023)	73.51 (2022)	-0.14%
186	Australia	83.05 (2023)	83.20 (2022)	-0.18%
187	Lebanon	77.82 (2023)	78.00 (2022)	-0.24%
188	China	77.95 (2023)	78.20 (2022)	-0.32%
189	Moldova	71.20 (2023)	71.55 (2022)	-0.49%
190	Türkiye	77.16 (2023)	77.59 (2022)	-0.56%
191	Dominican Republic	73.72 (2023)	74.21 (2022)	-0.66%
192	Syria	72.12 (2023)	72.79 (2022)	-0.92%
193	Libya	69.34 (2023)	74.46 (2022)	-6.88%

Source: World Bank. Only countries with complete data (both points within the past 10 years) are shown.