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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.

Ranking summary

  • Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic tops the rankings in Life Expectancy, recording an increase from 18.82 to 57.41. Somalia flagSomalia follows with a gain from 53.93 to 58.82, while Namibia flagNamibia 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
1Central African Republic flag Central African Republic57.41 (2023)18.82 (2022)+205.07%
2Somalia flag Somalia58.82 (2023)53.93 (2022)+9.06%
3Namibia flag Namibia67.39 (2023)64.19 (2022)+4.98%
4Armenia flag Armenia77.47 (2023)74.77 (2022)+3.61%
5Brunei flag Brunei75.33 (2023)72.92 (2022)+3.31%
6Kuwait flag Kuwait83.19 (2023)80.59 (2022)+3.23%
7United Arab Emirates flag United Arab Emirates82.91 (2023)80.49 (2022)+3.01%
8Oman flag Oman80.03 (2023)77.91 (2022)+2.72%
9Saint Kitts and Nevis flag Saint Kitts and Nevis72.15 (2023)70.31 (2022)+2.61%
10Chile flag Chile81.17 (2023)79.18 (2022)+2.51%
11Uruguay flag Uruguay78.14 (2023)76.47 (2022)+2.18%
12Paraguay flag Paraguay73.84 (2023)72.32 (2022)+2.11%
13Argentina flag Argentina77.40 (2023)75.81 (2022)+2.10%
14Bulgaria flag Bulgaria75.71 (2023)74.16 (2022)+2.09%
15Cameroon flag Cameroon63.70 (2023)62.44 (2022)+2.01%
16Malawi flag Malawi67.35 (2023)66.04 (2022)+1.99%
17Yemen flag Yemen69.30 (2023)67.95 (2022)+1.98%
18Guatemala flag Guatemala72.60 (2023)71.21 (2022)+1.96%
19Romania flag Romania76.61 (2023)75.15 (2022)+1.93%
20Belize flag Belize73.57 (2023)72.19 (2022)+1.91%
21Latvia flag Latvia75.68 (2023)74.28 (2022)+1.88%
22Costa Rica flag Costa Rica80.80 (2023)79.32 (2022)+1.87%
23Saudi Arabia flag Saudi Arabia78.73 (2023)77.31 (2022)+1.84%
24Montenegro flag Montenegro77.59 (2023)76.19 (2022)+1.84%
25Lithuania flag Lithuania76.99 (2023)75.64 (2022)+1.78%
26Poland flag Poland78.51 (2023)77.16 (2022)+1.75%
27Eswatini flag Eswatini64.12 (2023)63.03 (2022)+1.74%
28Seychelles flag Seychelles74.96 (2023)73.70 (2022)+1.70%
29Bolivia flag Bolivia68.58 (2023)67.43 (2022)+1.70%
30Zambia flag Zambia66.35 (2023)65.28 (2022)+1.64%
31Malaysia flag Malaysia76.66 (2023)75.44 (2022)+1.61%
32Colombia flag Colombia77.73 (2023)76.51 (2022)+1.59%
33Haiti flag Haiti64.94 (2023)63.95 (2022)+1.55%
34Gambia flag Gambia65.86 (2023)64.86 (2022)+1.54%
35Cyprus flag Cyprus81.65 (2023)80.43 (2022)+1.51%
36Democratic Republic of the Congo flag Democratic Republic of the Congo61.90 (2023)60.98 (2022)+1.50%
37Thailand flag Thailand76.41 (2023)75.29 (2022)+1.49%
38Mexico flag Mexico75.07 (2023)73.97 (2022)+1.48%
39Bosnia and Herzegovina flag Bosnia and Herzegovina77.85 (2023)76.78 (2022)+1.40%
40Slovakia flag Slovakia78.02 (2023)76.97 (2022)+1.37%
41Senegal flag Senegal68.68 (2023)67.79 (2022)+1.32%
42Papua New Guinea flag Papua New Guinea66.13 (2023)65.27 (2022)+1.32%
43Serbia flag Serbia76.22 (2023)75.24 (2022)+1.31%
44Brazil flag Brazil75.85 (2023)74.87 (2022)+1.30%
45Niger flag Niger61.18 (2023)60.40 (2022)+1.30%
46Malta flag Malta83.51 (2023)82.45 (2022)+1.28%
47New Zealand flag New Zealand83.00 (2023)81.96 (2022)+1.28%
48Eritrea flag Eritrea68.62 (2023)67.79 (2022)+1.23%
49United States flag United States78.39 (2023)77.43 (2022)+1.23%
50Kazakhstan flag Kazakhstan74.40 (2023)73.50 (2022)+1.22%
51Burundi flag Burundi63.65 (2023)62.88 (2022)+1.22%
52Italy flag Italy83.70 (2023)82.70 (2022)+1.21%
53Czech Republic flag Czech Republic79.88 (2023)78.93 (2022)+1.20%
54North Macedonia flag North Macedonia75.32 (2023)74.42 (2022)+1.20%
55Hungary flag Hungary76.77 (2023)75.87 (2022)+1.19%
56Congo flag Congo65.77 (2023)65.00 (2022)+1.19%
57Peru flag Peru77.74 (2023)76.83 (2022)+1.18%
58Croatia flag Croatia78.47 (2023)77.58 (2022)+1.16%
59Iran flag Iran77.65 (2023)76.80 (2022)+1.11%
60Ecuador flag Ecuador77.39 (2023)76.58 (2022)+1.06%
61Albania flag Albania79.60 (2023)78.77 (2022)+1.06%
62Ukraine flag Ukraine73.42 (2023)72.66 (2022)+1.05%
63South Africa flag South Africa66.14 (2023)65.45 (2022)+1.05%
64Chad flag Chad55.07 (2023)54.53 (2022)+0.99%
65Lesotho flag Lesotho57.38 (2023)56.81 (2022)+0.99%
66Russia flag Russia73.25 (2023)72.55 (2022)+0.98%
67France flag France82.93 (2023)82.13 (2022)+0.97%
68Sudan flag Sudan66.33 (2023)65.70 (2022)+0.97%
69Mozambique flag Mozambique63.61 (2023)63.01 (2022)+0.95%
70Jordan flag Jordan77.81 (2023)77.09 (2022)+0.94%
71Greece flag Greece81.54 (2023)80.79 (2022)+0.93%
72Gabon flag Gabon68.34 (2023)67.71 (2022)+0.92%
73South Korea flag South Korea83.43 (2023)82.68 (2022)+0.91%
74Spain flag Spain83.88 (2023)83.13 (2022)+0.90%
75Madagascar flag Madagascar63.63 (2023)63.07 (2022)+0.89%
76Egypt flag Egypt71.63 (2023)71.01 (2022)+0.88%
77Liechtenstein flag Liechtenstein84.84 (2023)84.12 (2022)+0.86%
78Slovenia flag Slovenia81.98 (2023)81.28 (2022)+0.86%
79Uganda flag Uganda68.25 (2023)67.68 (2022)+0.85%
80Sierra Leone flag Sierra Leone61.79 (2023)61.28 (2022)+0.83%
81Estonia flag Estonia78.49 (2023)77.84 (2022)+0.83%
82Portugal flag Portugal82.28 (2023)81.63 (2022)+0.79%
83Belgium flag Belgium82.40 (2023)81.75 (2022)+0.79%
84Guinea-Bissau flag Guinea-Bissau64.09 (2023)63.61 (2022)+0.75%
85Norway flag Norway83.11 (2023)82.51 (2022)+0.73%
86Monaco flag Monaco86.37 (2023)85.75 (2022)+0.73%
87South Sudan flag South Sudan57.62 (2023)57.20 (2022)+0.72%
88Togo flag Togo62.74 (2023)62.29 (2022)+0.72%
89Nigeria flag Nigeria54.46 (2023)54.08 (2022)+0.71%
90Sao Tome and Principe flag Sao Tome and Principe69.72 (2023)69.24 (2022)+0.69%
91Djibouti flag Djibouti65.99 (2023)65.54 (2022)+0.68%
92Denmark flag Denmark81.85 (2023)81.30 (2022)+0.67%
93Mali flag Mali60.44 (2023)60.04 (2022)+0.67%
94Zimbabwe flag Zimbabwe62.78 (2023)62.36 (2022)+0.67%
95Barbados flag Barbados76.18 (2023)75.68 (2022)+0.66%
96Nicaragua flag Nicaragua74.95 (2023)74.46 (2022)+0.65%
97Burkina Faso flag Burkina Faso61.09 (2023)60.70 (2022)+0.65%
98Afghanistan flag Afghanistan66.04 (2023)65.62 (2022)+0.64%
99Ethiopia flag Ethiopia67.32 (2023)66.90 (2022)+0.62%
100Qatar flag Qatar82.37 (2023)81.86 (2022)+0.62%
101Côte d'Ivoire flag Côte d'Ivoire61.94 (2023)61.56 (2022)+0.62%
102Finland flag Finland81.69 (2023)81.19 (2022)+0.61%
103Tunisia flag Tunisia76.51 (2023)76.05 (2022)+0.60%
104Botswana flag Botswana69.16 (2023)68.75 (2022)+0.60%
105Israel flag Israel83.20 (2023)82.70 (2022)+0.60%
106Iceland flag Iceland82.61 (2023)82.12 (2022)+0.59%
107Cuba flag Cuba78.09 (2023)77.63 (2022)+0.59%
108Angola flag Angola64.62 (2023)64.25 (2022)+0.58%
109Myanmar flag Myanmar66.89 (2023)66.51 (2022)+0.58%
110Equatorial Guinea flag Equatorial Guinea63.71 (2023)63.36 (2022)+0.56%
111Bangladesh flag Bangladesh74.67 (2023)74.27 (2022)+0.55%
112Switzerland flag Switzerland84.06 (2023)83.60 (2022)+0.54%
113Philippines flag Philippines69.83 (2023)69.47 (2022)+0.52%
114Suriname flag Suriname73.63 (2023)73.25 (2022)+0.51%
115Guinea flag Guinea60.74 (2023)60.43 (2022)+0.51%
116Palau flag Palau69.27 (2023)68.92 (2022)+0.50%
117Luxembourg flag Luxembourg83.36 (2023)82.95 (2022)+0.50%
118Benin flag Benin60.77 (2023)60.48 (2022)+0.49%
119Canada flag Canada81.65 (2023)81.25 (2022)+0.49%
120Georgia flag Georgia74.50 (2023)74.14 (2022)+0.48%
121Timor-Leste flag Timor-Leste67.69 (2023)67.37 (2022)+0.48%
122Comoros flag Comoros66.78 (2023)66.48 (2022)+0.45%
123Ireland flag Ireland82.86 (2023)82.51 (2022)+0.43%
124India flag India72.00 (2023)71.70 (2022)+0.43%
125Guyana flag Guyana70.18 (2023)69.89 (2022)+0.42%
126Azerbaijan flag Azerbaijan74.43 (2023)74.13 (2022)+0.41%
127Iraq flag Iraq72.32 (2023)72.04 (2022)+0.40%
128Ghana flag Ghana65.50 (2023)65.25 (2022)+0.39%
129Nepal flag Nepal70.35 (2023)70.09 (2022)+0.38%
130Rwanda flag Rwanda67.79 (2023)67.53 (2022)+0.38%
131Tuvalu flag Tuvalu67.11 (2023)66.85 (2022)+0.38%
132Liberia flag Liberia62.16 (2023)61.93 (2022)+0.37%
133Netherlands flag Netherlands81.91 (2023)81.61 (2022)+0.37%
134Laos flag Laos68.96 (2023)68.72 (2022)+0.36%
135Bahrain flag Bahrain81.28 (2023)80.99 (2022)+0.36%
136Tonga flag Tonga72.90 (2023)72.64 (2022)+0.36%
137Micronesia flag Micronesia67.20 (2023)66.96 (2022)+0.35%
138Maldives flag Maldives81.04 (2023)80.76 (2022)+0.35%
139Pakistan flag Pakistan67.65 (2023)67.42 (2022)+0.34%
140Panama flag Panama79.59 (2023)79.32 (2022)+0.34%
141Uzbekistan flag Uzbekistan72.39 (2023)72.15 (2022)+0.33%
142Marshall Islands flag Marshall Islands66.95 (2023)66.73 (2022)+0.33%
143Tajikistan flag Tajikistan71.79 (2023)71.56 (2022)+0.32%
144Indonesia flag Indonesia71.15 (2023)70.93 (2022)+0.31%
145Mongolia flag Mongolia72.12 (2023)71.90 (2022)+0.31%
146Kiribati flag Kiribati66.47 (2023)66.27 (2022)+0.31%
147Bhutan flag Bhutan72.98 (2023)72.75 (2022)+0.30%
148Austria flag Austria81.54 (2023)81.30 (2022)+0.30%
149Sweden flag Sweden83.31 (2023)83.06 (2022)+0.30%
150Mauritania flag Mauritania68.48 (2023)68.28 (2022)+0.30%
151Nauru flag Nauru62.11 (2023)61.93 (2022)+0.29%
152United Kingdom flag United Kingdom81.24 (2023)81.01 (2022)+0.28%
153Kyrgyzstan flag Kyrgyzstan72.25 (2023)72.05 (2022)+0.28%
154Fiji flag Fiji67.32 (2023)67.15 (2022)+0.25%
155Vanuatu flag Vanuatu71.48 (2023)71.30 (2022)+0.25%
156Sri Lanka flag Sri Lanka77.48 (2023)77.30 (2022)+0.24%
157Honduras flag Honduras72.88 (2023)72.72 (2022)+0.23%
158Turkmenistan flag Turkmenistan70.07 (2023)69.91 (2022)+0.23%
159Trinidad and Tobago flag Trinidad and Tobago73.49 (2023)73.33 (2022)+0.22%
160Samoa flag Samoa71.70 (2023)71.55 (2022)+0.21%
161Morocco flag Morocco75.31 (2023)75.16 (2022)+0.20%
162Cabo Verde flag Cabo Verde76.06 (2023)75.91 (2022)+0.20%
163Cambodia flag Cambodia70.67 (2023)70.53 (2022)+0.20%
164El Salvador flag El Salvador72.10 (2023)71.97 (2022)+0.18%
165Tanzania flag Tanzania67.00 (2023)66.88 (2022)+0.17%
166Algeria flag Algeria76.26 (2023)76.13 (2022)+0.17%
167Solomon Islands flag Solomon Islands70.53 (2023)70.41 (2022)+0.17%
168Kenya flag Kenya63.65 (2023)63.55 (2022)+0.15%
169Antigua and Barbuda flag Antigua and Barbuda77.60 (2023)77.48 (2022)+0.15%
170Vietnam flag Vietnam74.59 (2023)74.50 (2022)+0.12%
171Belarus flag Belarus74.18 (2023)74.10 (2022)+0.11%
172Bahamas flag Bahamas74.55 (2023)74.49 (2022)+0.08%
173Grenada flag Grenada75.21 (2023)75.15 (2022)+0.07%
174Dominica flag Dominica71.13 (2023)71.08 (2022)+0.07%
175Saint Vincent and the Grenadines flag Saint Vincent and the Grenadines71.23 (2023)71.19 (2022)+0.05%
176Japan flag Japan84.04 (2023)84.00 (2022)+0.05%
177Saint Lucia flag Saint Lucia72.70 (2023)72.67 (2022)+0.04%
178Andorra flag Andorra84.04 (2023)84.02 (2022)+0.03%
179North Korea flag North Korea73.64 (2023)73.64 (2022)+0.00%
180Singapore flag Singapore82.90 (2023)82.90 (2022)+0.00%
181San Marino flag San Marino85.71 (2023)85.71 (2022)0.00%
182Jamaica flag Jamaica71.48 (2023)71.48 (2022)0.00%
183Venezuela flag Venezuela72.51 (2023)72.57 (2022)-0.07%
184Germany flag Germany80.54 (2023)80.61 (2022)-0.08%
185Mauritius flag Mauritius73.41 (2023)73.51 (2022)-0.14%
186Australia flag Australia83.05 (2023)83.20 (2022)-0.18%
187Lebanon flag Lebanon77.82 (2023)78.00 (2022)-0.24%
188China flag China77.95 (2023)78.20 (2022)-0.32%
189Moldova flag Moldova71.20 (2023)71.55 (2022)-0.49%
190Türkiye flag Türkiye77.16 (2023)77.59 (2022)-0.56%
191Dominican Republic flag Dominican Republic73.72 (2023)74.21 (2022)-0.66%
192Syria flag Syria72.12 (2023)72.79 (2022)-0.92%
193Libya flag Libya69.34 (2023)74.46 (2022)-6.88%

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