Countries by Life Expectancy

Compare countries by life expectancy using latest available economic data, ranking tables, country links and source notes.
INDICATOR: Life Expectancy
UNIT: years
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T20:04:58+02:00

Full ranking · Life Expectancy

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Rank Country Latest value Class Country page
1 Hong Kong 85.39 high open
2 Kuwait 84.58 high open
3 Switzerland 84.41 high open
4 Sweden 84.06 high open
5 Japan 84.04 high open
6 Italy 83.95 medium open
7 Spain 83.89 medium open
8 South Korea 83.63 medium open
9 Singapore 83.35 medium open
10 Israel 83.2 medium open
11 Luxembourg 83.2 medium open
12 Norway 83.16 medium open
13 United Arab Emirates 83.07 lower open
14 Australia 83.05 lower open
15 Ireland 83.01 lower open
16 France 82.98 lower open
17 Iceland 82.81 lower open
18 Qatar 82.52 lower open
19 Portugal 82.38 lower open
20 Finland 82.34 lower open
21 Belgium 82.3 lower open
22 Slovenia 82.29 lower open
23 Denmark 82.25 lower open
24 Canada 82.11 lower open
25 New Zealand 82.01 lower open
26 Austria 82 lower open
27 Netherlands 81.97 lower open
28 Greece 81.84 lower open
29 Bahrain 81.42 lower open
30 United Kingdom 81.39 lower open
31 Chile 81.36 lower open
32 Germany 80.79 lower open
33 Oman 80.25 lower open
34 Czech Republic 79.98 lower open
35 Estonia 79.3 lower open
36 Saudi Arabia 78.98 lower open
37 Croatia 78.93 lower open
38 United States 78.89 lower open
39 Poland 78.41 lower open
40 Slovakia 78.37 lower open
41 China 78.02 lower open
42 Jordan 77.98 lower open
43 Peru 77.94 lower open
44 Colombia 77.91 lower open
45 Argentina 77.54 lower open
46 Turkey 77.42 lower open
47 Lithuania 77.2 lower open
48 Malaysia 76.82 lower open
49 Hungary 76.72 lower open
50 Tunisia 76.71 lower open
51 Thailand 76.56 lower open
52 Algeria 76.48 lower open
53 Romania 76.46 lower open
54 Latvia 76.43 lower open
55 Brazil 76.02 lower open
56 Serbia 75.97 lower open
57 Bulgaria 75.76 lower open
58 Morocco 75.49 lower open
59 Mexico 75.26 lower open
60 Bangladesh 74.93 lower open
61 Vietnam 74.74 lower open
62 Ukraine 74.69 lower open
63 Kazakhstan 74.53 lower open
64 Russia 73.44 lower open
65 India 72.24 lower open
66 Egypt 71.81 lower open
67 Indonesia 71.29 lower open
68 Philippines 69.95 lower open
69 Pakistan 67.8 lower open
70 Ethiopia 67.6 lower open
71 South Africa 66.31 lower open
72 Ghana 65.7 lower open
73 Kenya 63.83 lower open

Ranking interpretation

context

This ranking uses the latest available value in the local indicator dataset.

Production version: ranking tables should show source timestamp, latest available year and fallback status.

Countries by Life Expectancy: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Life Expectancy for Germany. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: life expectancy by country, global life expectancy ranking, country ranking life expectancy.