Countries by healthy life expectancy at birth, 2021

Singapore had the highest healthy life expectancy at birth of 185 countries in 2021, at 73.6 years. Lesotho had the lowest, at 44.6 years. The median was 62.9 years. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest73.6Singapore

Lowest44.6Lesotho

Median62.9185 countries

Top 40 countries, 2021

years. Source: World Health Organization, Healthy life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes (WHOSIS_000002). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2021 years	Change on 2020
1	Singapore	73.6	-0.2
2	Japan	73.4	-0.2
3	South Korea	72.5	-0
4	Iceland	71.4	0
5	Luxembourg	71.2	-0.1
6	Norway	71.2	-0
7	Switzerland	71.1	+0.3
8	Sweden	71.1	+0.4
9	Spain	71.1	+0.5
10	Israel	70.8	-0.5
11	Cyprus	70.7	-0.2
12	Malta	70.7	-0.2
13	Australia	70.6	-0.1
14	Italy	70.6	+0.1
15	France	70.1	0
16	Denmark	70.1	-0.2
17	Ireland	70	-0.1
18	New Zealand	70	-0.2
19	Netherlands	70	-0.2
20	Finland	69.9	-0.1
21	Belgium	69.8	+0.5
22	Austria	69.8	-0.1
23	Canada	69.8	+0.2
24	Portugal	69.5	+0.1
25	Slovenia	69.4	-0.1
26	Germany	68.9	-0.3
27	Puerto Rico	68.8	-0
28	United Kingdom	68.6	-0.1
29	China	68.6	+0.1
30	Greece	68.6	-0.9
31	Kuwait	67.8	+0.1
32	Chile	67.7	-0.7
33	Costa Rica	67.6	-1.2
34	United Arab Emirates	67.3	-1.3
35	Brunei	67.1	0
36	Croatia	66.8	-0.9
37	Estonia	66.7	-1.3
38	Panama	66.7	-0.1
39	Sri Lanka	66.7	-2.5
40	Albania	66.7	-0.5
41	Maldives	66.7	-0.7
42	Barbados	66.7	-0.2
43	Czechia	66.7	-1
44	Antigua and Barbuda	66.5	-0.6
45	Qatar	66.2	-0.4
46	Thailand	65.8	-1
47	Saudi Arabia	65.6	+0.4
48	Algeria	65.5	+1.4
49	Poland	65.5	-0.9
50	Vietnam	65.4	-0.8
51	Türkiye	65.2	-0.8
52	Montenegro	65.1	-0.9
53	Jordan	65.1	-1.6
54	Colombia	65	-1.3
55	Uruguay	65	-2.3
56	Bosnia and Herzegovina	65	-0.9
57	Slovakia	64.9	-1.9
58	Hungary	64.8	-1.3
59	Bhutan	64.8	+0.3
60	Argentina	64.8	-1.4
61	North Korea	64.7	+0.2
62	Seychelles	64.7	-2.4
63	Cuba	64.6	-3.1
64	Nicaragua	64.6	-0.2
65	Ecuador	64.3	+0.8
66	Bahrain	64.2	-0.5
67	Lithuania	64.2	-0.9
68	Azerbaijan	64	+1
69	Armenia	64	+3
70	Iran	64	-0.5
71	Malaysia	63.9	-3.1
72	United States	63.9	-0.5
73	Serbia	63.9	-1.4
74	Romania	63.8	-1.2
75	Belize	63.8	-1.1
76	Tonga	63.8	-0.4
77	Cape Verde	63.8	-0.5
78	Latvia	63.8	-2
79	North Macedonia	63.7	-1.4
80	Belarus	63.7	-0.2
81	Mauritius	63.6	-0.2
82	Tunisia	63.6	-2.7
83	Dominican Republic	63.6	-0.2
84	Kyrgyzstan	63.4	+0.4
85	Uzbekistan	63.4	+0.5
86	Lebanon	63.2	-2.8
87	Oman	63.2	-1.2
88	Grenada	63.2	-2.1
89	Tajikistan	63.1	+0.7
90	Bangladesh	63.1	-0.3
91	Peru	63	-0.9
92	Palestine	62.9	-1.5
93	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	62.9	-0.3
94	Georgia	62.5	-1.7
95	São Tomé and Príncipe	62.4	-0.1
96	Bulgaria	62.4	-2
97	Morocco	62.3	-0
98	Syria	62.3	+0.3
99	El Salvador	62.2	-0.4
100	Libya	62.1	-0.5
101	Venezuela	62	-1
102	Trinidad and Tobago	61.9	-1.6
103	Brazil	61.8	-1.4
104	Saint Lucia	61.8	-3.5
105	Jamaica	61.7	-2
106	Samoa	61.6	-0
107	Kazakhstan	61.6	-0.9
108	Ukraine	61.6	-1.4
109	Bahamas	61.5	-1.7
110	Mexico	61.4	-0.2
111	Mongolia	61.3	-2.1
112	Moldova	61.2	-2.2
113	Iraq	61	+0.7
114	Russia	60.9	-1.3
115	Paraguay	60.9	-4
116	Turkmenistan	60.8	+0.3
117	Indonesia	60.7	-1.3
118	Cambodia	60.6	-0.8
119	Laos	60.4	-0.5
120	Mauritania	60.4	-0.2
121	Egypt	60.4	-0.8
122	Suriname	60.3	-2.5
123	Nepal	60.2	-0.9
124	Honduras	60	-1.2
125	Myanmar	59.8	-0.9
126	Timor-Leste	59.5	-0.8
127	Guatemala	59.3	-1.8
128	Comoros	59	-0.9
129	Senegal	58.9	-0.7
130	Ethiopia	58.8	-1
131	Philippines	58.8	-2.5
132	Rwanda	58.7	-0.8
133	Vanuatu	58.7	-0.7
134	Sudan	58.5	-0.6
135	Kenya	58.2	-0.2
136	India	58.1	-2.2
137	Tanzania	58.1	-0.7
138	Micronesia	57.9	-0
139	Ghana	57.9	-0.1
140	Fiji	57.7	-1.8
141	Papua New Guinea	57.5	-0.7
142	Bolivia	57.4	-1.4
143	Solomon Islands	57.4	-0.5
144	Uganda	57.2	-0.5
145	Djibouti	57	-0.4
146	Pakistan	56.9	0
147	Guyana	56.8	-0.8
148	Yemen	56.5	-0.6
149	Gabon	56.3	-0.1
150	Togo	55.8	-0.1
151	Burundi	55.8	-0.6
152	Gambia	55.8	-0.5
153	Benin	55.7	-0.4
154	Eritrea	55.4	-0.3
155	Côte d’Ivoire	55.4	+0.1
156	Madagascar	55.1	-0.3
157	Nigeria	54.9	+0.4
158	Republic of the Congo	54.8	-0.2
159	Malawi	54.7	-1
160	Burkina Faso	54.6	-0.6
161	Cameroon	54	-0.4
162	Liberia	54	0
163	Haiti	53.9	-0.8
164	Angola	53.8	-0.6
165	Kiribati	53.6	-0.8
166	Mali	53.6	+0.1
167	Guinea	53.4	-0
168	Equatorial Guinea	53.3	+0.4
169	Democratic Republic of the Congo	53.2	-0.3
170	Sierra Leone	53.1	+0.5
171	Botswana	53.1	-3.2
172	Zambia	53	-0.9
173	Namibia	52.8	-2.9
174	South Africa	52.8	-2.3
175	Niger	52.6	-0.3
176	Chad	51.5	-0.1
177	Guinea-Bissau	51.5	+0.2
178	Zimbabwe	51.2	-1
179	South Sudan	50.5	-0.3
180	Afghanistan	50.4	-1.2
181	Mozambique	49.7	-1
182	Eswatini	47.5	-1.3
183	Somalia	47.4	-1.1
184	Central African Republic	45.4	-0.6
185	Lesotho	44.6	-0.5

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About this ranking

Average number of years a newborn can expect to live in full health (HALE), counting years lived with disease or injury as partly lost. Both sexes. WHO Global Health Estimates, calculated with Sullivan's method from life tables and the rate of years lived with disability.

Modelled WHO estimates, not a national survey measure, so they differ from Eurostat's healthy life years, which come from self-reported limitations. Values are served with every decimal WHO publishes. WHO revises these series, past years included, when new national reports or estimates come in, so values can change between retrievals.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

World Health Organization, data.who.int. Healthy life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes (WHOSIS_000002) [Indicator]. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/48D9B0C/C64284D (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values. WHO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Which country has the highest healthy life expectancy at birth?

Singapore, with 73.6 years in 2021, according to World Health Organization.

Which country has the lowest healthy life expectancy at birth?

Lesotho, with 44.6 years in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Health Organization, Healthy life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes (WHOSIS_000002). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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