Countries by healthy life expectancy at birth

Japan had the highest healthy life expectancy at birth of 185 countries in 2014, at 72.9 years. Lesotho had the lowest, at 42.4 years. The median was 63.8 years. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest72.9Japan

Lowest42.4Lesotho

Median63.8185 countries

Top 40 countries, 2014

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2014 years	Change on 2013
1	Japan	72.9	+0.2
2	Singapore	72.8	+0.2
3	Spain	71.3	+0.1
4	South Korea	71.3	+0.3
5	Italy	71.2	+0.3
6	Iceland	71.1	0
7	Luxembourg	70.9	+0.2
8	Switzerland	70.9	+0.3
9	Sweden	70.9	+0.2
10	Cyprus	70.8	0
11	Malta	70.7	+0.2
12	Norway	70.7	+0.3
13	France	70.5	+0.3
14	Netherlands	70.5	+0.2
15	Israel	70.5	-0.4
16	Canada	70.2	0
17	Australia	70.1	-0
18	Austria	70	+0.2
19	Kuwait	70	+0.1
20	Greece	69.8	+0.1
21	Ireland	69.7	+0.3
22	Denmark	69.7	+0.3
23	Portugal	69.6	+0.4
24	Slovenia	69.6	+0.5
25	Peru	69.6	+0.4
26	Finland	69.6	+0.2
27	United Kingdom	69.5	+0.2
28	Belgium	69.5	+0.5
29	Costa Rica	69.3	-0.1
30	Germany	69.3	+0.3
31	New Zealand	69.3	-0.1
32	United Arab Emirates	69.2	+0.1
33	Puerto Rico	69	+0.4
34	Chile	68.6	+0.1
35	Albania	68.3	+0.2
36	Cuba	68.2	-0.1
37	Czechia	68	+0.4
38	Croatia	67.9	+0.2
39	Maldives	67.7	+0.4
40	China	67.7	+0.3
41	Colombia	67.4	+0.1
42	Panama	67.4	+0.1
43	Poland	67.4	+0.5
44	Brunei	67.2	-0.1
45	Jordan	67.1	+0.4
46	Montenegro	67.1	+0.2
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina	67	-0
48	Thailand	67	+0.2
49	Estonia	67	0
50	Uruguay	67	+0.3
51	Ecuador	66.9	+0.4
52	Slovakia	66.8	+0.3
53	Lebanon	66.7	0
54	Nicaragua	66.6	+0.2
55	United States	66.5	-0
56	Türkiye	66.5	-0.1
57	Barbados	66.5	0
58	Argentina	66.4	+0.2
59	Qatar	66.4	+0.5
60	Saudi Arabia	66.3	-0
61	Sri Lanka	66.2	+0.3
62	Tunisia	66.1	+0.1
63	Iran	66.1	+0.1
64	Hungary	66	+0.2
65	Serbia	66	+0.1
66	North Macedonia	65.9	-0.1
67	Saint Lucia	65.8	+0.1
68	Antigua and Barbuda	65.8	-0.1
69	Algeria	65.7	+0.1
70	Romania	65.6	-0.1
71	Bahrain	65.5	+0.4
72	Malaysia	65.5	-0.1
73	Mexico	65.4	0
74	Armenia	65.3	0
75	Cape Verde	65.2	+0.2
76	Bulgaria	65.2	-0.3
77	Latvia	65	+0.3
78	Paraguay	65	+0.2
79	Vietnam	64.8	+0.1
80	Lithuania	64.7	+0.5
81	Belize	64.7	-0.1
82	Oman	64.5	+0.1
83	Venezuela	64.5	-0.4
84	Seychelles	64.5	-0.1
85	Jamaica	64.4	-0.7
86	Azerbaijan	64.3	+0.5
87	Trinidad and Tobago	64.3	0
88	Mauritius	64.2	+0.2
89	Georgia	64	+0.1
90	El Salvador	64	-0.7
91	Belarus	64	+0.5
92	Palestine	63.9	-0
93	Brazil	63.8	+0.2
94	Dominican Republic	63.7	-0
95	Tonga	63.7	+0.1
96	North Korea	63.5	+0.3
97	Tajikistan	63.5	+0.2
98	Bahamas	63.5	-0.3
99	Grenada	63.3	-0.1
100	Bhutan	63.2	+0.2
101	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	63.2	+0.1
102	Suriname	63.2	-0.1
103	Morocco	63.1	+0.1
104	Bangladesh	62.9	+0.2
105	Libya	62.7	-1.4
106	Moldova	62.6	-0.1
107	Kyrgyzstan	62.6	+0.2
108	Bolivia	62.6	+0.3
109	Kazakhstan	62.6	+0.7
110	Indonesia	62.4	+0.2
111	Guatemala	61.8	+0.2
112	Ukraine	61.8	-0.5
113	São Tomé and Príncipe	61.8	+0.3
114	Egypt	61.7	0
115	Russia	61.6	+0.1
116	Samoa	61.6	-0.1
117	Philippines	61.5	+0.3
118	Uzbekistan	60.9	+0.4
119	Turkmenistan	60.9	-0.1
120	Mauritania	60.8	+0.1
121	Honduras	60.7	+0.2
122	Mongolia	60.5	+0.5
123	Nepal	60.5	+0.2
124	Cambodia	60.2	+0.3
125	Iraq	60.2	-0.9
126	Fiji	59.7	+0.1
127	Myanmar	59.2	+0.5
128	Timor-Leste	59.2	+0.1
129	India	59.2	+0.4
130	Vanuatu	59.1	+0.1
131	Laos	59	+0.4
132	Yemen	58.9	-0
133	Sudan	58.9	+0.3
134	Comoros	58.9	+0.3
135	Senegal	58.3	+0.4
136	Rwanda	58.1	+0.4
137	Ethiopia	58	+0.6
138	Papua New Guinea	57.7	+0.2
139	Micronesia	57.6	+0.1
140	Solomon Islands	57.6	+0.1
141	Guyana	57.4	+0.2
142	Tanzania	56.6	+0.6
143	Pakistan	56.5	+0.2
144	Ghana	56.2	+0.4
145	Djibouti	56	+0.3
146	Kenya	55.8	+0.5
147	Madagascar	55.7	+0.1
148	Gambia	55.4	+0.2
149	Gabon	55.3	+0.5
150	Uganda	55.2	+0.7
151	Burundi	54.4	+0.5
152	Benin	54.3	+0.3
153	Kiribati	54.3	+0.1
154	Eritrea	54.2	+0.4
155	Namibia	54.2	+0.1
156	South Africa	53.8	+0.6
157	Malawi	53.8	+0.7
158	Haiti	53.8	+0.3
159	Republic of the Congo	53.7	+0.2
160	Togo	53.6	+0.4
161	Nigeria	53.3	+0.3
162	Equatorial Guinea	53.2	+0.4
163	Botswana	53.2	+0.6
164	Angola	53.1	+0.8
165	Burkina Faso	53.1	+0.5
166	Syria	52.5	-3.8
167	Côte d’Ivoire	52.4	+0.7
168	Zambia	52.3	+0.6
169	Niger	52.2	+0.2
170	Mali	52.1	+0.4
171	Afghanistan	51.7	0
172	Democratic Republic of the Congo	51.4	+0.5
173	Guinea	51.4	-0.4
174	Cameroon	51.1	+0.3
175	South Sudan	51	0
176	Guinea-Bissau	50.2	+0.2
177	Zimbabwe	50.1	+0.7
178	Chad	50	+0.4
179	Liberia	49.7	-2.6
180	Sierra Leone	48.8	-1
181	Mozambique	47.7	+0.7
182	Somalia	46.8	+0.5
183	Eswatini	44.6	+0.8
184	Central African Republic	42.8	-0.1
185	Lesotho	42.4	-0.2

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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?

Japan, with 72.9 years in 2014, according to World Health Organization.

Which country has the lowest healthy life expectancy at birth?

Lesotho, with 42.4 years in 2014.

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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