Countries by healthy life expectancy at birth

Japan had the highest healthy life expectancy at birth of 185 countries in 2015, at 73.1 years. Lesotho had the lowest, at 42.6 years. The median was 63.8 years. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest73.1Japan

Lowest42.6Lesotho

Median63.8185 countries

Top 40 countries, 2015

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2015 years	Change on 2014
1	Japan	73.1	+0.2
2	Singapore	72.9	+0.2
3	South Korea	71.5	+0.2
4	Iceland	71.1	0
5	Luxembourg	71.1	+0.2
6	Spain	71.1	-0.2
7	Israel	71	+0.5
8	Italy	70.9	-0.3
9	Malta	70.9	+0.2
10	Norway	70.9	+0.2
11	Cyprus	70.8	-0
12	Sweden	70.8	-0.1
13	Switzerland	70.8	-0.2
14	Netherlands	70.4	-0.1
15	France	70.2	-0.3
16	Canada	70.2	0
17	Australia	70	-0
18	Austria	69.9	-0.1
19	Peru	69.9	+0.3
20	Finland	69.8	+0.3
21	Ireland	69.8	+0.1
22	Denmark	69.8	+0.1
23	Kuwait	69.7	-0.3
24	Portugal	69.7	0
25	Greece	69.5	-0.3
26	Puerto Rico	69.4	+0.5
27	Slovenia	69.4	-0.2
28	Costa Rica	69.4	+0.1
29	New Zealand	69.4	+0.1
30	Belgium	69.4	-0.1
31	United Kingdom	69.3	-0.2
32	United Arab Emirates	69.2	0
33	Germany	69.1	-0.2
34	Chile	68.7	+0.1
35	Albania	68.2	-0.1
36	Maldives	68	+0.3
37	Cuba	68	-0.2
38	China	67.9	+0.2
39	Czechia	67.9	-0.1
40	Panama	67.7	+0.3
41	Croatia	67.6	-0.3
42	Jordan	67.5	+0.4
43	Colombia	67.4	0
44	Estonia	67.4	+0.4
45	Poland	67.3	-0.1
46	Montenegro	67.3	+0.2
47	Qatar	67.2	+0.9
48	Thailand	67.2	+0.2
49	Nicaragua	67.2	+0.6
50	Ecuador	67.1	+0.2
51	Brunei	67.1	-0.1
52	Uruguay	66.9	-0
53	Bosnia and Herzegovina	66.9	-0.1
54	Lebanon	66.8	+0.1
55	Slovakia	66.7	-0.1
56	Barbados	66.5	0
57	Argentina	66.5	0
58	Türkiye	66.4	-0
59	Sri Lanka	66.4	+0.2
60	United States	66.3	-0.2
61	Tunisia	66.2	+0.1
62	Saudi Arabia	66.1	-0.2
63	Iran	66.1	0
64	Serbia	66	-0
65	North Macedonia	66	+0.1
66	Hungary	65.9	-0.1
67	Saint Lucia	65.9	+0.1
68	Algeria	65.8	+0.1
69	Antigua and Barbuda	65.8	0
70	Romania	65.7	+0.1
71	Bahrain	65.6	+0.1
72	Mexico	65.5	+0.1
73	Armenia	65.4	+0.1
74	Latvia	65.4	+0.3
75	Bulgaria	65.3	+0.1
76	Malaysia	65.2	-0.3
77	Cape Verde	65.2	0
78	Azerbaijan	65	+0.7
79	Paraguay	64.9	-0.1
80	Vietnam	64.8	+0.1
81	Belize	64.8	+0.1
82	Lithuania	64.7	-0
83	Belarus	64.5	+0.5
84	Oman	64.4	-0.1
85	Venezuela	64.4	-0.1
86	Seychelles	64.4	-0.1
87	Mauritius	64.3	+0.1
88	Trinidad and Tobago	64.3	0
89	Palestine	64.2	+0.3
90	Georgia	64.1	+0.1
91	Brazil	63.9	+0.1
92	Tonga	63.8	+0.1
93	North Korea	63.8	+0.2
94	Tajikistan	63.8	+0.3
95	Dominican Republic	63.7	0
96	Bahamas	63.7	+0.2
97	Jamaica	63.6	-0.8
98	Bhutan	63.4	+0.1
99	Grenada	63.3	-0
100	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	63.3	0
101	Bangladesh	63.2	+0.3
102	Morocco	63.2	+0.1
103	Kyrgyzstan	63.2	+0.5
104	El Salvador	63.1	-0.9
105	Suriname	63.1	-0.1
106	Kazakhstan	63	+0.4
107	Bolivia	62.8	+0.3
108	Ukraine	62.8	+1
109	Libya	62.7	0
110	Moldova	62.7	+0.1
111	Indonesia	62.6	+0.2
112	Russia	62.1	+0.5
113	São Tomé and Príncipe	62	+0.3
114	Guatemala	61.9	+0.1
115	Samoa	61.5	-0.1
116	Uzbekistan	61.4	+0.5
117	Egypt	61.4	-0.3
118	Philippines	61.3	-0.2
119	Mauritania	61	+0.2
120	Turkmenistan	60.9	-0
121	Iraq	60.8	+0.6
122	Mongolia	60.8	+0.2
123	Honduras	60.8	0
124	Cambodia	60.5	+0.2
125	Nepal	60.1	-0.3
126	Fiji	59.8	0
127	India	59.6	+0.4
128	Myanmar	59.6	+0.3
129	Timor-Leste	59.5	+0.3
130	Laos	59.3	+0.4
131	Comoros	59.2	+0.3
132	Vanuatu	59.2	+0.1
133	Sudan	59.1	+0.2
134	Senegal	58.7	+0.3
135	Yemen	58.5	-0.4
136	Ethiopia	58.4	+0.5
137	Rwanda	58.3	+0.3
138	Papua New Guinea	57.9	+0.2
139	Guyana	57.8	+0.3
140	Solomon Islands	57.7	+0.2
141	Micronesia	57.7	0
142	Tanzania	57	+0.4
143	Pakistan	56.7	+0.3
144	Ghana	56.5	+0.3
145	Kenya	56.4	+0.6
146	Djibouti	56.3	+0.3
147	Uganda	55.8	+0.6
148	Madagascar	55.8	+0.1
149	Gambia	55.6	+0.2
150	Gabon	55.5	+0.2
151	Burundi	54.7	+0.3
152	Benin	54.6	+0.2
153	Eritrea	54.5	+0.3
154	Kiribati	54.3	0
155	Malawi	54.3	+0.4
156	South Africa	54.2	+0.4
157	Namibia	54.1	-0.1
158	Republic of the Congo	54.1	+0.4
159	Haiti	54	+0.2
160	Togo	54	+0.4
161	Botswana	53.8	+0.5
162	Nigeria	53.6	+0.3
163	Burkina Faso	53.5	+0.4
164	Angola	53.5	+0.4
165	Côte d’Ivoire	53.2	+0.8
166	Equatorial Guinea	52.9	-0.3
167	Zambia	52.7	+0.4
168	Mali	52.4	+0.3
169	Niger	52.3	+0.2
170	Syria	52.2	-0.3
171	Guinea	51.9	+0.5
172	Democratic Republic of the Congo	51.8	+0.4
173	Cameroon	51.6	+0.5
174	Afghanistan	51.6	-0.1
175	Liberia	51.6	+1.8
176	South Sudan	51.2	+0.2
177	Zimbabwe	50.5	+0.5
178	Guinea-Bissau	50.5	+0.3
179	Chad	50.4	+0.3
180	Sierra Leone	49.6	+0.9
181	Mozambique	48.4	+0.7
182	Somalia	47.2	+0.4
183	Eswatini	45.6	+1
184	Central African Republic	44.3	+1.5
185	Lesotho	42.6	+0.1

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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 73.1 years in 2015, according to World Health Organization.

Which country has the lowest healthy life expectancy at birth?

Lesotho, with 42.6 years in 2015.

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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