Countries by healthy life expectancy at birth

Singapore had the highest healthy life expectancy at birth of 185 countries in 2018, at 73.5 years. Lesotho had the lowest, at 44.9 years. The median was 64.2 years. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest73.5Singapore

Lowest44.9Lesotho

Median64.2185 countries

Top 40 countries, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2018 years	Change on 2017
1	Singapore	73.5	+0.2
2	Japan	73.5	+0.1
3	South Korea	72.1	+0.1
4	Israel	71.5	+0.2
5	Luxembourg	71.5	+0.1
6	Spain	71.4	+0.1
7	Switzerland	71.4	+0.1
8	Iceland	71.3	+0.1
9	Italy	71.3	+0.2
10	Malta	71.3	+0.1
11	Norway	71.1	0
12	Sweden	71.1	+0.1
13	Cyprus	71	+0.2
14	Kuwait	70.8	+0.2
15	Netherlands	70.8	+0.2
16	France	70.6	+0.1
17	Australia	70.5	+0.2
18	Ireland	70.3	+0.1
19	Austria	70.3	0
20	Canada	70.1	-0
21	Finland	70	+0.1
22	Slovenia	70	+0.2
23	Denmark	70	-0.1
24	Greece	69.9	+0.2
25	Belgium	69.8	+0.1
26	Portugal	69.8	-0
27	New Zealand	69.7	+0.4
28	Puerto Rico	69.6	+1.8
29	United Arab Emirates	69.5	+0.2
30	Chile	69.3	+0.2
31	United Kingdom	69.3	-0.2
32	Germany	69.2	-0.1
33	Costa Rica	69.2	+0.1
34	Maldives	69.1	+0.4
35	Peru	68.9	-0.3
36	Albania	68.4	0
37	China	68.3	+0.1
38	Czechia	68.3	+0.1
39	Jordan	68.3	+0.3
40	Croatia	68.2	+0.2
41	Panama	68.1	+0.2
42	Estonia	68	+0.1
43	Cuba	68	+0.1
44	Colombia	67.8	0
45	Qatar	67.8	+0.1
46	Montenegro	67.5	+0.1
47	Lebanon	67.5	+0.3
48	Poland	67.4	-0
49	Ecuador	67.4	+0.1
50	Nicaragua	67.3	-0
51	Thailand	67.3	-0.1
52	Slovakia	67.2	+0.1
53	Bosnia and Herzegovina	67.2	+0.1
54	Türkiye	67.2	+0.4
55	Brunei	66.9	-0
56	Sri Lanka	66.9	+0.2
57	North Macedonia	66.8	+0.4
58	Uruguay	66.8	-0.3
59	Argentina	66.8	+0.2
60	Serbia	66.5	+0.2
61	Barbados	66.5	-0
62	Tunisia	66.5	+0.1
63	Iran	66.5	+0.2
64	Armenia	66.4	+0.3
65	Hungary	66.4	+0.2
66	Azerbaijan	66.1	+0.4
67	Saudi Arabia	66.1	0
68	Algeria	66.1	0
69	United States	66	-0
70	Romania	65.9	0
71	Lithuania	65.8	+0.2
72	Antigua and Barbuda	65.8	0
73	Bahrain	65.7	+0.2
74	Saint Lucia	65.7	-0
75	Latvia	65.5	+0.1
76	Bulgaria	65.5	+0.1
77	Mexico	65.5	0
78	Malaysia	65.4	+0.1
79	Oman	65.3	+0.6
80	Vietnam	65.3	+0.1
81	Palestine	65.1	+0.2
82	Belarus	65.1	+0.1
83	Paraguay	65	-0.1
84	Belize	65	0
85	Georgia	64.8	+0.2
86	Tajikistan	64.7	+0.2
87	El Salvador	64.6	+0.7
88	Cape Verde	64.6	-0.7
89	Kyrgyzstan	64.6	+0.4
90	Brazil	64.4	+0.3
91	North Korea	64.3	+0.2
92	Seychelles	64.3	-0
93	Mauritius	64.2	-0.1
94	Moldova	64.1	0
95	Bahamas	64	+0.1
96	Trinidad and Tobago	64	-0
97	Tonga	64	+0.1
98	Bhutan	64	+0.2
99	Kazakhstan	63.9	+0.2
100	Dominican Republic	63.8	+0.1
101	Jamaica	63.8	+0.1
102	Bangladesh	63.7	+0.3
103	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	63.5	+0.1
104	Morocco	63.5	+0.1
105	Venezuela	63.5	-0.1
106	Bolivia	63.4	+0.2
107	Grenada	63.4	+0.1
108	Libya	63.4	+0.3
109	Russia	63.3	+0.1
110	Ukraine	63.2	-0.2
111	Suriname	63.2	-0.1
112	Indonesia	63.1	+0.1
113	Uzbekistan	63	+0.8
114	São Tomé and Príncipe	62.8	+0.2
115	Guatemala	62.5	+0.1
116	Iraq	62.5	+1.2
117	Egypt	62.4	+0.1
118	Honduras	62.2	0
119	Mongolia	61.8	+0.3
120	Samoa	61.5	+0.1
121	Mauritania	61.4	+0.2
122	Philippines	61.4	0
123	Nepal	61.3	+0.2
124	Cambodia	61.1	+0.2
125	Turkmenistan	61.1	+0.1
126	India	60.5	+0.3
127	Myanmar	60.5	+0.5
128	Laos	60.3	+0.3
129	Sudan	59.9	+0.2
130	Timor-Leste	59.9	+0.1
131	Comoros	59.8	+0.3
132	Fiji	59.7	-0
133	Ethiopia	59.6	+0.3
134	Senegal	59.6	+0.3
135	Vanuatu	59.3	0
136	Guyana	59.1	+0.4
137	Rwanda	59	+0.2
138	Papua New Guinea	58.3	+0.1
139	Micronesia	58.1	+0.1
140	Solomon Islands	58	+0.1
141	Tanzania	58	+0.3
142	Kenya	57.9	+0.4
143	Pakistan	57.6	+0.3
144	Ghana	57.6	+0.4
145	Djibouti	57.3	+0.3
146	Uganda	57.2	+0.5
147	Yemen	56.9	-1.1
148	Gambia	56.3	+0.2
149	Gabon	56.1	+0.2
150	Madagascar	56.1	+0.1
151	Burundi	55.9	+0.3
152	South Africa	55.9	+0.5
153	Botswana	55.7	+0.4
154	Syria	55.6	+4.2
155	Benin	55.5	+0.3
156	Eritrea	55.4	+0.3
157	Togo	55.3	+0.4
158	Malawi	55.3	+0.3
159	Namibia	55	+0.4
160	Republic of the Congo	54.9	+0.2
161	Côte d’Ivoire	54.9	+0.6
162	Haiti	54.8	+0.2
163	Burkina Faso	54.8	+0.4
164	Nigeria	54.5	+0.3
165	Angola	54.1	+0.2
166	Cameroon	53.7	+0.6
167	Liberia	53.7	+0.4
168	Zambia	53.5	+0.1
169	Kiribati	53.5	-0.9
170	Mali	53.4	+0.2
171	Equatorial Guinea	53.2	+0.2
172	Democratic Republic of the Congo	53.1	+0.5
173	Guinea	53.1	+0.3
174	Niger	53	+0.2
175	Sierra Leone	52.2	+0.6
176	Afghanistan	51.7	-0.3
177	Zimbabwe	51.6	+0.4
178	Guinea-Bissau	51.5	+0.3
179	Chad	51.4	+0.3
180	South Sudan	50.8	-0
181	Mozambique	50.2	+0.5
182	Somalia	48.2	+0.4
183	Eswatini	47.8	+0.8
184	Central African Republic	45.3	+0.7
185	Lesotho	44.9	+0.4

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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 73.5 years in 2018, according to World Health Organization.

Which country has the lowest healthy life expectancy at birth?

Lesotho, with 44.9 years in 2018.

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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