Countries by healthy life expectancy at birth

Singapore had the highest healthy life expectancy at birth of 185 countries in 2020, at 73.8 years. Lesotho had the lowest, at 45.1 years. The median was 63.4 years. Source: World Health Organization.

Highest73.8Singapore

Lowest45.1Lesotho

Median63.4185 countries

Top 40 countries, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2020 years	Change on 2019
1	Singapore	73.8	0
2	Japan	73.6	+0.1
3	South Korea	72.5	-0
4	Iceland	71.4	-0
5	Luxembourg	71.3	-0.1
6	Israel	71.2	-0.3
7	Norway	71.2	0
8	Malta	70.9	-0.2
9	Cyprus	70.9	-0.2
10	Switzerland	70.9	-0.7
11	Australia	70.7	+0.5
12	Sweden	70.7	-0.7
13	Spain	70.6	-1.1
14	Italy	70.5	-0.9
15	Denmark	70.2	-0.1
16	Netherlands	70.2	-0.9
17	New Zealand	70.2	+0.4
18	Ireland	70.1	-0.4
19	France	70.1	-0.6
20	Finland	70	-0.2
21	Austria	69.9	-0.5
22	Canada	69.6	-0.7
23	Greece	69.5	-0.3
24	Slovenia	69.5	-0.8
25	Portugal	69.4	-0.7
26	Belgium	69.3	-0.8
27	Sri Lanka	69.3	+2.2
28	Germany	69.2	-0.2
29	Puerto Rico	68.9	-0.6
30	Costa Rica	68.8	-0.4
31	United Kingdom	68.8	-1
32	United Arab Emirates	68.6	-1.1
33	China	68.5	+0.1
34	Chile	68.3	-1
35	Estonia	68.1	-0.3
36	Croatia	67.7	-0.6
37	Czechia	67.7	-0.8
38	Cuba	67.7	-0.1
39	Kuwait	67.7	-2.8
40	Maldives	67.4	+0.4
41	Uruguay	67.3	+0.5
42	Albania	67.2	-1.3
43	Antigua and Barbuda	67.1	+1.3
44	Seychelles	67.1	+2.8
45	Brunei	67.1	-0
46	Malaysia	67	+1.5
47	Slovakia	66.9	-0.6
48	Panama	66.9	-1.4
49	Barbados	66.9	+0.6
50	Thailand	66.7	-0.4
51	Jordan	66.7	-1.7
52	Qatar	66.6	-1.3
53	Poland	66.4	-1.1
54	Colombia	66.4	-1.5
55	Tunisia	66.2	-0.4
56	Vietnam	66.2	+0.8
57	Argentina	66.2	-0.7
58	Hungary	66.1	-0.5
59	Montenegro	66.1	-1.2
60	Türkiye	66	-1.2
61	Lebanon	66	-1.4
62	Bosnia and Herzegovina	65.9	-1.1
63	Latvia	65.8	-0.2
64	Serbia	65.3	-1.2
65	Saudi Arabia	65.3	-0.9
66	Saint Lucia	65.2	-0.5
67	Grenada	65.2	+1.9
68	North Macedonia	65.1	-1.6
69	Lithuania	65.1	-1.1
70	Romania	65	-1.2
71	Belize	65	-0.2
72	Paraguay	64.9	-0
73	Nicaragua	64.8	-2.9
74	Bahrain	64.7	-1.1
75	North Korea	64.6	0
76	Bhutan	64.5	+0.3
77	Iran	64.5	-2.1
78	Palestine	64.4	-0.7
79	United States	64.4	-1.6
80	Oman	64.4	-1.1
81	Bulgaria	64.4	-1.3
82	Cape Verde	64.3	-0.5
83	Georgia	64.2	-0.6
84	Tonga	64.2	+0.1
85	Algeria	64.1	-2
86	Belarus	63.9	-1.5
87	Peru	63.9	-4.5
88	Mauritius	63.8	-0.4
89	Jamaica	63.8	+0.2
90	Dominican Republic	63.7	-0.4
91	Trinidad and Tobago	63.6	-0.5
92	Ecuador	63.5	-4.1
93	Mongolia	63.4	+1.4
94	Moldova	63.4	-1
95	Bangladesh	63.3	-0.6
96	Brazil	63.3	-1.3
97	Bahamas	63.3	+1.5
98	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	63.1	-0.4
99	Venezuela	63.1	-0.3
100	Kyrgyzstan	63	-1.8
101	Azerbaijan	63	-3.6
102	Ukraine	63	-0.5
103	Uzbekistan	62.8	-0.8
104	Suriname	62.8	-0.4
105	El Salvador	62.6	-1.8
106	Libya	62.5	-0.8
107	São Tomé and Príncipe	62.5	-0.4
108	Kazakhstan	62.5	-1.5
109	Morocco	62.4	-1.2
110	Tajikistan	62.3	-2.6
111	Russia	62.2	-1.5
112	Syria	62	+2.3
113	Indonesia	61.9	-1.4
114	Samoa	61.6	+0.2
115	Mexico	61.6	-3.9
116	Cambodia	61.5	+0.2
117	Philippines	61.3	0
118	Honduras	61.3	-1.1
119	Egypt	61.2	-1.3
120	Nepal	61.1	-0.4
121	Guatemala	61.1	-1.5
122	Armenia	61	-5.4
123	Laos	60.9	+0.3
124	Myanmar	60.7	0
125	Mauritania	60.6	-1
126	Turkmenistan	60.5	-0.6
127	India	60.4	-0.5
128	Iraq	60.3	-2.1
129	Timor-Leste	60.3	+0.3
130	Comoros	59.9	+0.1
131	Ethiopia	59.8	-0.1
132	Senegal	59.6	-0.2
133	Fiji	59.5	-0.2
134	Rwanda	59.5	+0.4
135	Vanuatu	59.4	-0
136	Sudan	59.1	-1
137	Bolivia	58.8	-4.8
138	Tanzania	58.7	+0.4
139	Kenya	58.4	+0.1
140	Papua New Guinea	58.2	-0.3
141	Ghana	58	+0.1
142	Micronesia	58	-0.2
143	Solomon Islands	57.9	-0.2
144	Uganda	57.7	+0.1
145	Guyana	57.7	-1.5
146	Djibouti	57.4	-0.2
147	Yemen	57	-0.3
148	Pakistan	56.9	-0.9
149	Burundi	56.4	+0.2
150	Gabon	56.4	0
151	Gambia	56.4	-0.2
152	Botswana	56.3	+0.2
153	Benin	56.1	+0.2
154	Togo	55.9	+0.1
155	Eritrea	55.7	+0.1
156	Namibia	55.7	+0.2
157	Malawi	55.7	+0.2
158	Madagascar	55.4	-0.7
159	Côte d’Ivoire	55.3	-0.2
160	Burkina Faso	55.1	+0.2
161	Republic of the Congo	55.1	+0.4
162	South Africa	55	-1.3
163	Haiti	54.7	-0.3
164	Nigeria	54.5	-0.3
165	Kiribati	54.5	-0.2
166	Cameroon	54.4	+0.1
167	Angola	54.3	0
168	Liberia	53.9	-0
169	Zambia	53.9	0
170	Democratic Republic of the Congo	53.6	+0.1
171	Mali	53.5	-0.4
172	Guinea	53.4	-0.1
173	Niger	53	-0.2
174	Equatorial Guinea	52.8	-0.3
175	Sierra Leone	52.6	0
176	Zimbabwe	52.2	+0.2
177	Afghanistan	51.7	-0.7
178	Chad	51.6	-0.2
179	Guinea-Bissau	51.2	-0.6
180	South Sudan	50.8	-0.1
181	Mozambique	50.7	+0.1
182	Eswatini	48.7	+0.1
183	Somalia	48.6	-0.1
184	Central African Republic	46	0
185	Lesotho	45.1	0

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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 73.8 years in 2020, according to World Health Organization.

Which country has the lowest healthy life expectancy at birth?

Lesotho, with 45.1 years in 2020.

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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