Countries by female life expectancy at birth, 2023

Monaco had the highest female life expectancy at birth of 215 countries in 2023, at 88.5 years. Nigeria had the lowest, at 54.7 years. The median was 77.6 years and the figure for the World was 75.8 years. Source: the World Bank.

Highest88.5Monaco

Lowest54.7Nigeria

Median77.6215 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2023

years. Source: World Bank, Life expectancy at birth, female, years (SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2023 years	Change on 2022
1	Monaco	88.5	+0.6
2	Hong Kong	88.1	+1.3
3	Japan	87.1	0
4	San Marino	87.1	-0
5	Liechtenstein	86.9	+1.6
6	Spain	86.7	+0.8
7	French Polynesia	86.5	+0.2
8	South Korea	86.4	+0.8
9	Gibraltar	86.1	0
10	Andorra	86.1	0
11	Macao	86.1	+0.1
12	Switzerland	86	+0.5
13	Bermuda	85.7	+0.2
14	France	85.7	+0.6
15	Israel	85.5	+0.7
16	Italy	85.4	+0.6
17	Portugal	85.3	+0.8
17	Singapore	85.3	+0.1
19	Puerto Rico	85.2	+1.7
20	Malta	85.2	+0.7
21	Australia	85.1	-0.2
22	Luxembourg	85	-0.2
22	Sweden	85	+0.2
24	Slovenia	84.9	+0.8
25	Faroe Islands	84.9	+0.1
26	Ireland	84.6	+0.4
26	Norway	84.6	+0.4
28	Belgium	84.5	+0.6
29	Greece	84.4	+1
30	Finland	84.3	+0.5
30	Iceland	84.3	+0.9
32	United Arab Emirates	84.2	+2.1
33	Austria	84.2	+0.6
34	U.S. Virgin Islands	83.9	+0.2
35	Canada	83.9	+0.5
36	Saint Martin	83.8	-0
37	Denmark	83.7	+0.5
37	Kuwait	83.7	+2.6
39	Cyprus	83.7	+1.1
40	Germany	83.5	+0.5
40	New Zealand	83.5	-0.2
42	Costa Rica	83.4	+1.2
43	Netherlands	83.4	+0.3
44	Qatar	83.4	+0.6
45	Estonia	83.3	+1
46	United Kingdom	83.2	+0.2
47	Isle of Man	83.1	0
48	Chile	83.1	+1.5
49	Czechia	82.9	+1
50	Cayman Islands	82.9	+0.4
51	Maldives	82.8	+0.3
52	Panama	82.6	+0.2
53	Poland	82.1	+1
54	Bahrain	82	+0.2
55	Uruguay	81.9	+1.4
56	Lithuania	81.9	+1.8
57	Oman	81.9	+2.6
58	Croatia	81.7	+1
59	Slovakia	81.5	+1
60	Albania	81.4	+0.7
61	Guam	81.4	+0.1
62	New Caledonia	81.3	+0.9
63	Saudi Arabia	81.2	+1
64	United States	81.1	+0.9
65	Armenia	81	+2.7
66	China	80.9	-0.2
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina	80.9	+0.2
68	Thailand	80.9	+1.1
69	Curaçao	80.8	+0.1
70	Northern Mariana Islands	80.7	+0.3
71	Latvia	80.6	+1.2
72	Sri Lanka	80.6	+0.1
73	Cuba	80.5	+0.4
74	Colombia	80.5	+1
75	Romania	80.4	+1.2
76	Turks and Caicos Islands	80.3	+0.1
77	Antigua and Barbuda	80.3	+0.1
78	Montenegro	80.2	+1.4
79	Ukraine	80.2	+0.8
80	Jordan	80.2	+0.8
81	Ecuador	80.1	+0.7
82	Peru	80.1	+1.4
83	British Virgin Islands	80	+0.1
84	Hungary	79.9	+0.6
85	Argentina	79.9	+1.6
86	Türkiye	79.9	-0.9
87	Lebanon	79.7	-0.1
88	Bulgaria	79.7	+1.8
89	Iran	79.6	+0.8
90	Sint Maarten	79.5	+0.2
91	Malaysia	79.4	+1.2
92	Vietnam	79.3	+0.1
93	Cape Verde	79.2	+0.2
94	Tunisia	79.1	+0.4
95	Georgia	79.1	+0.1
96	Belarus	79.1	+0.1
97	Brazil	79	+0.9
98	Seychelles	78.8	+0.5
99	Aruba	78.8	+0.1
100	Russia	78.7	+1
101	Barbados	78.6	+0.3
102	Serbia	78.6	+0.7
103	Kazakhstan	78.4	+0.6
104	Grenada	78.4	+0.1
105	Bahamas	78.2	+0.1
106	Mexico	77.8	+0.8
107	Algeria	77.7	+0.1
108	Morocco	77.6	+0.2
109	North Macedonia	77.6	+0.8
110	Brunei	77.6	+2.7
111	Nicaragua	77.4	+0.5
112	Azerbaijan	77.1	+0.5
113	Dominican Republic	77	-0.9
114	Paraguay	77	+1.5
115	Mauritius	76.9	-0.2
116	Mongolia	76.9	+0.1
117	Suriname	76.8	+0.3
118	Trinidad and Tobago	76.7	+0.2
119	Venezuela	76.5	-0
120	Kyrgyzstan	76.5	+0.2
121	Belize	76.5	+1.4
122	Tonga	76.4	+0.2
123	Bangladesh	76.4	+0.3
124	Saint Lucia	76.3	0
125	El Salvador	76.3	+0.1
126	Saint Kitts and Nevis	76	+1.8
127	American Samoa	75.8	0
128	North Korea	75.7	0
129	Moldova	75.5	-0.7
130	Honduras	75.5	+0.2
131	Uzbekistan	75.4	+0.1
132	Bhutan	75	+0.2
133	Guatemala	74.9	+1.2
134	Dominica	74.5	-0
135	Syria	74.4	-0.8
136	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	74.3	0
137	Iraq	74.1	+0.3
138	Jamaica	74	0
139	Tajikistan	74	+0.2
140	Guyana	73.9	+0.3
141	Vanuatu	73.9	+0.2
142	Egypt	73.8	+0.6
143	São Tomé and Príncipe	73.7	+0.4
144	Samoa	73.7	+0.2
145	India	73.6	+0.3
146	Indonesia	73.3	+0.3
147	Cambodia	73.2	+0.1
148	Greenland	73	-0.1
149	Turkmenistan	72.8	+0.2
150	Philippines	72.8	+0.4
151	Solomon Islands	72	+0.2
152	Nepal	71.8	+0.3
153	Palau	71.8	+0.2
154	Botswana	71.7	+0.5
155	Palestine	71.5	-7.6
156	Yemen	71.4	+1.1
157	Namibia	71.3	+3.3
158	Laos	71.3	+0.3
159	Bolivia	71.1	+0.9
160	Micronesia	71.1	+0.4
161	Uganda	71.1	+0.6
162	Gabon	71.1	+0.7
163	Senegal	70.8	+0.9
164	Ethiopia	70.7	+0.4
165	Tuvalu	70.7	+0.3
166	Eritrea	70.7	+0.8
167	Malawi	70.6	+1.2
168	Mauritania	70.5	+0.2
169	Libya	70.4	-6.7
170	Myanmar	70.2	+0.2
171	Pakistan	70.2	+0.2
172	Rwanda	69.9	+0.3
173	Tanzania	69.8	+0.2
174	Sudan	69.6	+1.1
175	South Africa	69.6	+0.6
176	Timor-Leste	69.4	+0.3
177	Fiji	69.4	+0.1
178	Marshall Islands	69.3	+0.2
179	Papua New Guinea	69.1	+0.8
180	Comoros	68.9	+0.3
181	Zambia	68.7	+1
182	Djibouti	68.5	+0.4
183	Haiti	68.3	+1.1
184	Kiribati	68.2	+0.3
185	Ghana	67.9	+0.3
186	Afghanistan	67.5	+0.3
187	Gambia	67.5	+1
188	Republic of the Congo	67.5	+0.8
189	Angola	67.1	+0.4
190	Eswatini	67	+1.1
191	Mozambique	66.5	+0.7
192	Guinea-Bissau	66.4	+0.5
193	Cameroon	65.9	+1.3
194	Kenya	65.9	+0.1
195	Burundi	65.7	+0.8
196	Equatorial Guinea	65.7	+0.4
197	Madagascar	65.4	+0.6
198	Zimbabwe	65	+0.5
199	Côte d’Ivoire	64.1	+0.4
200	Democratic Republic of the Congo	64	+0.9
201	Nauru	64	-0
202	Sierra Leone	63.5	+0.5
203	Liberia	63.4	+0.2
204	Burkina Faso	63.2	+0.7
205	Togo	62.9	+0.4
206	Benin	62.2	+0.5
207	Niger	62.1	+0.8
208	Mali	61.9	+0.4
209	Guinea	61.9	+0.3
210	Somalia	61.4	+5.2
211	South Sudan	60.6	+0.5
212	Lesotho	60	+0.6
213	Central African Republic	59.3	+33.7
214	Chad	57	+0.5
215	Nigeria	54.7	+0.4

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Average number of years a newborn girl would live at current age-specific mortality.

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 Bank, World Development Indicators. Life expectancy at birth, female, years (SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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Which country has the highest female life expectancy at birth?

Monaco, with 88.5 years in 2023, according to the World Bank.

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Nigeria, with 54.7 years in 2023.

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