Countries by female life expectancy at birth

Monaco had the highest female life expectancy at birth of 215 countries in 2012, at 87.6 years. Lesotho had the lowest, at 50.7 years. The median was 76.3 years and the figure for the World was 73.8 years. Source: the World Bank.

Highest87.6Monaco

Lowest50.7Lesotho

Median76.3215 countries

World73.8History

Top 40 countries, 2012

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2012 years	Change on 2011
1	Monaco	87.6	+0.3
2	Andorra	86.7	-0
3	Japan	86.4	+0.5
4	Hong Kong	86.4	-0.3
5	Macao	85.8	0
6	San Marino	85.8	+0.2
7	Spain	85.5	-0.1
8	France	85.4	-0.3
9	Liechtenstein	85.2	+1
10	Gibraltar	85.1	+0.2
11	Switzerland	84.9	-0.1
12	Italy	84.8	0
13	French Polynesia	84.4	+0.3
14	Bermuda	84.4	+0.2
15	Australia	84.3	+0.1
15	Iceland	84.3	+0.2
15	Singapore	84.3	+0.2
18	South Korea	84.2	+0.2
19	Canada	83.8	+0.1
20	Luxembourg	83.8	+0.2
21	Finland	83.7	-0.1
22	Cyprus	83.7	+0.3
23	Austria	83.6	-0.2
23	Israel	83.6	+0.1
23	Portugal	83.6	-0.2
23	Sweden	83.6	-0.2
27	Faroe Islands	83.6	+0.2
28	Norway	83.5	-0.1
29	Greece	83.4	-0.2
30	Slovenia	83.3	0
31	New Zealand	83.2	+0.2
32	Belgium	83.1	-0.2
32	Germany	83.1	0
32	Ireland	83.1	+0.1
35	United Arab Emirates	83	-0
36	Malta	83	0
36	Netherlands	83	-0.1
38	Saint Martin	83	+0.2
39	United Kingdom	82.8	-0.2
40	Puerto Rico	82.7	+0.3
41	Costa Rica	82.5	+0.3
42	Denmark	82.1	+0.2
43	U.S. Virgin Islands	82	+0.2
44	Qatar	81.6	+0.5
45	Isle of Man	81.5	+0.2
46	Chile	81.5	-0
47	Estonia	81.5	+0.2
48	Czechia	81.2	+0.1
48	United States	81.2	+0.1
50	Poland	81.1	0
51	Bahrain	80.6	+0.4
52	Croatia	80.6	+0.7
53	Albania	80.6	-0.3
54	Uruguay	80.6	+0.1
55	Antigua and Barbuda	80.4	+0.1
56	Oman	80.4	+0.4
57	Guam	80.3	+0.2
58	Bosnia and Herzegovina	80.3	+0.1
59	Panama	80.3	+0.1
60	Cuba	80.2	+0.2
61	Kuwait	79.9	+0.2
62	Slovakia	79.9	+0.1
63	Lebanon	79.8	+0.2
64	New Caledonia	79.8	+0.3
65	Thailand	79.7	+0.4
66	Northern Mariana Islands	79.6	-0.1
67	Lithuania	79.6	+0.3
68	Cayman Islands	79.6	+0.5
69	Seychelles	79.5	+1.5
70	Curaçao	79.5	+0.4
71	British Virgin Islands	79.3	+0.1
72	Maldives	79.2	+0.3
73	Turks and Caicos Islands	79.1	+0.1
74	China	79	+0.3
75	Latvia	78.9	+0.1
76	Türkiye	78.8	+0.7
77	Colombia	78.8	+0.4
78	Hungary	78.7	0
79	Argentina	78.7	-0.7
80	Sri Lanka	78.6	+0.3
81	Saudi Arabia	78.5	+0.2
82	Vietnam	78.5	0
83	Montenegro	78.4	-0.5
84	Ecuador	78.3	+0.1
85	Sint Maarten	78.2	+0.3
86	Malaysia	78.2	0
87	Romania	78.1	-0.1
88	Bulgaria	77.9	+0.1
89	Aruba	77.9	+0.2
90	Barbados	77.9	+0.1
91	Brazil	77.8	+0.3
92	Grenada	77.7	+0.1
93	Venezuela	77.6	-0.2
94	Belarus	77.6	+0.9
95	Armenia	77.5	+0.2
95	Mauritius	77.5	+0.5
95	Serbia	77.5	+0.3
98	Georgia	77.3	+0.5
99	Bahamas	77.3	+0.2
100	Brunei	77.1	-0
101	Tunisia	77.1	+0.1
102	Iran	77	+0.3
103	Cape Verde	76.9	+0.4
104	North Macedonia	76.9	-0.3
105	Mexico	76.7	+0.2
106	Dominican Republic	76.7	+0.3
107	Jordan	76.4	+0.2
108	Peru	76.3	+0.7
109	Ukraine	76	+0.4
110	Paraguay	75.9	+0.4
111	Russia	75.9	+0.3
112	Palestine	75.8	+0.3
113	Algeria	75.8	+0.2
114	El Salvador	75.6	+0.2
115	Trinidad and Tobago	75.5	+0.3
116	Saint Lucia	75.4	-0.2
117	Nicaragua	75.4	+0.3
118	American Samoa	75.4	+0.1
119	Tonga	75.4	+0.1
120	Libya	75	+1.3
121	Kazakhstan	75	+0.6
122	Saint Kitts and Nevis	74.8	+0.1
123	Jamaica	74.6	0
124	Moldova	74.6	+0.2
125	Mongolia	74.3	+0.6
126	Dominica	74.2	-0.2
127	Belize	74.1	+0.3
128	Kyrgyzstan	74.1	+0.4
129	North Korea	73.9	+0.4
130	Azerbaijan	73.9	+0.4
131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	73.8	+0.1
132	Samoa	73.6	-0.4
133	Morocco	73.5	+0.5
134	Guatemala	73.5	+0.3
135	Suriname	73.4	+0.1
136	Uzbekistan	73.3	+0.3
137	Honduras	72.9	+0.4
138	Vanuatu	72.8	+0.2
139	Palau	72.6	+0.2
140	Philippines	72.4	+0.1
141	Greenland	72.3	+0.4
142	Turkmenistan	72	0
143	Egypt	71.9	+0.2
144	Tajikistan	71.7	+0.4
145	Syria	71.5	-3.3
146	Bhutan	71.5	+0.5
147	Bangladesh	70.9	+0.6
148	Iraq	70.9	+0.4
149	Solomon Islands	70.8	0
150	Indonesia	70.7	+0.3
151	Cambodia	70.6	+0.6
152	Guyana	70.1	0
153	India	69.7	+0.5
154	Yemen	69.6	+0.2
155	Bolivia	68.9	+0.3
156	Nepal	68.8	+0.2
157	Tuvalu	68.2	+0.2
158	Fiji	68.2	-0.9
159	Micronesia	68.1	+0.1
160	Mauritania	68	-0
161	Gabon	67.6	+0.4
162	Kiribati	67.5	0
163	Laos	67.5	+0.6
164	São Tomé and Príncipe	67.4	+0.5
165	Pakistan	67.3	+0.3
166	Senegal	67.3	+0.4
167	Myanmar	67.3	+0.4
168	Marshall Islands	67.1	+0.2
169	Eritrea	66.6	+0.5
170	Papua New Guinea	66.3	+0.4
171	Sudan	66.2	+0.3
172	Timor-Leste	66.1	+0.4
173	Rwanda	65.9	+0.7
174	Comoros	65.2	+0.4
175	Haiti	64.8	+0.8
176	Madagascar	64.6	+0.2
177	South Africa	64.4	+1.3
178	Tanzania	64.2	+0.8
179	Djibouti	64.1	+0.4
180	Republic of the Congo	64	+0.4
181	Nauru	64	+0.2
182	Uganda	63.8	+0.9
183	Ethiopia	63.8	+0.9
184	Ghana	63.7	+0.4
185	Kenya	63.4	+0.3
186	Afghanistan	63.3	+0.5
187	Gambia	63.1	+0.3
188	Botswana	62.4	+0.5
189	Malawi	62.4	+1.2
190	Angola	61.2	+0.9
191	Liberia	61	+0.2
192	Equatorial Guinea	60.8	+0.5
193	Namibia	60.7	+1.3
194	Zambia	60.3	+1
195	Guinea-Bissau	60.2	+0.6
196	Burundi	60	+0.7
197	Cameroon	59.9	+0.8
198	South Sudan	59.5	+0.5
199	Benin	59.5	+0.1
200	Democratic Republic of the Congo	59	+0.5
201	Burkina Faso	59	+0.5
202	Niger	58.6	+0.4
203	Guinea	58.4	+0.4
204	Côte d’Ivoire	58.3	+0.6
205	Togo	58.3	+0.4
206	Mozambique	58	+0.8
207	Mali	57.7	+0.4
208	Zimbabwe	56.6	+1.4
209	Sierra Leone	54.1	+0.6
210	Central African Republic	52.8	+1
211	Eswatini	52.5	+2.1
212	Nigeria	52	+0.2
213	Chad	51.8	+0.3
214	Somalia	51	+17.4
215	Lesotho	50.7	+1.3

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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 87.6 years in 2012, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest female life expectancy at birth?

Lesotho, with 50.7 years in 2012.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Life expectancy at birth, female, years (SP.DYN.LE00.FE.IN). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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