Countries by female life expectancy at birth

Monaco had the highest female life expectancy at birth of 215 countries in 2014, at 88.1 years. The Central African Republic had the lowest, at 45.7 years. The median was 76.8 years and the figure for the World was 74.3 years. Source: the World Bank.

Highest88.1Monaco

Lowest45.7Central African Republic

Median76.8215 countries

World74.3History

Top 40 countries, 2014

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2014 years	Change on 2013
1	Monaco	88.1	+0.2
2	Hong Kong	86.9	+0.1
3	Japan	86.8	+0.2
4	Andorra	86.6	-0
5	Macao	86.3	+0.3
6	Spain	86.2	+0.1
7	San Marino	86.1	+0.2
8	France	86.1	+0.5
9	Italy	85.6	+0.4
10	Switzerland	85.4	+0.4
11	Gibraltar	85.3	+0.1
12	Luxembourg	85.2	+1.3
13	South Korea	85	+0.4
14	French Polynesia	84.8	+0.2
15	Singapore	84.8	+0.3
16	Bermuda	84.5	+0.1
17	Iceland	84.5	+0.8
18	Australia	84.4	+0.1
18	Portugal	84.4	+0.4
20	Malta	84.2	+0.2
20	Norway	84.2	+0.4
20	Sweden	84.2	+0.4
23	Finland	84.1	0
23	Greece	84.1	+0.1
23	Israel	84.1	+0.2
23	Slovenia	84.1	+0.5
27	Austria	84	+0.2
28	Faroe Islands	84	+0.2
29	Canada	83.9	+0.1
30	Belgium	83.9	+0.7
31	Cyprus	83.7	-0
32	Germany	83.6	+0.6
33	Puerto Rico	83.5	0
34	Ireland	83.5	+0.4
34	Netherlands	83.5	+0.3
36	Saint Martin	83.4	+0.2
37	New Zealand	83.3	-0
38	Liechtenstein	83.2	-0.7
38	United Kingdom	83.2	+0.3
40	United Arab Emirates	83.2	+0.1
41	Costa Rica	82.9	+0.1
42	Denmark	82.8	+0.4
43	Qatar	82.4	+0.4
44	U.S. Virgin Islands	82.3	+0.1
45	Czechia	82	+0.7
46	Chile	82	+0.2
47	Estonia	81.9	+0.2
48	Isle of Man	81.7	+0.1
49	Poland	81.7	+0.5
50	United States	81.3	+0.1
51	Bahrain	81.2	+0.2
52	Oman	81	+0.3
53	Uruguay	81	+0.2
54	Croatia	80.9	0
55	Panama	80.7	+0.3
56	Guam	80.7	+0.2
57	Slovakia	80.5	+0.4
58	Thailand	80.5	+0.4
59	Kuwait	80.5	+0.3
60	Cayman Islands	80.4	+0.2
61	Albania	80.3	-0.1
62	Bosnia and Herzegovina	80.2	-0.2
63	Antigua and Barbuda	80.1	-0.2
64	Lithuania	80.1	+0.5
65	New Caledonia	80.1	+0.1
66	Curaçao	80.1	+0.3
67	Cuba	80	-0.1
68	Lebanon	80	+0.1
69	Maldives	79.8	+0.3
70	Türkiye	79.6	+0.2
71	China	79.5	+0.3
72	Northern Mariana Islands	79.4	-0.1
73	Turks and Caicos Islands	79.4	+0.1
74	Hungary	79.4	+0.3
74	Latvia	79.4	+0.5
76	British Virgin Islands	79.4	+0.1
77	Saudi Arabia	79.2	+0.4
78	Sri Lanka	79.2	+0.3
79	Argentina	79.2	+0.5
80	Colombia	78.9	0
81	Montenegro	78.9	-0.1
82	Sint Maarten	78.9	+0.3
83	Romania	78.7	0
84	Ecuador	78.6	+0.2
85	Vietnam	78.6	+0.1
86	Belarus	78.4	+0.5
87	Seychelles	78.3	+1.8
88	Brazil	78.3	+0.2
89	Aruba	78.1	+0.2
90	Armenia	78.1	+0.2
91	Malaysia	78.1	-0.1
92	Barbados	78.1	+0.1
93	Bulgaria	78	-0.6
93	Serbia	78	+0.1
95	Grenada	77.9	+0.1
96	Bahamas	77.7	+0.2
97	Georgia	77.6	-0
98	Mauritius	77.6	+0.1
99	Peru	77.6	+0.7
100	Iran	77.6	+0.3
101	North Macedonia	77.5	0
102	Cape Verde	77.3	+0.3
103	Venezuela	77.3	-0.1
104	Tunisia	77.3	+0.1
105	Brunei	77.1	0
106	Mexico	76.9	+0.1
107	Jordan	76.9	+0.3
108	Ukraine	76.8	+0.4
109	Dominican Republic	76.8	-0.1
110	Russia	76.5	+0.2
111	Paraguay	76.4	+0.2
112	Algeria	76.2	+0.2
113	Kazakhstan	76	+0.5
114	Trinidad and Tobago	75.8	+0.1
115	Saint Lucia	75.8	+0.3
116	El Salvador	75.7	+0.1
117	Palestine	75.6	-0.6
118	Nicaragua	75.6	+0.1
119	Tonga	75.5	0
120	Mongolia	75.5	+0.5
121	American Samoa	75.3	-0.1
122	Libya	75	-0.1
123	Saint Kitts and Nevis	75	+0.1
124	Azerbaijan	74.8	+0.3
125	North Korea	74.7	+0.4
126	Moldova	74.6	0
127	Belize	74.6	+0.2
128	Kyrgyzstan	74.5	+0.2
129	Jamaica	74.4	-0.1
130	Morocco	74.4	+0.4
131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	74	+0.3
132	Dominica	74	-0.1
133	Uzbekistan	73.9	+0.3
134	Suriname	73.8	+0.2
135	Guatemala	73.6	0
136	Honduras	73.5	+0.3
137	Samoa	73.4	-0.2
138	Greenland	72.9	+0.2
139	Vanuatu	72.8	-0
140	Palau	72.7	0
141	Philippines	72.4	+0.1
142	Egypt	72.3	+0.2
143	Bhutan	72.2	+0.3
144	Tajikistan	72.1	+0.2
145	Bangladesh	72.1	+0.6
146	Turkmenistan	72.1	0
147	Iraq	71.8	+0.5
148	Cambodia	71.4	+0.4
149	Indonesia	71.2	+0.3
150	Syria	71.2	+0.3
151	Guyana	71.2	+0.7
152	Solomon Islands	70.7	-0.1
153	India	70.6	+0.4
154	Yemen	70	+0.1
155	Bolivia	69.3	+0.2
156	Nepal	69.2	+0.2
157	Fiji	69.1	+0.5
158	Tuvalu	68.6	+0.2
159	São Tomé and Príncipe	68.6	+0.7
160	Laos	68.6	+0.6
161	Gabon	68.4	+0.4
162	Mauritania	68.3	+0.2
163	Micronesia	68.3	+0.1
164	Myanmar	68	+0.4
165	Senegal	68	+0.3
166	Pakistan	67.8	+0.3
167	Eritrea	67.5	+0.5
168	Kiribati	67.5	-0
169	Marshall Islands	67.4	+0.1
170	Papua New Guinea	67.1	+0.4
171	Rwanda	67	+0.5
172	Sudan	67	+0.4
173	Timor-Leste	66.7	+0.3
174	South Africa	66.2	+0.9
175	Comoros	66	+0.4
176	Haiti	65.6	+0.4
177	Tanzania	65.6	+0.8
178	Ethiopia	65.6	+0.9
179	Uganda	65.5	+0.8
180	Madagascar	64.9	+0.1
181	Djibouti	64.9	+0.4
182	Republic of the Congo	64.8	+0.4
183	Ghana	64.7	+0.5
184	Malawi	64.5	+0.9
185	Nauru	64.1	+0.1
186	Botswana	64.1	+0.9
187	Afghanistan	64	+0.2
188	Kenya	64	+0.4
189	Gambia	63.8	+0.3
190	Angola	62.7	+0.7
191	Namibia	62.3	+0.8
192	Zambia	62	+0.9
193	Equatorial Guinea	61.9	+0.5
194	Guinea-Bissau	61.5	+0.6
195	Burundi	61.3	+0.6
196	Cameroon	61.1	+0.6
197	Liberia	60.4	-0.8
198	Benin	60	+0.2
199	Democratic Republic of the Congo	59.9	+0.4
200	Burkina Faso	59.9	+0.5
201	Mozambique	59.8	+0.9
202	Zimbabwe	59.5	+1.3
203	Côte d’Ivoire	59.5	+0.6
204	Niger	59.4	+0.4
205	Togo	59	+0.4
206	Guinea	58.9	+0.1
207	Mali	58.5	+0.4
208	Somalia	56.6	+0.6
209	Eswatini	55.6	+1.5
210	Sierra Leone	55.1	+0.2
211	Lesotho	53.3	+1.3
212	Chad	52.3	+0.2
213	Nigeria	52.3	+0.1
214	South Sudan	48.8	-10.9
215	Central African Republic	45.7	-6.5

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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 88.1 years in 2014, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest female life expectancy at birth?

The Central African Republic, with 45.7 years in 2014.

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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