Countries by female life expectancy at birth

Monaco had the highest female life expectancy at birth of 215 countries in 2015, at 88.2 years. South Sudan had the lowest, at 42.9 years. The median was 76.9 years and the figure for the World was 74.5 years. Source: the World Bank.

Highest88.2Monaco

Lowest42.9South Sudan

Median76.9215 countries

World74.5History

Top 40 countries, 2015

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2015 years	Change on 2014
1	Monaco	88.2	+0.1
2	Hong Kong	87.3	+0.4
3	Japan	87	+0.2
4	Andorra	86.6	-0
5	Macao	86.4	+0.1
6	San Marino	86.3	+0.1
7	Spain	85.7	-0.5
8	France	85.6	-0.5
9	Gibraltar	85.4	+0.1
10	South Korea	85.2	+0.2
11	Singapore	85.1	+0.3
11	Switzerland	85.1	-0.3
13	French Polynesia	85	+0.2
14	Italy	84.9	-0.7
15	Luxembourg	84.7	-0.5
16	Bermuda	84.5	0
17	Australia	84.5	+0.1
17	Liechtenstein	84.5	+1.3
19	Finland	84.4	+0.3
20	Portugal	84.3	-0.1
21	Norway	84.2	0
22	Faroe Islands	84.2	+0.2
23	Israel	84.1	0
23	Sweden	84.1	-0.1
25	Puerto Rico	84	+0.5
26	Malta	84	-0.2
27	Slovenia	83.9	-0.2
28	Canada	83.9	-0
29	Cyprus	83.9	+0.1
30	Iceland	83.8	-0.7
31	Austria	83.7	-0.3
31	Greece	83.7	-0.4
33	Saint Martin	83.6	+0.2
34	Belgium	83.4	-0.5
34	Ireland	83.4	-0.1
34	New Zealand	83.4	+0.1
37	United Arab Emirates	83.3	+0.2
38	Costa Rica	83.3	+0.4
39	Netherlands	83.2	-0.3
40	Germany	83.1	-0.5
41	Qatar	82.8	+0.4
42	United Kingdom	82.8	-0.4
43	Denmark	82.7	-0.1
44	U.S. Virgin Islands	82.5	+0.2
45	Chile	82.3	+0.3
46	Estonia	82.2	+0.3
47	Isle of Man	81.9	+0.1
48	Czechia	81.6	-0.4
48	Poland	81.6	-0.1
50	Bahrain	81.3	+0.2
51	Oman	81.3	+0.3
52	United States	81.2	-0.1
53	Uruguay	81	+0.1
54	Thailand	80.9	+0.4
55	Guam	80.7	0
56	Kuwait	80.7	+0.3
57	Cayman Islands	80.6	+0.2
58	Panama	80.6	-0.1
59	Albania	80.5	+0.2
60	Croatia	80.4	-0.5
61	Curaçao	80.3	+0.3
62	Slovakia	80.2	-0.3
63	Bosnia and Herzegovina	80.2	-0
64	New Caledonia	80.2	+0.1
65	Maldives	80.1	+0.4
66	Lebanon	80.1	+0.1
67	Cuba	80	0
68	Antigua and Barbuda	80	-0.2
69	Argentina	79.8	+0.6
70	China	79.8	+0.3
71	Türkiye	79.7	+0.2
72	Lithuania	79.7	-0.4
73	Saudi Arabia	79.7	+0.5
74	Turks and Caicos Islands	79.5	+0.1
75	Latvia	79.5	+0.1
76	Northern Mariana Islands	79.4	-0
77	Sri Lanka	79.4	+0.2
78	British Virgin Islands	79.4	0
79	Sint Maarten	79	+0.1
80	Hungary	79	-0.4
81	Colombia	79	+0.1
82	Belarus	78.9	+0.5
83	Seychelles	78.7	+0.4
83	Vietnam	78.7	+0.1
85	Ecuador	78.6	0
86	Montenegro	78.6	-0.3
86	Romania	78.6	-0.1
88	Brazil	78.5	+0.2
89	Armenia	78.2	+0.1
89	Bulgaria	78.2	+0.2
91	Barbados	78.2	+0.1
92	Aruba	78.1	0
93	Malaysia	78	-0
94	Peru	78	+0.5
95	Grenada	78	+0.1
96	Serbia	77.9	-0.1
97	Georgia	77.9	+0.3
98	Iran	77.8	+0.3
99	Mauritius	77.8	+0.2
100	Cape Verde	77.6	+0.3
101	Ukraine	77.5	+0.6
102	Bahamas	77.4	-0.3
103	Tunisia	77.4	+0.1
104	North Macedonia	77.4	-0.1
105	Venezuela	77.4	+0.1
106	Jordan	77.3	+0.4
107	Brunei	77.1	0
108	Mexico	76.9	0
109	Palestine	76.7	+1.1
110	Russia	76.7	+0.2
111	Paraguay	76.5	+0.1
112	Kazakhstan	76.5	+0.5
113	Algeria	76.4	+0.2
114	Dominican Republic	76.4	-0.4
115	Saint Lucia	76	+0.2
116	Trinidad and Tobago	75.9	+0.1
117	Mongolia	75.8	+0.4
118	El Salvador	75.7	-0.1
119	Nicaragua	75.6	+0.1
120	Tonga	75.6	+0.1
121	Azerbaijan	75.3	+0.5
122	American Samoa	75.3	-0
123	Libya	75.2	+0.2
124	Saint Kitts and Nevis	75.1	+0.1
125	North Korea	75	+0.3
126	Belize	74.8	+0.3
127	Kyrgyzstan	74.8	+0.3
128	Morocco	74.7	+0.4
129	Moldova	74.5	-0
130	Jamaica	74.3	-0.1
131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	74.3	+0.3
132	Uzbekistan	74.2	+0.3
133	Suriname	73.9	+0.2
134	Honduras	73.8	+0.3
135	Guatemala	73.6	-0.1
136	Samoa	73.2	-0.2
137	Greenland	73.2	+0.3
138	Vanuatu	72.9	+0.1
139	Palau	72.6	-0.1
140	Bangladesh	72.6	+0.5
141	Philippines	72.5	+0.1
142	Egypt	72.5	+0.2
143	Bhutan	72.5	+0.3
144	Dominica	72.4	-1.6
145	Tajikistan	72.2	0
146	Turkmenistan	72.1	0
147	Iraq	72	+0.3
148	Cambodia	71.7	+0.3
149	Guyana	71.5	+0.4
150	Indonesia	71.5	+0.2
151	India	70.9	+0.4
152	Solomon Islands	70.9	+0.2
153	Syria	70.6	-0.6
154	Yemen	69.7	-0.3
155	Bolivia	69.6	+0.3
156	São Tomé and Príncipe	69.3	+0.7
157	Fiji	69	-0.1
158	Laos	68.9	+0.3
159	Tuvalu	68.9	+0.2
160	Gabon	68.7	+0.3
161	Nepal	68.6	-0.6
162	Mauritania	68.6	+0.2
163	Myanmar	68.4	+0.3
164	Senegal	68.3	+0.4
165	Micronesia	68.3	-0
166	Pakistan	68.1	+0.3
167	Eritrea	67.9	+0.4
168	Marshall Islands	67.6	+0.2
169	Papua New Guinea	67.5	+0.4
170	Kiribati	67.4	-0
171	Rwanda	67.4	+0.4
172	Sudan	67.3	+0.4
173	Timor-Leste	67	+0.3
174	South Africa	67	+0.8
175	Ethiopia	66.4	+0.8
176	Comoros	66.3	+0.4
177	Uganda	66.3	+0.8
178	Tanzania	66.2	+0.6
179	Haiti	65.9	+0.3
180	Djibouti	65.3	+0.5
181	Malawi	65.2	+0.7
182	Botswana	65.2	+1.1
183	Republic of the Congo	65.1	+0.4
184	Ghana	65.1	+0.4
185	Madagascar	65	+0.1
186	Kenya	64.3	+0.4
187	Gambia	64.3	+0.4
188	Afghanistan	64.2	+0.2
189	Nauru	64.2	0
190	Angola	63.4	+0.7
191	Namibia	63.1	+0.8
192	Zambia	62.8	+0.8
193	Equatorial Guinea	62.3	+0.4
194	Guinea-Bissau	62.1	+0.6
195	Burundi	61.9	+0.5
196	Cameroon	61.7	+0.6
197	Mozambique	60.7	+0.9
198	Zimbabwe	60.5	+1
199	Democratic Republic of the Congo	60.4	+0.5
200	Liberia	60.4	0
201	Burkina Faso	60.4	+0.5
202	Benin	60.1	+0.1
203	Côte d’Ivoire	60	+0.6
204	Niger	59.7	+0.3
205	Togo	59.5	+0.5
206	Guinea	59.1	+0.2
207	Mali	58.9	+0.4
208	Eswatini	57.2	+1.6
209	Somalia	57.1	+0.6
210	Sierra Leone	56.3	+1.2
211	Lesotho	54.4	+1.1
212	Central African Republic	54.2	+8.5
213	Chad	52.5	+0.2
214	Nigeria	52.2	-0.1
215	South Sudan	42.9	-5.9

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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 88.2 years in 2015, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest female life expectancy at birth?

South Sudan, with 42.9 years in 2015.

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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