Countries by female life expectancy at birth
Monaco had the highest female life expectancy at birth of 215 countries in 2016, at 88.3 years. South Sudan had the lowest, at 40 years. The median was 77.1 years and the figure for the World was 74.7 years. Source: the World Bank.
Top 40 countries, 2016
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2016 | Change on 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 88.3 | +0.1 |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 87.3 | 0 |
| 3 | Japan | 87.1 | +0.2 |
| 4 | Andorra | 86.5 | -0.1 |
| 5 | San Marino | 86.4 | +0.2 |
| 6 | Macao | 86.4 | 0 |
| 7 | Spain | 86.3 | +0.6 |
| 8 | France | 85.8 | +0.2 |
| 9 | Italy | 85.6 | +0.7 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 85.6 | +0.5 |
| 11 | Gibraltar | 85.4 | +0.1 |
| 12 | Luxembourg | 85.4 | +0.7 |
| 12 | South Korea | 85.4 | +0.2 |
| 14 | French Polynesia | 85.2 | +0.2 |
| 15 | Singapore | 85.1 | 0 |
| 16 | Australia | 84.6 | +0.1 |
| 17 | Bermuda | 84.6 | 0 |
| 18 | Finland | 84.4 | 0 |
| 19 | Malta | 84.3 | +0.3 |
| 19 | Portugal | 84.3 | 0 |
| 19 | Slovenia | 84.3 | +0.4 |
| 22 | Faroe Islands | 84.3 | +0.1 |
| 23 | Israel | 84.2 | +0.1 |
| 23 | Norway | 84.2 | 0 |
| 25 | Austria | 84.1 | +0.4 |
| 25 | Iceland | 84.1 | +0.3 |
| 25 | Sweden | 84.1 | 0 |
| 28 | Canada | 84 | +0.2 |
| 29 | Belgium | 84 | +0.6 |
| 29 | Greece | 84 | +0.3 |
| 29 | Liechtenstein | 84 | -0.5 |
| 32 | Cyprus | 83.9 | +0.1 |
| 33 | Puerto Rico | 83.8 | -0.2 |
| 34 | Saint Martin | 83.7 | +0.1 |
| 35 | Ireland | 83.6 | +0.2 |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 83.5 | +0.2 |
| 37 | Germany | 83.5 | +0.4 |
| 38 | New Zealand | 83.4 | 0 |
| 39 | Netherlands | 83.2 | 0 |
| 40 | Qatar | 83.2 | +0.4 |
| 41 | United Kingdom | 83 | +0.2 |
| 42 | Denmark | 82.8 | +0.1 |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 82.7 | -0.6 |
| 44 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 82.6 | +0.1 |
| 45 | Chile | 82.5 | +0.3 |
| 46 | Estonia | 82.2 | 0 |
| 47 | Czechia | 82.1 | +0.5 |
| 48 | Isle of Man | 82.1 | +0.2 |
| 49 | Poland | 82 | +0.4 |
| 50 | Oman | 81.5 | +0.2 |
| 51 | Bahrain | 81.4 | +0.1 |
| 52 | Croatia | 81.2 | +0.8 |
| 53 | Thailand | 81.1 | +0.2 |
| 54 | United States | 81.1 | -0.1 |
| 55 | Uruguay | 81 | -0 |
| 56 | Kuwait | 81 | +0.3 |
| 57 | Panama | 80.9 | +0.3 |
| 58 | Cayman Islands | 80.9 | +0.2 |
| 59 | Guam | 80.7 | -0 |
| 60 | Slovakia | 80.7 | +0.5 |
| 61 | Albania | 80.6 | +0.2 |
| 62 | Maldives | 80.4 | +0.3 |
| 63 | Curaçao | 80.4 | 0 |
| 64 | New Caledonia | 80.2 | +0.1 |
| 65 | Seychelles | 80.2 | +1.5 |
| 66 | Lebanon | 80.2 | +0.1 |
| 67 | Saudi Arabia | 80.1 | +0.4 |
| 68 | Lithuania | 80.1 | +0.4 |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 80.1 | -0.1 |
| 70 | China | 80.1 | +0.3 |
| 71 | Cuba | 80 | -0 |
| 72 | Antigua and Barbuda | 79.9 | -0 |
| 73 | Türkiye | 79.9 | +0.1 |
| 74 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 79.7 | +0.2 |
| 75 | Hungary | 79.7 | +0.7 |
| 76 | Latvia | 79.6 | +0.1 |
| 77 | Sri Lanka | 79.5 | +0.1 |
| 78 | British Virgin Islands | 79.4 | 0 |
| 79 | Northern Mariana Islands | 79.4 | 0 |
| 80 | Colombia | 79.2 | +0.2 |
| 81 | Argentina | 79.1 | -0.7 |
| 82 | Sint Maarten | 79 | 0 |
| 83 | Belarus | 79 | +0.1 |
| 83 | Montenegro | 79 | +0.4 |
| 83 | Romania | 79 | +0.4 |
| 86 | Vietnam | 78.8 | +0.1 |
| 87 | Brazil | 78.5 | +0.1 |
| 88 | Bulgaria | 78.5 | +0.3 |
| 89 | Ecuador | 78.4 | -0.2 |
| 90 | Armenia | 78.3 | +0.1 |
| 90 | Serbia | 78.3 | +0.4 |
| 92 | Barbados | 78.3 | +0.1 |
| 93 | Peru | 78.2 | +0.2 |
| 94 | Aruba | 78.2 | +0.1 |
| 95 | Malaysia | 78.1 | +0.1 |
| 96 | Iran | 78.1 | +0.3 |
| 97 | Grenada | 78 | +0.1 |
| 98 | Ukraine | 78 | +0.5 |
| 99 | Georgia | 77.9 | 0 |
| 100 | Cape Verde | 77.8 | +0.2 |
| 101 | Jordan | 77.8 | +0.5 |
| 102 | Mauritius | 77.8 | -0 |
| 103 | Bahamas | 77.8 | +0.3 |
| 104 | Tunisia | 77.6 | +0.2 |
| 105 | North Macedonia | 77.5 | +0.1 |
| 106 | Brunei | 77.1 | 0 |
| 107 | Russia | 77.1 | +0.4 |
| 108 | Palestine | 77.1 | +0.3 |
| 109 | Mexico | 77 | 0 |
| 110 | Kazakhstan | 76.9 | +0.4 |
| 111 | Venezuela | 76.8 | -0.6 |
| 112 | Paraguay | 76.6 | +0.1 |
| 113 | Algeria | 76.6 | +0.2 |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 76.5 | +0.1 |
| 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 76 | +0.1 |
| 116 | Saint Lucia | 75.9 | -0.2 |
| 117 | Nicaragua | 75.8 | +0.2 |
| 118 | El Salvador | 75.8 | +0.1 |
| 119 | Tonga | 75.7 | +0.1 |
| 120 | Libya | 75.5 | +0.2 |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 75.3 | -0 |
| 122 | American Samoa | 75.3 | 0 |
| 123 | North Korea | 75.2 | +0.2 |
| 124 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 75.2 | +0.1 |
| 125 | Kyrgyzstan | 75.1 | +0.3 |
| 125 | Mongolia | 75.1 | -0.7 |
| 127 | Morocco | 75.1 | +0.3 |
| 128 | Belize | 75 | +0.2 |
| 129 | Moldova | 74.7 | +0.1 |
| 130 | Uzbekistan | 74.5 | +0.3 |
| 131 | Suriname | 74.3 | +0.4 |
| 132 | Jamaica | 74.2 | -0.1 |
| 133 | Honduras | 74.2 | +0.3 |
| 134 | Dominica | 74.1 | +1.7 |
| 135 | Guatemala | 73.8 | +0.3 |
| 136 | Greenland | 73.8 | +0.5 |
| 137 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.7 | -0.6 |
| 138 | Samoa | 73.1 | -0.1 |
| 139 | Bangladesh | 73.1 | +0.5 |
| 140 | Vanuatu | 73 | +0.2 |
| 141 | Bhutan | 72.9 | +0.4 |
| 142 | Egypt | 72.8 | +0.2 |
| 143 | Philippines | 72.7 | +0.2 |
| 144 | Palau | 72.5 | -0.1 |
| 145 | Tajikistan | 72.3 | +0.2 |
| 146 | Turkmenistan | 72.2 | 0 |
| 147 | Iraq | 72.1 | +0.1 |
| 148 | Cambodia | 72 | +0.3 |
| 149 | Syria | 71.9 | +1.3 |
| 150 | Guyana | 71.9 | +0.4 |
| 151 | Indonesia | 71.7 | +0.2 |
| 152 | India | 71.3 | +0.4 |
| 153 | Solomon Islands | 71 | +0.1 |
| 154 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 70 | +0.7 |
| 155 | Yemen | 70 | +0.3 |
| 156 | Nepal | 69.8 | +1.2 |
| 157 | Bolivia | 69.8 | +0.2 |
| 158 | Laos | 69.3 | +0.4 |
| 159 | Tuvalu | 69.1 | +0.2 |
| 160 | Gabon | 68.9 | +0.3 |
| 161 | Mauritania | 68.8 | +0.2 |
| 162 | Myanmar | 68.7 | +0.3 |
| 163 | Fiji | 68.6 | -0.4 |
| 164 | Micronesia | 68.6 | +0.3 |
| 165 | Senegal | 68.5 | +0.2 |
| 166 | Pakistan | 68.4 | +0.3 |
| 167 | Eritrea | 68.3 | +0.4 |
| 168 | South Africa | 67.9 | +0.9 |
| 169 | Marshall Islands | 67.8 | +0.2 |
| 170 | Papua New Guinea | 67.8 | +0.3 |
| 171 | Rwanda | 67.8 | +0.4 |
| 172 | Sudan | 67.7 | +0.3 |
| 173 | Kiribati | 67.4 | -0 |
| 174 | Timor-Leste | 67.3 | +0.3 |
| 175 | Uganda | 67.1 | +0.8 |
| 176 | Ethiopia | 67 | +0.7 |
| 177 | Tanzania | 66.8 | +0.6 |
| 178 | Comoros | 66.7 | +0.4 |
| 179 | Botswana | 66.4 | +1.2 |
| 180 | Malawi | 66.2 | +1 |
| 181 | Haiti | 66.1 | +0.1 |
| 182 | Djibouti | 65.8 | +0.5 |
| 183 | Ghana | 65.4 | +0.4 |
| 184 | Republic of the Congo | 65.4 | +0.3 |
| 185 | Madagascar | 65 | +0.1 |
| 186 | Gambia | 64.8 | +0.5 |
| 187 | Kenya | 64.7 | +0.3 |
| 188 | Afghanistan | 64.6 | +0.5 |
| 189 | Nauru | 64.2 | -0 |
| 190 | Namibia | 64.1 | +1 |
| 191 | Angola | 64 | +0.6 |
| 192 | Zambia | 63.3 | +0.4 |
| 193 | Equatorial Guinea | 62.8 | +0.5 |
| 194 | Guinea-Bissau | 62.7 | +0.6 |
| 195 | Burundi | 62.5 | +0.6 |
| 196 | Cameroon | 62.3 | +0.6 |
| 197 | Liberia | 61.6 | +1.3 |
| 198 | Mozambique | 61.5 | +0.9 |
| 199 | Zimbabwe | 61.4 | +0.9 |
| 200 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 60.9 | +0.5 |
| 201 | Burkina Faso | 60.8 | +0.4 |
| 202 | Côte d’Ivoire | 60.7 | +0.6 |
| 203 | Benin | 60.3 | +0.2 |
| 204 | Niger | 60.1 | +0.4 |
| 205 | Togo | 59.9 | +0.4 |
| 206 | Guinea | 59.6 | +0.5 |
| 207 | Mali | 59.3 | +0.4 |
| 208 | Eswatini | 58.7 | +1.5 |
| 209 | Sierra Leone | 57.9 | +1.5 |
| 210 | Somalia | 57.6 | +0.4 |
| 211 | Lesotho | 55.3 | +1 |
| 212 | Central African Republic | 53.9 | -0.3 |
| 213 | Chad | 52.8 | +0.3 |
| 214 | Nigeria | 52.4 | +0.2 |
| 215 | South Sudan | 40 | -2.9 |
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About this ranking
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
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Which country has the highest female life expectancy at birth?
Monaco, with 88.3 years in 2016, according to the World Bank.
Which country has the lowest female life expectancy at birth?
South Sudan, with 40 years in 2016.
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.