Countries by female life expectancy at birth

Monaco had the highest female life expectancy at birth of 215 countries in 2017, at 88.4 years. South Sudan had the lowest, at 38.7 years. The median was 77.2 years and the figure for the World was 74.9 years. Source: the World Bank.

Highest88.4Monaco

Lowest38.7South Sudan

Median77.2215 countries

World74.9History

Top 40 countries, 2017

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2017 years	Change on 2016
1	Monaco	88.4	+0.1
2	Hong Kong	87.6	+0.3
3	Japan	87.3	+0.1
4	Macao	86.6	+0.2
5	San Marino	86.5	+0.1
6	Andorra	86.3	-0.1
7	Spain	86.1	-0.2
8	Liechtenstein	86	+2
9	France	85.7	-0.1
9	South Korea	85.7	+0.3
11	Switzerland	85.6	0
12	Gibraltar	85.5	+0.1
13	Singapore	85.4	+0.3
14	French Polynesia	85.4	+0.2
15	Italy	85.2	-0.4
16	Bermuda	84.6	+0.1
17	Australia	84.6	0
17	Israel	84.6	+0.4
17	Portugal	84.6	+0.3
20	Finland	84.5	+0.1
20	Malta	84.5	+0.2
22	Luxembourg	84.4	-1
23	Faroe Islands	84.4	+0.1
24	Iceland	84.3	+0.2
24	Norway	84.3	+0.1
26	Sweden	84.1	0
27	Austria	84	-0.1
27	Canada	84	-0
27	Ireland	84	+0.4
27	Slovenia	84	-0.3
31	Belgium	83.9	-0.1
31	Greece	83.9	-0.1
33	Cyprus	83.9	-0.1
34	United Arab Emirates	83.7	+0.2
35	New Zealand	83.6	+0.2
36	Qatar	83.5	+0.3
37	Germany	83.4	-0.1
37	Netherlands	83.4	+0.2
39	Denmark	83.1	+0.3
39	United Kingdom	83.1	+0.1
41	U.S. Virgin Islands	82.8	+0.2
42	Chile	82.8	+0.2
43	Costa Rica	82.7	-0
44	Estonia	82.6	+0.4
45	Isle of Man	82.3	+0.2
46	Saint Martin	82.3	-1.4
47	Puerto Rico	82.2	-1.6
48	Czechia	82	-0.1
49	Poland	81.8	-0.2
50	Oman	81.7	+0.2
51	Bahrain	81.5	0
52	Thailand	81.4	+0.3
53	Kuwait	81.2	+0.2
54	Uruguay	81.2	+0.2
55	United States	81.1	0
56	Cayman Islands	81.1	+0.2
57	Panama	80.9	-0
58	Croatia	80.8	-0.4
59	Albania	80.8	+0.2
60	Maldives	80.8	+0.4
61	Guam	80.7	-0
62	Slovakia	80.7	0
63	Lithuania	80.5	+0.4
64	Curaçao	80.4	+0.1
65	Saudi Arabia	80.4	+0.3
66	New Caledonia	80.3	+0.1
67	China	80.3	+0.2
68	Türkiye	80.3	+0.4
69	Lebanon	80.1	-0
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina	80.1	-0
71	Antigua and Barbuda	79.9	-0
72	Cuba	79.8	-0.2
73	Turks and Caicos Islands	79.8	+0.1
74	Latvia	79.7	+0.1
75	Sri Lanka	79.6	+0.1
76	Northern Mariana Islands	79.5	+0.1
77	Montenegro	79.4	+0.4
78	Colombia	79.3	+0.2
79	Hungary	79.3	-0.4
80	Argentina	79.2	+0.1
81	Belarus	79.2	+0.2
82	Romania	79	0
83	Vietnam	78.8	0
84	Brazil	78.8	+0.2
85	Armenia	78.7	+0.4
86	Ecuador	78.6	+0.2
87	Ukraine	78.6	+0.5
88	Seychelles	78.5	-1.7
89	Bulgaria	78.4	-0.1
90	Jordan	78.4	+0.6
91	Iran	78.3	+0.2
92	Sint Maarten	78.3	-0.7
93	Barbados	78.3	0
94	Peru	78.3	+0.1
95	Malaysia	78.3	+0.1
96	Aruba	78.3	0
97	British Virgin Islands	78.2	-1.2
98	Georgia	78.2	+0.3
99	Grenada	78.1	+0.1
100	Cape Verde	78.1	+0.3
101	Serbia	78.1	-0.2
102	North Macedonia	77.9	+0.4
103	Mauritius	77.9	+0.1
104	Tunisia	77.8	+0.2
105	Bahamas	77.7	-0
106	Russia	77.6	+0.6
107	Palestine	77.3	+0.3
108	Kazakhstan	77.2	+0.3
109	Brunei	77.2	0
110	Mexico	77	0
111	Dominican Republic	76.8	+0.3
112	Algeria	76.8	+0.2
113	Paraguay	76.6	0
114	Venezuela	76.3	-0.5
115	Saint Lucia	76.2	+0.3
116	Trinidad and Tobago	76	+0.1
117	Nicaragua	76	+0.1
118	Libya	75.9	+0.4
119	El Salvador	75.8	0
120	Tonga	75.8	+0.1
121	Azerbaijan	75.6	+0.3
122	American Samoa	75.6	+0.3
123	Morocco	75.6	+0.5
124	North Korea	75.5	+0.3
125	Mongolia	75.4	+0.3
126	Kyrgyzstan	75.4	+0.3
127	Saint Kitts and Nevis	75.3	+0.1
128	Belize	75.2	+0.2
129	Moldova	74.9	+0.2
130	Uzbekistan	74.8	+0.3
131	Suriname	74.5	+0.2
132	Honduras	74.4	+0.2
133	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	74.2	+0.5
134	Jamaica	74.1	-0.1
135	Guatemala	74.1	+0.3
136	Greenland	73.9	+0.2
137	Bangladesh	73.5	+0.4
138	Philippines	73.4	+0.7
139	Bhutan	73.2	+0.4
140	Vanuatu	73	0
141	Samoa	73	-0.1
142	Egypt	73	+0.2
143	Tajikistan	72.7	+0.4
144	Iraq	72.5	+0.3
145	Palau	72.4	-0.1
146	Guyana	72.4	+0.5
147	Cambodia	72.2	+0.2
148	Turkmenistan	72.2	0
149	Indonesia	71.9	+0.3
150	Syria	71.9	-0
151	India	71.6	+0.3
152	Solomon Islands	71.1	+0.1
153	Dominica	70.9	-3.2
154	São Tomé and Príncipe	70.6	+0.6
155	Yemen	70.1	+0.2
156	Nepal	70.1	+0.3
157	Bolivia	70	+0.2
158	Laos	69.6	+0.3
159	Fiji	69.3	+0.7
160	Tuvalu	69.3	+0.2
161	Gabon	69.2	+0.3
162	Mauritania	69	+0.2
163	Myanmar	68.9	+0.2
164	Senegal	68.9	+0.4
165	Micronesia	68.8	+0.3
166	Pakistan	68.7	+0.3
167	Eritrea	68.7	+0.4
168	South Africa	68.6	+0.7
169	Rwanda	68.2	+0.5
170	Sudan	68	+0.3
171	Papua New Guinea	68	+0.2
172	Marshall Islands	68	+0.2
173	Uganda	67.8	+0.7
174	Ethiopia	67.7	+0.7
175	Botswana	67.6	+1.2
176	Timor-Leste	67.6	+0.3
177	Tanzania	67.6	+0.7
178	Kiribati	67.4	0
179	Malawi	67.1	+0.9
180	Comoros	67.1	+0.3
181	Haiti	66.7	+0.6
182	Djibouti	66.2	+0.4
183	Ghana	65.8	+0.3
184	Republic of the Congo	65.7	+0.3
185	Afghanistan	65.6	+1
186	Gambia	65.1	+0.4
187	Namibia	65.1	+1
188	Madagascar	65.1	0
189	Kenya	64.9	+0.3
190	Angola	64.5	+0.5
191	Nauru	64.1	-0
192	Zambia	63.9	+0.6
193	Equatorial Guinea	63.3	+0.5
194	Guinea-Bissau	63.2	+0.6
195	Burundi	63.1	+0.6
196	Cameroon	62.9	+0.6
197	Mozambique	62.3	+0.8
198	Zimbabwe	62	+0.6
199	Liberia	61.9	+0.3
200	Democratic Republic of the Congo	61.3	+0.4
201	Côte d’Ivoire	61.2	+0.6
202	Burkina Faso	61.2	+0.4
203	Benin	60.6	+0.3
204	Niger	60.4	+0.3
205	Togo	60.4	+0.5
206	Eswatini	60.2	+1.5
207	Guinea	59.9	+0.3
208	Mali	59.7	+0.4
209	Sierra Leone	58.8	+0.9
210	Lesotho	56.3	+0.9
211	Somalia	54.3	-3.3
212	Chad	53.3	+0.4
213	Nigeria	52.6	+0.2
214	Central African Republic	50.1	-3.8
215	South Sudan	38.7	-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 88.4 years in 2017, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest female life expectancy at birth?

South Sudan, with 38.7 years in 2017.

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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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