Countries by female life expectancy at birth
Monaco had the highest female life expectancy at birth of 215 countries in 2020, at 88.3 years. Nigeria had the lowest, at 53.4 years. The median was 76.4 years and the figure for the World was 74.8 years. Source: the World Bank.
Top 40 countries, 2020
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2020 | Change on 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 88.3 | -0.1 |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 87.8 | -0.3 |
| 3 | Japan | 87.7 | +0.3 |
| 4 | Macao | 87.1 | +0.2 |
| 5 | South Korea | 86.5 | +0.2 |
| 6 | Singapore | 85.9 | 0 |
| 7 | Gibraltar | 85.7 | -0.1 |
| 8 | French Polynesia | 85.4 | -0.3 |
| 9 | Australia | 85.3 | +0.3 |
| 9 | France | 85.3 | -0.6 |
| 11 | Bermuda | 85.2 | +0.2 |
| 12 | San Marino | 85.1 | -1.7 |
| 13 | Spain | 85.1 | -1.6 |
| 13 | Switzerland | 85.1 | -0.7 |
| 15 | Norway | 84.9 | +0.2 |
| 16 | Finland | 84.8 | 0 |
| 16 | Israel | 84.8 | +0.1 |
| 18 | Faroe Islands | 84.6 | +0.1 |
| 19 | Iceland | 84.6 | -0.1 |
| 20 | Italy | 84.5 | -1.2 |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 84.5 | -0.7 |
| 22 | Ireland | 84.3 | -0.4 |
| 22 | Malta | 84.3 | -0.1 |
| 22 | Portugal | 84.3 | -0.5 |
| 25 | Sweden | 84.2 | -0.6 |
| 26 | New Zealand | 84.1 | +0.2 |
| 27 | Puerto Rico | 84 | -1.2 |
| 28 | Greece | 83.9 | -0.3 |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 83.9 | -0.1 |
| 30 | Saint Martin | 83.9 | 0 |
| 31 | Andorra | 83.8 | -2.3 |
| 31 | Canada | 83.8 | -0.5 |
| 33 | Cyprus | 83.7 | 0 |
| 34 | Austria | 83.6 | -0.6 |
| 34 | Denmark | 83.6 | +0.1 |
| 36 | Germany | 83.5 | -0.2 |
| 37 | Liechtenstein | 83.4 | -2.4 |
| 37 | Slovenia | 83.4 | -1.1 |
| 39 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 83.2 | +0.1 |
| 40 | Netherlands | 83.1 | -0.6 |
| 41 | Belgium | 83 | -1.3 |
| 41 | Estonia | 83 | 0 |
| 43 | Costa Rica | 82.8 | -0.2 |
| 44 | Isle of Man | 82.7 | -0 |
| 45 | United Kingdom | 82.4 | -0.9 |
| 46 | Qatar | 82.2 | -1.9 |
| 47 | Chile | 82 | -0.5 |
| 48 | Uruguay | 82 | +0.7 |
| 49 | Seychelles | 82 | +3.6 |
| 50 | Thailand | 81.9 | +0.1 |
| 51 | Cayman Islands | 81.8 | +0.3 |
| 52 | Czechia | 81.3 | -0.9 |
| 53 | China | 81 | +0.3 |
| 54 | Bahrain | 81 | -0.6 |
| 55 | Croatia | 80.7 | -0.7 |
| 56 | Curaçao | 80.6 | 0 |
| 57 | Poland | 80.6 | -1.3 |
| 58 | Kuwait | 80.4 | -2.6 |
| 58 | Slovakia | 80.4 | -0.8 |
| 60 | Maldives | 80.4 | -1.1 |
| 61 | Albania | 80.3 | -0.7 |
| 62 | Vietnam | 80.3 | +1.3 |
| 63 | Guam | 80.3 | -0.6 |
| 64 | Lithuania | 80.1 | -1.1 |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 80.1 | +0.2 |
| 66 | Saudi Arabia | 80.1 | -0.3 |
| 67 | Latvia | 80 | -0.1 |
| 68 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 80 | 0 |
| 69 | Northern Mariana Islands | 80 | +0.2 |
| 70 | Cuba | 79.9 | 0 |
| 71 | United States | 79.9 | -1.5 |
| 72 | Türkiye | 79.9 | -1 |
| 73 | Panama | 79.8 | -1.7 |
| 74 | Antigua and Barbuda | 79.8 | -0 |
| 75 | British Virgin Islands | 79.7 | +0.1 |
| 76 | New Caledonia | 79.5 | -1 |
| 77 | Oman | 79.5 | -2.4 |
| 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 79.4 | -1.1 |
| 79 | Hungary | 78.8 | -0.9 |
| 79 | Montenegro | 78.8 | -0.7 |
| 81 | Argentina | 78.8 | -0.7 |
| 82 | Malaysia | 78.8 | +0.2 |
| 83 | Lebanon | 78.7 | -1.4 |
| 84 | Barbados | 78.6 | +0.1 |
| 85 | Armenia | 78.6 | -0.9 |
| 86 | Sint Maarten | 78.5 | -0 |
| 87 | Aruba | 78.3 | -0.5 |
| 88 | Romania | 78.3 | -1.2 |
| 89 | Georgia | 78.3 | -0.6 |
| 90 | Jordan | 78.3 | -1 |
| 91 | Colombia | 78.2 | -1.5 |
| 92 | Grenada | 78.2 | 0 |
| 93 | Ukraine | 78 | -0.7 |
| 94 | Cape Verde | 78 | -0.7 |
| 95 | Peru | 78 | -0.6 |
| 96 | Tunisia | 77.7 | -0.5 |
| 97 | Mauritius | 77.7 | +0.1 |
| 98 | Palestine | 77.6 | -0.5 |
| 99 | Brazil | 77.6 | -1.4 |
| 100 | Serbia | 77.5 | -1.1 |
| 101 | Belarus | 77.4 | -2 |
| 102 | Brunei | 77.4 | +0.1 |
| 103 | Bulgaria | 77.3 | -1.5 |
| 104 | Bahamas | 76.8 | +2.6 |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 76.7 | +0.3 |
| 106 | North Macedonia | 76.7 | -1.9 |
| 107 | Venezuela | 76.5 | -0.2 |
| 108 | Russia | 76.4 | -1.7 |
| 109 | Iran | 76.2 | -2.6 |
| 110 | Mongolia | 76.2 | +0.3 |
| 110 | Suriname | 76.2 | +1.1 |
| 112 | Saint Lucia | 76.2 | +0.1 |
| 113 | Tonga | 76.1 | +0.1 |
| 114 | Paraguay | 76.1 | -0.7 |
| 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 76 | 0 |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 76 | +0.2 |
| 117 | Ecuador | 75.9 | -4.1 |
| 118 | Morocco | 75.7 | -0.7 |
| 119 | Libya | 75.7 | -0.5 |
| 120 | North Korea | 75.7 | -0.2 |
| 121 | American Samoa | 75.7 | -0 |
| 122 | Kazakhstan | 75.5 | -2.3 |
| 123 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 75.4 | -0.1 |
| 124 | Algeria | 74.9 | -2.1 |
| 125 | Syria | 74.8 | +0.6 |
| 126 | El Salvador | 74.7 | -1.3 |
| 127 | Dominica | 74.6 | +0.1 |
| 128 | Belize | 74.5 | -1.2 |
| 129 | Uzbekistan | 74.5 | -0.9 |
| 130 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 74.5 | +0.5 |
| 131 | Moldova | 74.2 | -0.4 |
| 132 | Bhutan | 74.2 | +0.3 |
| 133 | Mexico | 74.1 | -3.3 |
| 134 | Nicaragua | 74 | -2.4 |
| 135 | Jamaica | 74 | 0 |
| 136 | Honduras | 73.8 | -0.9 |
| 137 | Azerbaijan | 73.8 | -2.4 |
| 138 | Greenland | 73.8 | -0.2 |
| 139 | Bangladesh | 73.4 | -1 |
| 140 | Vanuatu | 73.2 | -0 |
| 141 | Guatemala | 73.2 | -0.8 |
| 142 | Samoa | 72.9 | +0.7 |
| 143 | Philippines | 72.8 | +0.1 |
| 144 | Cambodia | 72.7 | +0.1 |
| 145 | Iraq | 72.3 | -0.7 |
| 146 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 72 | +0.2 |
| 147 | Egypt | 72 | -1.5 |
| 148 | India | 71.9 | -0.3 |
| 149 | Turkmenistan | 71.9 | -0.4 |
| 150 | Palau | 71.9 | -0.1 |
| 151 | Guyana | 71.9 | -1 |
| 152 | Indonesia | 71.1 | -1.3 |
| 153 | Tajikistan | 71.1 | -2.1 |
| 154 | Laos | 71 | +0.9 |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 71 | -0.4 |
| 156 | Nepal | 70.8 | +0.1 |
| 157 | Botswana | 70.4 | +0.8 |
| 158 | Tanzania | 70 | +1 |
| 159 | Tuvalu | 70 | +0.2 |
| 160 | Yemen | 69.8 | -0.3 |
| 161 | Gabon | 69.7 | -0 |
| 162 | Myanmar | 69.7 | +0.2 |
| 163 | Senegal | 69.7 | +0.1 |
| 164 | Micronesia | 69.7 | +0.1 |
| 165 | Uganda | 69.4 | +0.3 |
| 166 | Ethiopia | 69.4 | +0.5 |
| 167 | Fiji | 69.3 | +0.3 |
| 168 | Eritrea | 69.3 | -0.1 |
| 169 | Rwanda | 69.1 | +0.3 |
| 170 | Mauritania | 68.9 | -0.6 |
| 171 | Timor-Leste | 68.9 | +0.6 |
| 172 | Malawi | 68.8 | +0.4 |
| 173 | Pakistan | 68.4 | -0.8 |
| 174 | Papua New Guinea | 68.4 | -0.1 |
| 175 | Sudan | 68.2 | -0.5 |
| 176 | Marshall Islands | 68.1 | -0.4 |
| 177 | Namibia | 68 | +0.7 |
| 178 | Comoros | 68 | +0.3 |
| 179 | South Africa | 67.9 | -1.3 |
| 180 | Kiribati | 67.1 | -0.4 |
| 181 | Bolivia | 67.1 | -3.1 |
| 182 | Haiti | 67 | -0.3 |
| 183 | Djibouti | 66.8 | -0 |
| 184 | Ghana | 66.7 | +0.1 |
| 185 | Republic of the Congo | 66.2 | +1.5 |
| 186 | Gambia | 66.1 | +0.2 |
| 187 | Zambia | 66 | +0.5 |
| 188 | Angola | 65.8 | +0.3 |
| 189 | Afghanistan | 64.7 | -1.5 |
| 190 | Burundi | 64.6 | +0.6 |
| 191 | Madagascar | 64.6 | -0.6 |
| 192 | Kenya | 64.2 | -0.9 |
| 193 | Equatorial Guinea | 64.2 | +0.1 |
| 194 | Mozambique | 64.2 | +0.4 |
| 195 | Nauru | 64 | -0 |
| 196 | Cameroon | 64 | +0.2 |
| 197 | Zimbabwe | 63.7 | +0.7 |
| 198 | Guinea-Bissau | 63.7 | -0.6 |
| 199 | Eswatini | 62.8 | +0.2 |
| 200 | Liberia | 62.6 | +0.2 |
| 201 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 62.5 | +0.4 |
| 202 | Côte d’Ivoire | 62.3 | 0 |
| 203 | Burkina Faso | 62.3 | +0.4 |
| 204 | Benin | 61.6 | +0.5 |
| 205 | Togo | 61.4 | +0.2 |
| 206 | Sierra Leone | 61.2 | +0.3 |
| 207 | Niger | 61 | +0.1 |
| 208 | Guinea | 60.7 | +0.1 |
| 209 | South Sudan | 60.5 | -0 |
| 210 | Mali | 60.3 | -0.1 |
| 211 | Somalia | 59.2 | -0.1 |
| 212 | Lesotho | 57.7 | -0 |
| 213 | Chad | 54.9 | +0.3 |
| 214 | Central African Republic | 54 | +15.2 |
| 215 | Nigeria | 53.4 | +0.2 |
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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
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.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which country has the highest female life expectancy at birth?
Monaco, with 88.3 years in 2020, according to the World Bank.
Which country has the lowest female life expectancy at birth?
Nigeria, with 53.4 years in 2020.
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.