Countries by female life expectancy at birth

Hong Kong had the highest female life expectancy at birth of 215 countries in 2021, at 87.9 years. The Central African Republic had the lowest, at 46 years. The median was 75.7 years and the figure for the World was 73.7 years. Source: the World Bank.

Highest87.9Hong Kong

Lowest46Central African Republic

Median75.7215 countries

World73.7History

Top 40 countries, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2021 years	Change on 2020
1	Hong Kong	87.9	+0.2
2	Japan	87.6	-0.1
3	Monaco	87.3	-1
4	Macao	86.7	-0.4
5	South Korea	86.6	+0.1
6	Liechtenstein	86.4	+3
7	Spain	86.2	+1.1
8	Switzerland	85.8	+0.7
9	France	85.5	+0.2
9	Singapore	85.5	-0.4
11	Australia	85.4	+0.1
12	Bermuda	85.4	+0.2
13	San Marino	85.2	+0.1
14	Italy	84.9	+0.4
14	Sweden	84.9	+0.7
16	Luxembourg	84.8	+0.3
17	Faroe Islands	84.7	+0.1
18	Norway	84.7	-0.2
19	Andorra	84.7	+0.8
20	Finland	84.6	-0.2
20	Iceland	84.6	0
20	Israel	84.6	-0.2
23	Portugal	84.4	+0.1
24	Belgium	84.3	+1.3
25	Ireland	84.2	-0.1
26	Malta	84	-0.3
26	New Zealand	84	-0.1
28	Canada	83.9	+0.1
29	Saint Martin	83.9	-0
30	Puerto Rico	83.8	-0.1
31	Slovenia	83.8	+0.4
32	Austria	83.7	+0.1
33	U.S. Virgin Islands	83.5	+0.3
34	Denmark	83.3	-0.3
34	Germany	83.3	-0.2
36	Cyprus	83	-0.6
37	Netherlands	83	-0.1
38	Greece	82.9	-1
39	Gibraltar	82.8	-2.9
40	United Kingdom	82.7	+0.3
41	Isle of Man	82.6	-0.1
42	Qatar	82.2	0
43	French Polynesia	82.1	-3.3
44	Thailand	82.1	+0.2
45	Cayman Islands	81.9	+0.1
46	Chile	81.5	-0.5
47	Estonia	81.4	-1.6
48	Costa Rica	81.2	-1.5
49	United Arab Emirates	80.9	-3
50	China	80.9	-0.1
51	Czechia	80.5	-0.8
52	New Caledonia	80.3	+0.8
53	Panama	80.3	+0.4
54	Northern Mariana Islands	80.1	+0.1
55	Saudi Arabia	79.9	-0.2
56	Antigua and Barbuda	79.8	-0.1
57	Curaçao	79.7	-0.9
58	Maldives	79.7	-0.7
59	Turks and Caicos Islands	79.6	-0.4
60	Croatia	79.6	-1.1
61	Guam	79.5	-0.7
62	Sri Lanka	79.5	-0.5
63	Poland	79.5	-1.1
64	Uruguay	79.4	-2.6
65	Kuwait	79.3	-1.1
65	United States	79.3	-0.6
67	Türkiye	79	-0.9
68	Albania	79	-1.3
69	Bahrain	78.8	-2.1
70	Lithuania	78.8	-1.3
71	Vietnam	78.8	-1.5
72	Barbados	78.7	+0.1
73	British Virgin Islands	78.3	-1.5
74	Slovakia	78.2	-2.2
75	Latvia	78	-2
76	Cape Verde	77.9	-0.1
77	Oman	77.7	-1.8
78	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77.6	-1.7
79	Sint Maarten	77.6	-0.9
80	Hungary	77.6	-1.2
81	Grenada	77.5	-0.7
82	Armenia	77.4	-1.2
83	Mauritius	77.2	-0.4
84	Belarus	77.2	-0.3
85	Brunei	77	-0.3
86	Montenegro	77	-1.8
87	Argentina	76.9	-1.9
88	Malaysia	76.7	-2.1
89	Algeria	76.7	+1.7
90	Jordan	76.6	-1.6
91	Romania	76.6	-1.7
92	Mongolia	76.5	+0.3
93	Palestine	76.4	-1.2
94	Aruba	76.4	-1.9
95	Brazil	76.4	-1.2
96	Lebanon	76.4	-2.3
97	Colombia	76.3	-1.9
98	Kyrgyzstan	76.1	+0.1
99	Ukraine	76	-2
100	Ecuador	76	+0.1
101	Cuba	76	-4
102	Tunisia	75.8	-1.9
103	Georgia	75.8	-2.5
104	American Samoa	75.7	0
105	Serbia	75.7	-1.8
106	Tonga	75.7	-0.4
107	Iran	75.7	-0.5
108	Morocco	75.7	-0.1
109	Venezuela	75.6	-0.9
110	Seychelles	75.6	-6.4
111	North Macedonia	75.5	-1.2
112	North Korea	75.5	-0.2
113	Dominican Republic	75.4	-1.3
114	Libya	74.9	-0.8
115	Bulgaria	74.9	-2.4
116	Peru	74.7	-3.3
117	Syria	74.6	-0.2
118	Russia	74.5	-1.9
119	Uzbekistan	74.5	0
120	Trinidad and Tobago	74.5	-1.6
121	Bhutan	74.4	+0.2
122	El Salvador	74.3	-0.4
123	Bahamas	74.1	-2.6
124	Kazakhstan	74.1	-1.4
125	Belize	73.8	-0.7
126	Azerbaijan	73.7	-0.1
127	Nicaragua	73.4	-0.6
128	Mexico	73.4	-0.8
129	Greenland	73.3	-0.5
130	Saint Kitts and Nevis	73.2	-2.2
131	Moldova	73.1	-1.1
132	Dominica	73	-1.6
133	Samoa	73	+0.1
134	Saint Lucia	72.9	-3.3
135	Bangladesh	72.8	-0.6
136	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	72.8	-1.6
137	Vanuatu	72.4	-0.8
138	Iraq	72.4	+0.1
139	Turkmenistan	72.2	+0.3
140	Honduras	72.2	-1.6
141	Suriname	72.1	-4.1
142	São Tomé and Príncipe	72	-0.1
143	Tajikistan	71.9	+0.8
144	Cambodia	71.8	-0.8
145	Jamaica	71.5	-2.5
146	Palau	71.3	-0.6
147	Paraguay	71.3	-4.7
148	Guatemala	71	-2.2
149	Egypt	70.8	-1.1
150	Solomon Islands	70.3	-0.7
151	Laos	70.1	-1
152	Nepal	69.9	-0.9
153	Micronesia	69.8	+0.1
154	Philippines	69.7	-3.1
155	Gabon	69.6	-0.1
156	Tuvalu	69.6	-0.4
157	Indonesia	69.4	-1.7
158	Uganda	69.2	-0.2
159	Yemen	69.2	-0.6
160	Tanzania	69.1	-0.9
161	Senegal	69	-0.7
162	Eritrea	69	-0.3
163	Rwanda	68.9	-0.1
164	India	68.8	-3.1
165	Myanmar	68.8	-0.9
166	Ethiopia	68.7	-0.7
167	Mauritania	68.7	-0.2
168	Pakistan	68.3	-0.1
169	Malawi	68.2	-0.6
170	Guyana	68	-3.9
171	Timor-Leste	68	-0.9
172	Marshall Islands	67.8	-0.2
173	Papua New Guinea	67.4	-0.9
174	Sudan	67.4	-0.8
175	Comoros	67.3	-0.7
176	Fiji	66.9	-2.4
177	Ghana	66.5	-0.1
178	Djibouti	66.4	-0.4
179	Kiribati	65.8	-1.4
180	Republic of the Congo	65.8	-0.4
181	Haiti	65.7	-1.3
182	Botswana	65.5	-4.8
183	Gambia	65.4	-0.7
184	Angola	65.4	-0.3
185	Bolivia	65.3	-1.9
186	Zambia	64.9	-1
187	South Africa	64.8	-3.2
188	Namibia	64.6	-3.5
189	Equatorial Guinea	64.4	+0.2
190	Madagascar	64.3	-0.3
191	Burundi	64.1	-0.5
192	Afghanistan	64.1	-0.6
193	Guinea-Bissau	63.9	+0.2
194	Kenya	63.6	-0.6
195	Nauru	63.4	-0.6
196	Cameroon	63.3	-0.7
197	Mozambique	63.1	-1
198	Liberia	62.4	-0.2
199	Côte d’Ivoire	62.3	-0
200	Zimbabwe	62.3	-1.5
201	Democratic Republic of the Congo	62.1	-0.4
202	Burkina Faso	61.8	-0.5
203	Sierra Leone	61.7	+0.5
204	Togo	61.6	+0.1
205	Eswatini	61.4	-1.4
206	Benin	60.8	-0.7
207	Guinea	60.5	-0.1
208	Niger	60.5	-0.5
209	Mali	60.4	+0.1
210	South Sudan	59.7	-0.7
211	Somalia	57.8	-1.4
212	Lesotho	56.8	-0.9
213	Chad	55	+0.1
214	Nigeria	53.7	+0.3
215	Central African Republic	46	-8

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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?

Hong Kong, with 87.9 years in 2021, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest female life expectancy at birth?

The Central African Republic, with 46 years in 2021.

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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