Countries by female life expectancy at birth

Monaco had the highest female life expectancy at birth of 215 countries in 2022, at 87.9 years. The Central African Republic had the lowest, at 25.6 years. The median was 77.6 years and the figure for the World was 75.5 years. Source: the World Bank.

Highest87.9Monaco

Lowest25.6Central African Republic

Median77.6215 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2022 years	Change on 2021
1	Monaco	87.9	+0.6
2	San Marino	87.1	+2
3	Japan	87.1	-0.5
4	Hong Kong	86.8	-1.2
5	French Polynesia	86.3	+4.2
6	Gibraltar	86.1	+3.3
7	Andorra	86.1	+1.4
8	Macao	86	-0.7
9	Spain	85.9	-0.3
10	South Korea	85.6	-1
11	Bermuda	85.6	+0.2
12	Switzerland	85.5	-0.3
13	Australia	85.3	-0.1
13	Liechtenstein	85.3	-1.1
15	Luxembourg	85.2	+0.4
15	Singapore	85.2	-0.3
17	France	85.1	-0.4
18	Israel	84.8	+0.2
18	Italy	84.8	-0.1
18	Sweden	84.8	-0.1
21	Faroe Islands	84.8	+0.1
22	Malta	84.5	+0.5
22	Portugal	84.5	+0.1
24	Ireland	84.2	0
24	Norway	84.2	-0.5
26	Slovenia	84.1	+0.3
27	Belgium	83.9	-0.4
28	Saint Martin	83.8	-0
29	Finland	83.8	-0.8
30	New Zealand	83.7	-0.3
30	U.S. Virgin Islands	83.7	+0.2
32	Austria	83.6	-0.1
33	Puerto Rico	83.6	-0.2
34	Canada	83.4	-0.5
35	Greece	83.4	+0.5
35	Iceland	83.4	-1.2
37	Denmark	83.2	-0.1
38	Netherlands	83.1	+0.1
39	Isle of Man	83.1	+0.5
40	United Kingdom	83	+0.3
41	Germany	83	-0.3
42	Qatar	82.8	+0.6
43	Cyprus	82.6	-0.4
44	Maldives	82.5	+2.8
45	Cayman Islands	82.5	+0.6
46	Panama	82.3	+2.1
47	Estonia	82.3	+0.9
48	Costa Rica	82.2	+1
49	United Arab Emirates	82.1	+1.2
50	Czechia	81.9	+1.4
51	Bahrain	81.8	+3
52	Chile	81.6	+0.1
53	Guam	81.4	+1.8
54	China	81.1	+0.2
55	Kuwait	81.1	+1.8
55	Poland	81.1	+1.6
57	Albania	80.8	+1.8
58	Curaçao	80.8	+1.1
59	Bosnia and Herzegovina	80.7	+3.1
60	Türkiye	80.7	+1.7
61	Croatia	80.7	+1.1
62	Uruguay	80.5	+1.1
63	Slovakia	80.5	+2.3
64	Northern Mariana Islands	80.5	+0.4
65	Sri Lanka	80.5	+0.9
66	New Caledonia	80.4	+0.1
67	Turks and Caicos Islands	80.2	+0.6
68	United States	80.2	+0.9
69	Saudi Arabia	80.2	+0.3
70	Antigua and Barbuda	80.2	+0.4
71	Lithuania	80.1	+1.3
72	Cuba	80.1	+4.1
73	British Virgin Islands	79.9	+1.7
74	Lebanon	79.9	+3.5
75	Thailand	79.8	-2.3
76	Ecuador	79.5	+3.5
77	Colombia	79.5	+3.1
78	Jordan	79.4	+2.8
79	Ukraine	79.4	+3.4
80	Latvia	79.4	+1.4
81	Oman	79.3	+1.6
82	Hungary	79.3	+1.7
83	Sint Maarten	79.3	+1.7
84	Vietnam	79.2	+0.4
85	Romania	79.2	+2.6
86	Palestine	79.1	+2.7
87	Cape Verde	79.1	+1.2
88	Georgia	79	+3.3
89	Belarus	79	+1.8
90	Iran	78.8	+3.1
91	Montenegro	78.8	+1.8
92	Peru	78.7	+4
93	Tunisia	78.7	+2.9
94	Aruba	78.7	+2.3
95	Argentina	78.3	+1.5
96	Armenia	78.3	+0.9
96	Seychelles	78.3	+2.7
98	Barbados	78.3	-0.4
99	Grenada	78.3	+0.7
100	Malaysia	78.2	+1.5
101	Brazil	78.1	+1.7
102	Bahamas	78.1	+3.9
103	Dominican Republic	77.9	+2.5
104	Bulgaria	77.9	+3
104	Serbia	77.9	+2.2
106	Russia	77.8	+3.3
107	Kazakhstan	77.8	+3.7
108	Algeria	77.6	+0.9
109	Morocco	77.4	+1.7
110	Libya	77.2	+2.2
111	Mauritius	77.1	-0.1
112	Mexico	77	+3.6
113	Nicaragua	76.9	+3.5
114	North Macedonia	76.7	+1.2
115	Mongolia	76.7	+0.2
116	Azerbaijan	76.7	+2.9
117	Venezuela	76.5	+0.9
118	Trinidad and Tobago	76.5	+2
119	Suriname	76.5	+4.4
120	Saint Lucia	76.3	+3.4
121	Kyrgyzstan	76.3	+0.2
122	Moldova	76.2	+3.1
123	Tonga	76.2	+0.5
124	El Salvador	76.2	+1.8
125	Bangladesh	76.1	+3.2
126	American Samoa	75.8	+0.1
127	North Korea	75.7	+0.2
128	Paraguay	75.4	+4.1
129	Uzbekistan	75.3	+0.9
130	Honduras	75.3	+3.2
131	Syria	75.2	+0.6
132	Belize	75.1	+1.3
133	Brunei	74.8	-2.2
134	Bhutan	74.7	+0.4
135	Dominica	74.6	+1.5
136	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	74.3	+1.5
137	Saint Kitts and Nevis	74.2	+1
138	Jamaica	74	+2.5
139	Iraq	73.8	+1.4
140	Tajikistan	73.8	+1.9
141	Vanuatu	73.8	+1.3
142	Guatemala	73.7	+2.8
143	Guyana	73.7	+5.7
144	Samoa	73.5	+0.5
145	São Tomé and Príncipe	73.3	+1.3
146	India	73.3	+4.4
147	Egypt	73.2	+2.4
148	Greenland	73.1	-0.2
149	Cambodia	73.1	+1.2
150	Indonesia	73	+3.5
151	Turkmenistan	72.7	+0.5
152	Philippines	72.4	+2.7
153	Solomon Islands	71.8	+1.5
154	Palau	71.6	+0.2
155	Nepal	71.6	+1.7
156	Botswana	71.2	+5.7
157	Laos	71	+0.9
158	Micronesia	70.7	+0.9
159	Uganda	70.5	+1.3
160	Tuvalu	70.4	+0.8
161	Gabon	70.3	+0.7
162	Yemen	70.3	+1.1
163	Ethiopia	70.3	+1.6
164	Mauritania	70.3	+1.6
165	Bolivia	70.3	+5
166	Myanmar	69.9	+1.1
167	Pakistan	69.9	+1.6
168	Senegal	69.9	+0.9
169	Eritrea	69.8	+0.8
170	Rwanda	69.6	+0.7
170	Tanzania	69.6	+0.5
172	Malawi	69.4	+1.1
173	Fiji	69.2	+2.3
174	Timor-Leste	69.1	+1.2
175	Marshall Islands	69.1	+1.3
176	South Africa	69	+4.3
177	Comoros	68.6	+1.3
178	Sudan	68.6	+1.2
179	Papua New Guinea	68.3	+0.8
180	Djibouti	68.1	+1.7
181	Namibia	68.1	+3.5
182	Kiribati	67.9	+2.1
183	Zambia	67.7	+2.8
184	Ghana	67.6	+1.1
185	Afghanistan	67.2	+3.2
186	Haiti	67.2	+1.5
187	Angola	66.8	+1.3
188	Republic of the Congo	66.6	+0.9
189	Gambia	66.5	+1.1
190	Kenya	65.9	+2.2
191	Mozambique	65.9	+2.7
192	Eswatini	65.9	+4.5
193	Guinea-Bissau	65.9	+2
194	Equatorial Guinea	65.3	+0.9
195	Burundi	64.9	+0.8
196	Madagascar	64.8	+0.5
197	Cameroon	64.6	+1.3
198	Zimbabwe	64.5	+2.3
199	Nauru	64	+0.6
200	Côte d’Ivoire	63.7	+1.4
201	Liberia	63.2	+0.8
202	Democratic Republic of the Congo	63.1	+1
203	Sierra Leone	63	+1.3
204	Burkina Faso	62.6	+0.7
205	Togo	62.5	+0.9
206	Benin	61.8	+0.9
207	Guinea	61.6	+1.1
208	Mali	61.5	+1.1
209	Niger	61.3	+0.8
210	South Sudan	60.1	+0.4
211	Lesotho	59.4	+2.6
212	Chad	56.5	+1.5
213	Somalia	56.2	-1.6
214	Nigeria	54.4	+0.6
215	Central African Republic	25.6	-20.5

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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 87.9 years in 2022, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest female life expectancy at birth?

The Central African Republic, with 25.6 years in 2022.

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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