Countries by male life expectancy at birth, 2023

Monaco had the highest male life expectancy at birth of 215 countries in 2023, at 84.4 years. Chad had the lowest, at 53.2 years. The median was 70.9 years and the figure for the World was 71 years. Source: the World Bank.

Highest84.4Monaco

Lowest53.2Chad

Median70.9215 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2023 years	Change on 2022
1	Monaco	84.4	+0.6
2	San Marino	84.2	0
3	Kuwait	82.7	+2.6
4	Hong Kong	82.5	+1.8
5	Liechtenstein	82.4	-0.6
5	Switzerland	82.4	+0.6
7	Andorra	82.1	0
8	United Arab Emirates	82	+2.6
9	French Polynesia	81.8	+0.2
10	Luxembourg	81.7	+0.9
10	Sweden	81.7	+0.3
12	Qatar	81.6	+0.5
13	Malta	81.6	+1.4
14	Norway	81.5	+0.6
15	Italy	81.4	+0.7
16	Spain	81.3	+0.8
17	Faroe Islands	81.1	+0.2
18	Australia	81.1	-0.1
18	Ireland	81.1	+0.2
20	Japan	81.1	0
21	Israel	81	+0.3
21	Singapore	81	+0.3
23	Gibraltar	80.9	0
24	Iceland	80.7	-0.2
25	Bahrain	80.7	+0.4
26	South Korea	80.6	+0.7
27	Belgium	80.4	+0.7
27	Macao	80.4	+0.1
27	Netherlands	80.4	+0.2
30	France	80.1	+0.8
30	New Zealand	80.1	-0.2
32	Denmark	79.9	+0.4
33	Maldives	79.7	+0.3
34	Cyprus	79.6	+1.3
35	Austria	79.5	+0.4
35	Portugal	79.5	+0.6
37	Canada	79.5	+0.6
38	United Kingdom	79.4	+0.3
39	Chile	79.2	+2.4
40	Greece	79.2	+0.9
41	Slovenia	79.1	+0.5
42	Finland	79	+0.3
43	Isle of Man	78.9	0
44	Bermuda	78.9	+0.3
45	Germany	78.7	+0.4
46	Oman	78.5	+1.8
47	Costa Rica	78.1	+1.7
48	Puerto Rico	78	+2.8
49	Cayman Islands	78	+0.4
50	Albania	77.7	+1
51	U.S. Virgin Islands	77.3	+0.2
52	Northern Mariana Islands	77.1	+0.3
53	Saudi Arabia	77.1	+1.6
54	Czechia	76.9	+0.8
55	Saint Martin	76.8	-0
56	Panama	76.7	+0.3
57	New Caledonia	76.3	+1.2
58	Turks and Caicos Islands	75.8	+0.1
59	United States	75.8	+1
60	Iran	75.8	+0.9
61	Lebanon	75.7	-0.2
62	Jordan	75.7	+0.7
63	Cuba	75.7	+0.5
64	Peru	75.4	+0.4
65	Croatia	75.4	+0.8
66	China	75.2	-0.3
67	Montenegro	75.1	+1.4
68	Colombia	75	+1.4
69	Slovakia	74.9	+1.3
70	Algeria	74.9	+0.2
71	Argentina	74.8	+1.6
72	Ecuador	74.7	+0.9
73	Poland	74.6	+1.2
74	Antigua and Barbuda	74.5	+0.1
75	Türkiye	74.5	-0.1
76	British Virgin Islands	74.5	+0.1
77	Estonia	74.5	+0.9
78	Bosnia and Herzegovina	74.4	+1.7
79	Malaysia	74.3	+1.2
80	Sri Lanka	74.2	+0.2
81	Uruguay	74.2	+1.8
82	Armenia	74.1	+2.7
83	Tunisia	73.9	+0.5
84	Serbia	73.8	+1.1
85	Aruba	73.7	+0.2
86	Sint Maarten	73.7	+0.1
87	Barbados	73.6	+0.6
88	Guam	73.4	+0.1
89	Hungary	73.4	+0.8
90	Brunei	73.3	+2.1
91	Morocco	73.2	+0.1
92	North Macedonia	73.2	+0.9
93	Bangladesh	73	+0.5
94	Lithuania	72.9	+1.5
95	Cape Verde	72.9	+0.2
96	Brazil	72.8	+1
97	Romania	72.6	+1.3
98	Curaçao	72.5	+0.1
99	Grenada	72.4	0
100	Nicaragua	72.3	+0.5
101	Mexico	72.2	+1.3
102	Seychelles	72.2	+1.3
103	Thailand	72.2	+1.1
104	Bulgaria	72	+1.4
105	Azerbaijan	71.6	+0.1
106	North Korea	71.5	0
107	Bhutan	71.3	+0.2
108	Belize	70.9	+1.3
109	Bahamas	70.9	0
110	Paraguay	70.9	+1.5
111	Dominican Republic	70.5	-0.1
112	India	70.5	+0.3
113	Latvia	70.5	+1.1
114	Suriname	70.5	+0.4
115	Iraq	70.4	+0.3
116	Trinidad and Tobago	70.4	+0.2
117	Honduras	70.3	+0.2
118	Guatemala	70.3	+1.6
119	American Samoa	70.2	+0.1
120	Kazakhstan	70.1	+1.1
121	Mauritius	70.1	0
122	Vietnam	69.9	+0.1
123	Samoa	69.9	+0.1
124	Syria	69.8	-0.6
125	Tajikistan	69.6	+0.2
126	Georgia	69.6	+0.5
127	Belarus	69.5	+0.1
128	Egypt	69.5	+0.7
129	Uzbekistan	69.5	+0.4
130	Vanuatu	69.4	+0.2
131	Tonga	69.4	+0.2
132	Saint Lucia	69.3	0
133	Solomon Islands	69.2	+0.1
134	Greenland	69.1	-0.4
135	Indonesia	69	+0.2
136	Jamaica	69	-0
137	Nepal	68.8	+0.2
138	Venezuela	68.7	-0.1
139	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	68.7	0
140	Saint Kitts and Nevis	68.6	+1.7
141	Libya	68.3	-3.7
142	Dominica	68.2	+0.1
143	Kyrgyzstan	68.2	+0.2
144	Russia	68	+0.5
145	Cambodia	68	+0.2
146	Mongolia	67.6	+0.3
147	El Salvador	67.5	+0.2
148	Yemen	67.2	+1.6
149	Palau	67.2	+0.4
150	Ukraine	66.9	+0.7
151	Philippines	66.9	+0.3
152	Turkmenistan	66.9	+0.2
153	Senegal	66.8	+0.9
154	Laos	66.8	+0.2
155	Botswana	66.7	+0.4
156	Moldova	66.6	-0.1
157	Eritrea	66.5	+0.8
158	Guyana	66.5	+0.3
159	Mauritania	66.5	+0.2
160	São Tomé and Príncipe	66.2	+0.5
161	Bolivia	66.1	+1.3
162	Timor-Leste	66.1	+0.3
163	Gabon	65.9	+0.5
164	Rwanda	65.5	+0.3
165	Fiji	65.3	+0.2
166	Pakistan	65.3	+0.2
167	Uganda	65.3	+0.6
168	Marshall Islands	64.9	+0.2
169	Comoros	64.8	+0.3
170	Kiribati	64.6	+0.1
171	Afghanistan	64.5	+0.5
172	Tanzania	64.2	+0.1
173	Gambia	64.2	+1
174	Republic of the Congo	64.1	+0.7
175	Ethiopia	64.1	+0.4
176	Malawi	64.1	+1.4
177	Zambia	63.9	+1.2
178	Myanmar	63.8	+0.5
179	Tuvalu	63.8	+0.2
180	Papua New Guinea	63.7	+0.9
181	Djibouti	63.5	+0.5
182	Micronesia	63.5	+0.1
183	Namibia	63.3	+3
184	Sudan	63.3	+0.2
185	Ghana	63.1	+0.2
186	South Africa	62.6	+0.8
187	Togo	62.5	+0.5
188	Angola	62.1	+0.4
189	Equatorial Guinea	62	+0.3
190	Madagascar	61.9	+0.6
191	Haiti	61.7	+0.9
192	Guinea-Bissau	61.7	+0.5
193	Burundi	61.6	+0.8
194	Cameroon	61.5	+1.2
195	Kenya	61.5	+0.1
196	Eswatini	61.2	+1.1
197	Liberia	60.9	+0.2
198	Mozambique	60.3	+0.5
199	Nauru	60.3	+0.3
200	Niger	60.3	+0.8
201	Zimbabwe	60.2	+0.3
202	Sierra Leone	60.1	+0.5
203	Côte d’Ivoire	60	+0.4
204	Democratic Republic of the Congo	59.8	+0.9
205	Palestine	59.7	-14.6
206	Guinea	59.5	+0.3
207	Benin	59.3	+0.1
208	Mali	59	+0.4
209	Burkina Faso	58.9	+0.1
210	Somalia	56.4	+4.6
211	Central African Republic	55.3	+39.9
212	South Sudan	54.6	+0.3
213	Lesotho	54.6	+0.5
214	Nigeria	54.2	+0.4
215	Chad	53.2	+0.5

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Average number of years a newborn boy 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, male, years (SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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Which country has the highest male life expectancy at birth?

Monaco, with 84.4 years in 2023, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest male life expectancy at birth?

Chad, with 53.2 years in 2023.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Life expectancy at birth, male, years (SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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