Countries by male life expectancy at birth

Monaco had the highest male life expectancy at birth of 215 countries in 2020, at 84.1 years. The Central African Republic had the lowest, at 47.2 years. The median was 69.6 years and the figure for the World was 69.7 years. Source: the World Bank.

Highest84.1Monaco

Lowest47.2Central African Republic

Median69.6215 countries

World69.7History

Top 40 countries, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2020 years	Change on 2019
1	Monaco	84.1	-0.1
2	Hong Kong	83.4	+1
3	Iceland	81.6	-0.1
3	Norway	81.6	+0.3
5	Japan	81.6	+0.2
6	Macao	81.3	+0.2
6	Singapore	81.3	-0.1
8	Australia	81.2	+0.3
9	Switzerland	81	-1.1
10	United Arab Emirates	80.8	-0.8
11	Ireland	80.7	-0.1
12	Israel	80.6	-0.4
12	Sweden	80.6	-0.9
14	Faroe Islands	80.5	+0.2
15	New Zealand	80.5	+0.2
15	South Korea	80.5	+0.2
17	Gibraltar	80.4	-0.1
18	San Marino	80.3	-3.3
19	Italy	80	-1.4
19	Liechtenstein	80	-2.6
19	Malta	80	-1
22	Luxembourg	79.9	-0.3
23	French Polynesia	79.9	-1
24	Denmark	79.7	+0.2
24	Netherlands	79.7	-0.9
26	Spain	79.5	-1.6
27	Qatar	79.4	-2.8
28	Canada	79.3	-0.8
29	Finland	79.2	-0.1
29	France	79.2	-0.7
31	Cyprus	78.9	-0.4
32	Austria	78.9	-0.8
33	Greece	78.8	-0.4
34	Germany	78.7	-0.3
35	Isle of Man	78.5	-0.2
36	Belgium	78.5	-1.3
36	Portugal	78.5	-0.2
38	United Kingdom	78.4	-1.2
39	Bermuda	77.8	+0.2
40	Slovenia	77.8	-0.9
41	Maldives	77.5	-0.9
42	Kuwait	77.2	-3.8
43	Bahrain	77.2	-2.4
44	Cayman Islands	76.8	+0.1
45	Costa Rica	76.8	-0.8
46	Chile	76.8	-1.3
47	U.S. Virgin Islands	76.6	+0.2
48	Saint Martin	76.6	+0.1
49	Oman	76.5	-1.9
50	Northern Mariana Islands	76.3	+0.2
51	Puerto Rico	76	-1.6
52	Saudi Arabia	76	-0.9
53	Andorra	75.8	-6.4
54	Albania	75.4	-2.4
55	Czechia	75.3	-1.1
56	China	75.2	-0.1
57	Turks and Caicos Islands	75.2	-0.4
58	Cuba	75	-0
59	New Caledonia	74.7	+0.5
60	Uruguay	74.5	+0.9
61	Croatia	74.5	-0.7
62	Barbados	74.5	+0.2
63	Estonia	74.4	-0.1
64	United States	74.2	-2.1
65	Antigua and Barbuda	74.2	0
66	British Virgin Islands	74.1	0
67	Lebanon	73.9	-2.4
68	Sri Lanka	73.7	+0.3
69	Malaysia	73.7	+0.1
70	Slovakia	73.5	-0.8
71	Türkiye	73.4	-1.2
72	Jordan	73.4	-1.4
73	Montenegro	73.2	-0.8
74	Brunei	73.1	+0.1
75	Panama	73.1	-2.4
76	Argentina	73	-1.2
77	Thailand	73	+0.1
78	Seychelles	72.7	+2.8
79	Palestine	72.6	-1
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina	72.5	-1.4
81	Poland	72.4	-1.7
82	Tunisia	72.4	-0.6
83	Aruba	72.3	-0.7
84	Iran	72.2	-2.8
85	Hungary	72.2	-0.9
85	North Macedonia	72.2	-2.5
87	Grenada	72.2	+0.1
88	Curaçao	72.2	-0.1
89	Sint Maarten	72.1	-1.1
90	Algeria	71.7	-2.6
91	Serbia	71.6	-1.8
92	Brazil	71.5	-1.1
93	Guam	71.5	-1.3
94	Colombia	71.5	-2.4
95	Mauritius	70.9	-0.2
96	Morocco	70.9	-1.4
97	Bhutan	70.6	+0.2
98	Latvia	70.6	-0.3
99	Romania	70.4	-1.5
100	Peru	70.4	-3.7
101	Vietnam	70.4	+1
102	Lithuania	70.2	-1.4
103	American Samoa	70	-0.1
104	North Korea	69.9	-0.1
105	Cape Verde	69.8	-2.4
106	Paraguay	69.7	-1.1
107	Bulgaria	69.6	-2
108	Bangladesh	69.6	-1.3
109	Libya	69.5	-0.5
110	Trinidad and Tobago	69.4	-0.4
111	Bahamas	69.4	+0.7
112	Syria	69.2	+1.3
113	Belize	69	-0.8
114	Dominican Republic	68.9	-1
114	Jamaica	68.9	-0.2
116	Greenland	68.9	-0.1
117	Tonga	68.9	0
118	Saint Lucia	68.8	0
119	Samoa	68.8	+0.3
120	Suriname	68.6	0
121	Georgia	68.6	-0.6
122	Ecuador	68.6	-6
123	Uzbekistan	68.6	-0.3
124	India	68.5	-0.8
125	Venezuela	68.5	-0.6
126	Dominica	68.4	-0.1
127	Armenia	68.4	-4.7
128	Ukraine	68.3	-0.5
129	Vanuatu	68.2	-0.7
130	Honduras	68.2	-1.5
131	Kyrgyzstan	67.8	+0.2
132	Solomon Islands	67.8	-1
133	Egypt	67.7	-1.3
134	Nicaragua	67.6	-3.4
135	Saint Kitts and Nevis	67.5	-0.6
136	Nepal	67.5	-0.4
137	Philippines	67.4	+0.8
138	Cambodia	67.3	-0.2
139	Belarus	67.1	-2.2
140	Iraq	67	-2.4
141	Guatemala	67	-2.3
142	Mexico	66.9	-4.7
143	Azerbaijan	66.8	-3.4
144	Kazakhstan	66.8	-2.4
145	Mongolia	66.7	+0.3
146	Indonesia	66.6	-1.7
147	Russia	66.5	-1.8
148	Tajikistan	66.2	-2.5
149	Palau	66.1	-0.4
150	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	66.1	-2.5
151	Laos	65.9	+0.1
152	Senegal	65.5	-0.4
153	El Salvador	65.5	-1.6
154	Moldova	65.5	-0.1
155	Turkmenistan	65.4	-0.8
156	Timor-Leste	65.1	+0.3
157	Botswana	65	+0.3
158	Mauritania	64.8	-1
159	Gabon	64.7	-0.4
160	Fiji	64.7	-0.4
161	Rwanda	64.6	+0.3
162	Eritrea	64.6	-0.5
163	São Tomé and Príncipe	64.6	-0.2
164	Guyana	64	-1.5
165	Comoros	63.7	-0.1
166	Myanmar	63.7	+0.1
167	Tanzania	63.7	+0.5
168	Uganda	63.4	-0.1
169	Yemen	63.3	-0
170	Pakistan	63.3	-1.2
171	Marshall Islands	63.3	-0.8
172	Tuvalu	63.1	+0.2
173	Kiribati	63.1	-1
174	Ethiopia	62.8	0
175	Gambia	62.7	-0.2
176	Republic of the Congo	62.7	+1
177	Papua New Guinea	62.6	-0.3
178	Sudan	62.4	-0.8
179	Micronesia	62.4	-0.6
180	South Africa	62.2	-0.5
181	Ghana	62	-0.4
182	Malawi	61.7	+0.1
183	Djibouti	61.7	-0.3
184	Madagascar	60.9	-1
185	Togo	60.8	-0.1
186	Zambia	60.7	+0.4
187	Haiti	60.7	-0.8
188	Burundi	60.5	+0.2
189	Angola	60.5	-0.1
190	Equatorial Guinea	60.3	-0.3
191	Namibia	60.2	+0.4
192	Liberia	59.9	-0.1
193	Bolivia	59.7	-5.9
194	Cameroon	59.5	-0.2
195	Nauru	59.3	+0.2
196	Kenya	59.1	-1.7
197	Zimbabwe	59.1	+0.3
198	Guinea-Bissau	58.9	-1
199	Niger	58.8	-0.3
200	Benin	58.7	0
201	Burkina Faso	58.5	+0.2
202	Afghanistan	58.5	-1.5
203	Democratic Republic of the Congo	58.4	0
204	Côte d’Ivoire	58.2	-0.3
205	Mozambique	58.2	-0.3
206	Sierra Leone	58.2	-0.1
207	Guinea	58	-0.2
208	Mali	57.5	-0.6
209	Eswatini	56.9	-0.2
210	Somalia	55.1	-0.2
211	South Sudan	54.8	-0.9
212	Nigeria	52.7	-0.1
213	Lesotho	52.5	-0.2
214	Chad	51.3	-0.1
215	Central African Republic	47.2	+20.8

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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 84.1 years in 2020, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest male life expectancy at birth?

The Central African Republic, with 47.2 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, male, years (SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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