Countries by male life expectancy at birth

Hong Kong had the highest male life expectancy at birth of 215 countries in 2021, at 83.2 years. The Central African Republic had the lowest, at 35.3 years. The median was 69.3 years and the figure for the World was 68.8 years. Source: the World Bank.

Highest83.2Hong Kong

Lowest35.3Central African Republic

Median69.3215 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2021

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2021 years	Change on 2020
1	Hong Kong	83.2	-0.1
2	Monaco	83.2	-0.9
3	Liechtenstein	82.5	+2.5
4	San Marino	81.9	+1.6
5	Iceland	81.8	+0.2
5	Switzerland	81.8	+0.8
7	Norway	81.7	+0.1
8	Japan	81.5	-0.1
9	Australia	81.3	+0.1
9	Sweden	81.3	+0.7
11	Macao	80.9	-0.4
12	Singapore	80.8	-0.5
13	Faroe Islands	80.7	+0.2
14	Malta	80.6	+0.6
14	South Korea	80.6	+0.1
16	Israel	80.5	-0.1
16	Italy	80.5	+0.5
16	Luxembourg	80.5	+0.6
16	New Zealand	80.5	0
20	Qatar	80.4	+1
21	Ireland	80.4	-0.3
22	Spain	80.3	+0.8
23	Andorra	80.2	+4.4
24	Netherlands	79.7	0
25	Denmark	79.6	-0.1
26	Belgium	79.4	+0.9
27	Finland	79.3	+0.1
27	France	79.3	+0.1
29	Canada	79.1	-0.2
30	Austria	78.8	-0.1
31	United Kingdom	78.7	+0.4
32	Portugal	78.5	0
33	Germany	78.4	-0.3
34	Isle of Man	78.3	-0.2
35	Cyprus	78.2	-0.7
36	Kuwait	78.2	+1
37	Bermuda	78.2	+0.3
38	United Arab Emirates	77.9	-2.9
39	Gibraltar	77.8	-2.6
40	Slovenia	77.7	-0.1
41	Bahrain	77.5	+0.3
42	Greece	77.4	-1.4
43	French Polynesia	77.3	-2.5
44	Cayman Islands	76.9	+0.1
45	Maldives	76.8	-0.7
46	U.S. Virgin Islands	76.8	+0.2
47	Saint Martin	76.7	+0.1
48	Northern Mariana Islands	76.5	+0.1
49	Chile	76.3	-0.4
50	Puerto Rico	75.7	-0.4
51	China	75.5	+0.2
52	Saudi Arabia	75.3	-0.7
53	Costa Rica	75	-1.8
53	Turks and Caicos Islands	75	-0.2
55	Albania	74.7	-0.7
56	Oman	74.7	-1.8
57	Antigua and Barbuda	74.3	+0.1
58	Barbados	74.3	-0.2
59	New Caledonia	74.1	-0.5
60	Czechia	74.1	-1.2
61	Panama	73.9	+0.8
62	Algeria	73.8	+2.1
63	United States	73.5	-0.7
64	Croatia	73.4	-1.1
65	Thailand	73.3	+0.3
66	Sri Lanka	73	-0.7
67	Brunei	72.9	-0.2
68	Türkiye	72.7	-0.7
69	Estonia	72.7	-1.7
70	British Virgin Islands	72.5	-1.7
71	Jordan	72.2	-1.2
72	Iran	72	-0.3
73	Sint Maarten	71.9	-0.2
74	Grenada	71.8	-0.3
75	Guam	71.8	+0.3
76	Malaysia	71.5	-2.2
77	Uruguay	71.5	-3
78	Palestine	71.5	-1.1
79	Curaçao	71.5	-0.7
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina	71.4	-1.1
81	Poland	71.4	-1
82	Seychelles	71.3	-1.4
83	Morocco	71.3	+0.4
84	North Korea	71.3	+1.4
85	Slovakia	71.2	-2.3
86	Argentina	71.1	-1.9
87	North Macedonia	71.1	-1.1
88	Lebanon	71	-2.8
89	Cape Verde	71	+1.2
90	Bhutan	70.8	+0.2
91	Montenegro	70.8	-2.4
92	Aruba	70.8	-1.5
93	Hungary	70.7	-1.5
94	Cuba	70.7	-4.3
95	Mauritius	70.3	-0.6
96	Syria	70.2	+1.1
97	Tunisia	70.2	-2.2
98	American Samoa	70	0
99	Serbia	70	-1.6
100	Brazil	69.8	-1.7
101	Ecuador	69.7	+1.1
102	Libya	69.5	-0
103	Lithuania	69.5	-0.7
104	Vietnam	69.5	-0.9
105	Bangladesh	69.5	-0.1
106	Greenland	69.3	+0.4
107	Samoa	69.3	+0.5
108	Colombia	69.3	-2.2
109	Romania	69.2	-1.2
110	Uzbekistan	68.9	+0.3
111	Iraq	68.8	+1.9
112	Peru	68.8	-1.6
113	Tonga	68.7	-0.2
114	Belize	68.4	-0.7
115	Dominican Republic	68.3	-0.6
116	Latvia	68.2	-2.4
117	Azerbaijan	68.2	+1.3
118	Vanuatu	68	-0.2
119	Trinidad and Tobago	67.9	-1.5
120	Kyrgyzstan	67.9	+0.1
121	Bulgaria	67.7	-1.9
122	Venezuela	67.7	-0.8
123	Solomon Islands	67.6	-0.1
124	Nicaragua	67.6	-0
125	Bahamas	67.5	-1.9
126	Armenia	67.4	-1
127	Tajikistan	67.3	+1.1
128	Georgia	67.3	-1.3
129	Belarus	67.2	+0.1
130	Egypt	67.2	-0.5
131	Dominica	67.2	-1.3
132	Ukraine	67.1	-1.2
133	Mongolia	67.1	+0.3
134	Honduras	67	-1.2
135	Nepal	66.9	-0.6
136	Jamaica	66.7	-2.2
137	Cambodia	66.6	-0.7
138	Palau	66.3	+0.2
139	Mexico	66.2	-0.7
140	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	66.2	+0.1
141	Kazakhstan	66.1	-0.7
142	Turkmenistan	66.1	+0.7
143	Suriname	66	-2.6
144	India	65.9	-2.7
145	Saint Kitts and Nevis	65.8	-1.6
146	Saint Lucia	65.8	-3
147	Laos	65.7	-0.2
148	Indonesia	65.5	-1.1
149	Russia	65.5	-1
150	Paraguay	65.3	-4.4
151	El Salvador	65.2	-0.3
152	Guatemala	64.9	-2
153	Senegal	64.9	-0.6
154	Mauritania	64.9	+0.1
155	Eritrea	64.8	+0.2
156	Gabon	64.8	+0.1
157	Moldova	64.7	-0.7
158	São Tomé and Príncipe	64.7	+0.1
159	Rwanda	64.6	-0.1
160	Timor-Leste	64.6	-0.6
161	Philippines	63.8	-3.6
162	Uganda	63.6	+0.2
163	Pakistan	63.5	+0.2
164	Marshall Islands	63.5	+0.2
165	Comoros	63.3	-0.5
166	Tanzania	63.2	-0.5
167	Yemen	63.1	-0.2
168	Fiji	63	-1.7
169	Micronesia	62.7	+0.3
170	Republic of the Congo	62.7	-0
171	Myanmar	62.5	-1.2
172	Tuvalu	62.4	-0.7
173	Kiribati	62.3	-0.7
174	Gambia	62.2	-0.5
175	Ethiopia	62.1	-0.6
176	Ghana	62.1	+0.1
177	Papua New Guinea	61.9	-0.7
178	Sudan	61.8	-0.6
179	Djibouti	61.3	-0.3
180	Malawi	61.3	-0.3
181	Botswana	61.2	-3.8
182	Togo	61.1	+0.3
183	Guyana	61	-3
184	Madagascar	60.8	-0.1
185	Equatorial Guinea	60.8	+0.4
186	Angola	60.5	-0
187	Burundi	60.1	-0.5
188	Liberia	59.9	0
189	Zambia	59.8	-0.9
190	Haiti	59.7	-1
191	Nauru	59.5	+0.2
192	Guinea-Bissau	59.3	+0.4
193	South Africa	59.2	-3
194	Cameroon	59.1	-0.4
195	Kenya	59	-0.2
196	Sierra Leone	58.8	+0.6
197	Niger	58.6	-0.2
198	Côte d’Ivoire	58.5	+0.3
199	Benin	58.4	-0.3
200	Bolivia	58.4	-1.3
201	Burkina Faso	58.2	-0.3
202	Guinea	58.1	+0.2
203	Democratic Republic of the Congo	58	-0.4
204	Mali	57.9	+0.4
205	Zimbabwe	57.7	-1.4
206	Namibia	57.3	-2.8
207	Mozambique	57.1	-1.2
208	Afghanistan	57.1	-1.4
209	Eswatini	55.2	-1.8
210	South Sudan	54.4	-0.5
211	Somalia	53.7	-1.4
212	Nigeria	53.2	+0.5
213	Lesotho	51.6	-0.9
214	Chad	51.4	0
215	Central African Republic	35.3	-11.9

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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?

Hong Kong, with 83.2 years in 2021, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest male life expectancy at birth?

The Central African Republic, with 35.3 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, male, years (SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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