Countries by male life expectancy at birth

San Marino had the highest male life expectancy at birth of 215 countries in 2022, at 84.2 years. The Central African Republic had the lowest, at 15.4 years. The median was 70.9 years and the figure for the World was 70.6 years. Source: the World Bank.

Highest84.2San Marino

Lowest15.4Central African Republic

Median70.9215 countries

World70.6History

Top 40 countries, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2022 years	Change on 2021
1	San Marino	84.2	+2.3
2	Monaco	83.8	+0.6
3	Liechtenstein	83	+0.5
4	Andorra	82.1	+1.9
5	Switzerland	81.8	0
6	French Polynesia	81.6	+4.2
7	Sweden	81.4	+0.1
8	Australia	81.2	-0.1
9	Qatar	81.1	+0.7
10	Japan	81.1	-0.4
11	Faroe Islands	80.9	+0.2
12	Iceland	80.9	-0.9
12	Ireland	80.9	+0.5
12	Norway	80.9	-0.8
15	Gibraltar	80.9	+3
16	Luxembourg	80.8	+0.3
17	Hong Kong	80.7	-2.5
17	Israel	80.7	+0.2
17	Italy	80.7	+0.2
17	Singapore	80.7	-0.1
21	Spain	80.5	+0.2
22	Bahrain	80.3	+2.8
23	Macao	80.3	-0.6
23	New Zealand	80.3	-0.2
25	Malta	80.2	-0.4
25	Netherlands	80.2	+0.5
27	Kuwait	80.1	+1.9
28	South Korea	79.9	-0.7
29	Belgium	79.7	+0.3
30	Denmark	79.5	-0.1
31	Maldives	79.4	+2.6
32	United Arab Emirates	79.4	+1.5
33	France	79.3	0
34	Austria	79.1	+0.3
34	United Kingdom	79.1	+0.4
36	Portugal	78.9	+0.4
37	Canada	78.9	-0.2
38	Isle of Man	78.9	+0.6
39	Finland	78.7	-0.6
40	Slovenia	78.6	+0.9
41	Bermuda	78.6	+0.4
42	Cyprus	78.3	+0.1
43	Germany	78.3	-0.1
44	Greece	78.3	+0.9
45	Cayman Islands	77.6	+0.7
46	U.S. Virgin Islands	77.1	+0.3
47	Northern Mariana Islands	76.9	+0.4
48	Chile	76.8	+0.5
49	Saint Martin	76.8	+0.1
50	Albania	76.8	+2
51	Oman	76.7	+2
52	Costa Rica	76.5	+1.5
53	Panama	76.4	+2.5
54	Czechia	76.1	+2
55	Lebanon	76	+5
56	Turks and Caicos Islands	75.7	+0.7
57	Saudi Arabia	75.5	+0.2
58	China	75.5	-0
59	Puerto Rico	75.3	-0.4
60	Cuba	75.2	+4.5
61	New Caledonia	75.1	+1
62	Jordan	75	+2.9
63	Peru	75	+6.1
64	Iran	74.9	+2.9
65	United States	74.8	+1.3
66	Algeria	74.7	+0.9
67	Türkiye	74.7	+1.9
68	Croatia	74.6	+1.2
69	Antigua and Barbuda	74.5	+0.2
70	British Virgin Islands	74.4	+2
71	Palestine	74.2	+2.8
72	Sri Lanka	74	+1.1
73	Ecuador	73.7	+4
74	Montenegro	73.7	+2.9
75	Estonia	73.6	+0.9
75	Slovakia	73.6	+2.4
77	Sint Maarten	73.6	+1.7
78	Colombia	73.6	+4.3
79	Aruba	73.5	+2.7
80	Tunisia	73.5	+3.3
81	Poland	73.4	+2
82	Guam	73.3	+1.5
83	Argentina	73.2	+2.1
84	Morocco	73.1	+1.8
85	Malaysia	73.1	+1.5
86	Barbados	73	-1.2
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina	72.7	+1.3
88	Serbia	72.7	+2.7
89	Cape Verde	72.7	+1.7
90	Hungary	72.6	+1.9
91	Bangladesh	72.6	+3.1
92	Uruguay	72.4	+0.9
93	Curaçao	72.4	+0.9
94	Grenada	72.3	+0.5
95	North Macedonia	72.2	+1.1
96	Libya	72	+2.5
97	Nicaragua	71.8	+4.3
98	Brazil	71.7	+1.9
99	Azerbaijan	71.5	+3.3
100	North Korea	71.5	+0.2
101	Armenia	71.4	+4
101	Lithuania	71.4	+1.9
103	Romania	71.3	+2.1
104	Brunei	71.2	-1.7
105	Bhutan	71.1	+0.3
106	Thailand	71	-2.3
107	Mexico	70.9	+4.7
108	Seychelles	70.9	-0.4
109	Bahamas	70.9	+3.4
110	Dominican Republic	70.7	+2.3
111	Bulgaria	70.6	+2.9
112	Syria	70.4	+0.1
113	India	70.2	+4.4
114	Trinidad and Tobago	70.2	+2.3
115	Honduras	70.2	+3.2
116	Iraq	70.1	+1.3
117	Mauritius	70.1	-0.2
118	Suriname	70.1	+4
119	American Samoa	70.1	0
120	Vietnam	69.8	+0.3
121	Samoa	69.7	+0.4
122	Belize	69.6	+1.2
123	Greenland	69.4	+0.1
124	Belarus	69.4	+2.2
125	Paraguay	69.4	+4.1
126	Latvia	69.4	+1.2
127	Tajikistan	69.3	+2
128	Vanuatu	69.3	+1.3
129	Saint Lucia	69.3	+3.5
130	Tonga	69.2	+0.4
131	Solomon Islands	69.1	+1.5
132	Uzbekistan	69	+0.1
133	Georgia	69	+1.7
134	Jamaica	69	+2.3
135	Kazakhstan	69	+2.8
136	Indonesia	68.9	+3.3
137	Egypt	68.8	+1.6
138	Venezuela	68.8	+1.1
139	Guatemala	68.7	+3.8
140	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	68.6	+2.5
141	Nepal	68.6	+1.7
142	Dominica	68.1	+1
143	Kyrgyzstan	68	+0.1
144	Cambodia	67.8	+1.2
145	Russia	67.6	+2.1
146	El Salvador	67.4	+2.2
147	Mongolia	67.3	+0.3
148	Saint Kitts and Nevis	66.8	+1
149	Palau	66.7	+0.4
150	Turkmenistan	66.7	+0.6
151	Moldova	66.7	+1.9
152	Philippines	66.5	+2.7
153	Laos	66.5	+0.9
154	Mauritania	66.3	+1.4
155	Botswana	66.3	+5.1
156	Guyana	66.2	+5.2
157	Ukraine	66.2	-0.9
158	Senegal	65.9	+0.9
159	São Tomé and Príncipe	65.8	+1.1
160	Timor-Leste	65.7	+1.2
161	Eritrea	65.7	+0.8
162	Yemen	65.7	+2.6
163	Gabon	65.4	+0.6
164	Rwanda	65.2	+0.7
165	Fiji	65.1	+2.1
166	Pakistan	65.1	+1.6
167	Bolivia	64.8	+6.4
168	Marshall Islands	64.7	+1.3
169	Uganda	64.7	+1.1
170	Comoros	64.5	+1.2
171	Kiribati	64.4	+2.1
172	Tanzania	64.1	+0.9
173	Afghanistan	63.9	+6.9
174	Ethiopia	63.7	+1.5
175	Tuvalu	63.5	+1.1
176	Republic of the Congo	63.4	+0.7
177	Micronesia	63.4	+0.7
178	Myanmar	63.3	+0.8
179	Gambia	63.2	+1
180	Djibouti	63.1	+1.7
181	Sudan	63	+1.2
182	Ghana	63	+0.8
183	Papua New Guinea	62.9	+0.9
184	Zambia	62.8	+3
185	Malawi	62.7	+1.3
186	Togo	62.1	+1
187	South Africa	61.8	+2.6
188	Angola	61.7	+1.3
189	Equatorial Guinea	61.7	+0.9
190	Madagascar	61.4	+0.6
191	Kenya	61.3	+2.4
192	Guinea-Bissau	61.2	+1.9
193	Burundi	60.8	+0.8
194	Haiti	60.8	+1.2
195	Liberia	60.7	+0.7
196	Namibia	60.4	+3
197	Cameroon	60.3	+1.3
198	Eswatini	60.1	+5
199	Nauru	60	+0.5
200	Zimbabwe	59.9	+2.2
201	Mozambique	59.8	+2.7
202	Côte d’Ivoire	59.6	+1.2
203	Sierra Leone	59.5	+0.8
204	Niger	59.5	+0.9
205	Benin	59.2	+0.8
206	Guinea	59.2	+1
207	Democratic Republic of the Congo	58.9	+0.9
208	Burkina Faso	58.8	+0.6
209	Mali	58.6	+0.7
210	South Sudan	54.3	-0.1
211	Lesotho	54.1	+2.5
212	Nigeria	53.8	+0.6
213	Chad	52.7	+1.3
214	Somalia	51.8	-1.9
215	Central African Republic	15.4	-19.9

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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?

San Marino, with 84.2 years in 2022, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest male life expectancy at birth?

The Central African Republic, with 15.4 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, male, years (SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN). Retrieved 2026-10-11.

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