Countries by life expectancy

Name: Countries by life expectancy, 2021
Creator: World Bank
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Hong Kong had the highest life expectancy of 215 countries in 2021, at 85.53 years. The Central African Republic had the lowest, at 40.28 years. The median was 72.13 years and the figure for the World was 71.22 years. Source: the World Bank.

Highest85.53Hong Kong

Lowest40.28Central African Republic

Median72.13215 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2021

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years. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2021 years	Change on 2020
1	Hong Kong	85.53	+0.04
2	Monaco	85.11	-0.98
3	Japan	84.45	-0.11
4	Liechtenstein	84.4	+2.74
5	Switzerland	83.75	+0.75
6	Macao	83.73	-0.4
7	San Marino	83.54	+0.89
8	South Korea	83.53	+0.1
9	Australia	83.3	+0.1
10	Spain	83.18	+0.95
11	Iceland	83.17	+0.1
12	Norway	83.16	-0.05
13	Singapore	83.09	-0.45
14	Sweden	83.06	+0.7
15	Faroe Islands	82.68	+0.14
16	Italy	82.65	+0.45
17	Luxembourg	82.6	+0.45
18	Israel	82.5	-0.15
19	Andorra	82.33	+2.91
20	France	82.32	+0.15
21	Malta	82.26	+0.16
22	Ireland	82.25	-0.2
23	New Zealand	82.21	-0.05
24	Finland	81.89	-0.05
25	Belgium	81.79	+1.1
26	Bermuda	81.75	+0.29
27	Canada	81.45	-0.08
28	Denmark	81.4	-0.2
29	Portugal	81.38	+0.05
30	Netherlands	81.31	-0.05
31	Austria	81.19	-0
32	Qatar	81.08	+0.67
33	Germany	80.79	-0.25
34	Slovenia	80.68	+0.14
35	United Kingdom	80.65	+0.32
36	Cyprus	80.57	-0.66
37	Isle of Man	80.42	-0.17
38	Gibraltar	80.27	-2.8
39	Saint Martin	80.21	+0.12
40	Greece	80.08	-1.2
41	U.S. Virgin Islands	80.07	+0.25
42	Puerto Rico	79.77	-0.24
43	French Polynesia	79.57	-2.89
44	Cayman Islands	79.3	+0.07
45	United Arab Emirates	79.08	-2.85
46	Chile	78.88	-0.47
47	Kuwait	78.74	-0.02
48	Northern Mariana Islands	78.16	+0.13
49	China	78.12	+0.1
50	Bahrain	78.08	-0.6
51	Maldives	78.05	-0.66
52	Costa Rica	78.05	-1.67
53	Thailand	77.61	+0.27
54	Turks and Caicos Islands	77.23	-0.27
55	Czechia	77.22	-1
56	Antigua and Barbuda	77.2	+0.04
57	New Caledonia	77.11	+0.06
58	Saudi Arabia	77.09	-0.51
59	Panama	77	+0.67
60	Estonia	76.94	-1.65
61	Albania	76.84	-0.98
62	Barbados	76.58	-0.07
63	Croatia	76.42	-1.1
64	United States	76.33	-0.65
65	Sri Lanka	76.28	-0.65
66	Oman	75.97	-1.79
67	Türkiye	75.72	-0.8
68	Curaçao	75.69	-0.81
69	Guam	75.43	-0.09
69	Uruguay	75.43	-2.95
71	Poland	75.35	-1.05
72	British Virgin Islands	75.3	-1.6
73	Algeria	75.21	+1.95
74	Brunei	74.87	-0.25
75	Slovakia	74.61	-2.25
76	Bosnia and Herzegovina	74.57	-1.47
77	Grenada	74.52	-0.5
78	Sint Maarten	74.51	-0.5
79	Cape Verde	74.42	+0.61
80	Jordan	74.2	-1.38
81	Vietnam	74.15	-1.24
82	Hungary	74.07	-1.35
83	Lithuania	74.04	-0.99
84	Argentina	73.95	-1.93
85	Malaysia	73.92	-2.14
86	Palestine	73.89	-1.11
87	Montenegro	73.82	-2.11
88	Iran	73.75	-0.39
89	Mauritius	73.68	-0.5
90	Aruba	73.66	-1.75
91	Lebanon	73.65	-2.65
92	North Korea	73.44	+0.65
93	Seychelles	73.4	-3.84
94	Morocco	73.39	+0.25
95	North Macedonia	73.25	-1.15
96	Cuba	73.2	-4.21
97	Brazil	73.04	-1.47
98	Latvia	72.98	-2.2
99	Tunisia	72.89	-2.11
100	Romania	72.81	-1.44
101	Serbia	72.78	-1.7
102	Ecuador	72.75	+0.74
103	American Samoa	72.71	+0.04
104	Colombia	72.7	-2.06
105	Bhutan	72.45	+0.19
106	Syria	72.42	+0.47
107	Armenia	72.28	-1.1
108	Tonga	72.13	-0.25
109	Belarus	72.07	-0.07
110	Libya	72.06	-0.33
111	Kyrgyzstan	71.9	+0.1
112	Dominican Republic	71.76	-0.88
113	Uzbekistan	71.68	+0.22
114	Mongolia	71.65	+0.3
115	Georgia	71.64	-1.87
116	Ukraine	71.63	-1.65
117	Peru	71.6	-2.24
118	Venezuela	71.54	-0.83
119	Greenland	71.26	-0.02
120	Bulgaria	71.21	-2.14
121	Trinidad and Tobago	71.11	-1.53
122	Bangladesh	71.1	-0.32
123	Samoa	71.1	+0.37
124	Azerbaijan	71	+0.69
125	Belize	70.92	-0.66
126	Bahamas	70.75	-2.24
127	Iraq	70.7	+1.05
128	Nicaragua	70.48	-0.29
129	Kazakhstan	70.13	-1.06
130	Vanuatu	69.95	-0.43
131	El Salvador	69.94	-0.3
132	Russia	69.9	-1.44
133	Dominica	69.83	-1.44
134	Mexico	69.75	-0.7
135	Tajikistan	69.59	+0.99
136	Honduras	69.49	-1.37
137	Turkmenistan	69.35	+0.51
138	Cambodia	69.3	-0.76
139	Saint Kitts and Nevis	69.27	-1.91
140	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	69.13	-0.47
141	Saint Lucia	69.12	-3.19
142	Jamaica	69.09	-2.37
143	Moldova	68.99	-0.92
144	Egypt	68.98	-0.81
145	Suriname	68.94	-3.38
146	Solomon Islands	68.89	-0.37
147	Palau	68.56	-0.13
148	Nepal	68.39	-0.72
149	Paraguay	68.11	-4.61
150	São Tomé and Príncipe	68.03	+0.05
151	Guatemala	67.86	-2.11
152	Laos	67.81	-0.53
153	Indonesia	67.45	-1.36
154	India	67.28	-2.87
155	Gabon	67.07	-0
156	Eritrea	66.94	-0.04
157	Senegal	66.87	-0.63
158	Rwanda	66.85	-0.1
159	Mauritania	66.76	-0.03
160	Philippines	66.68	-3.42
161	Uganda	66.45	+0.04
162	Timor-Leste	66.2	-0.72
163	Micronesia	66.15	+0.27
164	Tanzania	66.13	-0.64
165	Yemen	66.02	-0.42
166	Tuvalu	65.82	-0.53
167	Pakistan	65.77	+0.07
168	Myanmar	65.55	-1.06
169	Marshall Islands	65.42	+0.03
170	Ethiopia	65.33	-0.64
171	Comoros	65.2	-0.56
172	Fiji	64.9	-2.02
173	Malawi	64.78	-0.43
174	Sudan	64.46	-0.66
175	Papua New Guinea	64.36	-0.72
176	Guyana	64.32	-3.43
177	Ghana	64.29	-0.02
178	Republic of the Congo	64.19	-0.2
179	Kiribati	64.15	-1.06
180	Gambia	63.85	-0.57
181	Djibouti	63.83	-0.37
182	Botswana	63.3	-4.34
183	Angola	62.96	-0.16
184	Haiti	62.61	-1.16
185	Madagascar	62.52	-0.19
186	Equatorial Guinea	62.45	+0.31
187	Zambia	62.36	-1
188	Burundi	62.1	-0.47
189	South Africa	62.01	-3.14
190	Guinea-Bissau	61.65	+0.31
191	Bolivia	61.43	-1.48
192	Togo	61.34	+0.2
193	Nauru	61.33	-0.2
194	Kenya	61.23	-0.37
195	Liberia	61.17	-0.1
196	Cameroon	61.15	-0.53
197	Namibia	60.85	-3.22
198	Afghanistan	60.42	-1.04
199	Côte d’Ivoire	60.29	+0.15
200	Mozambique	60.27	-1.12
201	Sierra Leone	60.26	+0.57
202	Zimbabwe	60.14	-1.4
203	Burkina Faso	60.05	-0.41
204	Democratic Republic of the Congo	60.04	-0.38
205	Benin	59.61	-0.54
206	Niger	59.54	-0.35
207	Guinea	59.37	+0.02
208	Mali	59.12	+0.26
209	Eswatini	58.23	-1.63
210	South Sudan	57.05	-0.6
211	Somalia	55.7	-1.39
212	Lesotho	54.21	-0.92
213	Nigeria	53.46	+0.38
214	Chad	53.14	+0.05
215	Central African Republic	40.28	-10.32

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About this ranking

Average number of years a newborn would live at current age-specific mortality, both sexes.

United States: NCHS period life tables. National figures from 1900 to 1932 cover only the states then in the death registration area. State figures are available for 2018 to 2021.

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, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which country has the highest life expectancy?

Hong Kong, with 85.53 years in 2021, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest life expectancy?

The Central African Republic, with 40.28 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, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN). Retrieved 2026-10-09.