Countries by Life Expectancy

Global country ranking by life expectancy with latest available values, source notes, country links and economic context from World Bank / public data.
INDICATOR: Life Expectancy
UNIT: years
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-29 05:08:47

Full ranking · Life Expectancy

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Rank Country Latest value Class Country page
1 Hong Kong 85.39 open
2 Kuwait 84.58 open
3 Switzerland 84.41 open
4 Sweden 84.06 open
5 Japan 84.04 open
6 Italy 83.95 open
7 Spain 83.89 open
8 South Korea 83.63 open
9 Singapore 83.35 open
10 Israel 83.2 open
11 Luxembourg 83.2 open
12 Norway 83.16 open
13 United Arab Emirates 83.07 open
14 Australia 83.05 open
15 Ireland 83.01 open
16 France 82.98 open
17 Iceland 82.81 open
18 Qatar 82.52 open
19 Portugal 82.38 open
20 Finland 82.34 open
21 Belgium 82.3 open
22 Slovenia 82.29 open
23 Denmark 82.25 open
24 Canada 82.11 open
25 New Zealand 82.01 open
26 Austria 82 open
27 Netherlands 81.97 open
28 Greece 81.84 open
29 Bahrain 81.42 open
30 United Kingdom 81.39 open
31 Chile 81.36 open
32 Germany 80.79 open
33 Oman 80.25 open
34 Czech Republic 79.98 open
35 Estonia 79.3 open
36 Saudi Arabia 78.98 open
37 Croatia 78.93 open
38 United States 78.89 open
39 Poland 78.41 open
40 Slovakia 78.37 open
41 China 78.02 open
42 Jordan 77.98 open
43 Peru 77.94 open
44 Colombia 77.91 open
45 Argentina 77.54 open
46 Turkey 77.42 open
47 Lithuania 77.2 open
48 Malaysia 76.82 open
49 Hungary 76.72 open
50 Tunisia 76.71 open
51 Thailand 76.56 open
52 Algeria 76.48 open
53 Romania 76.46 open
54 Latvia 76.43 open
55 Brazil 76.02 open
56 Serbia 75.97 open
57 Bulgaria 75.76 open
58 Morocco 75.49 open
59 Mexico 75.26 open
60 Bangladesh 74.93 open
61 Vietnam 74.74 open
62 Ukraine 74.69 open
63 Kazakhstan 74.53 open
64 Russia 73.44 open
65 India 72.24 open
66 Egypt 71.81 open
67 Indonesia 71.29 open
68 Philippines 69.95 open
69 Pakistan 67.8 open
70 Ethiopia 67.6 open
71 South Africa 66.31 open
72 Ghana 65.7 open
73 Kenya 63.83 open
74 Nigeria 54.64 open

Ranking interpretation

context

This ranking uses the latest available value in the local indicator dataset.

Production version: ranking tables should show source timestamp, latest available year and fallback status.

Countries by Life Expectancy: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Life Expectancy for Germany. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: life expectancy by country, global life expectancy ranking, country ranking life expectancy, best countries by life expectancy.