Life expectancy at birth, male (years) by country
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Countries reporting
215
Highest
84.56 years
Monaco
Lowest
53.36 years
Chad
Median
71.55 years
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
17,126
What the numbers show
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 84.56 years in Monaco; the lowest is 53.36 years in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 71.55 years, and the mean is 71.42 years.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 204 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 55.5%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 7.0%).
Life expectancy at birth, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 84.56 years | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 2 | San Marino | 84.32 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 3 | Kuwait | 83.8 years | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 4 | Switzerland | 82.7 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 82.7 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 6 | Sweden | 82.6 years | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 7 | Andorra | 82.26 years | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 8 | Liechtenstein | 82.2 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 82.17 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 10 | Italy | 82 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 11 | French Polynesia | 81.9 years | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 12 | Qatar | 81.78 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 13 | Norway | 81.6 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 14 | Spain | 81.4 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 14 | Ireland | 81.4 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 16 | Faroe Islands | 81.34 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 17 | Iceland | 81.2 years | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 17 | Malta | 81.2 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 17 | Singapore | 81.2 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 20 | Australia | 81.1 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 20 | Israel | 81.1 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 22 | Japan | 81.09 years | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 23 | Gibraltar | 81.03 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 81 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 25 | Bahrain | 80.86 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 26 | South Korea | 80.8 years | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 27 | Macao | 80.6 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 27 | Netherlands | 80.6 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 29 | Denmark | 80.4 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 29 | New Zealand | 80.4 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 31 | Belgium | 80.3 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 32 | France | 80.2 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 33 | Canada | 80.03 years | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 34 | Maldives | 79.95 years | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 35 | Cyprus | 79.84 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 36 | Austria | 79.8 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 36 | Finland | 79.8 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 38 | Portugal | 79.7 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 38 | Slovenia | 79.7 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 40 | United Kingdom | 79.54 years | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 41 | Chile | 79.45 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 42 | Greece | 79.4 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 43 | Bermuda | 79.06 years | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 44 | Isle of Man | 79.04 years | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 45 | Oman | 78.72 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 46 | Germany | 78.5 years | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 78.37 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 48 | Puerto Rico | 78.28 years | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 49 | Cayman Islands | 78.2 years | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 50 | Albania | 77.92 years | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 51 | United States Virgin Islands | 77.6 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 77.33 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 53 | Northern Mariana Islands | 77.28 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 54 | Czechia | 77.1 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 55 | Saint Martin (French part) | 76.99 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 56 | Panama | 76.88 years | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 57 | United States | 76.5 years | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 58 | New Caledonia | 76.46 years | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 59 | Croatia | 76.1 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 60 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 76.01 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 61 | Iran | 76 years | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 62 | Jordan | 75.89 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 63 | Lebanon | 75.88 years | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 64 | Cuba | 75.86 years | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 65 | Peru | 75.63 years | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 66 | Montenegro | 75.5 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 67 | China | 75.25 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 68 | Slovakia | 75.2 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 69 | Colombia | 75.16 years | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 70 | Armenia | 75.1 years | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 70 | Estonia | 75.1 years | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 72 | Algeria | 75.1 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 73 | Argentina | 74.98 years | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 74 | Ecuador | 74.88 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 75 | Poland | 74.8 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 76 | Antigua and Barbuda | 74.74 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 77 | British Virgin Islands | 74.7 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 74.65 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 79 | Turkey | 74.62 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 80 | North Macedonia | 74.48 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 81 | Malaysia | 74.45 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 74.45 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 83 | Uruguay | 74.38 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 84 | Tunisia | 74.13 years | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 85 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 73.85 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 86 | Aruba | 73.84 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 87 | Barbados | 73.75 years | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 88 | Hungary | 73.7 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 88 | Serbia | 73.7 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 90 | Guam | 73.66 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 91 | Brunei | 73.49 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 92 | Morocco | 73.35 years | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 93 | Bangladesh | 73.3 years | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 94 | Cape Verde | 73.05 years | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 95 | Lithuania | 73 years | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 96 | Brazil | 72.95 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 97 | Romania | 72.8 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 98 | Curacao | 72.66 years | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 99 | Grenada | 72.52 years | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 72.46 years | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 101 | Mexico | 72.44 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 102 | Thailand | 72.34 years | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 103 | Bulgaria | 72.2 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 104 | Seychelles | 72.1 years | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 105 | Azerbaijan | 71.71 years | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 106 | Latvia | 71.6 years | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 107 | Bhutan | 71.57 years | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 108 | North Korea | 71.55 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 109 | Belize | 71.08 years | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 110 | Bahamas | 71.06 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 111 | Paraguay | 71.01 years | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 112 | India | 70.73 years | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 113 | Dominican Republic | 70.66 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 114 | Suriname | 70.59 years | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 70.51 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 116 | Iraq | 70.5 years | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 117 | Honduras | 70.49 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 118 | Guatemala | 70.44 years | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 119 | Mauritius | 70.35 years | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 120 | American Samoa | 70.32 years | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 121 | Kazakhstan | 70.27 years | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 122 | Syria | 70.21 years | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 123 | Vietnam | 70.05 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 124 | Samoa | 69.96 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 125 | Ukraine | 69.79 years | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 126 | Georgia | 69.75 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 127 | Belarus | 69.74 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 128 | Tajikistan | 69.68 years | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 129 | Egypt | 69.65 years | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 130 | Libya | 69.62 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 131 | Vanuatu | 69.58 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 132 | Uzbekistan | 69.56 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 133 | Tonga | 69.5 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 134 | Saint Lucia | 69.45 years | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 135 | Solomon Islands | 69.36 years | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 136 | Indonesia | 69.16 years | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 137 | Nepal | 69.09 years | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 138 | Jamaica | 69.08 years | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 139 | Venezuela | 68.89 years | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 140 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 68.78 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 141 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 68.69 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 142 | Greenland | 68.41 years | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 143 | Kyrgyzstan | 68.4 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 144 | Dominica | 68.35 years | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 145 | Russia | 68.26 years | 2024 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 146 | Cambodia | 68.15 years | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 147 | Mongolia | 67.92 years | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 148 | El Salvador | 67.76 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 149 | Yemen | 67.37 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 150 | Palau | 67.25 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 151 | Laos | 67.02 years | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 152 | Senegal | 67.01 years | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 153 | Turkmenistan | 67 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 154 | Philippines | 66.99 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 155 | Botswana | 66.78 years | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 156 | Eritrea | 66.76 years | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 157 | Mauritania | 66.7 years | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 158 | Moldova | 66.7 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 159 | Guyana | 66.62 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 160 | Sao Tome and Principe | 66.41 years | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 161 | Bolivia | 66.27 years | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 162 | East Timor | 66.27 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 163 | Gabon | 66.06 years | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 164 | Rwanda | 65.71 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 165 | Uganda | 65.49 years | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 166 | Fiji | 65.47 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 167 | Pakistan | 65.46 years | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 168 | Palestine | 65.22 years | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 169 | Marshall Islands | 65.03 years | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 170 | Comoros | 65.02 years | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 171 | Afghanistan | 64.7 years | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 172 | Kiribati | 64.69 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 173 | Tanzania | 64.4 years | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 174 | Ethiopia | 64.36 years | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 175 | Gambia | 64.35 years | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 176 | Congo | 64.33 years | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 177 | Malawi | 64.27 years | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 178 | Zambia | 64.1 years | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 179 | Myanmar | 63.99 years | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 180 | Tuvalu | 63.91 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 181 | Papua New Guinea | 63.84 years | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 182 | Djibouti | 63.73 years | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 183 | Micronesia (country) | 63.63 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 184 | Namibia | 63.45 years | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 185 | Sudan | 63.45 years | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 186 | Ghana | 63.31 years | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 187 | South Africa | 62.78 years | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 188 | Togo | 62.7 years | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 189 | Angola | 62.27 years | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 190 | Equatorial Guinea | 62.22 years | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 191 | Madagascar | 62.12 years | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 192 | Haiti | 61.9 years | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 193 | Guinea-Bissau | 61.82 years | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 194 | Cameroon | 61.78 years | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 195 | Burundi | 61.75 years | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 196 | Kenya | 61.64 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 197 | Eswatini | 61.32 years | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 198 | Liberia | 61.02 years | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 199 | Zimbabwe | 60.49 years | 2024 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 200 | Niger | 60.49 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 201 | Mozambique | 60.49 years | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 202 | Nauru | 60.41 years | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 203 | Sierra Leone | 60.23 years | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 204 | Cote d'Ivoire | 60.17 years | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 205 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 59.96 years | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 206 | Guinea | 59.66 years | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 207 | Benin | 59.52 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 208 | Mali | 59.25 years | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 209 | Burkina Faso | 59.11 years | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 210 | Somalia | 56.49 years | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 211 | Central African Republic | 55.51 years | 2024 | up 55.5% | flat |
| 212 | Lesotho | 55.03 years | 2024 | up 13.9% | flat |
| 213 | South Sudan | 54.76 years | 2024 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 214 | Nigeria | 54.33 years | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 215 | Chad | 53.36 years | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 79.87 years
- Channel Islands 79.1 years
- European Union 79.04 years
- Post-demographic dividend 78.62 years
- OECD members 77.9 years
- High income 77.76 years
- North America 76.88 years
- Kosovo 76.01 years
- Europe & Central Asia 75.57 years
- Central Europe and the Baltics 74.48 years
- Late-demographic dividend 74.23 years
- East Asia & Pacific 73.92 years
About this data
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.