Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
List by the World Health Organization (2015)
Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of their birth, their current age and other demographic factors including sex.
2015 data published in May 2016.
HALE: Health-adjusted life expectancy
Country | Both sexes rank |
Both sexes life expectancy |
Female rank |
Female life expectancy |
Male rank |
Male life expectancy |
Both sexes rank (HALE) |
Both sexes life expectancy (HALE) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Japan | 1 | 83.7 | 1 | 86.8 | 6 | 80.5 | 1 | 74.9 |
Switzerland | 2 | 83.4 | 6 | 85.3 | 1 | 81.3 | 4 | 73.1 |
Singapore | 3 | 83.1 | 2 | 86.1 | 10 | 80.0 | 2 | 73.9 |
Australia | 4 | 82.8 | 7 | 84.8 | 3 | 80.9 | 15 | 71.9 |
Spain | 4 | 82.8 | 3 | 85.5 | 9 | 80.1 | 9 | 72.4 |
Iceland | 6 | 82.7 | 10 | 84.1 | 2 | 81.2 | 7 | 72.7 |
Italy | 6 | 82.7 | 7 | 84.8 | 6 | 80.5 | 5 | 72.8 |
Israel | 8 | 82.5 | 9 | 84.3 | 5 | 80.6 | 5 | 72.8 |
Sweden | 9 | 82.4 | 12 | 84.0 | 4 | 80.7 | 12 | 72.0 |
France | 9 | 82.4 | 5 | 85.4 | 16 | 79.4 | 8 | 72.6 |
Republic of Korea | 11 | 82.3 | 3 | 85.5 | 20 | 78.8 | 3 | 73.2 |
Canada | 12 | 82.2 | 10 | 84.1 | 8 | 80.2 | 10 | 72.3 |
Luxembourg | 13 | 82.0 | 12 | 84.0 | 13 | 79.8 | 17 | 71.8 |
Netherlands | 14 | 81.9 | 20 | 83.6 | 10 | 80.0 | 11 | 72.2 |
Norway | 15 | 81.8 | 17 | 83.7 | 13 | 79.8 | 12 | 72.0 |
Malta | 16 | 81.7 | 17 | 83.7 | 15 | 79.7 | 18 | 71.7 |
New Zealand | 17 | 81.6 | 26 | 83.3 | 10 | 80.0 | 19 | 71.6 |
Austria | 18 | 81.5 | 14 | 83.9 | 19 | 79.0 | 12 | 72.0 |
Ireland | 19 | 81.4 | 23 | 83.4 | 16 | 79.4 | 20 | 71.5 |
United Kingdom | 20 | 81.2 | 27 | 83.0 | 16 | 79.4 | 21 | 71.4 |
Belgium | 21 | 81.1 | 22 | 83.5 | 22 | 78.6 | 26 | 71.1 |
Finland | 21 | 81.1 | 16 | 83.8 | 24 | 78.3 | 28 | 71.0 |
Portugal | 21 | 81.1 | 14 | 83.9 | 27 | 78.2 | 21 | 71.4 |
Germany | 24 | 81.0 | 23 | 83.4 | 21 | 78.7 | 23 | 71.3 |
Greece | 24 | 81.0 | 20 | 83.6 | 24 | 78.3 | 15 | 71.9 |
Slovenia | 26 | 80.8 | 17 | 83.7 | 28 | 77.9 | 26 | 71.1 |
Denmark | 27 | 80.6 | 29 | 82.5 | 22 | 78.6 | 25 | 71.2 |
Cyprus | 28 | 80.5 | 28 | 82.7 | 24 | 78.3 | 23 | 71.3 |
Chile | 28 | 80.5 | 23 | 83.4 | 29 | 77.4 | 29 | 70.4 |
Costa Rica | 30 | 79.6 | 30 | 82.2 | 31 | 77.1 | 31 | 69.7 |
United States of America | 31 | 79.3 | 33 | 81.6 | 32 | 76.9 | 36 | 69.1 |
Cuba | 32 | 79.1 | 34 | 81.4 | 32 | 76.9 | 35 | 69.2 |
Czech Republic | 33 | 78.8 | 32 | 81.7 | 38 | 75.9 | 33 | 69.4 |
Maldives | 34 | 78.5 | 41 | 80.2 | 32 | 76.9 | 32 | 69.6 |
Qatar | 35 | 78.2 | 43 | 80.0 | 29 | 77.4 | 47 | 67.7 |
Croatia | 36 | 78.0 | 36 | 81.2 | 42 | 74.7 | 33 | 69.4 |
Albania | 37 | 77.8 | 38 | 80.7 | 39 | 75.1 | 38 | 68.8 |
Panama | 37 | 77.8 | 37 | 81.1 | 42 | 74.7 | 42 | 68.1 |
Brunei Darussalam | 39 | 77.7 | 47 | 79.2 | 36 | 76.3 | 29 | 70.4 |
Estonia | 40 | 77.6 | 31 | 82.0 | 65 | 72.7 | 37 | 68.9 |
Poland | 41 | 77.5 | 35 | 81.3 | 52 | 73.6 | 39 | 68.7 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42 | 77.4 | 45 | 79.7 | 40 | 75.0 | 40 | 68.6 |
United Arab Emirates | 43 | 77.1 | 57 | 78.6 | 35 | 76.4 | 44 | 67.9 |
Uruguay | 44 | 77.0 | 40 | 80.4 | 56 | 73.3 | 44 | 67.9 |
Bahrain | 45 | 76.9 | 71 | 77.9 | 37 | 76.2 | 55 | 67.0 |
Mexico | 46 | 76.7 | 46 | 79.5 | 48 | 73.9 | 52 | 67.4 |
Slovakia | 46 | 76.7 | 41 | 80.2 | 62 | 72.9 | 42 | 68.1 |
Oman | 48 | 76.6 | 47 | 79.2 | 40 | 75.0 | 63 | 66.7 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 49 | 76.4 | 57 | 78.6 | 46 | 74.1 | 50 | 67.5 |
Argentina | 50 | 76.3 | 44 | 79.9 | 65 | 72.7 | 49 | 67.6 |
Jamaica | 51 | 76.2 | 57 | 78.6 | 48 | 73.9 | 58 | 66.9 |
Ecuador | 51 | 76.2 | 53 | 79.0 | 53 | 73.5 | 55 | 67.0 |
China | 53 | 76.1 | 80 | 77.6 | 44 | 74.6 | 41 | 68.5 |
Montenegro | 53 | 76.1 | 65 | 78.1 | 46 | 74.1 | 44 | 67.9 |
Bahamas | 53 | 76.1 | 50 | 79.1 | 62 | 72.9 | 65 | 66.6 |
Viet Nam | 56 | 76.0 | 38 | 80.7 | 81 | 71.3 | 65 | 66.6 |
Hungary | 57 | 75.9 | 50 | 79.1 | 71 | 72.3 | 52 | 67.4 |
Turkey | 58 | 75.8 | 54 | 78.9 | 68 | 72.6 | 73 | 66.2 |
Macedonia | 59 | 75.7 | 76 | 77.8 | 53 | 73.5 | 50 | 67.5 |
Algeria | 60 | 75.6 | 81 | 77.5 | 50 | 73.8 | 75 | 66.0 |
Serbia | 60 | 75.6 | 61 | 78.4 | 62 | 72.9 | 47 | 67.7 |
Iran | 62 | 75.5 | 86 | 76.6 | 45 | 74.5 | 65 | 66.6 |
Peru | 62 | 75.5 | 66 | 78.0 | 59 | 73.1 | 80 | 65.6 |
Barbados | 62 | 75.5 | 71 | 77.9 | 59 | 73.1 | 65 | 66.6 |
Tunisia | 65 | 75.3 | 76 | 77.8 | 61 | 73.0 | 63 | 66.7 |
Saint Lucia | 66 | 75.2 | 71 | 77.9 | 68 | 72.6 | 74 | 66.1 |
Malaysia | 67 | 75.0 | 83 | 77.3 | 65 | 72.7 | 70 | 66.5 |
Romania | 67 | 75.0 | 55 | 78.8 | 78 | 71.4 | 59 | 66.8 |
Brazil | 67 | 75.0 | 56 | 78.7 | 78 | 71.4 | 81 | 65.5 |
Lebanon | 70 | 74.9 | 87 | 76.5 | 53 | 73.5 | 79 | 65.7 |
Thailand | 70 | 74.9 | 66 | 78.0 | 74 | 71.9 | 59 | 66.8 |
Sri Lanka | 70 | 74.9 | 63 | 78.3 | 75 | 71.6 | 55 | 67.0 |
Armenia | 73 | 74.8 | 79 | 77.7 | 75 | 71.6 | 59 | 66.8 |
Nicaragua | 73 | 74.8 | 71 | 77.9 | 77 | 71.5 | 103 | 63.7 |
Colombia | 73 | 74.8 | 61 | 78.4 | 84 | 71.2 | 85 | 65.1 |
Kuwait | 76 | 74.7 | 93 | 76.0 | 51 | 73.7 | 78 | 65.8 |
Honduras | 77 | 74.6 | 85 | 77.0 | 71 | 72.3 | 90 | 64.9 |
Mauritius | 77 | 74.6 | 76 | 77.8 | 78 | 71.4 | 59 | 66.8 |
Latvia | 77 | 74.6 | 47 | 79.2 | 95 | 69.6 | 54 | 67.1 |
Saudi Arabia | 80 | 74.5 | 93 | 76.0 | 58 | 73.2 | 96 | 64.5 |
Bulgaria | 80 | 74.5 | 66 | 78.0 | 86 | 71.1 | 72 | 66.4 |
Georgia | 82 | 74.4 | 63 | 78.3 | 91 | 70.3 | 70 | 66.5 |
Morocco | 83 | 74.3 | 99 | 75.4 | 56 | 73.3 | 90 | 64.9 |
Jordan | 84 | 74.1 | 96 | 75.9 | 70 | 72.5 | 88 | 65.0 |
Venezuela | 84 | 74.1 | 60 | 78.5 | 94 | 70.0 | 83 | 65.2 |
Paraguay | 86 | 74.0 | 93 | 76.0 | 73 | 72.2 | 83 | 65.2 |
Samoa | 86 | 74.0 | 81 | 77.5 | 87 | 70.9 | 65 | 66.6 |
Dominican Republic | 88 | 73.9 | 84 | 77.1 | 87 | 70.9 | 85 | 65.1 |
Grenada | 89 | 73.6 | 91 | 76.1 | 84 | 71.2 | 88 | 65.0 |
Lithuania | 89 | 73.6 | 50 | 79.1 | 104 | 68.1 | 75 | 66.0 |
Tonga | 91 | 73.5 | 88 | 76.4 | 89 | 70.6 | 75 | 66.0 |
El Salvador | 91 | 73.5 | 71 | 77.9 | 99 | 68.8 | 98 | 64.1 |
Cabo Verde | 93 | 73.3 | 103 | 75.0 | 81 | 71.3 | 97 | 64.4 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 94 | 73.2 | 100 | 75.2 | 81 | 71.3 | 94 | 64.6 |
Seychelles | 94 | 73.2 | 66 | 78.0 | 98 | 69.1 | 81 | 65.5 |
Libya | 96 | 72.7 | 98 | 75.6 | 92 | 70.1 | 101 | 63.8 |
Azerbaijan | 96 | 72.7 | 97 | 75.8 | 95 | 69.6 | 93 | 64.7 |
Belarus | 98 | 72.3 | 66 | 78.0 | 119 | 66.5 | 85 | 65.1 |
Republic of Moldova | 99 | 72.1 | 90 | 76.2 | 106 | 67.9 | 92 | 64.8 |
Vanuatu | 100 | 72.0 | 107 | 74.0 | 92 | 70.1 | 94 | 64.6 |
Guatemala | 101 | 71.9 | 100 | 75.2 | 102 | 68.5 | 116 | 62.1 |
Bangladesh | 102 | 71.8 | 113 | 73.1 | 89 | 70.6 | 111 | 62.3 |
Suriname | 103 | 71.6 | 105 | 74.7 | 101 | 68.6 | 107 | 63.1 |
Ukraine | 104 | 71.3 | 91 | 76.1 | 120 | 66.3 | 98 | 64.1 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 105 | 71.2 | 104 | 74.8 | 106 | 67.9 | 104 | 63.3 |
Kyrgyzstan | 106 | 71.1 | 102 | 75.1 | 111 | 67.2 | 101 | 63.8 |
Egypt | 107 | 70.9 | 111 | 73.2 | 99 | 68.8 | 113 | 62.2 |
Bolivia | 108 | 70.7 | 110 | 73.3 | 103 | 68.2 | 113 | 62.2 |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 109 | 70.6 | 107 | 74.0 | 113 | 67.0 | 100 | 64.0 |
Russian Federation | 110 | 70.5 | 89 | 76.3 | 127 | 64.7 | 104 | 63.3 |
Kazakhstan | 111 | 70.2 | 105 | 74.7 | 123 | 65.7 | 104 | 63.3 |
Belize | 112 | 70.1 | 113 | 73.1 | 110 | 67.5 | 111 | 62.3 |
Fiji | 113 | 69.9 | 113 | 73.1 | 113 | 67.0 | 108 | 62.9 |
Bhutan | 114 | 69.8 | 126 | 70.1 | 97 | 69.5 | 120 | 61.2 |
Tajikistan | 115 | 69.7 | 109 | 73.6 | 116 | 66.6 | 116 | 62.1 |
Micronesia | 116 | 69.4 | 124 | 70.6 | 104 | 68.1 | 109 | 62.5 |
Uzbekistan | 116 | 69.4 | 116 | 72.7 | 122 | 66.1 | 110 | 62.4 |
Solomon Islands | 118 | 69.2 | 121 | 70.8 | 106 | 67.9 | 116 | 62.1 |
Nepal | 118 | 69.2 | 121 | 70.8 | 109 | 67.7 | 121 | 61.1 |
Indonesia | 120 | 69.1 | 119 | 71.2 | 112 | 67.1 | 113 | 62.2 |
Iraq | 121 | 68.9 | 118 | 71.8 | 121 | 66.2 | 124 | 60.0 |
Mongolia | 122 | 68.8 | 111 | 73.2 | 127 | 64.7 | 119 | 62.0 |
Cambodia | 123 | 68.7 | 123 | 70.7 | 116 | 66.6 | 130 | 58.9 |
Philippines | 124 | 68.5 | 117 | 72.0 | 126 | 65.3 | 121 | 61.1 |
India | 125 | 68.3 | 128 | 69.9 | 115 | 66.9 | 126 | 59.5 |
Timor-Leste | 125 | 68.3 | 126 | 70.1 | 116 | 66.6 | 123 | 60.7 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 127 | 67.5 | 130 | 69.4 | 124 | 65.6 | 128 | 59.1 |
Senegal | 128 | 66.7 | 132 | 68.6 | 130 | 64.6 | 132 | 58.3 |
Myanmar | 129 | 66.6 | 133 | 68.5 | 130 | 64.6 | 127 | 59.2 |
Pakistan | 130 | 66.4 | 137 | 67.5 | 125 | 65.5 | 134 | 57.8 |
Kiribati | 131 | 66.3 | 131 | 68.8 | 136 | 63.7 | 128 | 59.1 |
Turkmenistan | 131 | 66.3 | 125 | 70.5 | 143 | 62.2 | 125 | 59.8 |
Guyana | 133 | 66.2 | 133 | 68.5 | 134 | 63.9 | 130 | 58.9 |
Rwanda | 134 | 66.1 | 120 | 71.1 | 150 | 60.9 | 140 | 56.6 |
Gabon | 135 | 66.0 | 138 | 67.2 | 127 | 64.7 | 137 | 57.2 |
Namibia | 136 | 65.8 | 135 | 68.3 | 139 | 63.1 | 136 | 57.5 |
Yemen | 137 | 65.7 | 138 | 67.2 | 132 | 64.3 | 135 | 57.7 |
Lao People's Democratic Republic | 137 | 65.7 | 138 | 67.2 | 133 | 64.1 | 133 | 57.9 |
Botswana | 137 | 65.7 | 136 | 68.1 | 137 | 63.3 | 138 | 56.9 |
Madagascar | 140 | 65.5 | 141 | 67.0 | 134 | 63.9 | 138 | 56.9 |
Ethiopia | 141 | 64.8 | 143 | 66.8 | 140 | 62.8 | 143 | 56.1 |
Congo | 142 | 64.7 | 144 | 66.3 | 138 | 63.2 | 140 | 56.6 |
Eritrea | 142 | 64.7 | 141 | 67.0 | 141 | 62.4 | 145 | 55.9 |
Syrian Arab Republic | 144 | 64.5 | 128 | 69.9 | 154 | 59.9 | 143 | 56.1 |
Sudan | 145 | 64.1 | 146 | 65.9 | 141 | 62.4 | 145 | 55.9 |
Comoros | 146 | 63.5 | 151 | 65.2 | 144 | 61.9 | 145 | 55.9 |
Djibouti | 146 | 63.5 | 150 | 65.3 | 145 | 61.8 | 148 | 55.8 |
Haiti | 146 | 63.5 | 148 | 65.5 | 147 | 61.5 | 150 | 55.4 |
Kenya | 149 | 63.4 | 147 | 65.8 | 148 | 61.1 | 149 | 55.6 |
Mauritania | 150 | 63.1 | 153 | 64.6 | 146 | 61.6 | 152 | 55.1 |
Papua New Guinea | 151 | 62.9 | 149 | 65.4 | 152 | 60.6 | 142 | 56.4 |
South Africa | 151 | 62.9 | 145 | 66.2 | 158 | 59.3 | 153 | 54.5 |
Ghana | 153 | 62.4 | 155 | 63.9 | 149 | 61.0 | 151 | 55.3 |
Uganda | 154 | 62.3 | 154 | 64.3 | 153 | 60.3 | 156 | 54.0 |
Niger | 155 | 61.8 | 158 | 62.8 | 150 | 60.9 | 154 | 54.2 |
United Republic of Tanzania | 155 | 61.8 | 156 | 63.8 | 154 | 59.9 | 155 | 54.1 |
Zambia | 155 | 61.8 | 152 | 64.7 | 161 | 59.0 | 158 | 53.6 |
Liberia | 158 | 61.4 | 157 | 62.9 | 156 | 59.8 | 160 | 52.7 |
Gambia | 159 | 61.1 | 159 | 62.5 | 156 | 59.8 | 157 | 53.8 |
Zimbabwe | 160 | 60.7 | 160 | 62.3 | 161 | 59.0 | 163 | 52.3 |
Afghanistan | 161 | 60.5 | 161 | 61.9 | 158 | 59.3 | 164 | 52.2 |
Benin | 162 | 60.0 | 164 | 61.1 | 163 | 58.8 | 162 | 52.5 |
Burkina Faso | 163 | 59.9 | 167 | 60.5 | 160 | 59.1 | 161 | 52.6 |
Togo | 163 | 59.9 | 164 | 61.1 | 164 | 58.6 | 159 | 52.8 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 165 | 59.8 | 163 | 61.5 | 165 | 58.3 | 166 | 51.7 |
Burundi | 166 | 59.6 | 162 | 61.6 | 168 | 57.7 | 164 | 52.2 |
Guinea | 167 | 59.0 | 171 | 59.8 | 166 | 58.2 | 166 | 51.7 |
Guinea-Bissau | 168 | 58.9 | 167 | 60.5 | 169 | 57.2 | 168 | 51.5 |
Swaziland | 168 | 58.9 | 164 | 61.1 | 171 | 56.6 | 172 | 50.9 |
Malawi | 170 | 58.3 | 170 | 59.9 | 170 | 56.7 | 169 | 51.2 |
Mali | 171 | 58.2 | 175 | 58.3 | 166 | 58.2 | 171 | 51.1 |
Equatorial Guinea | 171 | 58.2 | 169 | 60.0 | 171 | 56.6 | 169 | 51.2 |
Mozambique | 173 | 57.6 | 172 | 59.4 | 175 | 55.7 | 175 | 49.6 |
South Sudan | 174 | 57.3 | 173 | 58.6 | 173 | 56.1 | 174 | 49.9 |
Cameroon | 174 | 57.3 | 173 | 58.6 | 174 | 55.9 | 173 | 50.3 |
Somalia | 176 | 55.0 | 176 | 56.6 | 176 | 53.5 | 176 | 47.8 |
Nigeria | 177 | 54.5 | 177 | 55.6 | 177 | 53.4 | 177 | 47.7 |
Lesotho | 178 | 53.7 | 178 | 55.4 | 179 | 51.7 | 179 | 46.6 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 179 | 53.3 | 180 | 54.4 | 178 | 52.3 | 178 | 47.0 |
Chad | 180 | 53.1 | 179 | 54.5 | 179 | 51.7 | 180 | 46.1 |
Central African Republic | 181 | 52.5 | 181 | 54.1 | 181 | 50.9 | 181 | 45.9 |
Angola | 182 | 52.4 | 182 | 54.0 | 181 | 50.9 | 182 | 45.8 |
Sierra Leone | 183 | 50.1 | 183 | 50.8 | 183 | 49.3 | 183 | 44.4 |