Countries With the Highest (and Lowest) Life Expectancy in the World, 2024

Despina WilsonMarch 30, 2024April 8, 2024Special Reports

According to a recent report by CEOWORLD magazine, the global average life expectancy at birth in 2023 declined to 71.32 years from the previous high of 73 years in 2019. The Euro area had the highest average life expectancy of 81.59 years, with 20 members of the Eurozone. Following the Euro area, the European Union member states had an average of 80.38 years, while North America had an average of 76.97 years. Life expectancy at birth signifies the number of years a newborn infant would live if the current patterns of mortality continue throughout its life.

Some countries have a longer life expectancy than others. The countries with the longest life expectancy are wealthy countries in Europe and Asia. Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Switzerland, Singapore, Spain, Italy, and Australia are the top eight countries with a life expectancy above 83 years. On the other hand, the African nations of Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Chad, Lesotho, and the Central African Republic have a life expectancy of below 55 years, which is the lowest among all countries.

How Does the US Rank in Life Expectancy?

The life expectancy in the United States was 78.81 years in 2023, ranking it 46th in the world for life expectancy, behind countries such as the Czech Republic, Barbados, and Lebanon. In comparison to other wealthy nations, the decrease in life expectancy in the U.S. was more significant. From 2019 to 2023, the average life expectancy in the U.S. decreased by 1.3 years, while comparable countries experienced an average decrease of 0.5 years.

Countries With the Highest Life Expectancy in the World

Rank	Country	Life expectancy at birth, total (years)	Life Expectancy Female (Years)	Life Expectancy Male (Years)	Life expectancy Difference (Female - Male)
1	Hong Kong (China)	84.63	87.53	81.75	5.78
2	Japan	84.43	87.47	81.28	6.19
3	Macau (China)	84.04	86.97	81.07	5.9
4	Switzerland	83.56	85.41	81.6	3.81
5	Singapore	83.39	85.52	81.25	4.27
6	Spain	83.36	86.05	80.6	5.45
7	Italy	83.28	85.35	81.04	4.31
8	Australia	83.2	85.22	81.21	4.01
9	Iceland	82.77	84.31	81.23	3.08
10	South Korea	82.77	85.7	79.63	6.07
11	Israel	82.74	84.32	81.04	3.28
12	Sweden	82.57	84.38	80.75	3.63
13	France	82.46	85.36	79.44	5.92
14	Malta	82.29	84.07	80.4	3.67
15	Canada	82.22	84.25	80.16	4.09
16	Norway	82.18	84.2	80.17	4.03
17	Netherlands	82.06	83.77	80.32	3.45
18	New Zealand	82.06	83.8	80.3	3.5
19	Ireland	82.05	83.7	80.35	3.35
20	Luxembourg	82	84.15	79.84	4.31
21	Greece	81.98	84.48	79.48	5
22	Greenland	81.84	85.24	78.13	7.11
23	Portugal	81.75	84.64	78.67	5.97
24	Finland	81.64	84.52	78.75	5.77
25	Belgium	81.39	83.69	79.02	4.67
26	Austria	81.35	83.75	78.89	4.86
27	United Kingdom	81.15	82.9	79.37	3.53
28	Germany	81.1	83.55	78.67	4.88
29	Slovenia	81.08	83.85	78.25	5.6
30	Cyprus	80.75	82.84	78.65	4.19
31	Denmark	80.68	82.68	78.69	3.99
32	Taiwan	80.19	83.01	77.48	5.53
33	Andorra	80.03	83.75	77.32	6.43
34	Kosovo	80.03	83.75	77.32	6.43
35	Nauru	80.03	83.75	77.32	6.43
36	Qatar	80.02	81.8	78.89	2.91
37	Costa Rica	80	82.66	77.43	5.23
38	Chile	79.96	82.32	77.44	4.88
39	Puerto Rico	79.85	83.31	76.22	7.09
40	French Polynesia	79.73	82.95	76.71	6.24
41	Liechtenstein	79.35	82.9	76.04	6.86
42	Monaco	79.35	82.9	76.04	6.86
43	Czech Republic	79.15	81.76	76.48	5.28
44	Barbados	79.02	80.35	77.6	2.75
45	Lebanon	78.82	80.77	77.02	3.75
46	United States	78.81	81.34	76.3	5.04
47	Cuba	78.69	80.67	76.72	3.95
48	Maldives	78.47	80.36	77.07	3.29
49	Estonia	78.46	82.49	73.98	8.51
50	Poland	78.46	82.37	74.48	7.89
51	Albania	78.38	80.1	76.73	3.37
52	Croatia	78.25	81.39	75.01	6.38
53	Panama	78.24	81.53	75.13	6.4
54	United Arab Emirates	77.75	79.09	77.06	2.03
55	Uruguay	77.7	81.3	73.87	7.43
56	Oman	77.53	80.05	75.78	4.27
57	Slovakia	77.31	80.76	73.74	7.02
58	Turkey	77.31	80.23	74.3	5.93
59	Palau	77.28	80.16	74.66	5.5
60	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77.18	79.65	74.65	5
61	Bahrain	77.1	78.22	76.25	1.97
62	Colombia	77.02	79.78	74.23	5.55
63	Thailand	76.83	80.62	73.12	7.5
64	Antigua and Barbuda	76.82	77.91	75.67	2.24
65	Sri Lanka	76.73	80.05	73.32	6.73
66	Ecuador	76.7	79.56	73.95	5.61
67	Montenegro	76.65	79.08	74.2	4.88
68	Hungary	76.63	80.08	72.96	7.12
69	China	76.62	78.97	74.47	4.5
70	Algeria	76.59	77.84	75.39	2.45
71	Argentina	76.45	79.8	73	6.8
72	Peru	76.41	79.18	73.71	5.47
73	Tunisia	76.41	78.46	74.39	4.07
74	Iran	76.35	77.56	75.26	2.3
75	Morocco	76.33	77.54	75.07	2.47
76	Saint Lucia	75.99	77.37	74.66	2.71
77	Malaysia	75.93	78.1	74.01	4.09
78	Romania	75.83	79.32	72.36	6.96
79	Serbia	75.77	78.4	73.17	5.23
80	Brunei	75.66	76.88	74.54	2.34
81	Lithuania	75.65	81.14	69.95	11.19
82	North Macedonia	75.6	77.65	73.6	4.05
83	Brazil	75.56	79.27	71.9	7.37
84	Kuwait	75.33	76.38	74.61	1.77
85	Vietnam	75.27	79.4	71.16	8.24
86	Latvia	75.05	79.81	69.94	9.87
87	Honduras	74.99	77.28	72.68	4.6
88	Mexico	74.98	77.83	72.1	5.73
89	Saudi Arabia	74.9	76.51	73.71	2.8
90	Armenia	74.87	78.3	71.12	7.18
91	Bulgaria	74.85	78.48	71.34	7.14
92	Mauritius	74.76	78.25	71.41	6.84
93	Belarus	74.49	79.34	69.3	10.04
94	Belize	74.37	77.58	71.42	6.16
95	Jamaica	74.33	75.94	72.77	3.17
96	Jordan	74.33	76.09	72.66	3.43
97	Nicaragua	74.15	77.66	70.61	7.05
98	Paraguay	74.08	76.2	72.11	4.09
99	Guatemala	73.94	76.8	71	5.8
100	Palestine	73.82	75.5	72.2	3.3
101	Dominican Republic	73.81	77.12	70.72	6.4
102	Bahamas	73.73	75.88	71.48	4.4
103	Georgia	73.52	77.92	69.09	8.83
104	Trinidad and Tobago	73.31	76.02	70.69	5.33
105	Seychelles	73.29	77.27	69.78	7.49
106	Kazakhstan	73.23	77.35	68.82	8.53
107	Samoa	73.11	75.24	71.13	4.11
108	El Salvador	72.99	77.54	68.11	9.43
109	Azerbaijan	72.81	75.26	70.31	4.95
110	Solomon Islands	72.77	74.62	71.11	3.51
111	Tuvalu	72.77	74.62	71.11	3.51
112	Cape Verde (Cabo Verde)	72.7	75.92	69.23	6.69
113	Libya	72.7	75.74	69.9	5.84
114	Grenada	72.39	74.95	70.07	4.88
115	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	72.36	74.94	70.14	4.8
116	Russia	72.29	77.54	66.81	10.73
117	Bangladesh	72.15	74.11	70.48	3.63
118	Venezuela	72.13	76.08	68.4	7.68
119	North Korea	71.96	75.42	68.3	7.12
120	Ukraine	71.82	76.63	66.83	9.8
121	Egypt	71.74	74.08	69.52	4.56
122	Moldova	71.68	75.94	67.42	8.52
123	Uzbekistan	71.53	73.63	69.41	4.22
124	Suriname	71.49	74.85	68.29	6.56
125	Indonesia	71.41	73.63	69.29	4.34
126	Syria	71.32	77.66	65.86	11.8
127	Bhutan	71.28	71.62	70.96	0.66
128	Kyrgyzstan	71.18	75.36	67.21	8.15
129	Bolivia	71.08	74.05	68.28	5.77
130	Philippines	71.04	75.31	67.08	8.23
131	Tajikistan	70.77	73.05	68.64	4.41
132	Tonga	70.74	72.69	68.83	3.86
133	Iraq	70.37	72.42	68.33	4.09
134	Nepal	70.31	71.72	68.83	2.89
135	Vanuatu	70.25	71.9	68.79	3.11
136	Dominica	70.05	72.45	67.67	4.78
137	San Marino	70.05	72.45	67.67	4.78
138	Guyana	69.71	72.89	66.74	6.15
139	Mongolia	69.55	73.82	65.5	8.32
140	Cambodia	69.44	71.5	67.17	4.33
141	India	69.27	70.53	68.11	2.42
142	East Timor (Timor-Leste)	69.15	71.26	67.18	4.08
143	Botswana	69.1	71.86	66.03	5.83
144	Rwanda	68.44	70.51	66.27	4.24
145	Kiribati	67.99	71.97	63.9	8.07
146	Turkmenistan	67.98	71.5	64.51	6.99
147	Micronesia	67.7	69.38	66.07	3.31
148	Senegal	67.47	69.42	65.32	4.1
149	Laos (Lao PDR)	67.44	69.24	65.68	3.56
150	Fiji	67.27	69.08	65.6	3.48
151	Pakistan	67.02	68	66.11	1.89
152	Myanmar	66.76	69.75	63.67	6.08
153	Djibouti	66.54	68.74	64.58	4.16
154	Madagascar	66.49	68.1	64.89	3.21
155	Kenya	66.18	68.5	63.82	4.68
156	Gabon	66.06	68.21	64.01	4.2
157	Yemen	66.03	67.73	64.36	3.37
158	Ethiopia	65.97	67.88	64.09	3.79
159	Eritrea	65.74	67.96	63.6	4.36
160	Sudan	64.95	66.8	63.13	3.67
161	Saint Kitts and Nevis	64.84	66.6	63.04	3.56
162	Tanzania	64.84	66.6	63.04	3.56
163	Mauritania	64.61	66.18	63	3.18
164	Afghanistan	64.28	65.81	62.85	2.96
165	Congo	64.16	65.57	62.7	2.87
166	Papua New Guinea	64.15	65.45	62.94	2.51
167	Comoros	63.98	65.76	62.27	3.49
168	Ghana	63.65	64.72	62.6	2.12
169	South Africa	63.62	67.14	60.24	6.9
170	Liberia	63.6	64.97	62.22	2.75
171	Haiti	63.52	65.68	61.37	4.31
172	Malawi	63.43	66.57	60.29	6.28
173	Zambia	63.26	66.22	60.26	5.96
174	Namibia	63.02	65.8	60.04	5.76
175	Uganda	62.76	64.97	60.42	4.55
176	Niger	61.8	62.97	60.69	2.28
177	Gambia	61.54	62.95	60.17	2.78
178	Benin	61.3	62.83	59.75	3.08
179	Guinea	61.04	61.53	60.33	1.2
180	Burundi	61.03	62.8	59.22	3.58
181	Burkina Faso	60.92	61.6	60.11	1.49
182	Zimbabwe	60.83	62.22	59.16	3.06
183	Angola	60.54	63.42	57.83	5.59
184	Togo	60.53	61.37	59.67	1.7
185	DR Congo	60.21	61.74	58.7	3.04
186	Mozambique	60.05	62.85	57.01	5.84
187	Eswatini	59.31	63.88	55.17	8.71
188	Cameroon	58.77	60.02	57.53	2.49
189	Mali	58.71	59.46	57.96	1.5
190	Equatorial Guinea	58.25	59.41	57.27	2.14
191	Guinea-Bissau	57.82	59.71	55.8	3.91
192	South Sudan	57.43	58.94	55.95	2.99
193	Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)	57.25	58.57	56.07	2.5
194	Somalia	56.94	58.66	55.29	3.37
195	Nigeria	54.18	55.08	53.3	1.78
196	Sierra Leone	54.07	54.85	53.24	1.61
197	Chad	53.8	55.21	52.41	2.8
198	Lesotho	53.51	56.75	50.4	6.35
199	Central African Republic	52.67	54.87	50.5	4.37
200	Mozambique	59.33
201	Burkina Faso	59.27
202	Namibia	59.27
203	Zimbabwe	59.25
204	Congo, Dem. Rep.	59.19
205	Mali	58.94
206	Guinea	58.89
207	Cote d'Ivoire	58.6
208	Eswatini	57.07
209	Somalia	55.28
210	South Sudan	54.98
211	Central African Republic	53.9
212	Lesotho	53.06
213	Nigeria	52.68
214	Chad	52.53

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Despina Wilson

I am a senior editor and data journalist at CEOWORLD magazine. My job involves using infographics to report on news topics related to business and policy, with a global perspective. I hold a master's degree in journalism and have worked for newspapers and reporting projects in both the US and the UK, giving me a unique transatlantic perspective. I believe that data can enhance coverage of all news topics. As a contributor, I plan cover a wide range of issues, such as gender equality, climate change, labor, and immigration, using relevant statistics and insightful visualizations.

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