Life Expectancy by Country (2026)

Life Expectancy by Country (2026) ranks countries by the average number of years people are expected to live based on current mortality patterns. This page compares life expectancy for both sexes, as well as female and male life expectancy separately, making it easier to see how longevity differs across countries and between men and women. Explore the latest rankings, maps, and global life expectancy statistics for 2026.

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Life Expectancy by Continent

Life Expectancy by Country Rankings 2026

Top Ranked

🇲🇨Monaco

86.73

Least Ranked

🇳🇬Nigeria

54.95

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🇸🇲San Marino

86.03

🇭🇰Hong Kong

85.9

🇯🇵Japan

85.15

🇰🇷South Korea

84.64

🇧🇱Saint Barthelemy

84.63

🇦🇩Andorra

84.46

#	Country	Life Expectancy (Both Sexes)	Female Life Expectancy	Male Life Expectancy	Continent	Unit
1	🇲🇨Monaco	86.73	88.85	84.78	Europe	Years
2	🇸🇲San Marino	86.03	87.44	84.54	Europe	Years
3	🇭🇰Hong Kong	85.9	88.51	83.22	Asia	Years
4	🇯🇵Japan	85.15	88.18	82.13	Asia	Years
5	🇰🇷South Korea	84.64	87.51	81.56	Asia	Years
6	🇧🇱Saint Barthelemy	84.63	87.14	81.81	North America	Years
7	🇦🇩Andorra	84.46	86.48	82.55	Europe	Years
8	🇵🇫French Polynesia	84.44	86.86	82.16	Oceania	Years
9	🇨🇭Switzerland	84.37	86.2	82.48	Europe	Years
10	🇦🇺Australia	84.34	86.07	82.59	Oceania	Years
11	🇮🇹Italy	84.18	86.13	82.12	Europe	Years
12	🇸🇬Singapore	84.13	86.6	81.67	Asia	Years
13	🇪🇸Spain	84.08	86.71	81.4	Europe	Years
14	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	84.06	85.64	82.39	Europe	Years
15	🇷🇪Reunion	83.92	86.68	80.94	Africa	Years
16	🇬🇮Gibraltar	83.9	86.45	81.33	Europe	Years
17	🇲🇹Malta	83.78	85.63	81.88	Europe	Years
18	🇳🇴Norway	83.76	85.21	82.31	Europe	Years
19	🇸🇪Sweden	83.73	85.45	82.03	Europe	Years
20	🇫🇷France	83.7	86.42	80.86	Europe	Years
21	🇲🇴Macau	83.6	85.64	81.47	Asia	Years
22	🇻🇦Vatican City	83.41	85.44	81.31	Europe	Years
23	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	83.39	84.55	82.56	Asia	Years
24	🇮🇸Iceland	83.3	84.69	81.96	Europe	Years
25	🇨🇦Canada	83.05	85.16	80.94	North America	Years
26	🇲🇶Martinique	83.04	85.95	79.81	North America	Years
27	🇮🇪Ireland	82.92	84.86	81.01	Europe	Years
28	🇮🇱Israel	82.9	84.94	80.8	Asia	Years
29	🇵🇹Portugal	82.89	85.51	80.11	Europe	Years
30	🇶🇦Qatar	82.83	83.72	82.13	Asia	Years
31	🇧🇲Bermuda	82.83	86.14	79.44	North America	Years
32	🇱🇺Luxembourg	82.64	84.17	81.08	Europe	Years
33	🇳🇱Netherlands	82.61	84.1	81.09	Europe	Years
34	🇧🇪Belgium	82.59	84.69	80.46	Europe	Years
35	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	82.56	85.88	78.75	North America	Years
36	🇳🇿New Zealand	82.52	84.1	80.93	Oceania	Years
37	🇦🇹Austria	82.45	84.69	80.17	Europe	Years
38	🇫🇮Finland	82.4	85.02	79.8	Europe	Years
39	🇬🇷Greece	82.39	84.73	79.95	Europe	Years
40	🇩🇰Denmark	82.39	84.19	80.57	Europe	Years
41	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	82.27	85.63	78.72	North America	Years
42	🇨🇾Cyprus	82.15	84.05	80.24	Asia	Years
43	🇸🇮Slovenia	82.09	84.69	79.54	Europe	Years
44	🇩🇪Germany	81.86	84.11	79.62	Europe	Years
45	🇬🇧United Kingdom	81.75	83.57	79.89	Europe	Years
46	🇧🇭Bahrain	81.74	82.4	81.21	Asia	Years
47	🇲🇻Maldives	81.73	83.34	80.44	Asia	Years
48	🇨🇱Chile	81.72	83.51	79.88	South America	Years
49	🇮🇲Isle of Man	81.39	83.4	79.42	Europe	Years
50	🇨🇷Costa Rica	81.38	83.87	78.84	North America	Years
51	🇹🇼Taiwan	81.14	84.02	78.32	Asia	Years
52	🇰🇼Kuwait	80.97	82.3	79.83	Asia	Years
53	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	80.9	83.28	78.62	North America	Years
54	🇲🇫Saint Martin	80.85	84.21	77.43	North America	Years
55	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	80.81	83.02	78.87	Europe	Years
56	🇴🇲Oman	80.65	82.36	79.17	Asia	Years
57	🇨🇿Czech Republic	80.25	82.96	77.53	Europe	Years
58	🇵🇦Panama	80.15	82.99	77.33	North America	Years
59	🇦🇱Albania	80.13	81.89	78.33	Europe	Years
60	🇦🇮Anguilla	79.86	83.05	76.67	North America	Years
61	🇫🇰Falkland Islands	79.78	81.7	77.81	South America	Years
62	🇺🇸United States	79.76	82.23	77.39	North America	Years
63	🇪🇪Estonia	79.64	83.42	75.57	Europe	Years
64	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	79.4	81.67	77.78	Asia	Years
65	🇳🇨New Caledonia	79.23	81.67	76.83	Oceania	Years
66	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	79.22	81.12	77.59	Oceania	Years
67	🇵🇱Poland	79.15	82.74	75.53	Europe	Years
68	🇭🇷Croatia	79.09	82.09	76.01	Europe	Years
69	🇼🇫Wallis & Futuna	79.03	80	78.05	Oceania	Years
70	🇨🇳China	79.02	81.78	76.38	Asia	Years
71	🇸🇰Slovakia	78.81	81.98	75.6	Europe	Years
72	🇨🇺Cuba	78.62	81	76.25	North America	Years
73	🇺🇾Uruguay	78.62	82.29	74.78	South America	Years
74	Turks and Caicos	78.5	80.72	76.35		Years
75	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.42	81.38	75.09	Europe	Years
76	🇹🇷Turkey	78.38	81.33	75.5	Asia	Years
77	🇯🇴Jordan	78.3	80.6	76.24	Asia	Years
78	🇵🇪Peru	78.3	80.61	76.02	South America	Years
79	🇨🇴Colombia	78.27	80.92	75.57	South America	Years
80	🇮🇷Iran	78.25	80.17	76.43	Asia	Years
81	🇱🇧Lebanon	78.22	80.11	76.17	Asia	Years
82	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	78.11	80.75	75.12	North America	Years
83	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	78.03	81.04	74.85	Asia	Years
84	🇧🇶Caribbean Netherlands	77.95	80.6	75.75	North America	Years
85	🇪🇨Ecuador	77.94	80.62	75.28	South America	Years
86	🇦🇷Argentina	77.83	80.28	75.3	South America	Years
87	🇲🇰North Macedonia	77.81	79.96	75.56	Europe	Years
88	🇬🇺Guam	77.81	81.88	74.11	Oceania	Years
89	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	77.76	80.46	75.05	North America	Years
90	🇲🇪Montenegro	77.6	80.74	74.31	Europe	Years
91	🇬🇫French Guiana	77.54	80.44	74.71	South America	Years
92	🇭🇺Hungary	77.5	80.61	74.26	Europe	Years
93	🇵🇸State of Palestine	77.42	79.75	74.96	Asia	Years
94	🇹🇰Tokelau	77.42	79.28	75.33	Oceania	Years
95	🇨🇼Curaçao	77.34	81.22	73.06	North America	Years
96	🇷🇸Serbia	77.33	80.5	74.09	Europe	Years
97	🇸🇭Saint Helena	77.3	80.97	74.35	Africa	Years
98	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	77.28	81.87	73.34	North America	Years
99	🇲🇾Malaysia	77.16	79.82	74.81	Asia	Years
100	🇹🇳Tunisia	77.1	79.68	74.55	Africa	Years
101	🇹🇭Thailand	77.06	81.36	72.92	Asia	Years
102	🇩🇿Algeria	76.89	78.34	75.5	Africa	Years
103	🇸🇽Sint Maarten	76.86	79.92	74.17	North America	Years
104	🇦🇼Aruba	76.78	79.19	74.14	North America	Years
105	🇲🇸Montserrat	76.66	79.23	74.58	North America	Years
106	🇧🇧Barbados	76.64	79.05	74.09	North America	Years
107	🇱🇻Latvia	76.63	80.85	72.13	Europe	Years
108	🇾🇹Mayotte	76.61	78.85	74.63	Africa	Years
109	🇨🇻Cape Verde	76.56	79.68	73.44	Africa	Years
110	🇱🇹Lithuania	76.48	81.05	71.81	Europe	Years
111	🇷🇴Romania	76.4	79.95	72.91	Europe	Years
112	🇧🇷Brazil	76.37	79.46	73.33	South America	Years
113	🇦🇲Armenia	76.18	79.87	71.95	Asia	Years
114	🇻🇮U.S. Virgin Islands	76.15	81.73	71.17	North America	Years
115	🇧🇬Bulgaria	76.13	79.66	72.7	Europe	Years
116	🇲🇦Morocco	75.86	78.13	73.71	Africa	Years
117	🇨🇰Cook Islands	75.85	79.48	72.44	Oceania	Years
118	🇧🇳Brunei	75.83	78.07	73.81	Asia	Years
119	🇬🇩Grenada	75.67	78.78	72.83	North America	Years
120	🇲🇽Mexico	75.63	78.35	72.82	North America	Years
121	🇧🇩Bangladesh	75.47	77.22	73.82	Asia	Years
122	🇲🇺Mauritius	75.44	78.65	72.46	Africa	Years
123	🇳🇮Nicaragua	75.43	77.9	72.81	North America	Years
124	🇱🇾Libya	75.18	77.83	72.71	Africa	Years
125	🇻🇳Vietnam	75.05	79.62	70.42	Asia	Years
126	🇺🇦Ukraine	75.02	79.67	70.18	Europe	Years
127	🇧🇸Bahamas	75.01	78.59	71.37	North America	Years
128	🇬🇪Georgia	74.98	79.49	70.11	Asia	Years
129	🇧🇾Belarus	74.97	79.52	70.14	Europe	Years
130	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	74.89	77.6	72.02	Asia	Years
131	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	74.81	78.77	70.59	Asia	Years
132	🇵🇾Paraguay	74.24	77.35	71.25	South America	Years
133	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	74.12	77.35	70.92	North America	Years
134	🇧🇿Belize	74.08	77	71.4	North America	Years
135	🇸🇷Suriname	74.04	77.26	70.87	South America	Years
136	🇰🇵North Korea	73.98	76.16	71.77	Asia	Years
137	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	73.89	77.1	70.77	North America	Years
138	🇧🇹Bhutan	73.8	75.84	72.08	Asia	Years
139	🇷🇺Russia	73.7	79.46	67.91	Europe	Years
140	🇸🇾Syria	73.43	75.91	70.96	Asia	Years
141	🇹🇴Tonga	73.39	76.84	69.79	Oceania	Years
142	🇭🇳Honduras	73.39	76.03	70.8	North America	Years
143	🇸🇨Seychelles	73.28	76.98	70.37	Africa	Years
144	🇦🇸American Samoa	73.25	76.28	70.55	Oceania	Years
145	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	73.15	76.75	69.74	North America	Years
146	🇬🇹Guatemala	73.04	75.37	70.71	North America	Years
147	🇻🇪Venezuela	73.01	76.99	69.22	South America	Years
148	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	72.78	75.84	69.79	Asia	Years
149	🇸🇻El Salvador	72.74	76.91	68.23	North America	Years
150	🇮🇳India	72.72	74.39	71.16	Asia	Years
151	🇮🇶Iraq	72.63	74.45	70.67	Asia	Years
152	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.58	76.44	68.96	North America	Years
153	🇲🇳Mongolia	72.49	77.11	68.01	Asia	Years
154	🇹🇯Tajikistan	72.19	74.45	69.89	Asia	Years
155	🇪🇬Egypt	72.16	74.41	69.98	Africa	Years
156	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	72.11	75.7	68.56	Asia	Years
157	🇼🇸Samoa	72.08	74.14	70.17	Oceania	Years
158	🇻🇺Vanuatu	72.02	74.49	69.89	Oceania	Years
159	🇪🇭Western Sahara	71.98	74.22	70.24	Africa	Years
160	🇯🇲Jamaica	71.86	74.45	69.27	North America	Years
161	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.65	74.78	69.01	North America	Years
162	🇩🇲Dominica	71.62	75.06	68.63	North America	Years
163	🇲🇩Moldova	71.6	75.93	66.96	Europe	Years
164	🇮🇩Indonesia	71.58	73.77	69.42	Asia	Years
165	🇳🇵Nepal	71.16	72.7	69.56	Asia	Years
166	🇰🇭Cambodia	71.14	73.72	68.45	Asia	Years
167	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	70.98	72.52	69.58	Oceania	Years
168	🇬🇾Guyana	70.57	74.35	66.84	South America	Years
169	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	70.45	73.33	67.24	Asia	Years
170	🇬🇱Greenland	70.44	72.89	68.42	North America	Years
171	🇳🇺Niue	70.36	73.17	67.75	Oceania	Years
172	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	70.26	74.26	66.73	Africa	Years
173	🇵🇭Philippines	70.17	73.23	67.2	Asia	Years
174	🇾🇪Yemen	69.73	71.88	67.63	Asia	Years
175	🇱🇦Laos	69.7	72.05	67.47	Asia	Years
176	🇵🇼Palau	69.61	72.23	67.44	Oceania	Years
177	🇧🇼Botswana	69.57	72.17	67.03	Africa	Years
178	🇪🇷Eritrea	69.4	71.48	67.23	Africa	Years
179	🇸🇳Senegal	69.39	71.51	67.42	Africa	Years
180	🇲🇷Mauritania	69.16	71.2	67.09	Africa	Years
181	🇧🇴Bolivia	69.06	71.69	66.56	South America	Years
182	🇺🇬Uganda	68.92	71.83	65.9	Africa	Years
183	🇬🇦Gabon	68.88	71.64	66.4	Africa	Years
184	🇷🇼Rwanda	68.47	70.63	66.12	Africa	Years
185	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	68.33	70.14	66.66	Asia	Years
186	🇪🇹Ethiopia	68.15	71.58	64.88	Africa	Years
187	🇵🇰Pakistan	68.06	70.61	65.69	Asia	Years
188	🇲🇼Malawi	67.92	71.14	64.61	Africa	Years
189	🇳🇦Namibia	67.81	71.78	63.73	Africa	Years
190	🇫🇯Fiji	67.77	69.9	65.73	Oceania	Years
191	🇫🇲Micronesia	67.65	71.57	63.9	Oceania	Years
192	🇹🇿Tanzania	67.63	70.44	64.78	Africa	Years
193	🇹🇻Tuvalu	67.56	71.19	64.2	Oceania	Years
194	🇲🇲Myanmar	67.5	70.8	64.37	Asia	Years
195	🇰🇲Comoros	67.48	69.69	65.43	Africa	Years
196	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	67.32	69.76	65.21	Oceania	Years
197	🇸🇩Sudan	66.89	70.21	63.78	Africa	Years
198	🇿🇲Zambia	66.88	69.27	64.42	Africa	Years
199	🇰🇮Kiribati	66.86	68.63	64.91	Oceania	Years
200	🇦🇫Afghanistan	66.77	68.33	65.15	Asia	Years
201	🇿🇦South Africa	66.66	70.16	63.12	Africa	Years
202	🇩🇯Djibouti	66.61	69.18	64.11	Africa	Years
203	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	66.5	69.47	64.04	Oceania	Years
204	🇬🇲Gambia	66.45	68.18	64.71	Africa	Years
205	🇨🇬Congo	66.42	68.17	64.7	Africa	Years
206	🇬🇭Ghana	66.08	68.57	63.67	Africa	Years
207	🇭🇹Haiti	65.45	68.83	62.21	North America	Years
208	🇦🇴Angola	65.17	67.73	62.62	Africa	Years
209	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	64.59	66.91	62.13	Africa	Years
210	🇸🇿Eswatini	64.54	67.41	61.58	Africa	Years
211	🇨🇲Cameroon	64.51	66.79	62.3	Africa	Years
212	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	64.3	66.33	62.59	Africa	Years
213	🇲🇬Madagascar	64.25	66.06	62.51	Africa	Years
214	🇰🇪Kenya	64.19	66.51	61.96	Africa	Years
215	🇲🇿Mozambique	64.14	67.11	60.83	Africa	Years
216	🇧🇮Burundi	64.14	66.24	62.04	Africa	Years
217	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	63.63	65.9	61.01	Africa	Years
218	🇹🇬Togo	63.33	63.61	63.03	Africa	Years
219	🇱🇷Liberia	62.62	63.97	61.27	Africa	Years
220	🇳🇷Nauru	62.61	64.55	60.68	Oceania	Years
221	🇨🇮Ivory Coast	62.44	64.66	60.47	Africa	Years
222	🇨🇩DR Congo	62.39	64.57	60.25	Africa	Years
223	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	62.33	64.09	60.57	Africa	Years
224	🇳🇪Niger	61.88	62.9	60.9	Africa	Years
225	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	61.65	63.81	59.45	Africa	Years
226	🇧🇯Benin	61.32	62.81	59.84	Africa	Years
227	🇬🇳Guinea	61.23	62.45	59.95	Africa	Years
228	🇲🇱Mali	61.11	62.62	59.66	Africa	Years
229	🇸🇴Somalia	59.26	61.86	56.77	Africa	Years
230	🇱🇸Lesotho	58.63	61.29	55.85	Africa	Years
231	🇨🇫Central African Republic	58.15	60.06	55.97	Africa	Years
232	🇸🇸South Sudan	57.97	60.98	54.99	Africa	Years
233	🇹🇩Chad	55.58	57.56	53.68	Africa	Years
234	🇳🇬Nigeria	54.95	55.3	54.6	Africa	Years

Key Findings

Countries with Highest Life Expectancy

Monaco (86.73), San Marino (86.03), and Hong Kong (85.90) dominate the top life expectancy rankings in 2026, with Japan (85.15) and South Korea (84.64) also among the world leaders.
These countries generally benefit from advanced healthcare systems, high living standards, low infant mortality, and strong public health outcomes that help push average life expectancy well into the mid-80s.

Countries with Lowest Life Expectancy

The lowest life expectancy levels in 2026 are found in Nigeria (54.95), Chad (55.58), South Sudan (57.97), and the Central African Republic (58.15).
Lower longevity in these countries is often associated with poverty, weak healthcare access, malnutrition, infectious disease, political instability, and limited public health infrastructure.

Where the United States Ranks

The United States ranks 62nd in 2026 with a life expectancy of 79.76 years.
Despite high healthcare spending, U.S. life expectancy remains below many other developed countries, partly due to chronic disease, obesity, drug-related deaths, and unequal access to healthcare.

What Is the Average Life Expectancy?

Global life expectancy in 2026 is estimated to be in the low-to-mid 70s, although the exact figure depends on the source and methodology used.
Average lifespan varies significantly by region and income level, with many high-income countries exceeding 80 years while lower-income countries remain far below that level.

The Gender Gap in Life Expectancy

In most countries, women live longer than men, and the 2026 data shows this pattern very clearly across both developed and developing regions.
Female life expectancy is higher than male life expectancy in nearly every country in the dataset, reflecting a mix of biological factors, lifestyle differences, occupational risks, and preventable health outcomes.

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About Life Expectancy by Country

Life Expectancy by Country measures the average number of years a person is expected to live if current age-specific mortality rates remain unchanged. On this page, the rankings are presented for both sexes combined, alongside separate estimates for female life expectancy and male life expectancy.

Life expectancy is one of the most important indicators of population health and social development. It reflects the combined impact of healthcare quality, nutrition, sanitation, income levels, education, vaccination coverage, maternal and child health, and the prevalence of disease. Countries with longer life expectancy generally have stronger health systems, safer living conditions, and lower mortality across all age groups.

Because the dataset also separates female and male life expectancy, it provides a clearer picture of gender differences in longevity. In most countries, women live longer than men, although the size of the gap varies significantly from one country to another. These rankings help compare overall lifespan levels around the world while also highlighting regional and gender-based differences in survival and health outcomes.

Definitions & Methodology

What is life expectancy?

Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if current age-specific death rates remain the same throughout their lifetime.

What do both sexes, female, and male life expectancy mean?

The rankings on this page include Life Expectancy (Both Sexes), along with separate estimates for Female Life Expectancy and Male Life Expectancy. This makes it possible to compare overall longevity as well as gender differences in lifespan across countries.

How are the rankings calculated?

Countries are ranked by Life Expectancy (Both Sexes), which represents the average expected lifespan at birth for the total population. The female and male columns are provided as additional reference values.

What data source is used?

The data used for this page is based on international life expectancy estimates for 2026 and includes country-level values for both sexes, females, and males. Rankings may include sovereign states as well as certain territories or microstates depending on the source dataset.

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Life Expectancy by Country FAQs

Which country has the highest life expectancy in 2026?

Monaco has the highest life expectancy in 2026 at 86.73 years, followed by San Marino, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea. These countries benefit from strong healthcare systems, high living standards, and low mortality rates.

Which country has the lowest life expectancy in 2026?

Nigeria has the lowest life expectancy in 2026 at 54.95 years, with Chad, South Sudan, and the Central African Republic also ranking near the bottom. Lower life expectancy is often linked to poverty, weak healthcare access, malnutrition, and infectious disease.

Why do some countries have higher life expectancy than others?

Life expectancy differs by country because healthcare quality, income, nutrition, sanitation, education, public health systems, and disease burden vary widely. Countries with stronger healthcare systems and better living conditions generally have longer average lifespans.

Do women live longer than men in most countries?

Yes. In most countries, female life expectancy is higher than male life expectancy. Women tend to live longer due to a combination of biological factors, lower exposure to certain health risks, and differences in lifestyle and mortality patterns.

How is life expectancy by country calculated?

Life expectancy by country is estimated using age-specific mortality rates to calculate the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if current mortality patterns remain unchanged. Many datasets also provide separate estimates for females and males.