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Top 10 Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy

Where people live the longest, on average, from birth.

  • Updated 1 h ago
  • 📏 Ranked by life expectancy
  • 🔄 Refreshed weekly
  • 📚 Source: World Bank Open Data

  1. Monaco

    Data year 2020

    86.5 years

    No change

  2. San Marino

    Data year 2023

    85.8 years

    No change

  3. Hong Kong SAR, China

    Data year 2024

    85.4 years

    No change
  1. 4KuwaitData year 202484.6 yearsNo change
  2. 5SwitzerlandData year 202484.4 yearsNo change
  3. 6LiechtensteinData year 202384.2 yearsNo change
  4. 7French PolynesiaData year 202584.2 yearsNo change
  5. 8AndorraData year 202384.2 yearsNo change
  6. 9SwedenData year 202284.1 yearsNo change
  7. 10JapanData year 202484.0 yearsNo change
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  1. 11ItalyData year 202484.0 yearsNo change
  2. 12SpainData year 202483.9 yearsNo change
  3. 13GibraltarData year 202483.6 yearsNo change
  4. 14Korea, Rep.Data year 202283.6 yearsNo change
  5. 15SingaporeData year 202483.3 yearsNo change
  6. 16Macao SAR, ChinaData year 202583.3 yearsNo change
  7. 17IsraelData year 202283.2 yearsNo change
  8. 18LuxembourgData year 202483.2 yearsNo change
  9. 19NorwayData year 202283.2 yearsNo change
  10. 20Faroe IslandsData year 202483.1 yearsNo change
  11. 21United Arab EmiratesData year 202483.1 yearsNo change
  12. 22AustraliaData year 202483.1 yearsNo change
  13. 23IrelandData year 202483.0 yearsNo change
  14. 24FranceData year 202483.0 yearsNo change
  15. 25MaltaData year 202283.0 yearsNo change
  16. 26IcelandData year 202282.8 yearsNo change
  17. 27QatarData year 202482.5 yearsNo change
  18. 28BermudaData year 202482.5 yearsNo change
  19. 29PortugalData year 202282.4 yearsNo change
  20. 30FinlandData year 202282.3 yearsNo change
  21. 31BelgiumData year 202282.3 yearsNo change
  22. 32SloveniaData year 202282.3 yearsNo change
  23. 33DenmarkData year 202282.3 yearsNo change
  24. 34CanadaData year 202482.1 yearsNo change
  25. 35New ZealandData year 202482.0 yearsNo change
  26. 36AustriaData year 202282.0 yearsNo change
  27. 37NetherlandsData year 202482.0 yearsNo change
  28. 38Puerto Rico (US)Data year 202581.9 yearsNo change
  29. 39GreeceData year 202281.8 yearsNo change
  30. 40CyprusData year 202281.8 yearsNo change
  31. 41BahrainData year 202481.4 yearsNo change
  32. 42United KingdomData year 202481.4 yearsNo change
  33. 43ChileData year 202581.4 yearsNo change
  34. 44MaldivesData year 202481.3 yearsNo change
  35. 45Channel IslandsData year 202581.2 yearsNo change
  36. 46Isle of ManData year 202581.1 yearsNo change
  37. 47Costa RicaData year 202381.0 yearsNo change
  38. 48GermanyData year 202480.8 yearsNo change
  39. 49Virgin Islands (U.S.)Data year 202480.8 yearsNo change
  40. 50Cayman IslandsData year 202480.5 yearsNo change

How this list is ranked

Life expectancy at birth, total, in years (World Bank indicator SP.DYN.LE00.IN), latest year available for each country, from the last 6 years only.

Data from World Bank Open Data, refreshed weekly. Arrows show how each entry moved since the previous update.

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