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High income
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

Within the “High income” group, Monaco leads Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in 2024 at 84.56 years, while Naoero sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 60.41 years. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.021.142.363.484.6MonacoMonaco: 84.56 years84.6San MarinoSan Marino: 84.32 years84.3KuwaitKuwait: 83.80 years83.8Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 82.70 years82.7SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 82.70 years82.7SwedenSweden: 82.60 years82.6AndorraAndorra: 82.26 years82.3LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 82.20 years82.2United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 82.17 years82.2ItalyItaly: 82.00 years82.0French PolynesiaFrench Polynesia: 81.90 years81.9QatarQatar: 81.78 years81.8

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Monaco 84.56 years
2 San Marino 84.32 years
3 Kuwait 83.80 years
4 Hong Kong SAR, China 82.70 years
5 Switzerland 82.70 years
6 Sweden 82.60 years
7 Andorra 82.26 years
8 Liechtenstein 82.20 years
9 United Arab Emirates 82.17 years
10 Italy 82.00 years
11 French Polynesia 81.90 years
12 Qatar 81.78 years
13 Norway 81.60 years
14 Ireland 81.40 years
15 Spain 81.40 years
16 Faroe Islands 81.34 years
17 Iceland 81.20 years
18 Malta 81.20 years
19 Singapore 81.20 years
20 Australia 81.10 years
21 Israel 81.10 years
22 Japan 81.09 years
23 Gibraltar 81.03 years
24 Luxembourg 81.00 years
25 Bahrain 80.86 years
26 Korea, Rep. 80.80 years
27 Macao SAR, China 80.60 years
28 Netherlands 80.60 years
29 Denmark 80.40 years
30 New Zealand 80.40 years
31 Belgium 80.30 years
32 France 80.20 years
33 Canada 80.03 years
34 Cyprus 79.84 years
35 Austria 79.80 years
36 Finland 79.80 years
37 Portugal 79.70 years
38 Slovenia 79.70 years
39 United Kingdom 79.54 years
40 Chile 79.45 years
41 Greece 79.40 years
42 Channel Islands 79.10 years
43 Bermuda 79.06 years
44 Isle of Man 79.04 years
45 Oman 78.72 years
46 Germany 78.50 years
47 Costa Rica 78.37 years
48 Puerto Rico (US) 78.28 years
49 Cayman Islands 78.20 years
50 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 77.60 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the High income group for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in 2024, Monaco leads with a gap of 0.24 years to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 86 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Naoero at 60.41 years.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.