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Upper middle income
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

Within the “Upper middle income” group, Maldives leads Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2024 at 81.29 years, while Equatorial Guinea sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 63.91 years. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.020.340.661.081.3MaldivesMaldives: 81.29 years81.3AlbaniaAlbania: 79.78 years79.8ArmeniaArmenia: 78.32 years78.3CubaCuba: 78.26 years78.3KosovoKosovo: 78.22 years78.2Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina: 78.04 years78.0ChinaChina: 78.02 years78.0JordanJordan: 77.98 years78.0PeruPeru: 77.94 years77.9ColombiaColombia: 77.91 years77.9MontenegroMontenegro: 77.89 years77.9Iran, Islamic Rep.Iran, Islamic Rep.: 77.85 years77.9

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Maldives 81.29 years
2 Albania 79.78 years
3 Armenia 78.32 years
4 Cuba 78.26 years
5 Kosovo 78.22 years
6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 78.04 years
7 China 78.02 years
8 Jordan 77.98 years
9 Peru 77.94 years
10 Colombia 77.91 years
11 Montenegro 77.89 years
12 Iran, Islamic Rep. 77.85 years
13 Sri Lanka 77.67 years
14 Ecuador 77.58 years
15 Argentina 77.54 years
16 Turkiye 77.42 years
17 Malaysia 76.82 years
18 North Macedonia 76.62 years
19 Thailand 76.56 years
20 Algeria 76.48 years
21 Cabo Verde 76.22 years
22 Brazil 76.02 years
23 Serbia 75.97 years
24 Grenada 75.37 years
25 Mexico 75.26 years
26 Viet Nam 74.74 years
27 Ukraine 74.69 years
28 Georgia 74.66 years
29 Azerbaijan 74.58 years
30 Kazakhstan 74.53 years
31 Belarus 74.37 years
32 Paraguay 73.98 years
33 Dominican Republic 73.87 years
34 Mauritius 73.79 years
35 Suriname 73.76 years
36 Belize 73.74 years
37 Tonga 73.07 years
38 St. Lucia 72.85 years
39 Guatemala 72.75 years
40 Iraq 72.42 years
41 Mongolia 72.40 years
42 El Salvador 72.30 years
43 Samoa 71.83 years
44 Jamaica 71.61 years
45 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 71.38 years
46 Moldova 71.33 years
47 Dominica 71.29 years
48 Indonesia 71.29 years
49 Libya 71.12 years
50 Turkmenistan 70.20 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Upper middle income group for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2024, Maldives leads with a gap of 1.51 years to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 59 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Equatorial Guinea at 63.91 years.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.