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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
51 Philippines 69.95 years
52 Botswana 69.29 years
53 Gabon 68.51 years
54 Fiji 67.46 years
55 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 67.36 years
56 Tuvalu 67.26 years
57 Marshall Islands 67.08 years
58 South Africa 66.31 years
59 Equatorial Guinea 63.91 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.