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

Within the “Upper middle income” group, Maldives leads Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in 2024 at 79.95 years, while Equatorial Guinea sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 62.22 years. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.020.040.060.079.9MaldivesMaldives: 79.95 years79.9AlbaniaAlbania: 77.92 years77.9KosovoKosovo: 76.01 years76.0Iran, Islamic Rep.Iran, Islamic Rep.: 76.00 years76.0JordanJordan: 75.89 years75.9CubaCuba: 75.86 years75.9PeruPeru: 75.63 years75.6MontenegroMontenegro: 75.50 years75.5ChinaChina: 75.25 years75.2ColombiaColombia: 75.16 years75.2ArmeniaArmenia: 75.10 years75.1AlgeriaAlgeria: 75.10 years75.1

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Maldives 79.95 years
2 Albania 77.92 years
3 Kosovo 76.01 years
4 Iran, Islamic Rep. 76.00 years
5 Jordan 75.89 years
6 Cuba 75.86 years
7 Peru 75.63 years
8 Montenegro 75.50 years
9 China 75.25 years
10 Colombia 75.16 years
11 Armenia 75.10 years
12 Algeria 75.10 years
13 Argentina 74.98 years
14 Ecuador 74.88 years
15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 74.65 years
16 Turkiye 74.62 years
17 North Macedonia 74.48 years
18 Malaysia 74.45 years
19 Sri Lanka 74.45 years
20 Serbia 73.70 years
21 Cabo Verde 73.05 years
22 Brazil 72.95 years
23 Grenada 72.52 years
24 Mexico 72.44 years
25 Thailand 72.34 years
26 Azerbaijan 71.71 years
27 Belize 71.08 years
28 Paraguay 71.01 years
29 Dominican Republic 70.66 years
30 Suriname 70.60 years
31 Iraq 70.50 years
32 Guatemala 70.44 years
33 Mauritius 70.35 years
34 Kazakhstan 70.27 years
35 Viet Nam 70.05 years
36 Samoa 69.96 years
37 Ukraine 69.79 years
38 Georgia 69.75 years
39 Belarus 69.74 years
40 Libya 69.63 years
41 Tonga 69.50 years
42 St. Lucia 69.45 years
43 Indonesia 69.16 years
44 Jamaica 69.08 years
45 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 68.78 years
46 Dominica 68.35 years
47 Mongolia 67.92 years
48 El Salvador 67.76 years
49 Turkmenistan 67.00 years
50 Philippines 66.99 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Upper middle income group for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in 2024, Maldives leads with a gap of 2.02 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 62.22 years.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.