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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
51 Botswana 66.78 years
52 Moldova 66.70 years
53 Gabon 66.06 years
54 Fiji 65.47 years
55 Marshall Islands 65.03 years
56 Tuvalu 63.91 years
57 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 63.63 years
58 South Africa 62.78 years
59 Equatorial Guinea 62.22 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.