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Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

For 2024, Life expectancy at birth, male (years) is led by Monaco at 84.56 years. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Countries ranked 217
Snapshot year 2024
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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
Rank Country Value
151 Yemen, Rep. 67.37 years
152 Palau 67.25 years
153 Lao PDR 67.02 years
154 Senegal 67.01 years
155 Turkmenistan 67.00 years
156 Philippines 66.99 years
157 Botswana 66.78 years
158 Eritrea 66.76 years
159 Mauritania 66.70 years
160 Moldova 66.70 years
161 Guyana 66.62 years
162 Sao Tome and Principe 66.41 years
163 Bolivia 66.27 years
164 Timor-Leste 66.27 years
165 Gabon 66.06 years
166 Rwanda 65.71 years
167 Uganda 65.49 years
168 Fiji 65.47 years
169 Pakistan 65.46 years
170 West Bank and Gaza 65.22 years
171 Marshall Islands 65.03 years
172 Comoros 65.02 years
173 Afghanistan 64.70 years
174 Kiribati 64.69 years
175 Tanzania 64.40 years
176 Ethiopia 64.36 years
177 Gambia, The 64.35 years
178 Congo, Rep. 64.33 years
179 Malawi 64.27 years
180 Zambia 64.10 years
181 Myanmar 63.99 years
182 Tuvalu 63.91 years
183 Papua New Guinea 63.84 years
184 Djibouti 63.73 years
185 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 63.63 years
186 Namibia 63.45 years
187 Sudan 63.45 years
188 Ghana 63.31 years
189 South Africa 62.78 years
190 Togo 62.70 years
191 Angola 62.28 years
192 Equatorial Guinea 62.22 years
193 Madagascar 62.12 years
194 Haiti 61.90 years
195 Guinea-Bissau 61.82 years
196 Cameroon 61.78 years
197 Burundi 61.75 years
198 Kenya 61.64 years
199 Eswatini 61.32 years
200 Liberia 61.02 years
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • Monaco sits at the top of the Life expectancy at birth, male (years) distribution in 2024 at 84.56 years, with a lead of 0.24 years over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Bhutan at 71.57 years, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits Chad (53.36 years), and the page currently covers 217 countries.