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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
201 Zimbabwe 60.49 years
202 Niger 60.49 years
203 Mozambique 60.49 years
204 Naoero 60.41 years
205 Sierra Leone 60.23 years
206 Cote d'Ivoire 60.17 years
207 Congo, Dem. Rep. 59.96 years
208 Guinea 59.66 years
209 Benin 59.52 years
210 Mali 59.25 years
211 Burkina Faso 59.11 years
212 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 56.49 years
213 Central African Republic 55.51 years
214 Lesotho 55.03 years
215 South Sudan 54.76 years
216 Nigeria 54.33 years
217 Chad 53.36 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.