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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
1 Monaco 84.56 years
2 San Marino 84.32 years
3 Kuwait 83.80 years
4 Hong Kong SAR, China 82.70 years
5 Switzerland 82.70 years
6 Sweden 82.60 years
7 Andorra 82.26 years
8 Liechtenstein 82.20 years
9 United Arab Emirates 82.17 years
10 Italy 82.00 years
11 French Polynesia 81.90 years
12 Qatar 81.78 years
13 Norway 81.60 years
14 Ireland 81.40 years
15 Spain 81.40 years
16 Faroe Islands 81.34 years
17 Iceland 81.20 years
18 Malta 81.20 years
19 Singapore 81.20 years
20 Australia 81.10 years
21 Israel 81.10 years
22 Japan 81.09 years
23 Gibraltar 81.03 years
24 Luxembourg 81.00 years
25 Bahrain 80.86 years
26 Korea, Rep. 80.80 years
27 Macao SAR, China 80.60 years
28 Netherlands 80.60 years
29 Denmark 80.40 years
30 New Zealand 80.40 years
31 Belgium 80.30 years
32 France 80.20 years
33 Canada 80.03 years
34 Maldives 79.95 years
35 Cyprus 79.84 years
36 Austria 79.80 years
37 Finland 79.80 years
38 Portugal 79.70 years
39 Slovenia 79.70 years
40 United Kingdom 79.54 years
41 Chile 79.45 years
42 Greece 79.40 years
43 Channel Islands 79.10 years
44 Bermuda 79.06 years
45 Isle of Man 79.04 years
46 Oman 78.72 years
47 Germany 78.50 years
48 Costa Rica 78.37 years
49 Puerto Rico (US) 78.28 years
50 Cayman Islands 78.20 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.