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Countries with the highest
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

In 2019, Monaco leads Life expectancy at birth, male (years) with 84.21 years. San Marino follows at 83.59 years, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.62 years. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

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Ranking leaders

0.021.142.163.284.2MonacoMonaco: 84.21 years84.2San MarinoSan Marino: 83.59 years83.6LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 82.60 years82.6Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 82.39 years82.4AndorraAndorra: 82.18 years82.2QatarQatar: 82.18 years82.2SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 82.10 years82.1IcelandIceland: 81.70 years81.7United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 81.59 years81.6SwedenSweden: 81.50 years81.5JapanJapan: 81.41 years81.4ItalyItaly: 81.40 years81.4

Full table

#CountryValue
101 Romania 71.90 years
102 Bulgaria 71.60 years
103 Lithuania 71.60 years
104 Mexico 71.59 years
105 Mauritius 71.07 years
106 Nicaragua 71.02 years
107 Bangladesh 70.93 years
108 Latvia 70.90 years
109 Paraguay 70.73 years
110 Bhutan 70.43 years
111 Azerbaijan 70.22 years
112 American Samoa 70.11 years
113 Libya 70.08 years
114 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 69.95 years
115 Seychelles 69.90 years
116 Dominican Republic 69.90 years
117 Belize 69.87 years
118 Trinidad and Tobago 69.73 years
119 Honduras 69.65 years
120 Viet Nam 69.41 years
121 Iraq 69.33 years
122 India 69.31 years
123 Belarus 69.30 years
124 Guatemala 69.28 years
125 Georgia 69.22 years
126 Kazakhstan 69.20 years
127 Jamaica 69.09 years
128 Egypt, Arab Rep. 69.04 years
129 Venezuela, RB 69.03 years
130 Greenland 68.98 years
131 Uzbekistan 68.92 years
132 Ukraine 68.87 years
133 Tonga 68.85 years
134 Vanuatu 68.85 years
135 Solomon Islands 68.75 years
136 St. Lucia 68.74 years
137 Tajikistan 68.73 years
138 Suriname 68.64 years
139 Bahamas, The 68.62 years
140 Dominica 68.56 years
141 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 68.55 years
142 Samoa 68.47 years
143 Indonesia 68.33 years
144 Russian Federation 68.24 years
145 St. Kitts and Nevis 68.02 years
146 Nepal 67.87 years
147 Syrian Arab Republic 67.83 years
148 Kyrgyz Republic 67.60 years
149 Cambodia 67.53 years
150 El Salvador 67.10 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Monaco leads the global ranking for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in 2019, with a lead of 0.62 years over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Italy at 81.40 years.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.