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

In 2020, Monaco leads Life expectancy at birth, male (years) with 84.13 years. Hong Kong SAR, China follows at 83.35 years, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.78 years. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

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Ranking leaders

0.021.042.163.184.1MonacoMonaco: 84.13 years84.1Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 83.35 years83.4IcelandIceland: 81.60 years81.6NorwayNorway: 81.60 years81.6JapanJapan: 81.56 years81.6Macao SAR, ChinaMacao SAR, China: 81.30 years81.3SingaporeSingapore: 81.30 years81.3AustraliaAustralia: 81.20 years81.2SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 81.00 years81.0United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 80.80 years80.8IrelandIreland: 80.70 years80.7IsraelIsrael: 80.60 years80.6

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Northern Mariana Islands 76.34 years
52 Puerto Rico (US) 76.02 years
53 Saudi Arabia 76.01 years
54 Andorra 75.82 years
55 Albania 75.43 years
56 Czechia 75.30 years
57 China 75.25 years
58 Turks and Caicos Islands 75.19 years
59 Cuba 74.97 years
60 New Caledonia 74.66 years
61 Uruguay 74.51 years
62 Croatia 74.50 years
63 Barbados 74.48 years
64 Estonia 74.40 years
65 United States 74.20 years
66 Antigua and Barbuda 74.16 years
67 British Virgin Islands 74.14 years
68 Lebanon 73.86 years
69 Sri Lanka 73.69 years
70 Malaysia 73.69 years
71 Slovak Republic 73.50 years
72 Turkiye 73.44 years
73 Jordan 73.37 years
74 Montenegro 73.20 years
75 Brunei Darussalam 73.13 years
76 Panama 73.10 years
77 Argentina 72.98 years
78 Thailand 72.97 years
79 Seychelles 72.70 years
80 West Bank and Gaza 72.57 years
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 72.51 years
82 Poland 72.40 years
83 Tunisia 72.40 years
84 Aruba 72.34 years
85 Iran, Islamic Rep. 72.22 years
86 Hungary 72.20 years
87 North Macedonia 72.20 years
88 Grenada 72.17 years
89 Curacao 72.16 years
90 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 72.08 years
91 Kosovo 71.87 years
92 Algeria 71.73 years
93 Serbia 71.60 years
94 Brazil 71.54 years
95 Guam 71.54 years
96 Colombia 71.49 years
97 Mauritius 70.86 years
98 Morocco 70.85 years
99 Bhutan 70.64 years
100 Latvia 70.60 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Monaco leads the global ranking for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in 2020, with a lead of 0.78 years over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Israel at 80.60 years.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.