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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
101 Romania 70.40 years
102 Peru 70.40 years
103 Viet Nam 70.37 years
104 Lithuania 70.20 years
105 American Samoa 70.00 years
106 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 69.85 years
107 Cabo Verde 69.78 years
108 Paraguay 69.65 years
109 Bulgaria 69.60 years
110 Bangladesh 69.58 years
111 Libya 69.53 years
112 Trinidad and Tobago 69.36 years
113 Bahamas, The 69.35 years
114 Syrian Arab Republic 69.17 years
115 Belize 69.05 years
116 Dominican Republic 68.93 years
117 Jamaica 68.93 years
118 Greenland 68.92 years
119 Tonga 68.88 years
120 St. Lucia 68.76 years
121 Samoa 68.76 years
122 Suriname 68.64 years
123 Georgia 68.61 years
124 Ecuador 68.61 years
125 Uzbekistan 68.60 years
126 India 68.53 years
127 Venezuela, RB 68.46 years
128 Dominica 68.44 years
129 Armenia 68.40 years
130 Ukraine 68.35 years
131 Vanuatu 68.20 years
132 Honduras 68.17 years
133 Kyrgyz Republic 67.80 years
134 Solomon Islands 67.78 years
135 Egypt, Arab Rep. 67.69 years
136 Nicaragua 67.60 years
137 St. Kitts and Nevis 67.46 years
138 Nepal 67.45 years
139 Philippines 67.42 years
140 Cambodia 67.30 years
141 Belarus 67.10 years
142 Iraq 66.97 years
143 Guatemala 66.95 years
144 Mexico 66.89 years
145 Azerbaijan 66.85 years
146 Kazakhstan 66.81 years
147 Mongolia 66.71 years
148 Indonesia 66.64 years
149 Russian Federation 66.49 years
150 Tajikistan 66.22 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.