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

In 2021, Hong Kong SAR, China leads Life expectancy at birth, male (years) with 83.24 years. Monaco follows at 83.19 years, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.05 years. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

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Ranking leaders

0.020.841.662.483.2Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 83.24 years83.2MonacoMonaco: 83.19 years83.2LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 82.50 years82.5San MarinoSan Marino: 81.85 years81.9IcelandIceland: 81.80 years81.8SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 81.80 years81.8NorwayNorway: 81.70 years81.7JapanJapan: 81.47 years81.5AustraliaAustralia: 81.30 years81.3SwedenSweden: 81.30 years81.3Macao SAR, ChinaMacao SAR, China: 80.90 years80.9SingaporeSingapore: 80.80 years80.8

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Puerto Rico (US) 75.66 years
52 China 75.49 years
53 Saudi Arabia 75.33 years
54 Costa Rica 75.00 years
55 Turks and Caicos Islands 75.00 years
56 Albania 74.74 years
57 Oman 74.74 years
58 Antigua and Barbuda 74.30 years
59 Barbados 74.28 years
60 New Caledonia 74.11 years
61 Czechia 74.10 years
62 Panama 73.87 years
63 Algeria 73.85 years
64 United States 73.50 years
65 Croatia 73.40 years
66 Thailand 73.30 years
67 Sri Lanka 72.97 years
68 Brunei Darussalam 72.94 years
69 Kosovo 72.92 years
70 Turkiye 72.72 years
71 Estonia 72.70 years
72 British Virgin Islands 72.47 years
73 Jordan 72.17 years
74 Iran, Islamic Rep. 71.95 years
75 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 71.91 years
76 Grenada 71.82 years
77 Guam 71.82 years
78 Malaysia 71.52 years
79 Uruguay 71.50 years
80 West Bank and Gaza 71.50 years
81 Curacao 71.46 years
82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 71.40 years
83 Poland 71.40 years
84 Seychelles 71.30 years
85 Morocco 71.30 years
86 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 71.28 years
87 Slovak Republic 71.20 years
88 Argentina 71.11 years
89 North Macedonia 71.10 years
90 Lebanon 71.02 years
91 Cabo Verde 71.01 years
92 Bhutan 70.84 years
93 Montenegro 70.80 years
94 Aruba 70.79 years
95 Hungary 70.70 years
96 Cuba 70.69 years
97 Mauritius 70.29 years
98 Syrian Arab Republic 70.24 years
99 Tunisia 70.20 years
100 American Samoa 70.02 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Hong Kong SAR, China leads the global ranking for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in 2021, with a lead of 0.05 years over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Singapore at 80.80 years.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.