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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
101 Serbia 70.00 years
102 Brazil 69.81 years
103 Ecuador 69.69 years
104 Libya 69.51 years
105 Lithuania 69.50 years
106 Viet Nam 69.49 years
107 Bangladesh 69.48 years
108 Greenland 69.32 years
109 Samoa 69.31 years
110 Colombia 69.29 years
111 Romania 69.20 years
112 Uzbekistan 68.92 years
113 Iraq 68.85 years
114 Peru 68.82 years
115 Tonga 68.71 years
116 Belize 68.38 years
117 Dominican Republic 68.31 years
118 Latvia 68.20 years
119 Azerbaijan 68.18 years
120 Vanuatu 67.95 years
121 Trinidad and Tobago 67.91 years
122 Kyrgyz Republic 67.90 years
123 Bulgaria 67.70 years
124 Venezuela, RB 67.68 years
125 Solomon Islands 67.63 years
126 Nicaragua 67.57 years
127 Bahamas, The 67.46 years
128 Armenia 67.40 years
129 Tajikistan 67.34 years
130 Georgia 67.32 years
131 Belarus 67.21 years
132 Egypt, Arab Rep. 67.19 years
133 Dominica 67.16 years
134 Ukraine 67.12 years
135 Mongolia 67.05 years
136 Honduras 67.00 years
137 Nepal 66.86 years
138 Jamaica 66.74 years
139 Cambodia 66.64 years
140 Palau 66.28 years
141 Mexico 66.23 years
142 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 66.16 years
143 Kazakhstan 66.15 years
144 Turkmenistan 66.09 years
145 Suriname 66.04 years
146 India 65.87 years
147 St. Kitts and Nevis 65.84 years
148 St. Lucia 65.77 years
149 Lao PDR 65.66 years
150 Indonesia 65.55 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.