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

In 2022, San Marino leads Life expectancy at birth, male (years) with 84.17 years. Monaco follows at 83.83 years, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.34 years. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

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Ranking leaders

0.021.042.163.184.2San MarinoSan Marino: 84.17 years84.2MonacoMonaco: 83.83 years83.8LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 83.00 years83.0AndorraAndorra: 82.08 years82.1SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 81.80 years81.8French PolynesiaFrench Polynesia: 81.56 years81.6SwedenSweden: 81.40 years81.4AustraliaAustralia: 81.20 years81.2QatarQatar: 81.13 years81.1JapanJapan: 81.05 years81.1Faroe IslandsFaroe Islands: 80.94 years80.9IcelandIceland: 80.90 years80.9

Full table

#CountryValue
101 Azerbaijan 71.46 years
102 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 71.46 years
103 Armenia 71.40 years
104 Lithuania 71.40 years
105 Romania 71.30 years
106 Brunei Darussalam 71.22 years
107 Bhutan 71.11 years
108 Thailand 71.03 years
109 Mexico 70.92 years
110 Seychelles 70.90 years
111 Bahamas, The 70.88 years
112 Dominican Republic 70.66 years
113 Bulgaria 70.60 years
114 Syrian Arab Republic 70.38 years
115 India 70.24 years
116 Trinidad and Tobago 70.21 years
117 Honduras 70.17 years
118 Iraq 70.11 years
119 Mauritius 70.10 years
120 Suriname 70.06 years
121 American Samoa 70.06 years
122 Viet Nam 69.76 years
123 Samoa 69.74 years
124 Belize 69.59 years
125 Greenland 69.44 years
126 Belarus 69.44 years
127 Paraguay 69.42 years
128 Latvia 69.40 years
129 Tajikistan 69.33 years
130 Vanuatu 69.29 years
131 St. Lucia 69.27 years
132 Tonga 69.16 years
133 Solomon Islands 69.14 years
134 Uzbekistan 69.03 years
135 Georgia 69.03 years
136 Jamaica 69.00 years
137 Kazakhstan 68.99 years
138 Indonesia 68.87 years
139 Egypt, Arab Rep. 68.83 years
140 Venezuela, RB 68.79 years
141 Guatemala 68.71 years
142 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 68.63 years
143 Nepal 68.59 years
144 Dominica 68.12 years
145 Kyrgyz Republic 68.00 years
146 Cambodia 67.84 years
147 Russian Federation 67.57 years
148 El Salvador 67.37 years
149 Mongolia 67.33 years
150 St. Kitts and Nevis 66.83 years

Analytical takeaways

  • San Marino leads the global ranking for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in 2022, with a lead of 0.34 years over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Iceland at 80.90 years.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.