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.

Year archive

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
151 Palau 66.72 years
152 Turkmenistan 66.68 years
153 Moldova 66.67 years
154 Philippines 66.54 years
155 Lao PDR 66.54 years
156 Mauritania 66.33 years
157 Botswana 66.29 years
158 Guyana 66.22 years
159 Ukraine 66.19 years
160 Senegal 65.87 years
161 Sao Tome and Principe 65.75 years
162 Timor-Leste 65.73 years
163 Eritrea 65.67 years
164 Yemen, Rep. 65.67 years
165 Gabon 65.36 years
166 Rwanda 65.24 years
167 Fiji 65.15 years
168 Pakistan 65.12 years
169 Bolivia 64.79 years
170 Marshall Islands 64.74 years
171 Uganda 64.70 years
172 Comoros 64.51 years
173 Kiribati 64.44 years
174 Tanzania 64.12 years
175 Afghanistan 63.94 years
176 Ethiopia 63.66 years
177 Tuvalu 63.55 years
178 Congo, Rep. 63.41 years
179 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 63.38 years
180 Myanmar 63.28 years
181 Gambia, The 63.21 years
182 Djibouti 63.06 years
183 Sudan 63.03 years
184 Ghana 62.95 years
185 Papua New Guinea 62.86 years
186 Zambia 62.77 years
187 Malawi 62.67 years
188 Togo 62.08 years
189 South Africa 61.81 years
190 Angola 61.75 years
191 Equatorial Guinea 61.72 years
192 Madagascar 61.39 years
193 Kenya 61.32 years
194 Guinea-Bissau 61.21 years
195 Burundi 60.84 years
196 Haiti 60.84 years
197 Liberia 60.65 years
198 Namibia 60.36 years
199 Cameroon 60.33 years
200 Eswatini 60.11 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.