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

In 2023, Monaco leads Life expectancy at birth, male (years) with 84.45 years. San Marino follows at 84.21 years, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.24 years. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

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Ranking leaders

0.021.142.263.384.4MonacoMonaco: 84.45 years84.4San MarinoSan Marino: 84.21 years84.2KuwaitKuwait: 82.70 years82.7Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 82.54 years82.5LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 82.40 years82.4SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 82.40 years82.4AndorraAndorra: 82.10 years82.1United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 81.98 years82.0French PolynesiaFrench Polynesia: 81.78 years81.8LuxembourgLuxembourg: 81.70 years81.7SwedenSweden: 81.70 years81.7QatarQatar: 81.61 years81.6

Full table

#CountryValue
101 Grenada 72.36 years
102 Nicaragua 72.31 years
103 Mexico 72.24 years
104 Seychelles 72.20 years
105 Thailand 72.16 years
106 Bulgaria 72.00 years
107 Azerbaijan 71.56 years
108 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 71.46 years
109 Bhutan 71.31 years
110 Belize 70.93 years
111 Bahamas, The 70.91 years
112 Paraguay 70.89 years
113 Dominican Republic 70.53 years
114 India 70.52 years
115 Latvia 70.50 years
116 Suriname 70.46 years
117 Iraq 70.43 years
118 Trinidad and Tobago 70.38 years
119 Honduras 70.35 years
120 Guatemala 70.31 years
121 American Samoa 70.20 years
122 Kazakhstan 70.11 years
123 Mauritius 70.10 years
124 Viet Nam 69.88 years
125 Samoa 69.86 years
126 Syrian Arab Republic 69.83 years
127 Tajikistan 69.57 years
128 Georgia 69.57 years
129 Belarus 69.54 years
130 Egypt, Arab Rep. 69.49 years
131 Uzbekistan 69.45 years
132 Vanuatu 69.45 years
133 Tonga 69.37 years
134 St. Lucia 69.31 years
135 Solomon Islands 69.22 years
136 Greenland 69.07 years
137 Indonesia 69.04 years
138 Jamaica 68.98 years
139 Nepal 68.84 years
140 Venezuela, RB 68.72 years
141 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 68.66 years
142 St. Kitts and Nevis 68.57 years
143 Libya 68.27 years
144 Dominica 68.21 years
145 Kyrgyz Republic 68.20 years
146 Russian Federation 68.04 years
147 Cambodia 68.01 years
148 Mongolia 67.62 years
149 El Salvador 67.52 years
150 Yemen, Rep. 67.24 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Monaco leads the global ranking for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in 2023, with a lead of 0.24 years over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Qatar at 81.61 years.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.