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

In 2019, Monaco leads Life expectancy at birth, total (years) with 86.15 years. San Marino follows at 85.26 years, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.89 years. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.021.543.164.686.2MonacoMonaco: 86.15 years86.2San MarinoSan Marino: 85.26 years85.3Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 85.16 years85.2JapanJapan: 84.36 years84.4LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 84.16 years84.2AndorraAndorra: 84.10 years84.1Macao SAR, ChinaMacao SAR, China: 83.93 years83.9SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 83.90 years83.9SpainSpain: 83.83 years83.8SingaporeSingapore: 83.60 years83.6ItalyItaly: 83.50 years83.5Korea, Rep.Korea, Rep.: 83.23 years83.2

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 79.67 years
52 Albania 79.47 years
53 Czechia 79.23 years
54 Cayman Islands 79.05 years
55 United States 78.79 years
56 Estonia 78.65 years
57 Panama 78.51 years
58 Saudi Arabia 78.31 years
59 Croatia 78.22 years
60 Lebanon 78.21 years
61 China 77.94 years
62 Poland 77.90 years
63 Northern Mariana Islands 77.84 years
64 Turkiye 77.74 years
65 Turks and Caicos Islands 77.69 years
66 Slovak Republic 77.67 years
67 Uruguay 77.50 years
68 Cuba 77.41 years
69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 77.39 years
70 Ecuador 77.29 years
71 New Caledonia 77.26 years
72 Kosovo 77.25 years
73 Thailand 77.20 years
74 Antigua and Barbuda 77.17 years
75 Jordan 76.87 years
76 Iran, Islamic Rep. 76.86 years
77 Argentina 76.85 years
78 British Virgin Islands 76.85 years
79 Colombia 76.79 years
80 Sri Lanka 76.70 years
81 Montenegro 76.68 years
82 Guam 76.65 years
83 North Macedonia 76.60 years
84 Barbados 76.50 years
85 Curacao 76.49 years
86 Hungary 76.32 years
87 Lithuania 76.28 years
88 Peru 76.28 years
89 Armenia 76.22 years
90 Aruba 76.02 years
91 Serbia 75.94 years
92 Malaysia 75.90 years
93 West Bank and Gaza 75.81 years
94 Brazil 75.81 years
95 Algeria 75.68 years
96 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 75.68 years
97 Romania 75.61 years
98 Tunisia 75.60 years
99 Cabo Verde 75.45 years
100 Latvia 75.39 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Monaco leads the global ranking for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2019, with a lead of 0.89 years over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Korea, Rep. at 83.23 years.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.