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

In 2020, Monaco leads Life expectancy at birth, total (years) with 86.09 years. Hong Kong SAR, China follows at 85.50 years, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.59 years. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.021.543.064.686.1MonacoMonaco: 86.09 years86.1Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 85.50 years85.5JapanJapan: 84.56 years84.6Macao SAR, ChinaMacao SAR, China: 84.13 years84.1SingaporeSingapore: 83.54 years83.5Korea, Rep.Korea, Rep.: 83.43 years83.4NorwayNorway: 83.21 years83.2AustraliaAustralia: 83.20 years83.2GibraltarGibraltar: 83.07 years83.1IcelandIceland: 83.06 years83.1SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 83.00 years83.0San MarinoSan Marino: 82.65 years82.7

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Bahrain 78.68 years
52 Estonia 78.60 years
53 Uruguay 78.38 years
54 Czechia 78.23 years
55 Northern Mariana Islands 78.03 years
56 China 78.02 years
57 Albania 77.82 years
58 Oman 77.76 years
59 Saudi Arabia 77.60 years
60 Croatia 77.52 years
61 Turks and Caicos Islands 77.50 years
62 Cuba 77.41 years
63 Thailand 77.33 years
64 Seychelles 77.24 years
65 Antigua and Barbuda 77.16 years
66 New Caledonia 77.05 years
67 United States 76.98 years
68 Sri Lanka 76.93 years
69 British Virgin Islands 76.89 years
70 Slovak Republic 76.87 years
71 Barbados 76.65 years
72 Turkiye 76.53 years
73 Curacao 76.50 years
74 Poland 76.40 years
75 Panama 76.33 years
76 Lebanon 76.30 years
77 Malaysia 76.06 years
78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 76.04 years
79 Montenegro 75.93 years
80 Argentina 75.88 years
81 Jordan 75.58 years
82 Guam 75.53 years
83 Hungary 75.42 years
84 Aruba 75.41 years
85 Viet Nam 75.38 years
86 Latvia 75.19 years
87 Brunei Darussalam 75.11 years
88 Lithuania 75.03 years
89 Grenada 75.02 years
90 Tunisia 75.00 years
91 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 75.00 years
92 West Bank and Gaza 75.00 years
93 Colombia 74.76 years
94 Brazil 74.51 years
95 Serbia 74.48 years
96 North Macedonia 74.40 years
97 Romania 74.25 years
98 Kosovo 74.21 years
99 Mauritius 74.18 years
100 Iran, Islamic Rep. 74.14 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Monaco leads the global ranking for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2020, with a lead of 0.59 years over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with San Marino at 82.65 years.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.