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

In 2021, Hong Kong SAR, China leads Life expectancy at birth, total (years) with 85.53 years. Monaco follows at 85.11 years, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.42 years. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

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Ranking leaders

0.021.442.864.185.5Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 85.53 years85.5MonacoMonaco: 85.11 years85.1JapanJapan: 84.45 years84.4LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 84.40 years84.4SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 83.75 years83.8Macao SAR, ChinaMacao SAR, China: 83.73 years83.7San MarinoSan Marino: 83.54 years83.5Korea, Rep.Korea, Rep.: 83.53 years83.5AustraliaAustralia: 83.30 years83.3SpainSpain: 83.18 years83.2IcelandIceland: 83.17 years83.2NorwayNorway: 83.16 years83.2

Full table

#CountryValue
51 Bahrain 78.08 years
52 Maldives 78.05 years
53 Costa Rica 78.05 years
54 Thailand 77.61 years
55 Turks and Caicos Islands 77.23 years
56 Czechia 77.22 years
57 Antigua and Barbuda 77.20 years
58 New Caledonia 77.11 years
59 Saudi Arabia 77.09 years
60 Panama 77.00 years
61 Estonia 76.94 years
62 Albania 76.84 years
63 Barbados 76.58 years
64 Croatia 76.42 years
65 United States 76.33 years
66 Sri Lanka 76.28 years
67 Oman 75.97 years
68 Turkiye 75.72 years
69 Curacao 75.69 years
70 Guam 75.43 years
71 Uruguay 75.43 years
72 Poland 75.35 years
73 British Virgin Islands 75.30 years
74 Algeria 75.21 years
75 Kosovo 74.98 years
76 Brunei Darussalam 74.87 years
77 Slovak Republic 74.61 years
78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 74.57 years
79 Grenada 74.52 years
80 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 74.51 years
81 Cabo Verde 74.42 years
82 Jordan 74.20 years
83 Viet Nam 74.15 years
84 Hungary 74.07 years
85 Lithuania 74.04 years
86 Argentina 73.95 years
87 Malaysia 73.92 years
88 West Bank and Gaza 73.89 years
89 Montenegro 73.82 years
90 Iran, Islamic Rep. 73.75 years
91 Mauritius 73.68 years
92 Aruba 73.66 years
93 Lebanon 73.65 years
94 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 73.44 years
95 Seychelles 73.40 years
96 Morocco 73.39 years
97 North Macedonia 73.25 years
98 Cuba 73.20 years
99 Brazil 73.04 years
100 Latvia 72.98 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Hong Kong SAR, China leads the global ranking for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2021, with a lead of 0.42 years over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Norway at 83.16 years.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.