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

In 2022, Monaco leads Life expectancy at birth, total (years) with 85.75 years. San Marino follows at 85.71 years, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.04 years. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

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Ranking leaders

0.021.442.964.385.7MonacoMonaco: 85.75 years85.7San MarinoSan Marino: 85.71 years85.7LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 84.12 years84.1AndorraAndorra: 84.02 years84.0JapanJapan: 84.00 years84.0French PolynesiaFrench Polynesia: 83.86 years83.9Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 83.66 years83.7SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 83.60 years83.6GibraltarGibraltar: 83.52 years83.5AustraliaAustralia: 83.20 years83.2SpainSpain: 83.13 years83.1Macao SAR, ChinaMacao SAR, China: 83.08 years83.1

Full table

#CountryValue
101 Seychelles 74.51 years
102 Viet Nam 74.50 years
103 Bahamas, The 74.49 years
104 Nicaragua 74.46 years
105 Libya 74.46 years
106 North Macedonia 74.42 years
107 Latvia 74.28 years
108 Bangladesh 74.27 years
109 Dominican Republic 74.21 years
110 Bulgaria 74.16 years
111 Georgia 74.14 years
112 Azerbaijan 74.13 years
113 Belarus 74.10 years
114 Mexico 73.97 years
115 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 73.64 years
116 Mauritius 73.51 years
117 Kazakhstan 73.50 years
118 Trinidad and Tobago 73.33 years
119 Suriname 73.25 years
120 Brunei Darussalam 72.92 years
121 Syrian Arab Republic 72.79 years
122 Bhutan 72.75 years
123 American Samoa 72.75 years
124 Honduras 72.72 years
125 St. Lucia 72.67 years
126 Ukraine 72.66 years
127 Tonga 72.64 years
128 Venezuela, RB 72.57 years
129 Russian Federation 72.55 years
130 Paraguay 72.32 years
131 Belize 72.19 years
132 Uzbekistan 72.15 years
133 Kyrgyz Republic 72.05 years
134 Iraq 72.04 years
135 El Salvador 71.97 years
136 Mongolia 71.90 years
137 India 71.70 years
138 Tajikistan 71.56 years
139 Samoa 71.55 years
140 Moldova 71.55 years
141 Jamaica 71.48 years
142 Vanuatu 71.30 years
143 Greenland 71.23 years
144 Guatemala 71.21 years
145 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 71.19 years
146 Dominica 71.08 years
147 Egypt, Arab Rep. 71.01 years
148 Indonesia 70.93 years
149 Cambodia 70.53 years
150 Solomon Islands 70.41 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Monaco leads the global ranking for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2022, with a lead of 0.04 years over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Macao SAR, China at 83.08 years.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.