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

In 2023, Monaco leads Life expectancy at birth, total (years) with 86.37 years. San Marino follows at 85.71 years, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.67 years. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

Year archive

Ranking leaders

0.021.643.264.886.4MonacoMonaco: 86.37 years86.4San MarinoSan Marino: 85.71 years85.7Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 85.25 years85.2LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 84.60 years84.6SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 84.16 years84.2French PolynesiaFrench Polynesia: 84.07 years84.1JapanJapan: 84.04 years84.0AndorraAndorra: 84.04 years84.0SpainSpain: 83.93 years83.9GibraltarGibraltar: 83.55 years83.6Korea, Rep.Korea, Rep.: 83.43 years83.4MaltaMalta: 83.36 years83.4

Full table

#CountryValue
51 St. Martin (French part) 80.22 years
52 Oman 80.03 years
53 Czechia 79.83 years
54 Albania 79.60 years
55 Panama 79.59 years
56 Northern Mariana Islands 78.81 years
57 Estonia 78.79 years
58 New Caledonia 78.77 years
59 Saudi Arabia 78.73 years
60 Croatia 78.47 years
61 United States 78.39 years
62 Poland 78.26 years
63 Uruguay 78.14 years
64 Slovak Republic 78.12 years
65 Cuba 78.09 years
66 Kosovo 78.03 years
67 Turks and Caicos Islands 78.01 years
68 China 77.95 years
69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 77.85 years
70 Lebanon 77.82 years
71 Jordan 77.81 years
72 Peru 77.74 years
73 Colombia 77.73 years
74 Iran, Islamic Rep. 77.65 years
75 Antigua and Barbuda 77.60 years
76 Montenegro 77.59 years
77 Sri Lanka 77.48 years
78 Armenia 77.47 years
79 Argentina 77.40 years
80 Ecuador 77.39 years
81 Lithuania 77.29 years
82 British Virgin Islands 77.28 years
83 Guam 77.21 years
84 Turkiye 77.16 years
85 Curacao 76.80 years
86 Malaysia 76.66 years
87 Hungary 76.57 years
88 Tunisia 76.51 years
89 Thailand 76.41 years
90 Romania 76.40 years
91 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 76.37 years
92 Aruba 76.35 years
93 Algeria 76.26 years
94 Barbados 76.18 years
95 Serbia 76.14 years
96 Cabo Verde 76.06 years
97 Brazil 75.85 years
98 Bulgaria 75.76 years
99 Latvia 75.43 years
100 Seychelles 75.42 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Monaco leads the global ranking for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2023, with a lead of 0.67 years over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Malta at 83.36 years.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.