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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.

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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
101 Brunei Darussalam 75.33 years
102 North Macedonia 75.32 years
103 Morocco 75.31 years
104 Grenada 75.21 years
105 Mexico 75.07 years
106 Nicaragua 74.95 years
107 Bangladesh 74.67 years
108 Viet Nam 74.59 years
109 Bahamas, The 74.55 years
110 Georgia 74.50 years
111 Azerbaijan 74.43 years
112 Kazakhstan 74.40 years
113 Belarus 74.18 years
114 Paraguay 73.84 years
115 Dominican Republic 73.72 years
116 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 73.64 years
117 Suriname 73.63 years
118 Belize 73.57 years
119 Trinidad and Tobago 73.49 years
120 Ukraine 73.42 years
121 Mauritius 73.41 years
122 Russian Federation 73.25 years
123 Bhutan 72.98 years
124 Tonga 72.90 years
125 Honduras 72.88 years
126 American Samoa 72.85 years
127 St. Lucia 72.70 years
128 Guatemala 72.60 years
129 Venezuela, RB 72.51 years
130 Uzbekistan 72.39 years
131 Iraq 72.32 years
132 Kyrgyz Republic 72.25 years
133 St. Kitts and Nevis 72.15 years
134 Mongolia 72.12 years
135 Syrian Arab Republic 72.12 years
136 El Salvador 72.10 years
137 India 72.00 years
138 Tajikistan 71.79 years
139 Samoa 71.70 years
140 Egypt, Arab Rep. 71.63 years
141 Jamaica 71.48 years
142 Vanuatu 71.48 years
143 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 71.23 years
144 Moldova 71.20 years
145 Indonesia 71.15 years
146 Dominica 71.13 years
147 Greenland 70.97 years
148 Cambodia 70.67 years
149 Solomon Islands 70.53 years
150 Nepal 70.35 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.