Countries with Highest Life Expectancy
Japan and Monaco consistently top the global life expectancy charts, with average lifespans exceeding 84 years. Healthcare quality, diet, socioeconomic stability, and lifestyle all play major roles in determining how long people live across different nations.
The global average life expectancy is approximately 73 years, but the gap between the highest and lowest countries is staggering, more than 30 years separates the top from the bottom of this list.
This ranking uses life expectancy at birth data from the World Bank and the World Health Organization.
The ranking
| 1 |  | Monaco | 86.4 |
| 2 |  | San Marino | 85.7 |
| 3 |  | Liechtenstein | 84.8 |
| 4 |  | Switzerland | 84.1 |
| 5 |  | Japan | 84.0 |
| 6 |  | Andorra | 84.0 |
| 7 |  | Spain | 83.9 |
| 8 |  | Italy | 83.7 |
| 9 |  | Malta | 83.5 |
| 10 |  | South Korea | 83.4 |
| 11 |  | Luxembourg | 83.4 |
| 12 |  | Sweden | 83.3 |
| 13 |  | Israel | 83.2 |
| 14 |  | Kuwait | 83.2 |
| 15 |  | Norway | 83.1 |
| 16 |  | Australia | 83.1 |
| 17 |  | New Zealand | 83.0 |
| 18 |  | France | 82.9 |
| 19 |  | United Arab Emirates | 82.9 |
| 20 |  | Singapore | 82.9 |
| 21 |  | Ireland | 82.9 |
| 22 |  | Iceland | 82.6 |
| 23 |  | Belgium | 82.4 |
| 24 |  | Qatar | 82.4 |
| 25 |  | Portugal | 82.3 |
| 26 |  | Slovenia | 82.0 |
| 27 |  | Netherlands | 81.9 |
| 28 |  | Denmark | 81.9 |
| 29 |  | Finland | 81.7 |
| 30 |  | Cyprus | 81.6 |
| 31 |  | Canada | 81.6 |
| 32 |  | Austria | 81.5 |
| 33 |  | Greece | 81.5 |
| 34 |  | Bahrain | 81.3 |
| 35 |  | United Kingdom | 81.2 |
| 36 |  | Chile | 81.2 |
| 37 |  | Maldives | 81.0 |
| 38 |  | Costa Rica | 80.8 |
| 39 |  | Germany | 80.5 |
| 40 |  | Oman | 80.0 |
| 41 |  | Czechia | 79.9 |
| 42 |  | Albania | 79.6 |
| 43 |  | Panama | 79.6 |
| 44 |  | Saudi Arabia | 78.7 |
| 45 |  | Poland | 78.5 |
| 46 |  | Estonia | 78.5 |
| 47 |  | Croatia | 78.5 |
| 48 |  | United States | 78.4 |
| 49 |  | Uruguay | 78.1 |
| 50 |  | Cuba | 78.1 |
Questions
Which country leads this life expectancy ranking?
Monaco leads the available sovereign-country records, with 86.4 years. The source year is 2022. This is a comparison of countries with data, rather than a claim about missing countries.
How is the ranking calculated?
Recorded values from World Bank, 2022, are sorted from highest to lowest. Territories are excluded, and missing values are not treated as zero. 50 of 194 countries with data are shown.
