Highest Life Expectancy by Country 2026

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Monaco leads the world in life expectancy at 86.5 years. Life expectancy at birth reflects the average number of years a newborn is expected to live under current mortality conditions. Access to healthcare, diet, and economic development are key drivers of variation across countries.

Rank		Country	years
1	🇲🇨	Monaco	86.5
2	🇸🇲	San Marino	85.8
3	🌐	Hong Kong	85.4
4	🇰🇼	Kuwait	84.6
5	🇨🇭	Switzerland	84.4
6	🇱🇮	Liechtenstein	84.2
7	🌐	French Polynesia	84.2
8	🇦🇩	Andorra	84.2
9	🇸🇪	Sweden	84.1
10	🇯🇵	Japan	84.0
11	🇮🇹	Italy	84.0
12	🇪🇸	Spain	83.9
13	🌐	Gibraltar	83.6
14	🇰🇷	South Korea	83.6
15	🇸🇬	Singapore	83.3
16	🌐	Macau	83.3
17	🇮🇱	Israel	83.2
18	🇱🇺	Luxembourg	83.2
19	🇳🇴	Norway	83.2
20	🌐	Faroe Islands	83.1
21	🇦🇪	United Arab Emirates	83.1
22	🇦🇺	Australia	83.1
23	🇮🇪	Ireland	83.0
24	🇫🇷	France	83.0
25	🇲🇹	Malta	83.0
26	🇮🇸	Iceland	82.8
27	🇶🇦	Qatar	82.5
28	🌐	Bermuda	82.5
29	🇵🇹	Portugal	82.4
30	🇫🇮	Finland	82.3
31	🌐	Belgium	82.3
32	🇸🇮	Slovenia	82.3
33	🇩🇰	Denmark	82.3
34	🇨🇦	Canada	82.1
35	🇳🇿	New Zealand	82.0
36	🇦🇹	Austria	82.0
37	🇳🇱	Netherlands	82.0
38	🌐	Puerto Rico	81.9
39	🇬🇷	Greece	81.8
40	🇨🇾	Cyprus	81.8
41	🇧🇭	Bahrain	81.4
42	🇬🇧	United Kingdom	81.4
43	🇨🇱	Chile	81.4
44	🇲🇻	Maldives	81.3
45	🌐	Channel Islands	81.2
46	🌐	Isle of Man	81.1
47	🇨🇷	Costa Rica	81.0
48	🇩🇪	Germany	80.8
49	🌐	U.S. Virgin Islands	80.8
50	🌐	Cayman Islands	80.5
51	🌐	Saint Martin	80.4
52	🇴🇲	Oman	80.2
53	🇨🇿	Czechia	80.0
54	🇦🇱	Albania	79.8
55	🇵🇦	Panama	79.8
56	🇪🇪	Estonia	79.3
57	🇸🇦	Saudi Arabia	79.0
58	🌐	Northern Mariana Islands	78.9
59	🇭🇷	Croatia	78.9
60	🌐	New Caledonia	78.9
61	🇺🇸	United States	78.9
62	🇵🇱	Poland	78.4
63	🇸🇰	Slovakia	78.4
64	🇦🇲	Armenia	78.3
65	🇺🇾	Uruguay	78.3
66	🇨🇺	Cuba	78.3
67	🌐	Kosovo	78.2
68	🌐	Turks and Caicos Islands	78.2
69	🇧🇦	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.0
70	🇨🇳	China	78.0
71	🇯🇴	Jordan	78.0
72	🇱🇧	Lebanon	77.9
73	🇵🇪	Peru	77.9
74	🇨🇴	Colombia	77.9
75	🇲🇪	Montenegro	77.9
76	🇮🇷	Iran	77.9
77	🇦🇬	Antigua and Barbuda	77.8
78	🇱🇰	Sri Lanka	77.7
79	🇪🇨	Ecuador	77.6
80	🇦🇷	Argentina	77.5
81	🌐	British Virgin Islands	77.4
82	🌐	Guam	77.4
83	🇹🇷	Türkiye	77.4
84	🇱🇹	Lithuania	77.2
85	🌐	Curacao	77.0
86	🇲🇾	Malaysia	76.8
87	🇭🇺	Hungary	76.7
88	🇹🇳	Tunisia	76.7
89	🇲🇰	North Macedonia	76.6
90	🇹🇭	Thailand	76.6
91	🌐	Sint Maarten	76.5
92	🌐	Aruba	76.5
93	🇩🇿	Algeria	76.5
94	🇷🇴	Romania	76.5
95	🇱🇻	Latvia	76.4
96	🇧🇧	Barbados	76.3
97	🇸🇨	Seychelles	76.3
98	🇨🇻	Cape Verde	76.2
99	🇧🇷	Brazil	76.0
100	🇷🇸	Serbia	76.0
101	🇧🇬	Bulgaria	75.8
102	🇧🇳	Brunei	75.5
103	🇲🇦	Morocco	75.5
104	🇬🇩	Grenada	75.4
105	🇲🇽	Mexico	75.3
106	🇳🇮	Nicaragua	75.1
107	🇧🇩	Bangladesh	74.9
108	🇻🇳	Vietnam	74.7
109	🇧🇸	Bahamas	74.7
110	🇺🇦	Ukraine	74.7
111	🇬🇪	Georgia	74.7
112	🇦🇿	Azerbaijan	74.6
113	🇰🇿	Kazakhstan	74.5
114	🇧🇾	Belarus	74.4
115	🇵🇾	Paraguay	74.0
116	🇩🇴	Dominican Republic	73.9
117	🇲🇺	Mauritius	73.8
118	🇸🇷	Suriname	73.8
119	🇰🇵	North Korea	73.7
120	🇧🇿	Belize	73.7
121	🇹🇹	Trinidad and Tobago	73.6
122	🇷🇺	Russia	73.4
123	🇧🇹	Bhutan	73.3
124	🇹🇴	Tonga	73.1
125	🇭🇳	Honduras	73.0
126	🌐	American Samoa	73.0
127	🇱🇨	Saint Lucia	72.8
128	🇬🇹	Guatemala	72.7
129	🇻🇪	Venezuela	72.7
130	🇸🇾	Syria	72.6
131	🇺🇿	Uzbekistan	72.5
132	🇮🇶	Iraq	72.4
133	🇰🇬	Kyrgyzstan	72.4
134	🇲🇳	Mongolia	72.4
135	🇸🇻	El Salvador	72.3
136	🇰🇳	Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.3
137	🇮🇳	India	72.2
138	🇹🇯	Tajikistan	71.9
139	🇼🇸	Samoa	71.8
140	🇪🇬	Egypt	71.8
141	🇻🇺	Vanuatu	71.7
142	🇯🇲	Jamaica	71.6
143	🇻🇨	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.4
144	🇲🇩	Moldova	71.3
145	🇩🇲	Dominica	71.3
146	🇮🇩	Indonesia	71.3
147	🇱🇾	Libya	71.1
148	🇰🇭	Cambodia	70.8
149	🇸🇧	Solomon Islands	70.7
150	🇳🇵	Nepal	70.6
151	🇬🇾	Guyana	70.3
152	🌐	Greenland	70.3
153	🇹🇲	Turkmenistan	70.2
154	🇵🇭	Philippines	69.9
155	🇸🇹	São Tomé and Príncipe	69.9
156	🇾🇪	Yemen	69.4
157	🇵🇼	Palau	69.4
158	🇧🇼	Botswana	69.3
159	🇱🇦	Laos	69.2
160	🇵🇸	Palestine	69.2
161	🇸🇳	Senegal	68.9
162	🇪🇷	Eritrea	68.9
163	🇧🇴	Bolivia	68.7
164	🇲🇷	Mauritania	68.7
165	🇬🇦	Gabon	68.5
166	🇺🇬	Uganda	68.5
167	🇷🇼	Rwanda	68.0
168	🇹🇱	Timor-Leste	67.9
169	🇵🇰	Pakistan	67.8
170	🇪🇹	Ethiopia	67.6
171	🇲🇼	Malawi	67.6
172	🇳🇦	Namibia	67.5
173	🇫🇯	Fiji	67.5
174	🇫🇲	Micronesia	67.4
175	🇹🇻	Tuvalu	67.3
176	🇹🇿	Tanzania	67.2
177	🇲🇲	Myanmar	67.1
178	🇲🇭	Marshall Islands	67.1
179	🇰🇲	Comoros	67.0
180	🇰🇮	Kiribati	66.6
181	🇿🇲	Zambia	66.5
182	🇸🇩	Sudan	66.5
183	🇿🇦	South Africa	66.3
184	🇦🇫	Afghanistan	66.3
185	🇵🇬	Papua New Guinea	66.3
186	🇩🇯	Djibouti	66.2
187	🇬🇲	Gambia	66.1
188	🇨🇬	Republic of the Congo	66.0
189	🇬🇭	Ghana	65.7
190	🇭🇹	Haiti	65.1
191	🇦🇴	Angola	64.8
192	🇸🇿	Eswatini	64.3
193	🇬🇼	Guinea-Bissau	64.3
194	🇨🇲	Cameroon	64.0
195	🇬🇶	Equatorial Guinea	63.9
196	🇲🇬	Madagascar	63.8
197	🇰🇪	Kenya	63.8
198	🇧🇮	Burundi	63.8
199	🇲🇿	Mozambique	63.8
200	🇿🇼	Zimbabwe	63.1
201	🇹🇬	Togo	62.9
202	🇱🇷	Liberia	62.3
203	🇳🇷	Nauru	62.3
204	🇨🇮	Ivory Coast	62.1
205	🇨🇩	DR Congo	62.1
206	🇸🇱	Sierra Leone	62.0
207	🇳🇪	Niger	61.4
208	🇧🇫	Burkina Faso	61.3
209	🇧🇯	Benin	61.0
210	🇬🇳	Guinea	60.9
211	🇲🇱	Mali	60.7
212	🇸🇴	Somalia	59.0
213	🇱🇸	Lesotho	57.8
214	🇸🇸	South Sudan	57.7
215	🇨🇫	Central African Republic	57.7
216	🇹🇩	Chad	55.2
217	🇳🇬	Nigeria	54.6
—	🌐	Abkhazia	No data
—	🌐	Northern Cyprus	No data
—	🌐	Somaliland	No data
—	🌐	South Ossetia	No data
—	🌐	Taiwan	No data
—	🌐	Western Sahara	No data

Key Insights

The top three countries in highest life expectancy by country 2026 are: Monaco (86.5), San Marino (85.8), Hong Kong (85.4). At the other end of the scale, Nigeria (54.6), Chad (55.2), Central African Republic (57.7) record the lowest values among countries with data. The median value across 217 countries with data is 74.7.

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