Introduction
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), global life expectancy has made tremendous progress over the years, increasing from an average of just 43.5 years in 1950 to 72.6 years today. This is largely due to advances in medical science, improved public health measures and better nutrition for more people around the world. In particular, life expectancy at birth has increased substantially in countries across all regions since 1950, with the longest life expectancy now reaching up to 82-83 years in many high-income countries such as Switzerland and Japan. Low-income countries have seen significant gains too, although progress has been slower and lags behind that of high-income countries; life expectancy at birth in some low-income countries is still as low as 55 years. As a result of these improvements, 8 out of every 10 people alive today can expect to live until their 70th birthday on average – compared with 6 out of 10 people in 2000. These advancements are also helping reduce premature mortality globally and increase healthy life expectancy at birth by 1 year per decade.
# | Country | Health Life Expectancy |
---|---|---|
1 | Singapore | 74.48 |
2 | Japan | 73.84 |
3 | South Korea | 72.33 |
4 | Iceland | 72.32 |
5 | Switzerland | 72.02 |
6 | Israel | 71.82 |
7 | Spain | 71.6 |
8 | France | 71.5 |
9 | Sweden | 71.39 |
10 | Italy | 71.24 |
11 | Bermuda | 71.08 |
12 | Malta | 71.07 |
13 | Luxembourg | 70.99 |
14 | Andorra | 70.88 |
15 | San Marino | 70.88 |
16 | Norway | 70.84 |
17 | Taiwan | 70.68 |
18 | Netherlands | 70.62 |
19 | Austria | 70.6 |
20 | Canada | 70.45 |
21 | Slovenia | 70.38 |
22 | Ireland | 70.35 |
23 | Finland | 70.34 |
24 | Australia | 70.31 |
25 | Kuwait | 70.25 |
26 | Portugal | 70.21 |
27 | Denmark | 69.92 |
28 | Greece | 69.91 |
29 | Cyprus | 69.9 |
30 | Peru | 69.9 |
31 | Belgium | 69.72 |
32 | Germany | 69.72 |
33 | Puerto Rico | 69.6 |
34 | New Zealand | 69.59 |
35 | Colombia | 69.57 |
36 | Costa Rica | 69.38 |
37 | Panama | 69.24 |
38 | Chile | 69.23 |
39 | Monaco | 69.16 |
40 | Maldives | 69.11 |
41 | United Kingdom | 69.11 |
42 | Albania | 68.86 |
43 | Czech Republic | 68.6 |
44 | People's Republic of China | 68.53 |
45 | Cuba | 68.43 |
46 | Thailand | 68.4 |
47 | Croatia | 68.21 |
48 | Estonia | 68.13 |
49 | Poland | 68.12 |
50 | Jordan | 67.97 |
51 | Turkey | 67.81 |
52 | Slovakia | 67.61 |
53 | Uruguay | 67.45 |
54 | Tunisia | 67.44 |
55 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 66.96 |
56 | Sri Lanka | 66.95 |
57 | Iran | 66.83 |
58 | Argentina | 66.79 |
59 | Hungary | 66.79 |
60 | Ecuador | 66.74 |
61 | Barbados | 66.7 |
62 | Armenia | 66.64 |
63 | Antigua and Barbuda | 66.62 |
64 | Bahrain | 66.59 |
65 | Lithuania | 66.56 |
66 | Guam | 66.54 |
67 | Jamaica | 66.51 |
68 | Montenegro | 66.49 |
69 | Paraguay | 66.45 |
70 | Romania | 66.36 |
71 | Serbia | 66.33 |
72 | Latvia | 66.32 |
73 | Algeria | 66.3 |
74 | Qatar | 66.27 |
75 | Lebanon | 66.04 |
76 | Nicaragua | 65.78 |
77 | Vietnam | 65.74 |
78 | Malaysia | 65.65 |
79 | El Salvador | 65.53 |
80 | Venezuela | 65.44 |
81 | United States of America | 65.43 |
82 | Republic of Macedonia | 65.38 |
83 | Mexico | 65.36 |
84 | Libya | 65.32 |
85 | Brunei | 65.26 |
86 | Brazil | 65.2 |
87 | Trinidad and Tobago | 65.18 |
88 | United States Virgin Islands | 65.17 |
89 | Mauritius | 65.15 |
90 | Saint Lucia | 65.15 |
91 | Belarus | 65.06 |
92 | Belize | 65.06 |
93 | North Korea | 64.97 |
94 | Kyrgyzstan | 64.93 |
95 | Oman | 64.76 |
96 | Ukraine | 64.62 |
97 | Bulgaria | 64.58 |
98 | Bangladesh | 64.53 |
99 | Georgia | 64.49 |
100 | Saudi Arabia | 64.48 |
101 | Palestine | 64.42 |
102 | United Arab Emirates | 64.38 |
103 | Seychelles | 64.36 |
104 | The Bahamas | 64.24 |
105 | Dominican Republic | 64.22 |
106 | Grenada | 64.03 |
107 | Syria | 63.89 |
108 | Northern Mariana Islands | 63.87 |
109 | Morocco | 63.83 |
110 | Russia | 63.74 |
111 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 63.64 |
112 | Iraq | 63.38 |
113 | Bhutan | 63.23 |
114 | Kazakhstan | 63.16 |
115 | Dominica | 63.12 |
116 | Bolivia | 63.11 |
117 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 63.11 |
118 | Honduras | 63.02 |
119 | Azerbaijan | 63.01 |
120 | Suriname | 62.93 |
121 | Guatemala | 62.91 |
122 | Turkmenistan | 62.87 |
123 | Philippines | 62.73 |
124 | Indonesia | 62.55 |
125 | Egypt | 62.47 |
126 | Mauritania | 62.17 |
127 | Tajikistan | 61.84 |
128 | East Timor | 61.65 |
129 | Nepal | 61.51 |
130 | Sudan | 61.42 |
131 | Cambodia | 61.2 |
132 | Uzbekistan | 60.88 |
133 | Myanmar | 60.85 |
134 | Laos | 60.71 |
135 | India | 60.52 |
136 | Mongolia | 60.44 |
137 | Comoros | 60.34 |
138 | Ethiopia | 60.22 |
139 | Senegal | 59.86 |
140 | Rwanda | 59.83 |
141 | Fiji | 59.66 |
142 | Palau | 59.2 |
143 | Djibouti | 58.94 |
144 | Gabon | 58.82 |
145 | Tanzania | 58.73 |
146 | Yemen | 58.59 |
147 | Guyana | 58.37 |
148 | The Gambia | 58.32 |
149 | Kenya | 58.25 |
150 | Ghana | 58.22 |
151 | Uganda | 57.75 |
152 | Madagascar | 57.6 |
153 | Vanuatu | 57.6 |
154 | Marshall Islands | 57.38 |
155 | Equatorial Guinea | 57.21 |
156 | Pakistan | 57.2 |
157 | Republic of the Congo | 57.02 |
158 | Togo | 57.01 |
159 | Liberia | 56.89 |
160 | Namibia | 56.77 |
161 | Angola | 56.75 |
162 | Federated States of Micronesia | 56.68 |
163 | Benin | 56.64 |
164 | Malawi | 56.58 |
165 | Papua New Guinea | 56.36 |
166 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 56.34 |
167 | Ivory Coast | 56.19 |
168 | South Africa | 56.18 |
169 | Nauru | 56.07 |
170 | Nigeria | 56.04 |
171 | Eritrea | 55.86 |
172 | Burundi | 55.5 |
173 | Cameroon | 55.43 |
174 | Haiti | 55.43 |
175 | Zambia | 55.08 |
176 | Niger | 55.06 |
177 | South Sudan | 54.6 |
178 | Mali | 54.26 |
179 | Burkina Faso | 54.16 |
180 | Afghanistan | 54.11 |
181 | Botswana | 54.06 |
182 | Sierra Leone | 54.06 |
183 | Guinea | 53.87 |
184 | Guinea-Bissau | 53.61 |
185 | Zimbabwe | 53.56 |
186 | Chad | 52.85 |
187 | Solomon Islands | 52.73 |
188 | Somalia | 51.51 |
189 | Mozambique | 50.8 |
190 | Eswatini | 50.61 |
191 | Central African Republic | 45.71 |
192 | Lesotho | 45.24 |
Health Life Expectancy by Country
Afghanistan
Health Life Expectancy
54.11
Ranked in the World
#180
Albania
Health Life Expectancy
68.86
Ranked in the World
#42
Algeria
Health Life Expectancy
66.3
Ranked in the World
#73
Andorra
Health Life Expectancy
70.88
Ranked in the World
#14
Angola
Health Life Expectancy
56.75
Ranked in the World
#161
Antigua and Barbuda
Health Life Expectancy
66.62
Ranked in the World
#63
Argentina
Health Life Expectancy
66.79
Ranked in the World
#58
Armenia
Health Life Expectancy
66.64
Ranked in the World
#62
Australia
Health Life Expectancy
70.31
Ranked in the World
#24
Austria
Health Life Expectancy
70.6
Ranked in the World
#19
Azerbaijan
Health Life Expectancy
63.01
Ranked in the World
#119
Bahrain
Health Life Expectancy
66.59
Ranked in the World
#64
Bangladesh
Health Life Expectancy
64.53
Ranked in the World
#98
Barbados
Health Life Expectancy
66.7
Ranked in the World
#61
Belarus
Health Life Expectancy
65.06
Ranked in the World
#91
Belgium
Health Life Expectancy
69.72
Ranked in the World
#31
Belize
Health Life Expectancy
65.06
Ranked in the World
#92
Benin
Health Life Expectancy
56.64
Ranked in the World
#163
Bermuda
Health Life Expectancy
71.08
Ranked in the World
#11
Bhutan
Health Life Expectancy
63.23
Ranked in the World
#113
Bolivia
Health Life Expectancy
63.11
Ranked in the World
#116
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Health Life Expectancy
66.96
Ranked in the World
#55
Botswana
Health Life Expectancy
54.06
Ranked in the World
#181
Brazil
Health Life Expectancy
65.2
Ranked in the World
#86
Brunei
Health Life Expectancy
65.26
Ranked in the World
#85
Bulgaria
Health Life Expectancy
64.58
Ranked in the World
#97
Burkina Faso
Health Life Expectancy
54.16
Ranked in the World
#179
Burundi
Health Life Expectancy
55.5
Ranked in the World
#172
Cambodia
Health Life Expectancy
61.2
Ranked in the World
#131
Cameroon
Health Life Expectancy
55.43
Ranked in the World
#173
Canada
Health Life Expectancy
70.45
Ranked in the World
#20
Central African Republic
Health Life Expectancy
45.71
Ranked in the World
#191
Chad
Health Life Expectancy
52.85
Ranked in the World
#186
Chile
Health Life Expectancy
69.23
Ranked in the World
#38
Colombia
Health Life Expectancy
69.57
Ranked in the World
#35
Comoros
Health Life Expectancy
60.34
Ranked in the World
#137
Costa Rica
Health Life Expectancy
69.38
Ranked in the World
#36
Croatia
Health Life Expectancy
68.21
Ranked in the World
#47
Cuba
Health Life Expectancy
68.43
Ranked in the World
#45
Cyprus
Health Life Expectancy
69.9
Ranked in the World
#29
Czech Republic
Health Life Expectancy
68.6
Ranked in the World
#43
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Health Life Expectancy
56.34
Ranked in the World
#166
Denmark
Health Life Expectancy
69.92
Ranked in the World
#27
Djibouti
Health Life Expectancy
58.94
Ranked in the World
#143
Dominica
Health Life Expectancy
63.12
Ranked in the World
#115
Dominican Republic
Health Life Expectancy
64.22
Ranked in the World
#105
East Timor
Health Life Expectancy
61.65
Ranked in the World
#128
Ecuador
Health Life Expectancy
66.74
Ranked in the World
#60
Egypt
Health Life Expectancy
62.47
Ranked in the World
#125
El Salvador
Health Life Expectancy
65.53
Ranked in the World
#79
Equatorial Guinea
Health Life Expectancy
57.21
Ranked in the World
#155
Eritrea
Health Life Expectancy
55.86
Ranked in the World
#171
Estonia
Health Life Expectancy
68.13
Ranked in the World
#48
Eswatini
Health Life Expectancy
50.61
Ranked in the World
#190
Ethiopia
Health Life Expectancy
60.22
Ranked in the World
#138
Federated States of Micronesia
Health Life Expectancy
56.68
Ranked in the World
#162
Fiji
Health Life Expectancy
59.66
Ranked in the World
#141
Finland
Health Life Expectancy
70.34
Ranked in the World
#23
France
Health Life Expectancy
71.5
Ranked in the World
#8
Gabon
Health Life Expectancy
58.82
Ranked in the World
#144
Georgia
Health Life Expectancy
64.49
Ranked in the World
#99
Germany
Health Life Expectancy
69.72
Ranked in the World
#32
Ghana
Health Life Expectancy
58.22
Ranked in the World
#150
Greece
Health Life Expectancy
69.91
Ranked in the World
#28
Grenada
Health Life Expectancy
64.03
Ranked in the World
#106
Guam
Health Life Expectancy
66.54
Ranked in the World
#66
Guatemala
Health Life Expectancy
62.91
Ranked in the World
#121
Guinea
Health Life Expectancy
53.87
Ranked in the World
#183
Guinea-Bissau
Health Life Expectancy
53.61
Ranked in the World
#184
Guyana
Health Life Expectancy
58.37
Ranked in the World
#147
Haiti
Health Life Expectancy
55.43
Ranked in the World
#174
Honduras
Health Life Expectancy
63.02
Ranked in the World
#118
Hungary
Health Life Expectancy
66.79
Ranked in the World
#59
Iceland
Health Life Expectancy
72.32
Ranked in the World
#4
India
Health Life Expectancy
60.52
Ranked in the World
#135
Indonesia
Health Life Expectancy
62.55
Ranked in the World
#124
Iran
Health Life Expectancy
66.83
Ranked in the World
#57
Iraq
Health Life Expectancy
63.38
Ranked in the World
#112
Ireland
Health Life Expectancy
70.35
Ranked in the World
#22
Israel
Health Life Expectancy
71.82
Ranked in the World
#6
Italy
Health Life Expectancy
71.24
Ranked in the World
#10
Ivory Coast
Health Life Expectancy
56.19
Ranked in the World
#167
Jamaica
Health Life Expectancy
66.51
Ranked in the World
#67
Japan
Health Life Expectancy
73.84
Ranked in the World
#2
Jordan
Health Life Expectancy
67.97
Ranked in the World
#50
Kazakhstan
Health Life Expectancy
63.16
Ranked in the World
#114
Kenya
Health Life Expectancy
58.25
Ranked in the World
#149
Kuwait
Health Life Expectancy
70.25
Ranked in the World
#25
Kyrgyzstan
Health Life Expectancy
64.93
Ranked in the World
#94
Laos
Health Life Expectancy
60.71
Ranked in the World
#134
Latvia
Health Life Expectancy
66.32
Ranked in the World
#72
Lebanon
Health Life Expectancy
66.04
Ranked in the World
#75
Lesotho
Health Life Expectancy
45.24
Ranked in the World
#192
Liberia
Health Life Expectancy
56.89
Ranked in the World
#159
Libya
Health Life Expectancy
65.32
Ranked in the World
#84
Lithuania
Health Life Expectancy
66.56
Ranked in the World
#65
Luxembourg
Health Life Expectancy
70.99
Ranked in the World
#13
Madagascar
Health Life Expectancy
57.6
Ranked in the World
#152
Malawi
Health Life Expectancy
56.58
Ranked in the World
#164
Malaysia
Health Life Expectancy
65.65
Ranked in the World
#78
Maldives
Health Life Expectancy
69.11
Ranked in the World
#40
Mali
Health Life Expectancy
54.26
Ranked in the World
#178
Malta
Health Life Expectancy
71.07
Ranked in the World
#12
Marshall Islands
Health Life Expectancy
57.38
Ranked in the World
#154
Mauritania
Health Life Expectancy
62.17
Ranked in the World
#126
Mauritius
Health Life Expectancy
65.15
Ranked in the World
#89
Mexico
Health Life Expectancy
65.36
Ranked in the World
#83
Monaco
Health Life Expectancy
69.16
Ranked in the World
#39
Mongolia
Health Life Expectancy
60.44
Ranked in the World
#136
Montenegro
Health Life Expectancy
66.49
Ranked in the World
#68
Morocco
Health Life Expectancy
63.83
Ranked in the World
#109
Mozambique
Health Life Expectancy
50.8
Ranked in the World
#189
Myanmar
Health Life Expectancy
60.85
Ranked in the World
#133
Namibia
Health Life Expectancy
56.77
Ranked in the World
#160
Nauru
Health Life Expectancy
56.07
Ranked in the World
#169
Nepal
Health Life Expectancy
61.51
Ranked in the World
#129
Netherlands
Health Life Expectancy
70.62
Ranked in the World
#18
New Zealand
Health Life Expectancy
69.59
Ranked in the World
#34
Nicaragua
Health Life Expectancy
65.78
Ranked in the World
#76
Niger
Health Life Expectancy
55.06
Ranked in the World
#176
Nigeria
Health Life Expectancy
56.04
Ranked in the World
#170
North Korea
Health Life Expectancy
64.97
Ranked in the World
#93
Northern Mariana Islands
Health Life Expectancy
63.87
Ranked in the World
#108
Norway
Health Life Expectancy
70.84
Ranked in the World
#16
Oman
Health Life Expectancy
64.76
Ranked in the World
#95
Pakistan
Health Life Expectancy
57.2
Ranked in the World
#156
Palau
Health Life Expectancy
59.2
Ranked in the World
#142
Palestine
Health Life Expectancy
64.42
Ranked in the World
#101
Panama
Health Life Expectancy
69.24
Ranked in the World
#37
Papua New Guinea
Health Life Expectancy
56.36
Ranked in the World
#165
Paraguay
Health Life Expectancy
66.45
Ranked in the World
#69
People's Republic of China
Health Life Expectancy
68.53
Ranked in the World
#44
Peru
Health Life Expectancy
69.9
Ranked in the World
#30
Philippines
Health Life Expectancy
62.73
Ranked in the World
#123
Poland
Health Life Expectancy
68.12
Ranked in the World
#49
Portugal
Health Life Expectancy
70.21
Ranked in the World
#26
Puerto Rico
Health Life Expectancy
69.6
Ranked in the World
#33
Qatar
Health Life Expectancy
66.27
Ranked in the World
#74
Republic of Macedonia
Health Life Expectancy
65.38
Ranked in the World
#82
Republic of the Congo
Health Life Expectancy
57.02
Ranked in the World
#157
Romania
Health Life Expectancy
66.36
Ranked in the World
#70
Russia
Health Life Expectancy
63.74
Ranked in the World
#110
Rwanda
Health Life Expectancy
59.83
Ranked in the World
#140
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Health Life Expectancy
63.11
Ranked in the World
#117
Saint Lucia
Health Life Expectancy
65.15
Ranked in the World
#90
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Health Life Expectancy
63.64
Ranked in the World
#111
San Marino
Health Life Expectancy
70.88
Ranked in the World
#15
Saudi Arabia
Health Life Expectancy
64.48
Ranked in the World
#100
Senegal
Health Life Expectancy
59.86
Ranked in the World
#139
Serbia
Health Life Expectancy
66.33
Ranked in the World
#71
Seychelles
Health Life Expectancy
64.36
Ranked in the World
#103
Sierra Leone
Health Life Expectancy
54.06
Ranked in the World
#182
Singapore
Health Life Expectancy
74.48
Ranked in the World
#1
Slovakia
Health Life Expectancy
67.61
Ranked in the World
#52
Slovenia
Health Life Expectancy
70.38
Ranked in the World
#21
Solomon Islands
Health Life Expectancy
52.73
Ranked in the World
#187
Somalia
Health Life Expectancy
51.51
Ranked in the World
#188
South Africa
Health Life Expectancy
56.18
Ranked in the World
#168
South Korea
Health Life Expectancy
72.33
Ranked in the World
#3
South Sudan
Health Life Expectancy
54.6
Ranked in the World
#177
Spain
Health Life Expectancy
71.6
Ranked in the World
#7
Sri Lanka
Health Life Expectancy
66.95
Ranked in the World
#56
Sudan
Health Life Expectancy
61.42
Ranked in the World
#130
Suriname
Health Life Expectancy
62.93
Ranked in the World
#120
Sweden
Health Life Expectancy
71.39
Ranked in the World
#9
Switzerland
Health Life Expectancy
72.02
Ranked in the World
#5
Syria
Health Life Expectancy
63.89
Ranked in the World
#107
Taiwan
Health Life Expectancy
70.68
Ranked in the World
#17
Tajikistan
Health Life Expectancy
61.84
Ranked in the World
#127
Tanzania
Health Life Expectancy
58.73
Ranked in the World
#145
Thailand
Health Life Expectancy
68.4
Ranked in the World
#46
The Bahamas
Health Life Expectancy
64.24
Ranked in the World
#104
The Gambia
Health Life Expectancy
58.32
Ranked in the World
#148
Togo
Health Life Expectancy
57.01
Ranked in the World
#158
Trinidad and Tobago
Health Life Expectancy
65.18
Ranked in the World
#87
Tunisia
Health Life Expectancy
67.44
Ranked in the World
#54
Turkey
Health Life Expectancy
67.81
Ranked in the World
#51
Turkmenistan
Health Life Expectancy
62.87
Ranked in the World
#122
Uganda
Health Life Expectancy
57.75
Ranked in the World
#151
Ukraine
Health Life Expectancy
64.62
Ranked in the World
#96
United Arab Emirates
Health Life Expectancy
64.38
Ranked in the World
#102
United Kingdom
Health Life Expectancy
69.11
Ranked in the World
#41
United States of America
Health Life Expectancy
65.43
Ranked in the World
#81
United States Virgin Islands
Health Life Expectancy
65.17
Ranked in the World
#88
Uruguay
Health Life Expectancy
67.45
Ranked in the World
#53
Uzbekistan
Health Life Expectancy
60.88
Ranked in the World
#132
Vanuatu
Health Life Expectancy
57.6
Ranked in the World
#153
Venezuela
Health Life Expectancy
65.44
Ranked in the World
#80
Vietnam
Health Life Expectancy
65.74
Ranked in the World
#77
Yemen
Health Life Expectancy
58.59
Ranked in the World
#146
Zambia
Health Life Expectancy
55.08
Ranked in the World
#175
Zimbabwe
Health Life Expectancy
53.56
Ranked in the World
#185