Life expectancy at birth, women by country, 2024
The number of years a newborn girl would live if current mortality patterns stayed the same throughout her life.
217 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Monaco (88.6 years). Lowest: Nigeria (54.9 years). The median is 78.0 years.
Highest 10
- 1. Monaco 88.6 years
- 2. Hong Kong SAR, China 88.2 years
- 3. San Marino 87.2 years
- 4. Japan 87.1 years
- 5. French Polynesia 86.6 years
- 6. South Korea 86.6 years
- 7. Spain 86.5 years
- 8. Liechtenstein 86.3 years
- 9. Andorra 86.2 years
- 10. Macao SAR, China 86.2 years
Lowest 10
- 217. Nigeria 54.9 years
- 216. Chad 57.2 years
- 215. Central African Republic 59.6 years
- 214. Lesotho 60.4 years
- 213. South Sudan 60.7 years
- 212. Somalia, Fed. Rep. 61.6 years
- 211. Guinea 62.1 years
- 210. Mali 62.2 years
- 209. Niger 62.4 years
- 208. Benin 62.4 years
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 217. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
In short
- Among the 217 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Monaco (88.6 years) and the lowest Nigeria (54.9 years).
- Half of the countries are above 78.0 years and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 199 countries and fell in 14.
- The figure for the world was 76.0 years in 2024, against 75.3 years in 2019 (+0.8%).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 88.6 years | 2024 | |
| 2 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 88.2 years | 2024 | |
| 3 | San Marino | 87.2 years | 2024 | |
| 4 | Japan | 87.1 years | 2024 | |
| 5 | French Polynesia | 86.6 years | 2024 | |
| 6 | South Korea | 86.6 years | 2024 | |
| 7 | Spain | 86.5 years | 2024 | |
| 8 | Liechtenstein | 86.3 years | 2024 | |
| 9 | Andorra | 86.2 years | 2024 | |
| 10 | Macao SAR, China | 86.2 years | 2024 | |
| 11 | Switzerland | 86.2 years | 2024 | |
| 12 | Gibraltar | 86.2 years | 2024 | |
| 13 | Italy | 86.0 years | 2024 | |
| 14 | France | 85.9 years | 2024 | |
| 15 | Bermuda | 85.9 years | 2024 | |
| 16 | Singapore | 85.6 years | 2024 | |
| 17 | Sweden | 85.6 years | 2024 | |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 85.5 years | 2024 | |
| 19 | Israel | 85.4 years | 2024 | |
| 20 | Kuwait | 85.4 years | 2024 | |
| 21 | Puerto Rico (US) | 85.4 years | 2024 | |
| 22 | Portugal | 85.2 years | 2024 | |
| 23 | Australia | 85.1 years | 2024 | |
| 24 | Finland | 85.0 years | 2024 | |
| 25 | Slovenia | 85.0 years | 2024 | |
| 26 | Faroe Islands | 84.9 years | 2024 | |
| 27 | Malta | 84.8 years | 2024 | |
| 28 | Norway | 84.8 years | 2024 | |
| 29 | Ireland | 84.7 years | 2024 | |
| 30 | Iceland | 84.5 years | 2024 | |
| 31 | Belgium | 84.4 years | 2024 | |
| 32 | Greece | 84.4 years | 2024 | |
| 33 | United Arab Emirates | 84.3 years | 2024 | |
| 34 | Austria | 84.3 years | 2024 | |
| 35 | Canada | 84.3 years | 2024 | |
| 36 | Denmark | 84.2 years | 2024 | |
| 37 | US Virgin Islands | 84.1 years | 2024 | |
| 38 | Saint Martin (French part) | 84.0 years | 2024 | |
| 39 | Cyprus | 83.8 years | 2024 | |
| 40 | Estonia | 83.7 years | 2024 | |
| 41 | New Zealand | 83.7 years | 2024 | |
| 42 | Costa Rica | 83.6 years | 2024 | |
| 43 | Qatar | 83.5 years | 2024 | |
| 44 | Netherlands | 83.4 years | 2024 | |
| 45 | United Kingdom | 83.3 years | 2024 | |
| 46 | Channel Islands | 83.3 years | 2024 | |
| 47 | Chile | 83.2 years | 2024 | |
| 48 | Isle of Man | 83.2 years | 2024 | |
| 49 | Germany | 83.2 years | 2024 | |
| 50 | Cayman Islands | 83.0 years | 2024 | |
| 51 | Czechia | 83.0 years | 2024 | |
| 52 | Maldives | 83.0 years | 2024 | |
| 53 | Panama | 82.7 years | 2024 | |
| 54 | Poland | 82.2 years | 2024 | |
| 55 | Bahrain | 82.1 years | 2024 | |
| 56 | Oman | 82.0 years | 2024 | |
| 57 | Uruguay | 82.0 years | 2024 | |
| 58 | Croatia | 81.9 years | 2024 | |
| 59 | Armenia | 81.7 years | 2024 | |
| 60 | Slovakia | 81.7 years | 2024 | |
| 61 | Lithuania | 81.6 years | 2024 | |
| 62 | Albania | 81.6 years | 2024 | |
| 63 | Guam | 81.6 years | 2024 | |
| 64 | Latvia | 81.5 years | 2024 | |
| 65 | New Caledonia | 81.4 years | 2024 | |
| 66 | United States | 81.4 years | 2024 | |
| 67 | Saudi Arabia | 81.3 years | 2024 | |
| 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 81.1 years | 2024 | |
| 69 | Thailand | 81.0 years | 2024 | |
| 70 | China | 81.0 years | 2024 | |
| 71 | Curaçao | 81.0 years | 2024 | |
| 72 | Northern Mariana Islands | 80.9 years | 2024 | |
| 73 | Sri Lanka | 80.7 years | 2024 | |
| 74 | Seychelles | 80.7 years | 2024 | |
| 75 | Cuba | 80.7 years | 2024 | |
| 76 | Colombia | 80.6 years | 2024 | |
| 77 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 80.4 years | 2024 | |
| 78 | Antigua and Barbuda | 80.4 years | 2024 | |
| 79 | Montenegro | 80.4 years | 2024 | |
| 80 | Türkiye | 80.3 years | 2024 | |
| 81 | Jordan | 80.3 years | 2024 | |
| 82 | Ecuador | 80.3 years | 2024 | |
| 83 | Peru | 80.3 years | 2024 | |
| 84 | Romania | 80.3 years | 2024 | |
| 85 | Kosovo | 80.3 years | 2024 | |
| 86 | British Virgin Islands | 80.2 years | 2024 | |
| 87 | Argentina | 80.0 years | 2024 | |
| 88 | Hungary | 79.9 years | 2024 | |
| 89 | Lebanon | 79.9 years | 2024 | |
| 90 | Iran | 79.8 years | 2024 | |
| 91 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 79.7 years | 2024 | |
| 92 | Malaysia | 79.5 years | 2024 | |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 79.5 years | 2024 | |
| 94 | Ukraine | 79.4 years | 2024 | |
| 95 | Viet Nam | 79.4 years | 2024 | |
| 96 | Cabo Verde | 79.4 years | 2024 | |
| 97 | Tunisia | 79.3 years | 2024 | |
| 98 | Georgia | 79.2 years | 2024 | |
| 99 | Belarus | 79.2 years | 2024 | |
| 100 | Brazil | 79.1 years | 2024 | |
| 101 | Aruba | 78.9 years | 2024 | |
| 102 | Russia | 78.9 years | 2024 | |
| 103 | North Macedonia | 78.9 years | 2024 | |
| 104 | Barbados | 78.8 years | 2024 | |
| 105 | Kazakhstan | 78.5 years | 2024 | |
| 106 | Grenada | 78.5 years | 2024 | |
| 107 | Serbia | 78.4 years | 2024 | |
| 108 | Bahamas | 78.3 years | 2024 | |
| 109 | Mexico | 78.0 years | 2024 | |
| 110 | Algeria | 77.9 years | 2024 | |
| 111 | Morocco | 77.8 years | 2024 | |
| 112 | Brunei | 77.7 years | 2024 | |
| 113 | Nicaragua | 77.6 years | 2024 | |
| 114 | Mauritius | 77.4 years | 2024 | |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 77.3 years | 2024 | |
| 116 | Dominican Republic | 77.1 years | 2024 | |
| 117 | Mongolia | 77.1 years | 2024 | |
| 118 | Paraguay | 77.1 years | 2024 | |
| 119 | Suriname | 77.0 years | 2024 | |
| 120 | Trinidad and Tobago | 76.8 years | 2024 | |
| 121 | Bangladesh | 76.7 years | 2024 | |
| 122 | Belize | 76.7 years | 2024 | |
| 123 | Venezuela | 76.7 years | 2024 | |
| 124 | Kyrgyzstan | 76.6 years | 2024 | |
| 125 | Tonga | 76.5 years | 2024 | |
| 126 | El Salvador | 76.5 years | 2024 | |
| 127 | Saint Lucia | 76.5 years | 2024 | |
| 128 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 76.2 years | 2024 | |
| 129 | American Samoa | 76.0 years | 2024 | |
| 130 | North Korea | 75.9 years | 2024 | |
| 131 | Moldova | 75.7 years | 2024 | |
| 132 | Honduras | 75.7 years | 2024 | |
| 133 | Uzbekistan | 75.5 years | 2024 | |
| 134 | Bhutan | 75.3 years | 2024 | |
| 135 | Guatemala | 75.0 years | 2024 | |
| 136 | Syria | 74.9 years | 2024 | |
| 137 | Dominica | 74.7 years | 2024 | |
| 138 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 74.5 years | 2024 | |
| 139 | West Bank and Gaza | 74.3 years | 2024 | |
| 140 | Iraq | 74.2 years | 2024 | |
| 141 | Jamaica | 74.1 years | 2024 | |
| 142 | Tajikistan | 74.1 years | 2024 | |
| 143 | Vanuatu | 74.1 years | 2024 | |
| 144 | Guyana | 74.1 years | 2024 | |
| 145 | Egypt | 74.0 years | 2024 | |
| 146 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 73.9 years | 2024 | |
| 147 | India | 73.9 years | 2024 | |
| 148 | Samoa | 73.8 years | 2024 | |
| 149 | Indonesia | 73.4 years | 2024 | |
| 150 | Cambodia | 73.4 years | 2024 | |
| 151 | Turkmenistan | 73.0 years | 2024 | |
| 152 | Philippines | 73.0 years | 2024 | |
| 153 | Libya | 72.7 years | 2024 | |
| 154 | Greenland | 72.2 years | 2024 | |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 72.2 years | 2024 | |
| 156 | Nepal | 72.1 years | 2024 | |
| 157 | Palau | 71.9 years | 2024 | |
| 158 | Botswana | 71.9 years | 2024 | |
| 159 | Yemen | 71.5 years | 2024 | |
| 160 | Laos | 71.5 years | 2024 | |
| 161 | Namibia | 71.5 years | 2024 | |
| 162 | Uganda | 71.4 years | 2024 | |
| 163 | Bolivia | 71.3 years | 2024 | |
| 164 | Micronesia | 71.3 years | 2024 | |
| 165 | Gabon | 71.2 years | 2024 | |
| 166 | Ethiopia | 71.0 years | 2024 | |
| 167 | Senegal | 71.0 years | 2024 | |
| 168 | Eritrea | 70.9 years | 2024 | |
| 169 | Tuvalu | 70.9 years | 2024 | |
| 170 | Malawi | 70.8 years | 2024 | |
| 171 | Mauritania | 70.7 years | 2024 | |
| 172 | Myanmar | 70.4 years | 2024 | |
| 173 | Pakistan | 70.3 years | 2024 | |
| 174 | Rwanda | 70.1 years | 2024 | |
| 175 | Tanzania | 70.0 years | 2024 | |
| 176 | Sudan | 69.8 years | 2024 | |
| 177 | South Africa | 69.8 years | 2024 | |
| 178 | Timor-Leste | 69.7 years | 2024 | |
| 179 | Fiji | 69.5 years | 2024 | |
| 180 | Marshall Islands | 69.5 years | 2024 | |
| 181 | Papua New Guinea | 69.2 years | 2024 | |
| 182 | Comoros | 69.2 years | 2024 | |
| 183 | Zambia | 68.9 years | 2024 | |
| 184 | Djibouti | 68.7 years | 2024 | |
| 185 | Haiti | 68.5 years | 2024 | |
| 186 | Kiribati | 68.3 years | 2024 | |
| 187 | Ghana | 68.2 years | 2024 | |
| 188 | Afghanistan | 67.8 years | 2024 | |
| 189 | Gambia | 67.8 years | 2024 | |
| 190 | Republic of the Congo | 67.7 years | 2024 | |
| 191 | Angola | 67.3 years | 2024 | |
| 192 | Eswatini | 67.1 years | 2024 | |
| 193 | Mozambique | 66.7 years | 2024 | |
| 194 | Guinea-Bissau | 66.5 years | 2024 | |
| 195 | Cameroon | 66.2 years | 2024 | |
| 196 | Kenya | 66.1 years | 2024 | |
| 197 | Equatorial Guinea | 65.9 years | 2024 | |
| 198 | Burundi | 65.9 years | 2024 | |
| 199 | Madagascar | 65.6 years | 2024 | |
| 200 | Zimbabwe | 65.3 years | 2024 | |
| 201 | Côte d'Ivoire | 64.3 years | 2024 | |
| 202 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 64.2 years | 2024 | |
| 203 | Naoero | 64.2 years | 2024 | |
| 204 | Sierra Leone | 63.7 years | 2024 | |
| 205 | Liberia | 63.6 years | 2024 | |
| 206 | Burkina Faso | 63.4 years | 2024 | |
| 207 | Togo | 63.2 years | 2024 | |
| 208 | Benin | 62.4 years | 2024 | |
| 209 | Niger | 62.4 years | 2024 | |
| 210 | Mali | 62.2 years | 2024 | |
| 211 | Guinea | 62.1 years | 2024 | |
| 212 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 61.6 years | 2024 | |
| 213 | South Sudan | 60.7 years | 2024 | |
| 214 | Lesotho | 60.4 years | 2024 | |
| 215 | Central African Republic | 59.6 years | 2024 | |
| 216 | Chad | 57.2 years | 2024 | |
| 217 | Nigeria | 54.9 years | 2024 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2024, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2024 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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