Healthy life expectancy by country, 2023
The average number of years a newborn can expect to live in full health, taking into account years lived in less than full health because of disease or injury (HALE). WHO estimate.
185 places ranked for 2023. Highest: Singapore (72.9 years). Lowest: Central African Republic (44.7 years). The median is 63.8 years.
Highest 10
- 1. Singapore 72.9 years
- 2. Japan 72.2 years
- 3. South Korea 72.0 years
- 4. Luxembourg 71.4 years
- 5. Italy 71.2 years
- 6. Spain 71.2 years
- 7. Switzerland 71.2 years
- 8. Israel 71.0 years
- 9. Malta 70.8 years
- 10. Sweden 70.6 years
Lowest 10
- 185. Central African Republic 44.7 years
- 184. Lesotho 47.9 years
- 183. Somalia, Fed. Rep. 48.6 years
- 182. Eswatini 51.1 years
- 181. Zimbabwe 52.5 years
- 180. Guyana 52.6 years
- 179. South Sudan 52.7 years
- 178. Mozambique 52.7 years
- 177. Guinea-Bissau 52.8 years
- 176. Chad 52.8 years
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 185. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
In short
- Among the 185 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is Singapore (72.9 years) and the lowest Central African Republic (44.7 years).
- Half of the countries are above 63.8 years and half below.
- From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 159 countries and fell in 22.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 72.9 years | 2023 | |
| 2 | Japan | 72.2 years | 2023 | |
| 3 | South Korea | 72.0 years | 2023 | |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 71.4 years | 2023 | |
| 5 | Italy | 71.2 years | 2023 | |
| 6 | Spain | 71.2 years | 2023 | |
| 7 | Switzerland | 71.2 years | 2023 | |
| 8 | Israel | 71.0 years | 2023 | |
| 9 | Malta | 70.8 years | 2023 | |
| 10 | Sweden | 70.6 years | 2023 | |
| 11 | Norway | 70.4 years | 2023 | |
| 12 | Cyprus | 70.3 years | 2023 | |
| 13 | Denmark | 70.3 years | 2023 | |
| 14 | Ireland | 70.2 years | 2023 | |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 70.2 years | 2023 | |
| 16 | France | 70.0 years | 2023 | |
| 17 | Austria | 69.9 years | 2023 | |
| 18 | Belgium | 69.9 years | 2023 | |
| 19 | Greece | 69.8 years | 2023 | |
| 20 | Iceland | 69.8 years | 2023 | |
| 21 | Portugal | 69.8 years | 2023 | |
| 22 | Maldives | 69.6 years | 2023 | |
| 23 | Australia | 69.5 years | 2023 | |
| 24 | Kuwait | 69.5 years | 2023 | |
| 25 | Finland | 69.4 years | 2023 | |
| 26 | Qatar | 69.3 years | 2023 | |
| 27 | Slovenia | 69.2 years | 2023 | |
| 28 | Germany | 69.1 years | 2023 | |
| 29 | Chile | 69.0 years | 2023 | |
| 30 | Netherlands | 68.8 years | 2023 | |
| 31 | Bahrain | 68.7 years | 2023 | |
| 32 | Jordan | 68.6 years | 2023 | |
| 33 | Albania | 68.3 years | 2023 | |
| 34 | Oman | 68.2 years | 2023 | |
| 35 | United Kingdom | 68.2 years | 2023 | |
| 36 | China | 68.0 years | 2023 | |
| 37 | Czechia | 68.0 years | 2023 | |
| 38 | New Zealand | 68.0 years | 2023 | |
| 39 | Canada | 67.9 years | 2023 | |
| 40 | Estonia | 67.8 years | 2023 | |
| 41 | Thailand | 67.8 years | 2023 | |
| 42 | Puerto Rico (US) | 67.5 years | 2023 | |
| 43 | Barbados | 67.4 years | 2023 | |
| 44 | Croatia | 67.3 years | 2023 | |
| 45 | Panama | 67.3 years | 2023 | |
| 46 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 67.2 years | 2023 | |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 67.1 years | 2023 | |
| 48 | Peru | 67.1 years | 2023 | |
| 49 | Slovakia | 67.1 years | 2023 | |
| 50 | Poland | 66.9 years | 2023 | |
| 51 | Antigua and Barbuda | 66.7 years | 2023 | |
| 52 | Brunei | 66.7 years | 2023 | |
| 53 | Colombia | 66.7 years | 2023 | |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 66.6 years | 2023 | |
| 55 | Algeria | 66.5 years | 2023 | |
| 56 | Ecuador | 66.5 years | 2023 | |
| 57 | North Macedonia | 66.5 years | 2023 | |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 66.5 years | 2023 | |
| 59 | Argentina | 66.4 years | 2023 | |
| 60 | Armenia | 66.4 years | 2023 | |
| 61 | Cuba | 66.2 years | 2023 | |
| 62 | Tunisia | 66.2 years | 2023 | |
| 63 | Uruguay | 66.2 years | 2023 | |
| 64 | Lithuania | 66.1 years | 2023 | |
| 65 | Seychelles | 66.1 years | 2023 | |
| 66 | Hungary | 66.0 years | 2023 | |
| 67 | Lebanon | 66.0 years | 2023 | |
| 68 | Romania | 66.0 years | 2023 | |
| 69 | Serbia | 66.0 years | 2023 | |
| 70 | Cabo Verde | 65.9 years | 2023 | |
| 71 | Iran | 65.6 years | 2023 | |
| 72 | Malaysia | 65.5 years | 2023 | |
| 73 | Viet Nam | 65.5 years | 2023 | |
| 74 | Bulgaria | 65.4 years | 2023 | |
| 75 | Nicaragua | 65.4 years | 2023 | |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 65.2 years | 2023 | |
| 77 | Latvia | 65.2 years | 2023 | |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 65.1 years | 2023 | |
| 79 | Türkiye | 65.1 years | 2023 | |
| 80 | Bhutan | 65.0 years | 2023 | |
| 81 | Montenegro | 65.0 years | 2023 | |
| 82 | Belarus | 64.6 years | 2023 | |
| 83 | Georgia | 64.6 years | 2023 | |
| 84 | Kazakhstan | 64.6 years | 2023 | |
| 85 | Morocco | 64.6 years | 2023 | |
| 86 | Tajikistan | 64.6 years | 2023 | |
| 87 | United States | 64.6 years | 2023 | |
| 88 | Uzbekistan | 64.6 years | 2023 | |
| 89 | Mongolia | 64.1 years | 2023 | |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 64.0 years | 2023 | |
| 91 | Bahamas | 63.8 years | 2023 | |
| 92 | Brazil | 63.8 years | 2023 | |
| 93 | Samoa | 63.8 years | 2023 | |
| 94 | Indonesia | 63.7 years | 2023 | |
| 95 | Mauritius | 63.6 years | 2023 | |
| 96 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 63.3 years | 2023 | |
| 97 | Tonga | 63.3 years | 2023 | |
| 98 | Mexico | 63.1 years | 2023 | |
| 99 | North Korea | 63.0 years | 2023 | |
| 100 | Bolivia | 62.8 years | 2023 | |
| 101 | El Salvador | 62.7 years | 2023 | |
| 102 | Grenada | 62.7 years | 2023 | |
| 103 | Jamaica | 62.7 years | 2023 | |
| 104 | Paraguay | 62.5 years | 2023 | |
| 105 | Bangladesh | 62.4 years | 2023 | |
| 106 | Iraq | 62.4 years | 2023 | |
| 107 | Cambodia | 62.3 years | 2023 | |
| 108 | Moldova | 62.3 years | 2023 | |
| 109 | Russia | 62.2 years | 2023 | |
| 110 | Nepal | 62.1 years | 2023 | |
| 111 | Philippines | 62.0 years | 2023 | |
| 112 | Honduras | 61.9 years | 2023 | |
| 113 | Saint Lucia | 61.9 years | 2023 | |
| 114 | Laos | 61.8 years | 2023 | |
| 115 | Venezuela | 61.8 years | 2023 | |
| 116 | Belize | 61.7 years | 2023 | |
| 117 | Egypt | 61.6 years | 2023 | |
| 118 | Ukraine | 61.6 years | 2023 | |
| 119 | Mauritania | 61.4 years | 2023 | |
| 120 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 61.4 years | 2023 | |
| 121 | Syria | 61.3 years | 2023 | |
| 122 | Suriname | 61.2 years | 2023 | |
| 123 | Timor-Leste | 60.8 years | 2023 | |
| 124 | Comoros | 60.7 years | 2023 | |
| 125 | India | 60.6 years | 2023 | |
| 126 | Myanmar | 60.6 years | 2023 | |
| 127 | Guatemala | 60.5 years | 2023 | |
| 128 | Turkmenistan | 60.5 years | 2023 | |
| 129 | Rwanda | 60.0 years | 2023 | |
| 130 | Trinidad and Tobago | 59.8 years | 2023 | |
| 131 | Ethiopia | 59.6 years | 2023 | |
| 132 | Senegal | 59.4 years | 2023 | |
| 133 | Fiji | 59.3 years | 2023 | |
| 134 | Tanzania | 59.2 years | 2023 | |
| 135 | Vanuatu | 59.1 years | 2023 | |
| 136 | Papua New Guinea | 59.0 years | 2023 | |
| 137 | Kenya | 58.9 years | 2023 | |
| 138 | Libya | 58.9 years | 2023 | |
| 139 | Ghana | 58.7 years | 2023 | |
| 140 | Djibouti | 58.4 years | 2023 | |
| 141 | Pakistan | 58.4 years | 2023 | |
| 142 | Botswana | 58.1 years | 2023 | |
| 143 | Uganda | 58.1 years | 2023 | |
| 144 | Yemen | 57.9 years | 2023 | |
| 145 | Sudan | 57.8 years | 2023 | |
| 146 | Gabon | 57.7 years | 2023 | |
| 147 | Gambia | 57.6 years | 2023 | |
| 148 | Micronesia | 57.5 years | 2023 | |
| 149 | Solomon Islands | 57.4 years | 2023 | |
| 150 | Namibia | 56.9 years | 2023 | |
| 151 | Burundi | 56.8 years | 2023 | |
| 152 | Benin | 56.4 years | 2023 | |
| 153 | Côte d'Ivoire | 56.4 years | 2023 | |
| 154 | Eritrea | 56.4 years | 2023 | |
| 155 | Madagascar | 56.4 years | 2023 | |
| 156 | South Africa | 56.2 years | 2023 | |
| 157 | Zambia | 56.2 years | 2023 | |
| 158 | Malawi | 56.0 years | 2023 | |
| 159 | Republic of the Congo | 55.9 years | 2023 | |
| 160 | Cameroon | 55.8 years | 2023 | |
| 161 | Togo | 55.8 years | 2023 | |
| 162 | Angola | 55.7 years | 2023 | |
| 163 | Burkina Faso | 55.5 years | 2023 | |
| 164 | Haiti | 55.2 years | 2023 | |
| 165 | Mali | 55.2 years | 2023 | |
| 166 | Equatorial Guinea | 55.0 years | 2023 | |
| 167 | Kiribati | 54.5 years | 2023 | |
| 168 | West Bank and Gaza | 54.3 years | 2023 | |
| 169 | Guinea | 54.2 years | 2023 | |
| 170 | Liberia | 54.2 years | 2023 | |
| 171 | Nigeria | 54.1 years | 2023 | |
| 172 | Sierra Leone | 53.6 years | 2023 | |
| 173 | Afghanistan | 53.3 years | 2023 | |
| 174 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 53.1 years | 2023 | |
| 175 | Niger | 53.1 years | 2023 | |
| 176 | Chad | 52.8 years | 2023 | |
| 177 | Guinea-Bissau | 52.8 years | 2023 | |
| 178 | Mozambique | 52.7 years | 2023 | |
| 179 | South Sudan | 52.7 years | 2023 | |
| 180 | Guyana | 52.6 years | 2023 | |
| 181 | Zimbabwe | 52.5 years | 2023 | |
| 182 | Eswatini | 51.1 years | 2023 | |
| 183 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 48.6 years | 2023 | |
| 184 | Lesotho | 47.9 years | 2023 | |
| 185 | Central African Republic | 44.7 years | 2023 |
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 2023, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2023 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by WHO; 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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