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Life expectancy at birth (years) - Sex: both sexes

Name: Life expectancy at birth (years) - Sex: both sexes by country, 2021
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Life expectancy at birth (years) - Sex: both sexes league table
#	Country	Years	Region	Income
1	Japan	84.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
2	Singapore	83.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
3	Korea, Rep.	83.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
4	Switzerland	83.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	Australia	83.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
6	Norway	82.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
7	Luxembourg	82.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
8	Sweden	82.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	Spain	82.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
10	Iceland	82.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	New Zealand	82.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
12	Italy	82.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	France	81.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
14	Cyprus	81.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	Malta	81.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
16	Israel	81.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
17	Ireland	81.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Canada	81.6	North America	High income
19	Finland	81.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Belgium	81.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
21	Denmark	81.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Portugal	81.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	Netherlands	81.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
24	Austria	81	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	Germany	80.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
26	Slovenia	80.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
27	United Kingdom	80.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
28	Puerto Rico (US)	79.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
29	Greece	79.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
30	Chile	79	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
31	Kuwait	79	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
32	Costa Rica	78.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
33	United Arab Emirates	78.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
34	China	77.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
35	Panama	77.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
36	Sri Lanka	77.2	South Asia	Upper middle income
37	Estonia	77.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
38	Czechia	77.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
39	Brunei Darussalam	76.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
40	Antigua and Barbuda	76.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
41	Croatia	76.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
42	Barbados	76.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
43	Qatar	76.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
44	Saudi Arabia	76.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
45	Albania	76.4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
46	United States	76.4	North America	High income
47	Algeria	76	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
48	Jordan	75.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
49	Poland	75.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	Maldives	75.4	South Asia	Upper middle income
51	Thailand	75.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
52	Turkiye	75.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
53	Nicaragua	75	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
54	Uruguay	75	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
55	Bhutan	74.9	South Asia	Lower middle income
56	Bosnia and Herzegovina	74.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
57	Iran, Islamic Rep.	74.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
58	Montenegro	74.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
59	Argentina	74.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
60	Colombia	74.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
61	Slovak Republic	74.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
62	Hungary	74.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
63	Bahrain	74.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
64	Lebanon	74.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
65	Lithuania	74.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
66	Tunisia	74.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
67	Seychelles	74	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
68	Ecuador	74	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
69	Viet Nam	73.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
70	Cuba	73.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
71	West Bank and Gaza	73.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
72	Mauritius	73.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
73	Dominican Republic	73.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
74	Belize	73.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
75	Latvia	73.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
76	Cabo Verde	73.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
77	Belarus	73.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
78	Bangladesh	73.1	South Asia	Lower middle income
79	North Macedonia	73	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
80	Armenia	73	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
81	Azerbaijan	72.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
82	Malaysia	72.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
83	Serbia	72.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
84	Grenada	72.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
85	Romania	72.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
86	Tonga	72.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
87	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	72.6	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
88	Morocco	72.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
89	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	72.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
90	Oman	72.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
91	Syrian Arab Republic	72.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
92	Brazil	72.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
93	Uzbekistan	72.2	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
94	Kyrgyz Republic	72.2	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
95	Libya	72.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
96	Tajikistan	71.8	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
97	Trinidad and Tobago	71.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
98	Peru	71.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
99	El Salvador	71.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
100	Iraq	71.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
101	Bulgaria	71.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
102	Georgia	71.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
103	Venezuela, RB	71.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
104	Sao Tome and Principe	71.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
105	St. Lucia	71.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
106	Ukraine	70.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
107	Mexico	70.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
108	Bahamas, The	70.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
109	Kazakhstan	70.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
110	Samoa	70.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
111	Paraguay	70.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
112	Jamaica	70.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
113	Mongolia	70.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
114	Nepal	70	South Asia	Lower middle income
115	Russian Federation	70	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	Suriname	69.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
117	Moldova	69.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
118	Turkmenistan	69.1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
119	Egypt, Arab Rep.	69.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
120	Honduras	69	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
121	Cambodia	68.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
122	Mauritania	68.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
123	Guatemala	68.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
124	Indonesia	68.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
125	Lao PDR	68.2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
126	Timor-Leste	68	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
127	Myanmar	67.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
128	Ethiopia	67.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
129	Senegal	67.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
130	Sudan	67.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
131	Rwanda	67.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
132	Comoros	67.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
133	India	67.3	South Asia	Lower middle income
134	Tanzania	66.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
135	Kenya	66.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
136	Philippines	66.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
137	Vanuatu	66.3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
138	Ghana	66.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
139	Guyana	66.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
140	Pakistan	66	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
141	Uganda	66	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
142	Yemen, Rep.	65.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
143	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	65.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
144	Fiji	65.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
145	Papua New Guinea	65.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
146	Bolivia	65.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
147	Gabon	65.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
148	Djibouti	64.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
149	Solomon Islands	64.8	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
150	Gambia, The	64.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
151	Benin	64	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
152	Burundi	64	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
153	Togo	63.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
154	Eritrea	63.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
155	Cote d'Ivoire	63.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
156	Liberia	63.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
157	Nigeria	63.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
158	Congo, Rep.	63.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
159	Madagascar	62.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
160	Malawi	62.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
161	Haiti	62.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
162	Burkina Faso	62.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
163	Angola	62.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
164	Cameroon	61.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
165	Mali	61.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
166	Congo, Dem. Rep.	61.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
167	Equatorial Guinea	61.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
168	South Africa	61.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
169	Guinea	61.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
170	Botswana	61.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
171	Sierra Leone	61	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
172	Zambia	61	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
173	Kiribati	60.9	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
174	Namibia	60.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
175	Niger	60	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
176	Afghanistan	59.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
177	Chad	59.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
178	Guinea-Bissau	58.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
179	South Sudan	58.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
180	Zimbabwe	58.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
181	Mozambique	57.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
182	Eswatini	54.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
183	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	54	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
184	Central African Republic	52.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
185	Lesotho	51.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income

Life expectancy at birth (years) - Sex: both sexes