How many years women live on average. The difference from the male figure is one of the most asked-about indicators.
The ranking uses the latest available value for each country. For all of them that is 2024.
Top-20 · years
The scale does not start at zero — the values lie in a narrow range, and starting from zero the bars would be indistinguishable. The axis ticks are labeled.
| # | Year | Subregion | World rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Monaco
|
88.63 | 2024 | 1 | |
| 2 |
Hong Kong
|
88.22 | 2024 | 2 | |
| 3 |
San Marino
|
87.22 | 2024 | 3 | |
| 4 |
Japan
|
87.13 | 2024 | 4 | |
| 5 |
French Polynesia
|
86.62 | 2024 | 5 | |
| 6 |
South Korea
|
86.6 | 2024 | 6 | |
| 7 |
Spain
|
86.5 | 2024 | 7 | |
| 8 |
Liechtenstein
|
86.3 | 2024 | 8 | |
| 9 |
Andorra
|
86.24 | 2024 | 9 | |
| 10 |
Macao
|
86.2 | 2024 | 10 | |
| 11 |
Switzerland
|
86.2 | 2024 | 10 | |
| 12 |
Gibraltar
|
86.19 | 2024 | 12 | |
| 13 |
Italy
|
86 | 2024 | 13 | |
| 14 |
France
|
85.9 | 2024 | 14 | |
| 15 |
Bermuda
|
85.87 | 2024 | 15 | |
| 16 |
Singapore
|
85.6 | 2024 | 16 | |
| 17 |
Sweden
|
85.6 | 2024 | 16 | |
| 18 |
Luxembourg
|
85.5 | 2024 | 18 | |
| 19 |
Israel
|
85.4 | 2024 | 19 | |
| 20 |
Kuwait
|
85.4 | 2024 | 19 | |
| 21 |
Puerto Rico
|
85.38 | 2024 | 21 | |
| 22 |
Portugal
|
85.2 | 2024 | 22 | |
| 23 |
Australia
|
85.1 | 2024 | 23 | |
| 24 |
Finland
|
85 | 2024 | 24 | |
| 25 |
Slovenia
|
85 | 2024 | 24 | |
| 26 |
Faroe Islands
|
84.91 | 2024 | 26 | |
| 27 |
Malta
|
84.8 | 2024 | 27 | |
| 28 |
Norway
|
84.8 | 2024 | 27 | |
| 29 |
Ireland
|
84.7 | 2024 | 29 | |
| 30 |
Iceland
|
84.5 | 2024 | 30 | |
| 31 |
Belgium
|
84.4 | 2024 | 31 | |
| 32 |
Greece
|
84.4 | 2024 | 31 | |
| 33 |
United Arab Emirates
|
84.32 | 2024 | 33 | |
| 34 |
Austria
|
84.3 | 2024 | 34 | |
| 35 |
Canada
|
84.29 | 2024 | 35 | |
| 36 |
Denmark
|
84.2 | 2024 | 36 | |
| 37 |
United States Virgin Islands
|
84.1 | 2024 | 37 | |
| 38 |
Saint Martin
|
83.96 | 2024 | 38 | |
| 39 |
Cyprus
|
83.8 | 2024 | 39 | |
| 40 |
Estonia
|
83.7 | 2024 | 40 | |
| 41 |
New Zealand
|
83.7 | 2024 | 40 | |
| 42 |
Costa Rica
|
83.58 | 2024 | 42 | |
| 43 |
Qatar
|
83.48 | 2024 | 43 | |
| 44 |
Netherlands
|
83.4 | 2024 | 44 | |
| 45 |
United Kingdom
|
83.33 | 2024 | 45 | |
| 46 |
Channel Islands
|
83.3 | 2024 | 46 | |
| 47 |
Chile
|
83.23 | 2024 | 47 | |
| 48 |
Isle of Man
|
83.2 | 2024 | 48 | |
| 49 |
Germany
|
83.2 | 2024 | 49 | |
| 50 |
Cayman Islands
|
83 | 2024 | 50 | |
| 51 |
Czechia
|
83 | 2024 | 51 | |
| 52 |
Maldives
|
83 | 2024 | 51 | |
| 53 |
Panama
|
82.71 | 2024 | 53 | |
| 54 |
Poland
|
82.2 | 2024 | 54 | |
| 55 |
Bahrain
|
82.13 | 2024 | 55 | |
| 56 |
Oman
|
82.05 | 2024 | 56 | |
| 57 |
Uruguay
|
82.04 | 2024 | 57 | |
| 58 |
Croatia
|
81.9 | 2024 | 58 | |
| 59 |
Armenia
|
81.7 | 2024 | 59 | |
| 60 |
Slovakia
|
81.7 | 2024 | 59 | |
| 61 |
Lithuania
|
81.6 | 2024 | 61 | |
| 62 |
Albania
|
81.59 | 2024 | 62 | |
| 63 |
Guam
|
81.59 | 2024 | 63 | |
| 64 |
Latvia
|
81.5 | 2024 | 64 | |
| 65 |
New Caledonia
|
81.41 | 2024 | 65 | |
| 66 |
United States
|
81.4 | 2024 | 66 | |
| 67 |
Saudi Arabia
|
81.33 | 2024 | 67 | |
| 68 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
81.07 | 2024 | 68 | |
| 69 |
Thailand
|
80.98 | 2024 | 69 | |
| 70 |
China
|
80.97 | 2024 | 70 | |
| 71 |
Curaçao
|
80.96 | 2024 | 71 | |
| 72 |
Northern Mariana Islands
|
80.87 | 2024 | 72 | |
| 73 |
Sri Lanka
|
80.75 | 2024 | 73 | |
| 74 |
Seychelles
|
80.7 | 2024 | 74 | |
| 75 |
Cuba
|
80.68 | 2024 | 75 | |
| 76 |
Colombia
|
80.61 | 2024 | 76 | |
| 77 |
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
80.45 | 2024 | 77 | |
| 78 |
Antigua and Barbuda
|
80.45 | 2024 | 78 | |
| 79 |
Montenegro
|
80.4 | 2024 | 79 | |
| 80 |
Türkiye
|
80.34 | 2024 | 80 | |
| 81 |
Jordan
|
80.34 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 82 |
Ecuador
|
80.31 | 2024 | 82 | |
| 83 |
Peru
|
80.3 | 2024 | 83 | |
| 84 |
Romania
|
80.3 | 2024 | 83 | |
| 85 |
Kosovo
|
80.28 | 2024 | 85 | |
| 86 |
British Virgin Islands
|
80.19 | 2024 | 86 | |
| 87 |
Argentina
|
80.02 | 2024 | 87 | |
| 88 |
Hungary
|
79.9 | 2024 | 88 | |
| 89 |
Lebanon
|
79.86 | 2024 | 89 | |
| 90 |
Iran
|
79.81 | 2024 | 90 | |
| 91 |
Sint Maarten
|
79.66 | 2024 | 91 | |
| 92 |
Malaysia
|
79.52 | 2024 | 92 | |
| 93 |
Bulgaria
|
79.5 | 2024 | 93 | |
| 94 |
Ukraine
|
79.39 | 2024 | 94 | |
| 95 |
Vietnam
|
79.38 | 2024 | 95 | |
| 96 |
Cabo Verde
|
79.37 | 2024 | 96 | |
| 97 |
Tunisia
|
79.33 | 2024 | 97 | |
| 98 |
Georgia
|
79.23 | 2024 | 98 | |
| 99 |
Belarus
|
79.22 | 2024 | 99 | |
| 100 |
Brazil
|
79.15 | 2024 | 100 | |
| 101 |
Aruba
|
78.92 | 2024 | 101 | |
| 102 |
Russia
|
78.88 | 2024 | 102 | |
| 103 |
North Macedonia
|
78.86 | 2024 | 103 | |
| 104 |
Barbados
|
78.76 | 2024 | 104 | |
| 105 |
Kazakhstan
|
78.52 | 2024 | 105 | |
| 106 |
Grenada
|
78.5 | 2024 | 106 | |
| 107 |
Serbia
|
78.35 | 2024 | 107 | |
| 108 |
Bahamas
|
78.33 | 2024 | 108 | |
| 109 |
Mexico
|
78 | 2024 | 109 | |
| 110 |
Algeria
|
77.91 | 2024 | 110 | |
| 111 |
Morocco
|
77.78 | 2024 | 111 | |
| 112 |
Brunei Darussalam
|
77.73 | 2024 | 112 | |
| 113 |
Nicaragua
|
77.58 | 2024 | 113 | |
| 114 |
Mauritius
|
77.4 | 2024 | 114 | |
| 115 |
Azerbaijan
|
77.29 | 2024 | 115 | |
| 116 |
Dominican Republic
|
77.11 | 2024 | 116 | |
| 117 |
Mongolia
|
77.1 | 2024 | 117 | |
| 118 |
Paraguay
|
77.09 | 2024 | 118 | |
| 119 |
Suriname
|
76.98 | 2024 | 119 | |
| 120 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
76.83 | 2024 | 120 | |
| 121 |
Bangladesh
|
76.67 | 2024 | 121 | |
| 122 |
Belize
|
76.66 | 2024 | 122 | |
| 123 |
Venezuela
|
76.66 | 2024 | 123 | |
| 124 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
76.6 | 2024 | 124 | |
| 125 |
Tonga
|
76.54 | 2024 | 125 | |
| 126 |
El Salvador
|
76.49 | 2024 | 126 | |
| 127 |
Saint Lucia
|
76.45 | 2024 | 127 | |
| 128 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
76.16 | 2024 | 128 | |
| 129 |
American Samoa
|
75.99 | 2024 | 129 | |
| 130 |
North Korea
|
75.88 | 2024 | 130 | |
| 131 |
Moldova
|
75.67 | 2024 | 131 | |
| 132 |
Honduras
|
75.67 | 2024 | 132 | |
| 133 |
Uzbekistan
|
75.55 | 2024 | 133 | |
| 134 |
Bhutan
|
75.27 | 2024 | 134 | |
| 135 |
Guatemala
|
75.04 | 2024 | 135 | |
| 136 |
Syria
|
74.92 | 2024 | 136 | |
| 137 |
Dominica
|
74.72 | 2024 | 137 | |
| 138 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
74.48 | 2024 | 138 | |
| 139 |
Palestine
|
74.25 | 2024 | 139 | |
| 140 |
Iraq
|
74.18 | 2024 | 140 | |
| 141 |
Jamaica
|
74.15 | 2024 | 141 | |
| 142 |
Tajikistan
|
74.14 | 2024 | 142 | |
| 143 |
Vanuatu
|
74.11 | 2024 | 143 | |
| 144 |
Guyana
|
74.09 | 2024 | 144 | |
| 145 |
Egypt
|
74.01 | 2024 | 145 | |
| 146 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
73.91 | 2024 | 146 | |
| 147 |
India
|
73.86 | 2024 | 147 | |
| 148 |
Samoa
|
73.82 | 2024 | 148 | |
| 149 |
Indonesia
|
73.43 | 2024 | 149 | |
| 150 |
Cambodia
|
73.36 | 2024 | 150 | |
| 151 |
Turkmenistan
|
73.01 | 2024 | 151 | |
| 152 |
Philippines
|
72.96 | 2024 | 152 | |
| 153 |
Libya
|
72.68 | 2024 | 153 | |
| 154 |
Greenland
|
72.23 | 2024 | 154 | |
| 155 |
Solomon Islands
|
72.18 | 2024 | 155 | |
| 156 |
Nepal
|
72.14 | 2024 | 156 | |
| 157 |
Palau
|
71.94 | 2024 | 157 | |
| 158 |
Botswana
|
71.85 | 2024 | 158 | |
| 159 |
Yemen
|
71.55 | 2024 | 159 | |
| 160 |
Laos
|
71.53 | 2024 | 160 | |
| 161 |
Namibia
|
71.48 | 2024 | 161 | |
| 162 |
Uganda
|
71.37 | 2024 | 162 | |
| 163 |
Bolivia
|
71.32 | 2024 | 163 | |
| 164 |
Micronesia
|
71.28 | 2024 | 164 | |
| 165 |
Gabon
|
71.24 | 2024 | 165 | |
| 166 |
Ethiopia
|
71.02 | 2024 | 166 | |
| 167 |
Senegal
|
71.01 | 2024 | 167 | |
| 168 |
Eritrea
|
70.94 | 2024 | 168 | |
| 169 |
Tuvalu
|
70.86 | 2024 | 169 | |
| 170 |
Malawi
|
70.77 | 2024 | 170 | |
| 171 |
Mauritania
|
70.73 | 2024 | 171 | |
| 172 |
Myanmar
|
70.38 | 2024 | 172 | |
| 173 |
Pakistan
|
70.32 | 2024 | 173 | |
| 174 |
Rwanda
|
70.14 | 2024 | 174 | |
| 175 |
Tanzania
|
70 | 2024 | 175 | |
| 176 |
Sudan
|
69.83 | 2024 | 176 | |
| 177 |
South Africa
|
69.79 | 2024 | 177 | |
| 178 |
Timor-Leste
|
69.67 | 2024 | 178 | |
| 179 |
Fiji
|
69.54 | 2024 | 179 | |
| 180 |
Marshall Islands
|
69.48 | 2024 | 180 | |
| 181 |
Papua New Guinea
|
69.21 | 2024 | 181 | |
| 182 |
Comoros
|
69.2 | 2024 | 182 | |
| 183 |
Zambia
|
68.87 | 2024 | 183 | |
| 184 |
Djibouti
|
68.74 | 2024 | 184 | |
| 185 |
Haiti
|
68.49 | 2024 | 185 | |
| 186 |
Kiribati
|
68.32 | 2024 | 186 | |
| 187 |
Ghana
|
68.16 | 2024 | 187 | |
| 188 |
Afghanistan
|
67.81 | 2024 | 188 | |
| 189 |
Gambia
|
67.75 | 2024 | 189 | |
| 190 |
Republic of the Congo
|
67.72 | 2024 | 190 | |
| 191 |
Angola
|
67.34 | 2024 | 191 | |
| 192 |
Eswatini
|
67.11 | 2024 | 192 | |
| 193 |
Mozambique
|
66.74 | 2024 | 193 | |
| 194 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
66.55 | 2024 | 194 | |
| 195 |
Cameroon
|
66.23 | 2024 | 195 | |
| 196 |
Kenya
|
66.12 | 2024 | 196 | |
| 197 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
65.89 | 2024 | 197 | |
| 198 |
Burundi
|
65.88 | 2024 | 198 | |
| 199 |
Madagascar
|
65.6 | 2024 | 199 | |
| 200 |
Zimbabwe
|
65.31 | 2024 | 200 | |
| 201 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
64.31 | 2024 | 201 | |
| 202 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
64.23 | 2024 | 202 | |
| 203 |
Nauru
|
64.19 | 2024 | 203 | |
| 204 |
Sierra Leone
|
63.7 | 2024 | 204 | |
| 205 |
Liberia
|
63.63 | 2024 | 205 | |
| 206 |
Burkina Faso
|
63.43 | 2024 | 206 | |
| 207 |
Togo
|
63.15 | 2024 | 207 | |
| 208 |
Benin
|
62.42 | 2024 | 208 | |
| 209 |
Niger
|
62.41 | 2024 | 209 | |
| 210 |
Mali
|
62.15 | 2024 | 210 | |
| 211 |
Guinea
|
62.09 | 2024 | 211 | |
| 212 |
Somalia
|
61.55 | 2024 | 212 | |
| 213 |
South Sudan
|
60.75 | 2024 | 213 | |
| 214 |
Lesotho
|
60.44 | 2024 | 214 | |
| 215 |
Central African Republic
|
59.56 | 2024 | 215 | |
| 216 |
Chad
|
57.19 | 2024 | 216 | |
| 217 |
Nigeria
|
54.94 | 2024 | 217 |
Life expectancy at birth for women. The female advantage holds almost everywhere and is explained by both biology and behavior: men die more often from external causes, smoke and drink more, and turn to doctors less. Where maternal mortality is high the advantage narrows — the only factor that works in the opposite direction.
Important: The aggregate is weighted by the female population rather than by the whole population. The difference from male life expectancy is the gap that is usually asked about.
How many years men live on average. Almost everywhere less than women.
Demography 1960–2024 Life expectancy at birthLife expectancy at birth — how many years a newborn will live on average.
Mortality 1960–2024 Adult mortality rate, femaleHow many women out of a thousand fifteen-year-olds will not live to sixty.
Mortality 1985–2023 Maternal mortality ratioThe number of deaths of women from causes related to pregnancy per 100,000 live births.