Indicator field guide / SP.DYN.LE00.IN
Life expectancy
Period life expectancy at birth describes how long a newborn would live if current age-specific mortality rates persisted. It is not healthy life expectancy or a prediction of an individual lifespan.
Unit: years. Original provider definition and metadata ↗
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Covered economies, 2023
| Economy | Value |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 66.0 years |
| Albania | 79.6 years |
| Algeria | 76.3 years |
| Andorra | 84.0 years |
| Angola | 64.6 years |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 77.6 years |
| Argentina | 77.4 years |
| Armenia | 77.5 years |
| Aruba | 76.4 years |
| Australia | 83.1 years |
| Austria | 81.8 years |
| Azerbaijan | 74.4 years |
| Bahamas, The | 74.6 years |
| Bahrain | 81.3 years |
| Bangladesh | 74.7 years |
| Barbados | 76.2 years |
| Belarus | 74.2 years |
| Belgium | 82.4 years |
| Belize | 73.6 years |
| Benin | 60.8 years |
| Bermuda | 82.3 years |
| Bhutan | 73.0 years |
| Bolivia | 68.6 years |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77.8 years |
| Botswana | 69.2 years |
| Brazil | 75.8 years |
| Brunei Darussalam | 75.3 years |
| Bulgaria | 75.8 years |
| Burkina Faso | 61.1 years |
| Burundi | 63.7 years |
| Cabo Verde | 76.1 years |
| Cambodia | 70.7 years |
| Cameroon | 63.7 years |
| Canada | 81.6 years |
| Cayman Islands | 80.4 years |
| Central African Republic | 57.4 years |
| Chad | 55.1 years |
| Chile | 81.2 years |
| China | 78.0 years |
| Colombia | 77.7 years |
| Comoros | 66.8 years |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 61.9 years |
| Congo, Rep. | 65.8 years |
| Costa Rica | 80.8 years |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 61.9 years |
| Croatia | 78.5 years |
| Curacao | 76.8 years |
| Cyprus | 81.6 years |
| Czechia | 79.8 years |
| Denmark | 81.8 years |
| Djibouti | 66.0 years |
| Dominica | 71.1 years |
| Dominican Republic | 73.7 years |
| Ecuador | 77.4 years |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 71.6 years |
| El Salvador | 72.1 years |
| Equatorial Guinea | 63.7 years |
| Estonia | 78.8 years |
| Eswatini | 64.1 years |
| Ethiopia | 67.3 years |
| Faroe Islands | 83.0 years |
| Fiji | 67.3 years |
| Finland | 81.6 years |
| France | 82.8 years |
| Gabon | 68.3 years |
| Gambia, The | 65.9 years |
| Georgia | 74.5 years |
| Germany | 81.0 years |
| Ghana | 65.5 years |
| Greece | 81.7 years |
| Greenland | 71.0 years |
| Grenada | 75.2 years |
| Guatemala | 72.6 years |
| Guinea | 60.7 years |
| Guinea-Bissau | 64.1 years |
| Guyana | 70.2 years |
| Haiti | 64.9 years |
| Honduras | 72.9 years |
| Hong Kong SAR, China | 85.2 years |
| Hungary | 76.6 years |
| Iceland | 82.5 years |
| India | 72.0 years |
| Indonesia | 71.1 years |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 77.7 years |
| Iraq | 72.3 years |
| Ireland | 82.8 years |
| Israel | 83.2 years |
| Italy | 83.4 years |
| Jamaica | 71.5 years |
| Japan | 84.0 years |
| Jordan | 77.8 years |
| Kazakhstan | 74.4 years |
| Kenya | 63.6 years |
| Kiribati | 66.5 years |
| Korea, Rep. | 83.4 years |
| Kosovo | 78.0 years |
| Kuwait | 83.2 years |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 72.2 years |
| Lao PDR | 69.0 years |
| Latvia | 75.4 years |
| Lebanon | 77.8 years |
| Lesotho | 57.4 years |
| Liberia | 62.2 years |
| Libya | 69.3 years |
| Lithuania | 77.3 years |
| Luxembourg | 83.3 years |
| Macao SAR, China | 83.2 years |
| Madagascar | 63.6 years |
| Malawi | 67.4 years |
| Malaysia | 76.7 years |
| Maldives | 81.0 years |
| Mali | 60.4 years |
| Malta | 83.4 years |
| Marshall Islands | 66.9 years |
| Mauritania | 68.5 years |
| Mauritius | 73.4 years |
| Mexico | 75.1 years |
| Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 67.2 years |
| Moldova | 71.2 years |
| Mongolia | 72.1 years |
| Montenegro | 77.6 years |
| Morocco | 75.3 years |
| Mozambique | 63.6 years |
| Myanmar | 66.9 years |
| Namibia | 67.4 years |
| Naoero | 62.1 years |
| Nepal | 70.4 years |
| Netherlands | 81.9 years |
| New Zealand | 81.8 years |
| Nicaragua | 74.9 years |
| Niger | 61.2 years |
| Nigeria | 54.5 years |
| North Macedonia | 75.3 years |
| Norway | 83.0 years |
| Oman | 80.0 years |
| Pakistan | 67.6 years |
| Palau | 69.3 years |
| Panama | 79.6 years |
| Papua New Guinea | 66.1 years |
| Paraguay | 73.8 years |
| Peru | 77.7 years |
| Philippines | 69.8 years |
| Poland | 78.3 years |
| Portugal | 82.3 years |
| Puerto Rico (US) | 81.7 years |
| Qatar | 82.4 years |
| Romania | 76.4 years |
| Russian Federation | 73.3 years |
| Rwanda | 67.8 years |
| Samoa | 71.7 years |
| San Marino | 85.7 years |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 69.7 years |
| Saudi Arabia | 78.7 years |
| Senegal | 68.7 years |
| Serbia | 76.1 years |
| Seychelles | 75.4 years |
| Sierra Leone | 61.8 years |
| Singapore | 83.1 years |
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 76.4 years |
| Slovak Republic | 78.1 years |
| Slovenia | 81.9 years |
| Solomon Islands | 70.5 years |
| Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 58.8 years |
| South Africa | 66.1 years |
| Spain | 83.9 years |
| Sri Lanka | 77.5 years |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 72.1 years |
| St. Lucia | 72.7 years |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.2 years |
| Sudan | 66.3 years |
| Suriname | 73.6 years |
| Sweden | 83.3 years |
| Switzerland | 84.2 years |
| Tajikistan | 71.8 years |
| Tanzania | 67.0 years |
| Thailand | 76.4 years |
| Timor-Leste | 67.7 years |
| Togo | 62.7 years |
| Tonga | 72.9 years |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 73.5 years |
| Tunisia | 76.5 years |
| Turkiye | 77.2 years |
| Turkmenistan | 70.1 years |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 78.0 years |
| Tuvalu | 67.1 years |
| Uganda | 68.3 years |
| Ukraine | 73.4 years |
| United Arab Emirates | 82.9 years |
| United Kingdom | 81.2 years |
| United States | 78.4 years |
| Uruguay | 78.1 years |
| Uzbekistan | 72.4 years |
| Vanuatu | 71.5 years |
| Viet Nam | 74.6 years |
| West Bank and Gaza | 65.2 years |
| Zambia | 66.3 years |
| Zimbabwe | 62.8 years |
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