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Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2023

2023, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2023 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Monaco is highest, at 23.2143; Fiji is lowest, at 12.1260. The middle country reads 16.3916. Against 2022, 222 values changed (209 up, 13 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Age 65 · Data for 2023

HighestMonaco

23.2143

LowestFiji

12.1260

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2023, as published. UN DESA Population Division ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2023: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1MonacoMCOWestern Europe23.214325.049521.5599
2Hong KongHKGEastern Asia23.187225.210021.2132
3San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe22.638023.897621.2451
4JapanJPNEastern Asia22.492724.848419.9807
5GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe22.263623.953720.3973
6FranceFRAWestern Europe22.025923.776519.9993
7SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia21.870523.526920.0324
8AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand21.652822.930920.3153
9SpainESPSouthern Europe21.540823.401019.4758
10SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe21.511222.826920.0488
11French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia21.504523.479419.5770
12CanadaCANNorthern America21.477022.807320.0335
13AndorraANDSouthern Europe21.469623.175519.8108
14MaltaMLTSouthern Europe21.423623.346719.3647
15South KoreaKOREastern Asia21.316523.545918.6268
16ItalyITASouthern Europe21.310622.755519.6693
17LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe21.172322.583419.6189
18LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe20.962622.392019.3941
19SwedenSWENorthern Europe20.919622.233619.5451
20PortugalPRTSouthern Europe20.877422.518918.9712
21Puerto RicoPRICaribbean20.876422.918718.6130
22IsraelISRWestern Asia20.861521.930619.6474
23BermudaBMUNorthern America20.811923.365118.0083
24New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand20.774121.785419.7199
25IcelandISLNorthern Europe20.771021.730719.8179

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1Monaco23.2143
  2. 2Hong Kong23.1872
  3. 3San Marino22.6380
  4. 4Japan22.4927
  5. 5Gibraltar22.2636

Lowest

  1. 222Fiji12.1260
  2. 221Nigeria12.1420
  3. 220Chad12.2524
  4. 219Togo12.2890
  5. 218Nauru12.3274

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 16.3916. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (further years at 65)

    HighestHong Kong25.2100

    LowestNigeria12.2819

    Middle country: 17.8967

  • Men (further years at 65)

    HighestMonaco21.5599

    LowestFiji10.7864

    Middle country: 14.6981

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 209 · 13rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2023.

  • The position is ours

    UN DESA Population Division publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (2023). Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy-at-65/2023

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy at 65 in Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2023?

Monaco, at 23.2143, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2023 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2023?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2023 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-26, when it was read from the publisher.

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