Data for 2016

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2016

Name: Life Expectancy at Birth, 2016
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

Figures for 2016, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2016 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 85.630; South Sudan is lowest, at 36.720. The middle country reads 74.013. Against 2015, 222 values changed (191 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 2016

HighestMonaco

85.630

LowestSouth Sudan

36.720

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

222countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
222distinct values4 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Life Expectancy at Birth, 2016, 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.

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Life Expectancy at Birth, 2016: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	85.630
2	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	84.775
3	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	84.489
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	84.380
5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	84.057
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	83.446
7	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	83.046
8	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	83.020
9	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	83.000
10	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	82.920
11	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	82.897
12	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	82.895
13	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	82.876
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	82.801
15	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	82.741
16	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	82.657
17	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	82.612
18	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	82.555
19	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	82.415
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	82.401
21	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	82.339
22	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	82.195
23	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	82.147
24	Canada`CAN`Northern America	82.030
25	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	82.003
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	81.829
27	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	81.684
28	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	81.620
29	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	81.592
30	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	81.555
31	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	81.534
32	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	81.364
33	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	81.303
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	81.269
35	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	81.265
36	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	81.068
37	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	80.881
38	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80.837
39	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	80.512
40	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	80.476
41	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	80.407
42	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	80.391
43	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	80.355
44	Chile`CHL`South America	80.295
45	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	79.988
46	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	79.885
47	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	79.700
48	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	79.581
49	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	79.575
50	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	79.516
51	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	78.974
52	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	78.913
53	United States`USA`Northern America	78.686
54	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	78.643
55	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	78.367
56	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	78.354
57	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	78.306
58	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	77.876
59	Panama`PAN`Central America	77.772
60	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	77.763
61	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	77.640
62	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	77.629
63	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	77.571
64	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	77.437
65	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	77.392
66	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	77.359
67	Uruguay`URY`South America	77.351
68	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	77.216
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	77.214
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	77.124
71	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	76.968
72	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	76.769
73	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	76.748
74	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	76.624
75	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	76.595
76	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	76.565
77	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	76.449
78	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	76.322
79	Colombia`COL`South America	76.229
80	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	76.168
81	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	76.157
82	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	76.155
83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	76.136
84	Argentina`ARG`South America	76.105
85	Ecuador`ECU`South America	76.094
86	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	75.952
87	Peru`PER`South America	75.951
88	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	75.738
89	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	75.571
90	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	75.550
91	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	75.540
92	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	75.371
93	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	75.310
94	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	75.228
95	Brazil`BRA`South America	75.081
96	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	75.021
97	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	75.010
98	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	75.007
99	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	74.917
100	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	74.905
101	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	74.850
102	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	74.827
103	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	74.820
104	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	74.757
105	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	74.494
106	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	74.424
107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	74.376
108	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	74.350
109	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	74.165
110	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	74.153
111	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	74.042
112	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	73.984
113	Paraguay`PRY`South America	73.487
114	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	73.389
115	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	73.228
116	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	73.180
117	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	73.136
118	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	72.971
119	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	72.935
120	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	72.889
121	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	72.640
122	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	72.568
123	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	72.552
124	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	72.549
125	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	72.246
126	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	72.052
127	Venezuela`VEN`South America	72.002
128	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	71.951
129	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	71.910
130	Belize`BLZ`Central America	71.843
131	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	71.799
132	Honduras`HND`Central America	71.615
133	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	71.580
134	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	71.227
135	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	71.215
136	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	71.189
137	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.119
138	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	71.075
139	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	71.003
140	Suriname`SUR`South America	70.979
141	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	70.908
142	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	70.700
143	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	70.437
144	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	70.398
145	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	70.387
146	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	70.179
147	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	69.982
148	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	69.910
149	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	69.736
150	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	69.733
151	India`IND`Southern Asia	69.709
152	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	69.635
153	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	69.501
154	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	69.490
155	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	69.142
156	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	69.046
157	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	68.796
158	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	68.683
159	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	68.444
160	Guyana`GUY`South America	68.069
161	Bolivia`BOL`South America	67.393
162	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	67.105
163	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	67.014
164	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	66.824
165	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	66.724
166	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	66.657
167	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	66.583
168	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	66.563
169	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	66.242
170	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	65.943
171	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	65.799
172	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	65.733
173	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	65.640
174	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	65.610
175	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	65.576
176	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	65.510
177	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	65.477
178	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	65.190
179	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	64.792
180	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	64.750
181	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	64.700
182	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	64.677
183	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	64.494
184	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	64.404
185	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	64.320
186	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	64.162
187	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	63.911
188	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	63.522
189	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	63.431
190	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	63.386
191	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	63.335
192	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	63.325
193	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	63.163
194	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	62.646
195	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	62.526
196	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	61.619
197	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	61.129
198	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	61.081
199	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	60.996
200	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	60.810
201	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	60.789
202	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	60.619
203	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	60.483
204	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	60.293
205	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	59.760
206	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	59.677
207	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	59.455
208	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	59.283
209	Niger`NER`Western Africa	59.228
210	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	59.173
211	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	59.081
212	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	58.814
213	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	58.490
214	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	58.286
215	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	56.937
216	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	56.228
217	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	55.283
218	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	52.908
219	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	52.189
220	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	51.603
221	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	50.999
222	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	36.720

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Monaco85.630
2San Marino84.775
3Andorra84.489
4Hong Kong84.380
5Japan84.057

Lowest

222South Sudan36.720
221Central African Republic50.999
220Chad51.603
219Nigeria52.189
218Lesotho52.908

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 74.013. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
191 · 31rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Syria63.265 → 65.190+1.925
Sierra Leone55.454 → 56.937+1.483
Eswatini54.941 → 56.228+1.288
Liberia59.248 → 60.483+1.235
Dominica69.968 → 71.189+1.221

Fell most

South Sudan39.757 → 36.720−3.037
Iraq69.977 → 68.683−1.294
Venezuela73.004 → 72.002−1.002
Central African Republic51.934 → 50.999−0.935
Argentina76.600 → 76.105−0.495

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

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UN DESA Population Division (2016). Life Expectancy at Birth, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/2016

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