Data for 2017

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2017

Name: Life Expectancy at Birth, 2017
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

Figures for 2017, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2017 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 85.8784; South Sudan is lowest, at 35.3511. The middle country reads 74.0290. Against 2016, 222 values changed (182 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 2017

HighestMonaco

85.8784

LowestSouth Sudan

35.3511

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

222countries
1measure
2017the 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	85.8784
2	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	84.9326
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	84.6625
4	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	84.3595
5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	84.1891
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	83.4140
7	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	83.2784
8	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	83.1110
9	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	83.0947
10	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	83.0891
11	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	83.0779
12	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	82.9862
13	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	82.8576
14	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	82.7741
15	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	82.7263
16	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	82.7189
17	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	82.7184
18	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	82.6993
19	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	82.6242
20	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	82.4583
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	82.4385
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	82.4377
23	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	82.3884
24	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	82.2410
25	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	82.1032
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	81.9195
27	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	81.7366
28	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	81.6605
29	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	81.6387
30	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	81.6053
31	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	81.5431
32	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	81.4967
33	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	81.3624
34	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	81.1640
35	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	81.1116
36	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	81.0892
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	80.9614
38	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80.9371
39	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	80.6861
40	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	80.6163
41	Chile`CHL`South America	80.6096
42	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	80.5064
43	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	80.4067
44	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	80.0610
45	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	79.9944
46	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	79.7483
47	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	79.7314
48	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	79.6943
49	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	79.2278
50	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	79.0700
51	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	78.9260
52	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	78.9003
53	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	78.7621
54	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	78.7213
55	United States`USA`Northern America	78.6483
56	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	78.6149
57	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	78.1922
58	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	78.1814
59	Panama`PAN`Central America	77.9011
60	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	77.7264
61	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	77.7155
62	Uruguay`URY`South America	77.6180
63	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	77.5051
64	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	77.5036
65	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	77.4704
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	77.3855
67	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	77.3003
68	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	77.2353
69	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	77.2200
70	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	77.1738
71	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	77.1052
72	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	77.0372
73	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	77.0296
74	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	76.9888
75	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	76.5929
76	Argentina`ARG`South America	76.5434
77	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	76.4631
78	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	76.4226
79	Colombia`COL`South America	76.4178
80	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	76.3963
81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	76.2386
82	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	76.2365
83	Ecuador`ECU`South America	76.2197
84	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	76.1524
85	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	76.0708
86	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	76.0070
87	Peru`PER`South America	75.9576
88	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	75.7921
89	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	75.7015
90	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	75.6699
91	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	75.6203
92	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	75.5420
93	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	75.4551
94	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	75.4313
95	Brazil`BRA`South America	75.3835
96	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	75.3312
97	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	75.2159
98	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	75.1768
99	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	75.0240
100	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	75.0236
101	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	74.9766
102	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	74.9429
103	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	74.8005
104	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	74.7977
105	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	74.7441
106	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	74.7103
107	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	74.3721
108	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	74.3618
109	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	74.3162
110	Mexico`MEX`Central America	74.2609
111	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	74.0314
112	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	74.0265
113	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	73.9935
114	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	73.6079
115	Paraguay`PRY`South America	73.4495
116	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	73.4347
117	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	73.3892
118	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	73.3702
119	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	73.0344
120	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	72.9955
121	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	72.9844
122	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	72.8450
123	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	72.8009
124	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	72.7210
125	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	72.6943
126	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	72.5218
127	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	72.2319
128	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	72.0657
129	Belize`BLZ`Central America	72.0620
130	Venezuela`VEN`South America	71.9026
131	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	71.8789
132	Honduras`HND`Central America	71.8046
133	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	71.7372
134	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	71.6056
135	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	71.5829
136	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.4127
137	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	71.2840
138	Suriname`SUR`South America	71.2474
139	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	71.0126
140	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	71.0074
141	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	70.9910
142	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	70.7086
143	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	70.5241
144	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	70.5031
145	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	70.4996
146	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	70.3861
147	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	70.3750
148	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	70.1709
149	India`IND`Southern Asia	70.0676
150	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	69.9661
151	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	69.9533
152	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	69.8424
153	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	69.7878
154	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	69.6517
155	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	69.1900
156	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	69.0189
157	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	68.9833
158	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	68.7398
159	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	68.6199
160	Guyana`GUY`South America	68.5431
161	Bolivia`BOL`South America	67.5357
162	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	67.3452
163	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	67.1198
164	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	67.0885
165	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	67.0741
166	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	67.0596
167	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	67.0589
168	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	66.8163
169	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	66.6115
170	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	66.2233
171	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	66.1404
172	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	65.9086
173	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	65.8982
174	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	65.7871
175	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	65.7612
176	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	65.6826
177	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	65.6731
178	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	65.6508
179	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	65.4222
180	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	65.4203
181	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	65.1738
182	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	65.1464
183	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	65.1272
184	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	64.9631
185	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	64.9229
186	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	64.7659
187	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.2028
188	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	63.9145
189	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	63.8323
190	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	63.8290
191	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	63.7100
192	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	63.7076
193	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	63.4328
194	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	62.7248
195	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	62.4062
196	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	62.1221
197	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	61.6610
198	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	61.5644
199	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	61.4808
200	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	61.3452
201	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	61.1484
202	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	61.1011
203	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	60.8174
204	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	60.7767
205	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	60.2626
206	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	60.1484
207	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	60.1450
208	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	59.5775
209	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	59.5278
210	Niger`NER`Western Africa	59.5239
211	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	59.4952
212	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	59.3151
213	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	58.7151
214	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	58.5620
215	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	57.7610
216	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	57.5742
217	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	53.8737
218	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	52.3971
219	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	52.1901
220	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	51.8747
221	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	45.2315
222	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	35.3511

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Monaco85.8784
2San Marino84.9326
3Hong Kong84.6625
4Andorra84.3595
5Japan84.1891

Lowest

222South Sudan35.3511
221Central African Republic45.2315
220Chad51.8747
219Somalia52.1901
218Nigeria52.3971

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 74.0290. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
182 · 40rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Eswatini56.2284 → 57.5742+1.3458
Iraq68.6834 → 69.7878+1.1044
Botswana64.3199 → 65.4203+1.1004
Lesotho52.9078 → 53.8737+0.9659
Russia71.9101 → 72.8450+0.9349

Fell most

Central African Republic50.9988 → 45.2315−5.7673
Somalia55.2828 → 52.1901−3.0927
Dominica71.1889 → 68.6199−2.5690
South Sudan36.7200 → 35.3511−1.3689
Puerto Rico80.3547 → 79.0700−1.2847

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.

04Caveats

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Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (2017). Life Expectancy at Birth, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/2017

0674 held

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