Data for 2018

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2018

Name: Life Expectancy at Birth, 2018
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

Figures for 2018, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2018 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 86.084; South Sudan is lowest, at 51.905. The middle country reads 74.081. Against 2017, 222 values changed (197 up, 25 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 2018

HighestMonaco

86.084

LowestSouth Sudan

51.905

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

222countries
1measure
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	86.084
2	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	85.095
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	84.987
4	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	84.289
5	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	84.242
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	83.564
7	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	83.396
8	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	83.378
9	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	83.340
10	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	83.313
11	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	83.269
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	83.258
13	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	83.184
14	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	83.096
15	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	83.028
16	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	82.985
17	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	82.918
18	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	82.908
19	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	82.760
20	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	82.714
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	82.568
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	82.532
23	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	82.453
24	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	82.449
25	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	82.123
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	81.925
27	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	81.884
28	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	81.781
29	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	81.686
30	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	81.627
31	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	81.592
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	81.556
33	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	81.519
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	81.495
35	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	81.481
36	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	81.123
37	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	81.086
38	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	80.991
39	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	80.986
40	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80.875
41	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	80.861
42	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	80.614
43	Chile`CHL`South America	80.559
44	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	80.431
45	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	80.412
46	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	80.090
47	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	80.029
48	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	79.899
49	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	79.864
50	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	79.812
51	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	79.433
52	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	79.238
53	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	78.961
54	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	78.836
55	United States`USA`Northern America	78.800
56	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	78.750
57	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	78.334
58	Panama`PAN`Central America	78.266
59	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	78.263
60	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	78.236
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	77.943
62	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	77.865
63	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	77.709
64	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	77.623
65	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	77.596
66	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	77.557
67	Uruguay`URY`South America	77.527
68	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	77.510
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	77.454
70	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	77.426
71	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	77.265
72	Ecuador`ECU`South America	77.248
73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	77.190
74	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	77.133
75	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	77.117
76	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	76.922
77	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	76.884
78	Argentina`ARG`South America	76.770
79	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	76.728
80	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	76.621
81	Colombia`COL`South America	76.579
82	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	76.561
83	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	76.493
84	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	76.491
85	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	76.485
86	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	76.378
87	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	76.205
88	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	76.036
89	Peru`PER`South America	76.018
90	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	75.909
91	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	75.880
92	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	75.734
93	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	75.693
94	Brazil`BRA`South America	75.634
95	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	75.555
96	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	75.456
97	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	75.380
98	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	75.370
99	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	75.103
100	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	74.992
101	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	74.979
102	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	74.978
103	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	74.957
104	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	74.933
105	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	74.840
106	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	74.682
107	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	74.491
108	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	74.441
109	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	74.334
110	Mexico`MEX`Central America	74.301
111	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	74.100
112	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	74.062
113	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	73.985
114	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	73.946
115	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	73.879
116	Paraguay`PRY`South America	73.627
117	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	73.569
118	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	73.555
119	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	73.369
120	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	73.151
121	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	73.020
122	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	73.016
123	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	72.936
124	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	72.794
125	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	72.658
126	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	72.655
127	Venezuela`VEN`South America	72.642
128	Belize`BLZ`Central America	72.322
129	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	72.176
130	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	72.169
131	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	72.122
132	Honduras`HND`Central America	72.001
133	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	71.999
134	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	71.711
135	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	71.606
136	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	71.496
137	Suriname`SUR`South America	71.468
138	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	71.384
139	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	71.378
140	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	71.336
141	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	71.116
142	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	71.052
143	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	71.017
144	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	70.974
145	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	70.737
146	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	70.668
147	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	70.626
148	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	70.574
149	India`IND`Southern Asia	70.415
150	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	70.354
151	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	70.236
152	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	70.080
153	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	69.994
154	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	69.806
155	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	69.762
156	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	69.272
157	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	69.136
158	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	69.036
159	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	68.989
160	Guyana`GUY`South America	68.829
161	Bolivia`BOL`South America	67.699
162	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	67.602
163	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	67.594
164	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	67.420
165	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	67.379
166	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	67.371
167	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	67.043
168	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	66.979
169	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	66.965
170	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	66.481
171	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	66.371
172	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	66.354
173	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	66.232
174	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	66.204
175	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	65.943
176	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	65.915
177	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	65.871
178	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	65.870
179	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	65.807
180	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	65.775
181	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	65.726
182	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	65.501
183	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	65.488
184	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	65.401
185	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	65.257
186	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	65.114
187	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.472
188	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	64.464
189	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	64.138
190	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	64.105
191	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	64.077
192	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	64.034
193	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	63.491
194	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	62.825
195	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	62.622
196	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	62.579
197	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	62.443
198	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	62.138
199	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	61.915
200	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	61.807
201	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	61.652
202	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	61.238
203	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	61.189
204	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	61.000
205	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	60.906
206	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	60.790
207	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	60.608
208	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	59.972
209	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	59.927
210	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	59.795
211	Niger`NER`Western Africa	59.765
212	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	59.710
213	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	59.059
214	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	59.043
215	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	58.873
216	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	58.707
217	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	54.767
218	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	54.638
219	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	52.669
220	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	52.447
221	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	52.297
222	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	51.905

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Monaco86.084
2San Marino85.095
3Hong Kong84.987
4Japan84.289
5Andorra84.242

Lowest

222South Sudan51.905
221Central African Republic52.297
220Chad52.447
219Nigeria52.669
218Lesotho54.638

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 74.081. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
197 · 25rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

South Sudan35.351 → 51.905+16.554
Central African Republic45.232 → 52.297+7.066
Dominica68.620 → 71.378+2.758
Somalia52.190 → 54.767+2.577
Puerto Rico79.070 → 81.086+2.016

Fell most

Yemen67.120 → 65.915−1.204
Mauritius75.024 → 74.491−0.533
Ukraine73.994 → 73.569−0.424
Trinidad and Tobago72.984 → 72.658−0.326
Jamaica71.879 → 71.606−0.273

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 (2018). Life Expectancy at Birth, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/2018

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