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Life Expectancy at Birth, 2021

Figures for 2021, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2021 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 85.1126; Central African Republic is lowest, at 40.2791. The middle country reads 72.4329. Against 2020, 222 values changed (63 up, 159 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 2021

HighestMonaco

85.1126

LowestCentral African Republic

40.2791

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 Birth, 2021, 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 Birth, 2021: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1MonacoMCOWestern Europe85.1126
2Hong KongHKGEastern Asia85.0816
3JapanJPNEastern Asia84.5500
4South KoreaKOREastern Asia83.8517
5MacauMACEastern Asia83.8179
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe83.6477
7AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand83.5640
8San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe83.5389
9SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia83.4846
10NorwayNORNorthern Europe83.1656
11SwedenSWENorthern Europe83.0196
12SpainESPSouthern Europe82.9508
13Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe82.9460
14ItalyITASouthern Europe82.8652
15IcelandISLNorthern Europe82.8433
16LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe82.7877
17IsraelISRWestern Asia82.5169
18AndorraANDSouthern Europe82.3311
19FranceFRAWestern Europe82.3216
20MaltaMLTSouthern Europe82.3161
21New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand82.3003
22CanadaCANNorthern America81.9760
23IrelandIRLNorthern Europe81.8608
24LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe81.8392
25AustriaAUTWestern Europe81.8204

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Monaco85.1126
  2. 2Hong Kong85.0816
  3. 3Japan84.5500
  4. 4South Korea83.8517
  5. 5Macau83.8179

Lowest

  1. 222Central African Republic40.2791
  2. 221Chad53.1362
  3. 220Nigeria53.4550
  4. 219Lesotho54.2091
  5. 218Somalia55.7027

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 72.4329. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 63 · 159rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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

Read before you use

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

How values are stored

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 77.2342. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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 (2021). Life Expectancy at Birth, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/2021

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy in Life Expectancy at Birth, 2021?

Monaco, at 85.1126, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Birth, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Birth, 2021 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Birth, 2021?

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 Birth, 2021 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023.

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