Data for 2022

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2022

Name: Life Expectancy at Birth, 2022
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

Figures for 2022, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2022 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 85.746; Central African Republic is lowest, at 18.818. The middle country reads 74.313. Against 2021, 222 values changed (192 up, 30 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 2022

HighestMonaco

85.746

LowestCentral African Republic

18.818

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

222countries
1measure
2022the 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	85.746
2	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	85.708
3	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	84.054
4	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	84.016
5	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	83.859
6	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	83.517
7	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	83.485
8	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	83.405
9	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	83.335
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	83.200
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	83.046
12	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	82.921
13	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	82.815
14	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	82.766
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	82.727
16	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	82.631
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	82.475
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	82.366
19	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	82.250
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	82.201
21	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	82.103
22	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	82.062
23	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	82.052
24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	82.051
25	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	81.912
26	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	81.857
27	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	81.588
28	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	81.296
29	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	81.291
30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	81.249
31	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	81.244
32	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	81.194
33	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	81.159
34	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	81.074
35	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	81.006
36	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	80.992
37	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	80.956
38	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	80.793
39	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	80.760
40	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80.580
41	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	80.487
42	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	80.434
43	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	80.236
44	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	80.157
45	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	79.984
46	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	79.944
47	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	79.427
48	Panama`PAN`Central America	79.324
49	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	79.316
50	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	79.264
51	Chile`CHL`South America	79.176
52	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	79.165
53	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	79.119
54	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	78.788
55	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	78.769
56	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	78.531
57	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	78.278
58	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	78.202
59	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	78.167
60	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	78.003
61	United States`USA`Northern America	77.979
62	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	77.923
63	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	77.918
64	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	77.911
65	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	77.698
66	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	77.629
67	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	77.623
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	77.591
69	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	77.483
70	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	77.310
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	77.300
72	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	77.177
73	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	77.102
74	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	77.088
75	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	77.036
76	Peru`PER`South America	76.834
77	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	76.799
78	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	76.777
79	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	76.729
80	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	76.662
81	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	76.646
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	76.577
83	Colombia`COL`South America	76.508
84	Uruguay`URY`South America	76.468
85	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	76.226
86	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	76.212
87	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	76.180
88	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	76.129
89	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	76.051
90	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	76.038
91	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	75.921
92	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	75.907
93	Argentina`ARG`South America	75.806
94	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	75.676
95	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	75.478
96	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	75.444
97	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	75.291
98	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	75.261
99	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	75.161
100	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	75.151
101	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	75.079
102	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	75.045
103	Brazil`BRA`South America	74.872
104	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	74.871
105	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	74.696
106	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	74.633
107	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	74.503
108	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	74.491
109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	74.463
110	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	74.462
111	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	74.361
112	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	74.265
113	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	74.211
114	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	74.141
115	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	74.125
116	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	74.034
117	Mexico`MEX`Central America	73.973
118	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	73.641
119	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	73.545
120	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	73.503
121	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	73.331
122	Suriname`SUR`South America	73.254
123	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	72.917
124	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	72.790
125	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	72.754
126	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	72.752
127	Honduras`HND`Central America	72.715
128	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	72.670
129	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	72.658
130	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	72.635
131	Venezuela`VEN`South America	72.566
132	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	72.517
133	Paraguay`PRY`South America	72.319
134	Belize`BLZ`Central America	72.190
135	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	72.147
136	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	72.037
137	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	71.970
138	India`IND`Southern Asia	71.698
139	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	71.562
140	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	71.550
141	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	71.547
142	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	71.505
143	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	71.487
144	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	71.481
145	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	71.302
146	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	71.248
147	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	71.206
148	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	71.191
149	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	71.081
150	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	71.010
151	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	70.925
152	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	70.528
153	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	70.409
154	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	70.313
155	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	70.087
156	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	70.052
157	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	69.913
158	Guyana`GUY`South America	69.889
159	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	69.818
160	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	69.472
161	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	69.237
162	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	68.922
163	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	68.749
164	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	68.715
165	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	68.281
166	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	67.952
167	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	67.789
168	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	67.788
169	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	67.713
170	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	67.675
171	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	67.528
172	Bolivia`BOL`South America	67.434
173	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	67.417
174	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	67.368
175	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	67.148
176	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	66.961
177	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	66.897
178	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	66.879
179	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	66.852
180	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	66.725
181	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	66.506
182	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	66.481
183	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	66.269
184	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	66.037
185	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	65.695
186	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	65.617
187	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	65.540
188	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	65.454
189	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	65.279
190	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	65.274
191	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	65.246
192	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	65.000
193	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	64.859
194	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	64.246
195	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	64.190
196	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	63.948
197	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	63.605
198	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	63.549
199	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	63.355
200	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	63.068
201	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	63.028
202	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	63.012
203	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	62.882
204	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	62.443
205	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	62.360
206	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	62.292
207	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	61.934
208	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	61.930
209	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	61.562
210	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	61.275
211	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	60.979
212	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	60.700
213	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	60.475
214	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	60.432
215	Niger`NER`Western Africa	60.398
216	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	60.035
217	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	57.203
218	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	56.812
219	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	54.528
220	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	54.079
221	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	53.932
222	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	18.818

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Monaco85.746
2San Marino85.708
3Japan84.054
4Andorra84.016
5French Polynesia83.859

Lowest

222Central African Republic18.818
221Somalia53.932
220Nigeria54.079
219Chad54.528
218Lesotho56.812

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 74.313. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
192 · 30rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bolivia61.427 → 67.434+6.007
Guyana64.323 → 69.889+5.566
Botswana63.303 → 68.749+5.446
Peru71.596 → 76.834+5.238
Afghanistan60.417 → 65.617+5.200

Fell most

Central African Republic40.279 → 18.818−21.461
Thailand77.607 → 75.291−2.315
Brunei74.869 → 72.917−1.952
Somalia55.703 → 53.932−1.771
Macau83.818 → 82.103−1.715

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

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UN DESA Population Division (2022). Life Expectancy at Birth, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/2022

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