In a world where health and longevity are paramount, the latest rankings of average life expectancy by country reveal fascinating insights into the well-being of nations. This story delves into the top performers, the challenges faced by others, and the factors influencing these rankings.
The Leaders of Longevity
At the pinnacle of life expectancy rankings, Hong Kong stands tall with an impressive average life expectancy of 85.63 years. This bustling metropolis, known for its advanced healthcare system and high standard of living, has consistently been a leader in longevity.
Close on its heels is Japan, with an average life expectancy of 84.85 years. The Japanese lifestyle, characterized by a balanced diet, active living, and strong social ties, contributes significantly to their long lives.
South Korea follows closely with an average life expectancy of 84.43 years. The country’s rapid economic development and improvements in healthcare have played a crucial role in enhancing the quality of life for its citizens.
Switzerland and Australia also feature prominently in the top five, with life expectancies of 84.09 and 84.07 years respectively.
The Middle Ground
Countries like Italy, Singapore, and Spain showcase life expectancies ranging from 83.87 to 83.80 years. These nations benefit from robust healthcare systems, healthy diets, and active lifestyles.
France and Sweden also make the list, with life expectancies of 83.46 and 83.42 years respectively.
The Struggles of Longevity
On the other end of the spectrum, countries like Chad face significant challenges. With an average life expectancy of just 53.68 years, Chad’s ranking highlights the impact of limited access to healthcare, poor nutrition, and ongoing conflicts.
Other countries with lower life expectancies include Lesotho and Central African Republic, where life expectancy hovers around 54 to 55 years.
Factors Influencing Life Expectancy
Several factors contribute to the disparities in life expectancy across countries. Access to quality healthcare, economic stability, education, and lifestyle choices play pivotal roles. Countries with higher life expectancies often have well-established healthcare systems, higher standards of living, and greater emphasis on preventive care.
Conversely, nations with lower life expectancies grapple with issues such as poverty, lack of healthcare infrastructure, and high prevalence of diseases. Efforts to improve life expectancy in these regions focus on enhancing healthcare access, improving nutrition, and addressing socio-economic challenges.
The Road Ahead
As the world continues to evolve, the quest for longer, healthier lives remains a universal goal. The rankings of average life expectancy by country serve as a reminder of the progress made and the challenges that lie ahead. By learning from the successes of top-performing nations and addressing the issues faced by those at the bottom, the global community can work towards a future where everyone has the opportunity to live a long and healthy life.
Life Expectancy Rankings by Country
| Rank | Country | Life Expectancy (both sexes) | Females Life Expectancy | Males Life Expectancy |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 85.63 | 88.26 | 82.97 |
| 2 | Japan | 84.85 | 87.88 | 81.83 |
| 3 | South Korea | 84.43 | 87.28 | 81.32 |
| 4 | French Polynesia | 84.19 | 86.62 | 81.9 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 84.09 | 85.95 | 82.17 |
| 6 | Australia | 84.07 | 85.85 | 82.28 |
| 7 | Italy | 83.87 | 85.87 | 81.75 |
| 8 | Singapore | 83.86 | 86.36 | 81.38 |
| 9 | Spain | 83.8 | 86.44 | 81.1 |
| 10 | Réunion | 83.67 | 86.45 | 80.67 |
| 11 | Malta | 83.47 | 85.39 | 81.48 |
| 12 | Norway | 83.46 | 84.97 | 81.94 |
| 13 | France | 83.46 | 86.2 | 80.59 |
| 14 | Sweden | 83.42 | 85.22 | 81.65 |
| 15 | Macao | 83.23 | 85.35 | 81.05 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates | 83.07 | 84.32 | 82.17 |
| 17 | Iceland | 83.01 | 84.47 | 81.63 |
| 18 | Martinique | 82.74 | 85.73 | 79.45 |
| 19 | Israel | 82.73 | 84.71 | 80.67 |
| 20 | Canada | 82.72 | 84.91 | 80.53 |
| 21 | Ireland | 82.58 | 84.61 | 80.58 |
| 22 | Portugal | 82.55 | 85.25 | 79.68 |
| 23 | Qatar | 82.52 | 83.48 | 81.78 |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 82.36 | 83.94 | 80.75 |
| 25 | Netherlands | 82.3 | 83.85 | 80.72 |
| 26 | Belgium | 82.27 | 84.45 | 80.06 |
| 27 | New Zealand | 82.25 | 83.89 | 80.6 |
| 28 | Guadeloupe | 82.24 | 85.65 | 78.35 |
| 29 | Austria | 82.12 | 84.45 | 79.75 |
| 30 | Denmark | 82.09 | 83.98 | 80.21 |
| 31 | Finland | 82.08 | 84.79 | 79.38 |
| 32 | Greece | 82.03 | 84.46 | 79.5 |
| 33 | Puerto Rico | 81.9 | 85.38 | 78.28 |
| 34 | Cyprus | 81.82 | 83.8 | 79.84 |
| 35 | Slovenia | 81.78 | 84.47 | 79.11 |
| 36 | Germany | 81.54 | 83.88 | 79.21 |
| 37 | United Kingdom | 81.45 | 83.33 | 79.54 |
| 38 | Bahrain | 81.42 | 82.13 | 80.86 |
| 39 | Chile | 81.36 | 83.23 | 79.45 |
| 40 | Maldives | 81.29 | 83 | 79.95 |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 81 | 83.58 | 78.37 |
| 42 | Taiwan | 80.75 | 83.75 | 77.86 |
| 43 | Kuwait | 80.6 | 82 | 79.45 |
| 44 | Oman | 80.25 | 82.05 | 78.72 |
| 45 | Czech Republic (Czechia) | 79.97 | 82.75 | 77.18 |
| 46 | Albania | 79.78 | 81.59 | 77.92 |
| 47 | Panama | 79.78 | 82.71 | 76.88 |
| 48 | United States | 79.46 | 81.98 | 77.05 |
| 49 | Estonia | 79.31 | 83.17 | 75.12 |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 78.98 | 81.33 | 77.33 |
| 51 | New Caledonia | 78.92 | 81.41 | 76.46 |
| 52 | Poland | 78.81 | 82.49 | 75.1 |
| 53 | Croatia | 78.75 | 81.82 | 75.6 |
| 54 | Slovakia | 78.49 | 81.71 | 75.21 |
| 55 | Uruguay | 78.29 | 82.04 | 74.38 |
| 56 | Cuba | 78.26 | 80.68 | 75.86 |
| 57 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78.04 | 81.07 | 74.65 |
| 58 | China | 78.02 | 80.97 | 75.25 |
| 59 | Jordan | 77.98 | 80.34 | 75.89 |
| 60 | Lebanon | 77.95 | 79.86 | 75.88 |
| 61 | Peru | 77.94 | 80.3 | 75.63 |
| 62 | Colombia | 77.91 | 80.61 | 75.16 |
| 63 | Iran | 77.85 | 79.81 | 76 |
| 64 | Antigua and Barbuda | 77.77 | 80.45 | 74.74 |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 77.67 | 80.75 | 74.45 |
| 66 | Ecuador | 77.58 | 80.31 | 74.88 |
| 67 | Argentina | 77.54 | 80.02 | 74.98 |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 77.54 | 79.71 | 75.26 |
| 69 | Guam | 77.42 | 81.59 | 73.66 |
| 70 | Turkey | 77.42 | 80.34 | 74.62 |
| 71 | Montenegro | 77.25 | 80.45 | 73.92 |
| 72 | French Guiana | 77.18 | 80.15 | 74.33 |
| 73 | Hungary | 77.18 | 80.33 | 73.89 |
| 74 | Curaçao | 76.99 | 80.96 | 72.66 |
| 75 | Serbia | 76.94 | 80.18 | 73.68 |
| 76 | Malaysia | 76.82 | 79.52 | 74.45 |
| 77 | Tunisia | 76.71 | 79.33 | 74.13 |
| 78 | Thailand | 76.56 | 80.98 | 72.34 |
| 79 | Aruba | 76.5 | 78.92 | 73.85 |
| 80 | Algeria | 76.48 | 77.91 | 75.1 |
| 81 | Barbados | 76.33 | 78.76 | 73.75 |
| 82 | Latvia | 76.33 | 80.6 | 71.75 |
| 83 | Mayotte | 76.24 | 78.51 | 74.27 |
| 84 | Cabo Verde | 76.22 | 79.37 | 73.05 |
| 85 | Lithuania | 76.17 | 80.8 | 71.42 |
| 86 | Romania | 76.09 | 79.68 | 72.56 |
| 87 | Brazil | 76.02 | 79.15 | 72.95 |
| 88 | Armenia | 75.85 | 79.6 | 71.58 |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 75.8 | 79.36 | 72.33 |
| 90 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 75.7 | 81.48 | 70.73 |
| 91 | Brunei | 75.5 | 77.73 | 73.49 |
| 92 | Morocco | 75.49 | 77.78 | 73.35 |
| 93 | Grenada | 75.37 | 78.5 | 72.52 |
| 94 | Mexico | 75.26 | 78 | 72.44 |
| 95 | Mauritius | 75.1 | 78.34 | 72.11 |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 75.1 | 77.58 | 72.46 |
| 97 | Bangladesh | 74.93 | 76.67 | 73.3 |
| 98 | Vietnam | 74.74 | 79.38 | 70.05 |
| 99 | Bahamas | 74.71 | 78.33 | 71.06 |
| 100 | Ukraine | 74.69 | 79.39 | 69.79 |
| 101 | Georgia | 74.66 | 79.23 | 69.75 |
| 102 | Belarus | 74.62 | 79.22 | 69.74 |
| 103 | Azerbaijan | 74.58 | 77.29 | 71.71 |
| 104 | Kazakhstan | 74.53 | 78.52 | 70.27 |
| 105 | Paraguay | 73.98 | 77.09 | 71.01 |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 73.87 | 77.11 | 70.66 |
| 107 | Suriname | 73.76 | 76.98 | 70.6 |
| 108 | North Korea | 73.74 | 75.88 | 71.55 |
| 109 | Belize | 73.74 | 76.66 | 71.08 |
| 110 | Trinidad and Tobago | 73.62 | 76.83 | 70.51 |
| 111 | Russia | 73.34 | 79.19 | 67.48 |
| 112 | Bhutan | 73.26 | 75.27 | 71.57 |
| 113 | Tonga | 73.07 | 76.54 | 69.5 |
| 114 | Honduras | 73.04 | 75.67 | 70.49 |
| 115 | Seychelles | 72.99 | 76.66 | 70.08 |
| 116 | Saint Lucia | 72.85 | 76.45 | 69.45 |
| 117 | Guatemala | 72.75 | 75.04 | 70.44 |
| 118 | Venezuela | 72.67 | 76.66 | 68.89 |
| 119 | Syria | 72.56 | 74.92 | 70.21 |
| 120 | Uzbekistan | 72.53 | 75.55 | 69.56 |
| 121 | Iraq | 72.42 | 74.18 | 70.5 |
| 122 | El Salvador | 72.3 | 76.49 | 67.76 |
| 123 | India | 72.24 | 73.86 | 70.73 |
| 124 | Mongolia | 71.99 | 76.66 | 67.49 |
| 125 | Tajikistan | 71.93 | 74.14 | 69.68 |
| 126 | Samoa | 71.83 | 73.82 | 69.96 |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 71.82 | 75.4 | 68.31 |
| 128 | Egypt | 71.81 | 74.01 | 69.65 |
| 129 | Vanuatu | 71.65 | 74.11 | 69.59 |
| 130 | Micronesia | 71.64 | 74.61 | 68.82 |
| 130 | Micronesia | 71.64 | 74.61 | 68.82 |
| 131 | Jamaica | 71.61 | 74.15 | 69.08 |
| 132 | Western Sahara | 71.58 | 73.77 | 69.87 |
| 133 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 71.38 | 74.48 | 68.78 |
| 134 | Moldova | 71.33 | 75.67 | 66.7 |
| 135 | Indonesia | 71.29 | 73.43 | 69.16 |
| 136 | Libya | 71.12 | 72.68 | 69.63 |
| 137 | Cambodia | 70.82 | 73.36 | 68.15 |
| 138 | Solomon Islands | 70.69 | 72.18 | 69.36 |
| 139 | Nepal | 70.64 | 72.14 | 69.09 |
| 140 | Guyana | 70.32 | 74.09 | 66.62 |
| 141 | Turkmenistan | 70.2 | 73.01 | 67 |
| 142 | Philippines | 69.95 | 72.96 | 66.99 |
| 143 | Sao Tome & Principe | 69.91 | 73.91 | 66.41 |
| 144 | Yemen | 69.44 | 71.55 | 67.37 |
| 145 | Botswana | 69.29 | 71.85 | 66.78 |
| 146 | Laos | 69.23 | 71.53 | 67.02 |
| 147 | State of Palestine | 69.21 | 74.25 | 65.22 |
| 148 | Senegal | 68.92 | 71.01 | 67.01 |
| 149 | Eritrea | 68.89 | 70.94 | 66.76 |
| 150 | Bolivia | 68.74 | 71.32 | 66.27 |
| 151 | Mauritania | 68.71 | 70.73 | 66.7 |
| 152 | Gabon | 68.51 | 71.24 | 66.06 |
| 153 | Uganda | 68.49 | 71.37 | 65.49 |
| 154 | Rwanda | 68.02 | 70.14 | 65.71 |
| 155 | Timor-Leste | 67.9 | 69.67 | 66.27 |
| 156 | Pakistan | 67.8 | 70.32 | 65.46 |
| 157 | Ethiopia | 67.6 | 71.02 | 64.36 |
| 158 | Malawi | 67.56 | 70.77 | 64.27 |
| 159 | Namibia | 67.52 | 71.48 | 63.45 |
| 160 | Fiji | 67.46 | 69.54 | 65.47 |
| 161 | Tanzania | 67.21 | 70 | 64.4 |
| 162 | Myanmar | 67.1 | 70.38 | 63.99 |
| 163 | Comoros | 67.02 | 69.2 | 65.02 |
| 164 | Kiribati | 66.6 | 68.32 | 64.69 |
| 165 | Zambia | 66.53 | 68.87 | 64.1 |
| 166 | Sudan | 66.52 | 69.83 | 63.45 |
| 167 | South Africa | 66.31 | 69.79 | 62.78 |
| 168 | Afghanistan | 66.29 | 67.81 | 64.7 |
| 169 | Papua New Guinea | 66.26 | 69.21 | 63.84 |
| 170 | Djibouti | 66.2 | 68.74 | 63.73 |
| 171 | Gambia | 66.06 | 67.75 | 64.35 |
| 172 | Congo | 66 | 67.72 | 64.33 |
| 173 | Ghana | 65.7 | 68.16 | 63.31 |
| 174 | Haiti | 65.12 | 68.49 | 61.9 |
| 175 | Angola | 64.81 | 67.34 | 62.28 |
| 176 | Eswatini | 64.26 | 67.11 | 61.32 |
| 177 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.25 | 66.55 | 61.82 |
| 178 | Cameroon | 63.97 | 66.23 | 61.78 |
| 179 | Equatorial Guinea | 63.91 | 65.89 | 62.22 |
| 180 | Madagascar | 63.84 | 65.6 | 62.12 |
| 181 | Kenya | 63.83 | 66.12 | 61.64 |
| 182 | Burundi | 63.82 | 65.88 | 61.75 |
| 183 | Mozambique | 63.8 | 66.74 | 60.49 |
| 184 | Zimbabwe | 63.06 | 65.31 | 60.49 |
| 185 | Togo | 62.93 | 63.15 | 62.7 |
| 186 | Liberia | 62.32 | 63.63 | 61.02 |
| 187 | Côte d’Ivoire | 62.11 | 64.31 | 60.17 |
| 188 | DR Congo | 62.07 | 64.23 | 59.96 |
| 189 | Sierra Leone | 61.96 | 63.7 | 60.23 |
| 190 | Niger | 61.43 | 62.41 | 60.49 |
| 191 | Burkina Faso | 61.29 | 63.43 | 59.11 |
| 192 | Benin | 60.96 | 62.42 | 59.52 |
| 193 | Guinea | 60.9 | 62.09 | 59.66 |
| 194 | Mali | 60.68 | 62.15 | 59.25 |
| 195 | Somalia | 58.97 | 61.55 | 56.49 |
| 196 | Lesotho | 57.8 | 60.44 | 55.03 |
| 197 | South Sudan | 57.74 | 60.75 | 54.76 |
| 198 | Central African Republic | 57.67 | 59.56 | 55.51 |
| 199 | Chad | 55.24 | 57.19 | 53.36 |
| 200 | Nigeria | 54.64 | 54.94 | 54.33 |
What do you think about these rankings? Do you find any particular country’s position surprising?
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