Indicator
Life expectancy at birth
Years a newborn would live if the period's age-specific mortality rates held throughout its life.
Highest
86.5
years · Monaco · 2024
World
73.17
years · United Nations · 2023
Median
75.73
years · of 238 countries
Lowest
54.63
years · Nigeria · 2024
1Ranking238 countries
Ranks 238 countries by their latest value, through 2025: Monaco is highest at 86.5 years (2024) and Nigeria lowest at 54.63 years (2024). The world value is 73.17 years (2023).
Values in years · Latest available year per country; sorted from highest to lowest.
Median 75.73
3 selected for History
2Aggregates44 groups
Reported series and the mean of the ranked members of each group · years · dots on the ranking's scale
Reported
World73.172023 · United Nations
L'Union Européenne (UE)81.562024 · World Bank
OECD - OCDE80.42024 · World Bank
Regions
Continents
Income groups
Groupings
3History2006–2025
all 238 series in grey
Full history table · 238 rows × 20 years
4Sources
- OECD. Definition: Years a newborn would live if the period's age-specific mortality rates held throughout its life. Unit: years.
- United Nations. Definition: Years a newborn would live if the period's age-specific mortality rates held throughout its life. Unit: years.
- World Bank. Definition: Years a newborn would live if the period's age-specific mortality rates held throughout its life. Unit: years.
- Dataset identifiers: OECD OECD.ELS.HD,DSD_HEALTH_STAT@DF_LE|AGE=Y0;CALC_METHODOLOGY=_Z;CANCER_SITE=_Z;DEATH_CAUSE=_Z;DISEASE=_Z;FREQ=A;GESTATION_THRESHOLD=_Z;HEALTH_STATUS=_Z;MEASURE=LFEXP;SEX=_T;SOCIO_ECON_STATUS=_Z;UNIT_MEASURE=Y; WORLD_BANK SP.DYN.LE00.IN.
Note
(e) estimated values are not final and may be revised by the publisher.