Countries ranked by Life expectancy of men

How many years a baby boy born today is expected to live on average.

#1 Monaco (84.6 years), #2 San Marino (84.3 years), #3 Kuwait (83.8 years). The last place is Chad (53.4 years).

How to read this number

The number of years a newborn boy would live if the mortality patterns of the year of birth stayed the same throughout life.

The gap between women and men varies by country. This is a projection from one year’s conditions, not the average age at which people actually died.

  • Countries listed: 193 (of 193)
  • Data year: 2024

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Sorted from the highest value

RankCountryLife expectancy of menYearBar
1 Monaco 84.6 years 2024
2 San Marino 84.3 years 2024
3 Kuwait 83.8 years 2024
4 Switzerland 82.7 years 2024
5 Sweden 82.6 years 2024
6 Andorra 82.3 years 2024
7 Liechtenstein 82.2 years 2024
8 United Arab Emirates 82.2 years 2024
9 Italy 82.0 years 2024
10 Qatar 81.8 years 2024
11 Norway 81.6 years 2024
12= Spain 81.4 years 2024
12= Ireland 81.4 years 2024
14= Iceland 81.2 years 2024
14= Malta 81.2 years 2024
14= Singapore 81.2 years 2024
17= Australia 81.1 years 2024
17= Israel 81.1 years 2024
19 Japan 81.1 years 2024
20 Luxembourg 81.0 years 2024
21 Bahrain 80.9 years 2024
22 South Korea 80.8 years 2024
23 Netherlands 80.6 years 2024
24= Denmark 80.4 years 2024
24= New Zealand 80.4 years 2024
26 Belgium 80.3 years 2024
27 France 80.2 years 2024
28 Canada 80.0 years 2024
29 Maldives 79.9 years 2024
30 Cyprus 79.8 years 2024
31= Austria 79.8 years 2024
31= Finland 79.8 years 2024
33= Portugal 79.7 years 2024
33= Slovenia 79.7 years 2024
35 United Kingdom 79.5 years 2024
36 Chile 79.5 years 2024
37 Greece 79.4 years 2024
38 Oman 78.7 years 2024
39 Germany 78.5 years 2024
40 Costa Rica 78.4 years 2024
41 Albania 77.9 years 2024
42 Saudi Arabia 77.3 years 2024
43 Czechia 77.1 years 2024
44 Panama 76.9 years 2024
45 United States 76.5 years 2024
46 Croatia 76.1 years 2024
47 Iran 76.0 years 2024
48 Jordan 75.9 years 2024
49 Lebanon 75.9 years 2024
50 Cuba 75.9 years 2024
51 Peru 75.6 years 2024
52 Montenegro 75.5 years 2024
53 China 75.2 years 2024
54 Slovakia 75.2 years 2024
55 Colombia 75.2 years 2024
56= Armenia 75.1 years 2024
56= Estonia 75.1 years 2024
58 Algeria 75.1 years 2024
59 Argentina 75.0 years 2024
60 Ecuador 74.9 years 2024
61 Poland 74.8 years 2024
62 Antigua & Barbuda 74.7 years 2024
63 Bosnia & Herzegovina 74.6 years 2024
64 Türkiye 74.6 years 2024
65 North Macedonia 74.5 years 2024
66 Malaysia 74.4 years 2024
67 Sri Lanka 74.4 years 2024
68 Uruguay 74.4 years 2024
69 Tunisia 74.1 years 2024
70 Barbados 73.8 years 2024
71= Hungary 73.7 years 2024
71= Serbia 73.7 years 2024
73 Brunei 73.5 years 2024
74 Morocco 73.3 years 2024
75 Bangladesh 73.3 years 2024
76 Cape Verde 73.1 years 2024
77 Lithuania 73.0 years 2024
78 Brazil 73.0 years 2024
79 Romania 72.8 years 2024
80 Grenada 72.5 years 2024
81 Nicaragua 72.5 years 2024
82 Mexico 72.4 years 2024
83 Thailand 72.3 years 2024
84 Bulgaria 72.2 years 2024
85 Seychelles 72.1 years 2024
86 Azerbaijan 71.7 years 2024
87 Latvia 71.6 years 2024
88 Bhutan 71.6 years 2024
89 North Korea 71.6 years 2024
90 Belize 71.1 years 2024
91 Bahamas 71.1 years 2024
92 Paraguay 71.0 years 2024
93 India 70.7 years 2024
94 Dominican Republic 70.7 years 2024
95 Suriname 70.6 years 2024
96 Trinidad & Tobago 70.5 years 2024
97 Iraq 70.5 years 2024
98 Honduras 70.5 years 2024
99 Guatemala 70.4 years 2024
100 Mauritius 70.4 years 2024
101 Kazakhstan 70.3 years 2024
102 Syria 70.2 years 2024
103 Vietnam 70.1 years 2024
104 Samoa 70.0 years 2024
105 Ukraine 69.8 years 2024
106 Georgia 69.7 years 2024
107 Belarus 69.7 years 2024
108 Tajikistan 69.7 years 2024
109 Egypt 69.7 years 2024
110 Libya 69.6 years 2024
111 Vanuatu 69.6 years 2024
112 Uzbekistan 69.6 years 2024
113 Tonga 69.5 years 2024
114 St. Lucia 69.5 years 2024
115 Solomon Islands 69.4 years 2024
116 Indonesia 69.2 years 2024
117 Nepal 69.1 years 2024
118 Jamaica 69.1 years 2024
119 Venezuela 68.9 years 2024
120 St. Vincent & Grenadines 68.8 years 2024
121 St. Kitts & Nevis 68.7 years 2024
122 Kyrgyzstan 68.4 years 2024
123 Dominica 68.4 years 2024
124 Russia 68.3 years 2024
125 Cambodia 68.1 years 2024
126 Mongolia 67.9 years 2024
127 El Salvador 67.8 years 2024
128 Yemen 67.4 years 2024
129 Palau 67.3 years 2024
130 Laos 67.0 years 2024
131 Senegal 67.0 years 2024
132 Turkmenistan 67.0 years 2024
133 Philippines 67.0 years 2024
134 Botswana 66.8 years 2024
135 Eritrea 66.8 years 2024
136 Mauritania 66.7 years 2024
137 Moldova 66.7 years 2024
138 Guyana 66.6 years 2024
139 São Tomé & Príncipe 66.4 years 2024
140 Bolivia 66.3 years 2024
141 Timor-Leste 66.3 years 2024
142 Gabon 66.1 years 2024
143 Rwanda 65.7 years 2024
144 Uganda 65.5 years 2024
145 Fiji 65.5 years 2024
146 Pakistan 65.5 years 2024
147 Marshall Islands 65.0 years 2024
148 Comoros 65.0 years 2024
149 Afghanistan 64.7 years 2024
150 Kiribati 64.7 years 2024
151 Tanzania 64.4 years 2024
152 Ethiopia 64.4 years 2024
153 Gambia 64.4 years 2024
154 Republic of the Congo 64.3 years 2024
155 Malawi 64.3 years 2024
156 Zambia 64.1 years 2024
157 Myanmar 64.0 years 2024
158 Tuvalu 63.9 years 2024
159 Papua New Guinea 63.8 years 2024
160 Djibouti 63.7 years 2024
161 Micronesia 63.6 years 2024
162 Namibia 63.5 years 2024
163 Sudan 63.4 years 2024
164 Ghana 63.3 years 2024
165 South Africa 62.8 years 2024
166 Togo 62.7 years 2024
167 Angola 62.3 years 2024
168 Equatorial Guinea 62.2 years 2024
169 Madagascar 62.1 years 2024
170 Haiti 61.9 years 2024
171 Guinea-Bissau 61.8 years 2024
172 Cameroon 61.8 years 2024
173 Burundi 61.8 years 2024
174 Kenya 61.6 years 2024
175 Eswatini 61.3 years 2024
176 Liberia 61.0 years 2024
177 Zimbabwe 60.5 years 2024
178 Niger 60.5 years 2024
179 Mozambique 60.5 years 2024
180 Nauru 60.4 years 2024
181 Sierra Leone 60.2 years 2024
182 Côte d’Ivoire 60.2 years 2024
183 Democratic Republic of the Congo 60.0 years 2024
184 Guinea 59.7 years 2024
185 Benin 59.5 years 2024
186 Mali 59.3 years 2024
187 Burkina Faso 59.1 years 2024
188 Somalia 56.5 years 2024
189 Central African Republic 55.5 years 2024
190 Lesotho 55.0 years 2024
191 South Sudan 54.8 years 2024
192 Nigeria 54.3 years 2024
193 Chad 53.4 years 2024

Each value is the latest year available for that country (see the Year column), so the years can differ from country to country.

Data is available for 193 of 193 countries. The rest are not listed.

Source: Life expectancy at birth, male (years), indicator SP.DYN.LE00.MA.IN. Processed by this site. data.worldbank.org

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