Life expectancy: women: ranking of countries

Order: lowest value first. Higher is better.

Life expectancy: women: ranking of countries: Nigeria ranks first (54.9 years) and Monaco last (88.6 years). The median across 215 countries is 77.9 years. Observation period: latest available year. Source: World Bank, WDI.

Life expectancy at birth for women.

Data quality: official estimate by an international organization.

#CountryValue
1Nigeria54.9 years
2Chad57.2 years
3Central African Republic59.6 years
4Lesotho60.4 years
5South Sudan60.7 years
6Somalia61.6 years
7Guinea62.1 years
8Mali62.2 years
9Benin62.4 years
10Niger62.4 years
11Togo63.2 years
12Burkina Faso63.4 years
13Liberia63.6 years
14Sierra Leone63.7 years
15DR Congo64.2 years
16Nauru64.2 years
17Côte d'Ivoire64.3 years
18Zimbabwe65.3 years
19Madagascar65.6 years
20Burundi65.9 years
21Equatorial Guinea65.9 years
22Kenya66.1 years
23Cameroon66.2 years
24Guinea-Bissau66.5 years
25Mozambique66.7 years
26Eswatini67.1 years
27Angola67.3 years
28Republic of the Congo67.7 years
29Afghanistan67.8 years
30The Gambia67.8 years
31Ghana68.2 years
32Kiribati68.3 years
33Haiti68.5 years
34Djibouti68.7 years
35Zambia68.9 years
36Comoros69.2 years
37Papua New Guinea69.2 years
38Fiji69.5 years
39Marshall Islands69.5 years
40Timor-Leste69.7 years
41South Africa69.8 years
42Sudan69.8 years
43Tanzania70.0 years
44Rwanda70.1 years
45Pakistan70.3 years
46Myanmar70.4 years
47Mauritania70.7 years
48Malawi70.8 years
49Eritrea70.9 years
50Tuvalu70.9 years
51Ethiopia71.0 years
52Senegal71.0 years
53Gabon71.2 years
54Bolivia71.3 years
55Micronesia71.3 years
56Uganda71.4 years
57Laos71.5 years
58Namibia71.5 years
59Yemen71.5 years
60Botswana71.9 years
61Palau71.9 years
62Nepal72.1 years
63Greenland72.2 years
64Solomon Islands72.2 years
65Libya72.7 years
66Philippines73.0 years
67Turkmenistan73.0 years
68Cambodia73.4 years
69Indonesia73.4 years
70Samoa73.8 years
71India73.9 years
72Sao Tome and Principe73.9 years
73Egypt74.0 years
74Guyana74.1 years
75Jamaica74.1 years
76Tajikistan74.1 years
77Vanuatu74.1 years
78Iraq74.2 years
79Palestine74.3 years
80Saint Vincent and the Grenadines74.5 years
81Dominica74.7 years
82Syrian Arab Republic74.9 years
83Guatemala75.0 years
84Bhutan75.3 years
85Uzbekistan75.5 years
86Honduras75.7 years
87Moldova75.7 years
88North Korea75.9 years
89American Samoa76.0 years
90Saint Kitts and Nevis76.2 years
91El Salvador76.5 years
92Saint Lucia76.5 years
93Tonga76.5 years
94Kyrgyzstan76.6 years
95Bangladesh76.7 years
96Belize76.7 years
97Venezuela76.7 years
98Trinidad and Tobago76.8 years
99Suriname77.0 years
100Dominican Republic77.1 years
101Mongolia77.1 years
102Paraguay77.1 years
103Azerbaijan77.3 years
104Mauritius77.4 years
105Nicaragua77.6 years
106Brunei Darussalam77.7 years
107Morocco77.8 years
108Algeria77.9 years
109Mexico78.0 years
110Bahamas78.3 years
111Serbia78.4 years
112Grenada78.5 years
113Kazakhstan78.5 years
114Barbados78.8 years
115Aruba78.9 years
116North Macedonia78.9 years
117Russia78.9 years
118Brazil79.1 years
119Belarus79.2 years
120Georgia79.2 years
121Tunisia79.3 years
122Cape Verde79.4 years
123Ukraine79.4 years
124Vietnam79.4 years
125Bulgaria79.5 years
126Malaysia79.5 years
127Sint Maarten (Dutch part)79.7 years
128Iran79.8 years
129Hungary79.9 years
130Lebanon79.9 years
131Argentina80.0 years
132British Virgin Islands80.2 years
133Ecuador80.3 years
134Jordan80.3 years
135Peru80.3 years
136Romania80.3 years
137Turkey80.3 years
138Antigua and Barbuda80.4 years
139Montenegro80.4 years
140Turks and Caicos Islands80.4 years
141Colombia80.6 years
142Cuba80.7 years
143Seychelles80.7 years
144Sri Lanka80.7 years
145Northern Mariana Islands80.9 years
146China81.0 years
147Curaçao81.0 years
148Thailand81.0 years
149Bosnia and Herzegovina81.1 years
150Saudi Arabia81.3 years
151New Caledonia81.4 years
152United States81.4 years
153Latvia81.5 years
154Albania81.6 years
155Guam81.6 years
156Lithuania81.6 years
157Armenia81.7 years
158Slovakia81.7 years
159Croatia81.9 years
160Oman82.0 years
161Uruguay82.0 years
162Bahrain82.1 years
163Poland82.2 years
164Panama82.7 years
165Cayman Islands83.0 years
166Czechia83.0 years
167Maldives83.0 years
168Chile83.2 years
169Germany83.2 years
170Isle of Man83.2 years
171United Kingdom83.3 years
172Netherlands83.4 years
173Qatar83.5 years
174Costa Rica83.6 years
175Estonia83.7 years
176New Zealand83.7 years
177Cyprus83.8 years
178Saint Martin (French part)84.0 years
179U.S. Virgin Islands84.1 years
180Denmark84.2 years
181Austria84.3 years
182Canada84.3 years
183United Arab Emirates84.3 years
184Belgium84.4 years
185Greece84.4 years
186Iceland84.5 years
187Ireland84.7 years
188Malta84.8 years
189Norway84.8 years
190Faroe Islands84.9 years
191Finland85.0 years
192Slovenia85.0 years
193Australia85.1 years
194Portugal85.2 years
195Israel85.4 years
196Kuwait85.4 years
197Puerto Rico85.4 years
198Luxembourg85.5 years
199Singapore85.6 years
200Sweden85.6 years
201Bermuda85.9 years
202France85.9 years
203Italy86.0 years
204Andorra86.2 years
205Gibraltar86.2 years
206Macao86.2 years
207Switzerland86.2 years
208Liechtenstein86.3 years
209Spain86.5 years
210French Polynesia86.6 years
211South Korea86.6 years
212Japan87.1 years
213San Marino87.2 years
214Hong Kong88.2 years
215Monaco88.6 years

Only places with a value for the indicator are ranked; a gap is not a zero. A ranking on one indicator is not an assessment of a place to live.

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