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World Life expectancy Ranking Map In the available data, Monaco has the highest recorded value at 86.5 years (rank #1); Japan ranks #10 at 84 years. Coverage: 215 countries and territories. Reference years: Monaco 2024; Japan 2024. Life expectancy summarizes age-specific mortality at birth and reflects health, living conditions and wider social conditions.
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01 Life expectancy Compare life expectancy by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. Selected 02 Healthy life expectancy Compare healthy life expectancy by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 03 Physicians per 1,000 people Compare physicians per 1,000 people by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 04 Smoking rate Compare smoking rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 05 Health expenditure (% of GDP) Compare health expenditure (% of gdp) by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 06 Out-of-pocket share of health spending Compare out-of-pocket share of health spending by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 07 Adult obesity rate Compare adult obesity rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 08 Alcohol consumption per person Compare alcohol consumption per person by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 09 Child stunting rate Compare child stunting rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 10 Suicide mortality rate Compare suicide mortality rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 11 Mental & substance-use death rate Compare mental & substance-use death rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. View map → 01 / RANKING MAP
Compare life expectancy across the world. Compare life expectancy by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.
Japan 84 years
Japan, world rank 10 for Life expectancy, 84 years
Fiji: 67.5 years Tanzania: 67.2 years Western Sahara: No data Canada: 82.1 years United States: 78.9 years Kazakhstan: 74.5 years Uzbekistan: 72.5 years Papua New Guinea: 66.3 years Indonesia: 71.3 years Argentina: 77.5 years Chile: 81.4 years Democratic Republic of the Congo: 62.1 years Somalia: 59 years Kenya: 63.8 years Sudan: 66.5 years Chad: 55.2 years Haiti: 65.1 years Dominican Republic: 73.9 years Russia: 73.4 years Bahamas: 74.7 years Falkland Islands: No data Norway: 83.2 years Greenland: 70.3 years Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: 67.9 years South Africa: 66.3 years Lesotho: 57.8 years Mexico: 75.3 years Uruguay: 78.3 years Brazil: 76 years Bolivia: 68.7 years Peru: 77.9 years Colombia: 77.9 years Panama: 79.8 years Costa Rica: 81 years Nicaragua: 75.1 years Honduras: 73 years El Salvador: 72.3 years Guatemala: 72.7 years Belize: 73.7 years Venezuela: 72.7 years Guyana: 70.3 years Suriname: 73.8 years France: 83 years Ecuador: 77.6 years Puerto Rico: 81.9 years Jamaica: 71.6 years Cuba: 78.3 years Zimbabwe: 63.1 years Botswana: 69.3 years Namibia: 67.5 years Senegal: 68.9 years Mali: 60.7 years Mauritania: 68.7 years Benin: 61 years Niger: 61.4 years Nigeria: 54.6 years Cameroon: 64 years Togo: 62.9 years Ghana: 65.7 years Côte d’Ivoire: 62.1 years Guinea: 60.9 years Guinea-Bissau: 64.3 years Liberia: 62.3 years Sierra Leone: 62 years Burkina Faso: 61.3 years Central African Republic: 57.7 years Republic of the Congo: 66 years Gabon: 68.5 years Equatorial Guinea: 63.9 years Zambia: 66.5 years Malawi: 67.6 years Mozambique: 63.8 years Eswatini: 64.3 years Angola: 64.8 years Burundi: 63.8 years Israel: 83.2 years Lebanon: 77.9 years Madagascar: 63.8 years Palestine: 69.2 years Gambia: 66.1 years Tunisia: 76.7 years Algeria: 76.5 years Jordan: 78 years United Arab Emirates: 83.1 years Qatar: 82.5 years Kuwait: 84.6 years Iraq: 72.4 years Oman: 80.2 years Vanuatu: 71.7 years Cambodia: 70.8 years Thailand: 76.6 years Laos: 69.2 years Myanmar: 67.1 years Vietnam: 74.7 years North Korea: 73.7 years South Korea: 83.6 years Mongolia: 72.4 years India: 72.2 years Bangladesh: 74.9 years Bhutan: 73.3 years Nepal: 70.6 years Pakistan: 67.8 years Afghanistan: 66.3 years Tajikistan: 71.9 years Kyrgyzstan: 72.4 years Turkmenistan: 70.2 years Iran: 77.9 years Syria: 72.6 years Armenia: 78.3 years Sweden: 84.1 years Belarus: 74.4 years Ukraine: 74.7 years Poland: 78.4 years Austria: 82 years Hungary: 76.7 years Moldova: 71.3 years Romania: 76.5 years Lithuania: 77.2 years Latvia: 76.4 years Estonia: 79.3 years Germany: 80.8 years Bulgaria: 75.8 years Greece: 81.8 years Türkiye: 77.4 years Albania: 79.8 years Croatia: 78.9 years Switzerland: 84.4 years Luxembourg: 83.2 years Belgium: 82.3 years Netherlands: 82 years Portugal: 82.4 years Spain: 83.9 years Ireland: 83 years New Caledonia: 78.9 years Solomon Islands: 70.7 years New Zealand: 82 years Australia: 83.1 years Sri Lanka: 77.7 years China: 78 years Taiwan: No data Italy: 84 years Denmark: 82.3 years United Kingdom: 81.4 years Iceland: 82.8 years Azerbaijan: 74.6 years Georgia: 74.7 years Philippines: 69.9 years Malaysia: 76.8 years Brunei: 75.5 years Slovenia: 82.3 years Finland: 82.3 years Slovakia: 78.4 years Czechia: 80 years Eritrea: 68.9 years Japan: 84 years Paraguay: 74 years Yemen: 69.4 years Saudi Arabia: 79 years Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 81.8 years Morocco: 75.5 years Egypt: 71.8 years Libya: 71.1 years Ethiopia: 67.6 years Djibouti: 66.2 years Somaliland: No data Uganda: 68.5 years Rwanda: 68 years Bosnia and Herzegovina: 78 years North Macedonia: 76.6 years Serbia: 76 years Montenegro: 77.9 years Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 73.6 years South Sudan: 57.7 years Japan Kuwait 4 Switzerland 5 Lesotho 211 South Sudan 212 Central African Republic 213 Chad 214 Nigeria 215 Sweden Spain Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ Life expectancyRankings 10/215 84 years
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #10 for life expectancy. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Monaco 86.5 years 2 San Marino 85.8 years 3 Hong Kong 85.4 years 4 Kuwait 84.6 years 5 Switzerland 84.4 years
215 Nigeria 54.6 years 214 Chad 55.2 years 213 Central African Republic 57.7 years 212 South Sudan 57.7 years 211 Lesotho 57.8 years 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Life expectancy ranking map Compare life expectancy by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 215 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Monaco (86.5 years), #2 San Marino (85.8 years), #3 Hong Kong (85.4 years)
Japan’s position World #10 (84 years)
Data period latest available year by country (2010–2025) All displayed observations use the reference period above. Check the source and definition before interpreting small differences.
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Life expectancy Full ranking215 countries #7 French Polynesia 84.2 years Profile #21 United Arab Emirates 83.1 years Profile #48 U.S. Virgin Islands 80.8 years Profile #50 St. Martin (French part) 80.4 years Profile #57 Northern Mariana Islands 78.9 years Profile #66 Turks and Caicos Islands 78.2 years Profile #67 Bosnia and Herzegovina 78 years Profile #75 Antigua and Barbuda 77.8 years Profile #79 British Virgin Islands 77.4 years Profile #87 North Macedonia 76.6 years Profile #89 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 76.5 years Profile #114 Dominican Republic 73.9 years Profile #119 Trinidad and Tobago 73.6 years Profile #134 St. Kitts and Nevis 72.3 years Profile #141 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 71.4 years Profile #147 Solomon Islands 70.7 years Profile #153 Sao Tome and Principe 69.9 years Profile #176 Marshall Islands 67.1 years Profile #183 Papua New Guinea 66.3 years Profile #186 Republic of the Congo 66 years Profile #193 Equatorial Guinea 63.9 years Profile #203 Democratic Republic of the Congo 62.1 years Profile #213 Central African Republic 57.7 years Profile