This list of countries by life expectancy provides a comprehensive list of countries alongside their respective life expectancy figures. The data is differentiated by sex, presenting life expectancies for males, females, and a combined average. In addition to sovereign nations, the list encompasses several non-sovereign entities and territories. The figures serve as an indicator of the quality of healthcare in the respective countries and are influenced by various factors, including the prevalence of diseases such as HIV/AIDS. This article introduces the concept of Healthy life expectancy (HALE), which denotes the average number of years a person is expected to live in "full health". There are challenges in comparing life expectancies across countries due to disparities in data reporting and collection standards. The primary source of the most recent data presented is the World Bank Group's 2021 report.

Methodology

The life expectancy is shown separately for males and for females, as well as a combined figure. Several non-sovereign entities and territories are also included in this list.

The figures reflect the quality of healthcare in the countries listed as well as other factors including HIV infections.

From the beginning of the current century there is a tendency to also estimate Healthy life expectancy (HALE), the average number of years that a person can expect to live in "full health".^[1][2]

Comparing life expectancies across countries can be problematic. For example, due to poor reporting in some countries and various local standards in collecting statistics. This is especially true for Healthy life expectancy, the definition of which criteria may change over time, even within a country. For example, Canada is a country with a fairly high overall life expectancy at 81.63 years; however, this number decreases to 75.5 years for Indigenous people in the country.^[3] This discrepancy is echoed in most quality of life metrics across Canada.

World Bank Group (2022)

Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2022.^[4][5][6] Only countries with populations over 50,000 are listed. The values in the World Bank Group tables are rounded. All calculations were done on raw data, therefore, due to the nuances of rounding, in some places illusory inconsistencies of indicators arose, with a size of 0.01 year.

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Countries and territories	2022				Historical data									recovery from COVID-19: 2019→2022
	All	Male	Female	Sex gap	2014	2014 →2019	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022
Macao SAR, China	85.38	82.75	87.98	5.23	83.88	1.09	84.98	0.21	85.18	0.22	85.40	−0.02	85.38	0.40
Japan	84.00	81.05	87.09	6.04	83.59	0.77	84.36	0.20	84.56	−0.11	84.45	−0.45	84.00	−0.36
Hong Kong SAR, China	83.66	80.70	86.77	6.07	83.94	1.22	85.16	0.34	85.50	0.04	85.53	−1.87	83.66	−1.49
French Polynesia	83.55	81.33	85.98	4.65	82.21	0.78	83.00	−0.78	82.22	−2.73	79.49	4.06	83.55	0.55
Switzerland	83.45	81.60	85.40	3.80	83.20	0.71	83.90	−0.90	83.00	0.75	83.75	−0.30	83.45	−0.45
Faroe Islands	83.30	81.30	85.40	4.10	81.59	1.05	82.65	0.25	82.90	0.20	83.10	0.20	83.30	0.65
Australia	83.20	81.20	85.30	4.10	82.30	0.60	82.90	0.30	83.20	0.10	83.30	−0.10	83.20	0.30
Sweden	83.11	81.50	84.80	3.30	82.25	0.86	83.11	−0.75	82.36	0.70	83.06	0.05	83.11	0.00
Spain	83.08	80.40	85.90	5.50	83.23	0.60	83.83	−1.50	82.33	0.90	83.23	−0.15	83.08	−0.75
Ireland	83.06	81.30	84.90	3.60	81.35	1.35	82.70	−0.15	82.56	−0.20	82.35	0.70	83.06	0.35
Luxembourg	83.05	80.90	85.30	4.40	82.23	0.41	82.64	−0.50	82.14	0.45	82.60	0.45	83.05	0.41
Italy	82.90	80.90	85.00	4.10	83.09	0.41	83.50	−1.30	82.20	0.45	82.65	0.25	82.90	−0.60
Singapore	82.90	80.70	85.20	4.50	82.50	1.10	83.60	−0.05	83.54	−0.45	83.09	−0.20	82.90	−0.70
New Zealand	82.76	81.20	84.40	3.20	81.46	0.60	82.06	0.20	82.26	−0.05	82.21	0.55	82.76	0.70
Israel	82.70	80.70	84.80	4.10	82.15	0.65	82.80	−0.16	82.65	−0.15	82.50	0.20	82.70	−0.10
Malta	82.70	80.70	84.80	4.10	82.05	0.81	82.86	−0.51	82.35	0.16	82.51	0.19	82.70	−0.16
South Korea	82.68	79.90	85.60	5.70	81.72	1.50	83.23	0.20	83.43	0.10	83.53	−0.85	82.68	−0.55
Norway	82.56	81.00	84.20	3.20	82.10	0.86	82.96	0.25	83.21	−0.05	83.16	−0.60	82.56	−0.40
France	82.23	79.40	85.20	5.80	82.72	0.11	82.83	−0.65	82.18	0.15	82.32	−0.10	82.23	−0.60
Iceland	82.17	81.00	83.40	2.40	82.86	0.30	83.16	−0.10	83.06	0.10	83.17	−1.00	82.17	−0.99
United Kingdom	82.06	80.40	83.80	3.40	81.30	0.10	81.40	−1.05	80.35	0.35	80.70	1.36	82.06	0.65
Cyprus	81.89	80.07	83.67	3.61	80.77	0.63	81.40	−0.01	81.39	−0.19	81.20	0.69	81.89	0.49
Netherlands	81.71	80.30	83.20	2.90	81.71	0.40	82.11	−0.75	81.36	−0.05	81.31	0.40	81.71	−0.40
Belgium	81.70	79.60	83.90	4.30	81.29	0.71	82.00	−1.30	80.70	1.10	81.79	−0.09	81.70	−0.30
Channel Islands	81.58	79.52	83.64	4.11	81.88	−0.49	81.39	−0.13	81.26	−0.03	81.23	0.35	81.58	0.19
Portugal	81.58	78.80	84.50	5.70	81.12	0.55	81.68	−0.70	80.98	0.40	81.38	0.20	81.58	−0.10
Bermuda	81.57	78.44	84.51	6.07	79.52	1.52	81.03	0.10	81.14	−1.86	79.28	2.29	81.57	0.54
Qatar	81.56	80.63	83.10	2.47	79.77	1.22	80.99	−1.89	79.10	0.17	79.27	2.29	81.56	0.57
Denmark	81.30	79.50	83.20	3.70	80.70	0.75	81.45	0.15	81.60	−0.20	81.40	−0.10	81.30	−0.15
Canada	81.30	79.12	83.58	4.46	81.78	0.44	82.22	−0.56	81.66	−0.07	81.59	−0.29	81.30	−0.93
Slovenia	81.28	78.60	84.10	5.50	81.08	0.45	81.53	−1.00	80.53	0.14	80.68	0.61	81.28	−0.25
Finland	81.19	78.70	83.80	5.10	81.18	0.80	81.98	−0.05	81.93	−0.05	81.89	−0.70	81.19	−0.80
Austria	81.09	78.80	83.50	4.70	81.49	0.40	81.90	−0.70	81.19	0.00	81.19	−0.10	81.09	−0.80
New Caledonia	80.98	77.53	84.61	7.09	77.24	3.18	80.42	0.42	80.83	−1.71	79.13	1.85	80.98	0.56
Maldives	80.84	80.06	81.84	1.78	79.42	0.69	80.12	−0.24	79.88	0.04	79.92	0.92	80.84	0.72
Isle of Man	80.76	78.83	82.73	3.90	80.04	0.70	80.74	−0.15	80.59	−0.06	80.53	0.24	80.76	0.03
Germany	80.71	78.33	83.20	4.87	81.09	0.20	81.29	−0.25	81.04	−0.25	80.79	−0.08	80.71	−0.59
Greece	80.64	78.10	83.30	5.20	81.39	0.25	81.64	−0.35	81.29	−1.20	80.08	0.55	80.64	−1.00
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	80.32	77.10