Greenland - Life Expectancy 2022
71.5
−0.3 from 2021
Greenland's life expectancy was 71.5 in 2022, decreased +0.3 from 71.8 in 2021. This was the 141st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2022▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 85.7 | 0.7% |
| 2nd | San Marino | 85.7 | 2.6% |
| 3rd | Liechtenstein | 84.1 | -0.3% |
| 4th | Andorra | 84.0 | 2.0% |
| 5th | Japan | 84.0 | -0.5% |
| 6th | French Polynesia | 83.9 | 5.4% |
| 7th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 83.7 | -2.2% |
| 8th | Switzerland | 83.6 | -0.2% |
| 9th | Gibraltar | 83.5 | 4.0% |
| 10th | Australia | 83.2 | -0.1% |
| 11th | Spain | 83.1 | -0.1% |
| 12th | Macao SAR, China | 83.1 | -0.8% |
| 13th | Sweden | 83.1 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Luxembourg | 82.9 | 0.4% |
| 15th | Faroe Islands | 82.9 | 0.1% |
| 16th | Singapore | 82.9 | -0.2% |
| 17th | Israel | 82.7 | 0.2% |
| 18th | Italy | 82.7 | 0.1% |
| 19th | Korea | 82.7 | -1.0% |
| 20th | Ireland | 82.5 | 0.3% |
| 21st | Norway | 82.5 | -0.8% |
| 22nd | Malta | 82.4 | 0.2% |
| 23rd | France | 82.1 | -0.2% |
| 24th | Iceland | 82.1 | -1.3% |
| 25th | Bermuda | 82.1 | 0.4% |
| 26th | New Zealand | 82.0 | -0.3% |
| 27th | Qatar | 81.9 | 1.0% |
| 28th | Belgium | 81.7 | -0.1% |
| 29th | Portugal | 81.6 | 0.3% |
| 30th | Netherlands | 81.6 | 0.4% |
| 31st | Denmark | 81.3 | -0.1% |
| 32nd | Austria | 81.3 | 0.1% |
| 33rd | Slovenia | 81.3 | 0.8% |
| 34th | Canada | 81.2 | -0.3% |
| 35th | Finland | 81.2 | -0.9% |
| 36th | United Kingdom | 81.0 | 0.5% |
| 37th | Channel Islands | 81.0 | 0.9% |
| 38th | Bahrain | 81.0 | 3.7% |
| 39th | Isle of Man | 81.0 | 0.7% |
| 40th | Greece | 80.8 | 0.9% |
| 41st | Maldives | 80.8 | 3.5% |
| 42nd | European Union | 80.7 | 0.5% |
| 43rd | Germany | 80.6 | -0.2% |
| 44th | Kuwait | 80.6 | 2.4% |
| 45th | United Arab Emirates | 80.5 | 1.8% |
| 46th | Cyprus | 80.4 | -0.2% |
| 47th | Virgin Islands (US) | 80.3 | 0.3% |
| 48th | St. Martin (French part) | 80.2 | 0.0% |
| 49th | Cayman Islands | 80.0 | 0.9% |
| 50th | Puerto Rico (US) | 79.4 | -0.4% |
| 51st | Panama | 79.3 | 3.0% |
| 52nd | Costa Rica | 79.3 | 1.6% |
| 53rd | Chile | 79.2 | 0.4% |
| 54th | Czechia | 78.9 | 2.2% |
| 55th | Albania | 78.8 | 2.5% |
| 56th | Northern Mariana Islands | 78.5 | 0.5% |
| 57th | China | 78.2 | 0.1% |
| 58th | Lebanon | 78.0 | 5.9% |
| 59th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 77.9 | 0.9% |
| 60th | Oman | 77.9 | 2.6% |
| 61st | Estonia | 77.8 | 1.2% |
| 62nd | New Caledonia | 77.7 | 0.8% |
| 63rd | Cuba | 77.6 | 6.0% |
| 64th | Kosovo | 77.6 | 3.5% |
| 65th | Türkiye | 77.6 | 2.5% |
| 66th | Croatia | 77.6 | 1.5% |
| 67th | Antigua and Barbuda | 77.5 | 0.4% |
| 68th | United States | 77.4 | 1.4% |
| 69th | Saudi Arabia | 77.3 | 0.3% |
| 70th | Sri Lanka | 77.3 | 1.3% |
| 71st | British Virgin Islands | 77.2 | 2.5% |
| 72nd | Poland | 77.2 | 2.4% |
| 73rd | Guam | 77.1 | 2.2% |
| 74th | Jordan | 77.1 | 3.9% |
| 75th | Slovak Republic | 77.0 | 3.2% |
| 76th | Peru | 76.8 | 7.3% |
| 77th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 76.8 | 4.1% |
| 78th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 76.8 | 3.0% |
| 79th | Curaçao | 76.7 | 1.4% |
| 80th | West Bank and Gaza | 76.7 | 3.8% |
| 81st | Ecuador | 76.6 | 5.3% |
| 82nd | Colombia | 76.5 | 5.2% |
| 83rd | Uruguay | 76.5 | 1.4% |
| 84th | Aruba | 76.2 | 3.5% |
| 85th | Montenegro | 76.2 | 3.2% |
| 86th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 76.2 | 2.2% |
| 87th | Algeria | 76.1 | 1.2% |
| 88th | Tunisia | 76.1 | 4.3% |
| 89th | Cabo Verde | 75.9 | 2.0% |
| 90th | Hungary | 75.9 | 2.4% |
| 91st | Argentina | 75.8 | 2.5% |
| 92nd | Barbados | 75.7 | -1.2% |
| 93rd | Lithuania | 75.6 | 2.2% |
| 94th | Malaysia | 75.4 | 2.1% |
| 95th | Thailand | 75.3 | -3.0% |
| 96th | Serbia | 75.2 | 3.4% |
| 97th | Morocco | 75.2 | 2.4% |
| 98th | Romania | 75.2 | 3.2% |
| 99th | Grenada | 75.2 | 0.8% |
| 100th | Brazil | 74.9 | 2.5% |
| 101st | Armenia | 74.8 | 3.4% |
| 102nd | Viet Nam | 74.5 | 0.5% |
| 103rd | Bahamas, The | 74.5 | 5.3% |
| 104th | Nicaragua | 74.5 | 5.7% |
| 105th | Libya | 74.5 | 3.3% |
| 106th | North Macedonia | 74.4 | 1.6% |
| 107th | Latvia | 74.3 | 1.8% |
| 108th | Bangladesh | 74.3 | 4.4% |
| 109th | Dominican Republic | 74.2 | 3.4% |
| 110th | Bulgaria | 74.2 | 4.1% |
| 111th | Georgia | 74.1 | 3.5% |
| 112th | Azerbaijan | 74.1 | 4.4% |
| 113th | Belarus | 74.1 | 2.8% |
| 114th | Mexico | 74.0 | 6.1% |
| 115th | Seychelles | 73.7 | 0.4% |
| 116th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 73.6 | 0.3% |
| 117th | Mauritius | 73.5 | -0.2% |
| 118th | Kazakhstan | 73.5 | 4.8% |
| 119th | Trinidad and Tobago | 73.3 | 3.1% |
| 120th | Suriname | 73.3 | 6.3% |
| 121st | Brunei Darussalam | 72.9 | -2.6% |
| 122nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 72.8 | 0.5% |
| 123rd | Bhutan | 72.8 | 0.4% |
| 124th | American Samoa | 72.8 | 0.1% |
| 125th | Honduras | 72.7 | 4.6% |
| 126th | St. Lucia | 72.7 | 5.1% |
| 127th | Ukraine | 72.7 | 1.4% |
| 128th | Tonga | 72.6 | 0.7% |
| 129th | Russian Federation | 72.5 | 3.8% |
| 130th | Paraguay | 72.3 | 6.2% |
| 131st | Belize | 72.2 | 1.8% |
| 132nd | Uzbekistan | 72.1 | 0.7% |
| 133rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 72.0 | 0.2% |
| 134th | Iraq | 72.0 | 1.9% |
| 135th | El Salvador | 72.0 | 2.9% |
| 136th | Mongolia | 71.9 | 0.4% |
| 137th | India | 71.7 | 6.6% |
| 138th | Tajikistan | 71.6 | 2.8% |
| 139th | Samoa | 71.6 | 0.6% |
| 140th | Moldova | 71.5 | 3.7% |
| 141st | Greenland | 71.5 | -0.4% |
| 142nd | Jamaica | 71.5 | 3.5% |
| 143rd | Vanuatu | 71.3 | 1.9% |
| 144th | Guatemala | 71.2 | 4.9% |
| 145th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.2 | 3.0% |
| 146th | Dominica | 71.1 | 1.8% |
| 147th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 71.0 | 2.9% |
| 148th | Indonesia | 70.9 | 5.1% |
| 149th | Cambodia | 70.5 | 1.8% |
| 150th | Solomon Islands | 70.4 | 2.2% |
| 151st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 70.3 | 1.5% |
| 152nd | Nepal | 70.1 | 2.5% |
| 153rd | Turkmenistan | 69.9 | 0.8% |
| 154th | Guyana | 69.9 | 8.7% |
| 155th | Philippines | 69.5 | 4.2% |
| 156th | São Tomé and Principe | 69.2 | 1.8% |
| 157th | Palau | 68.9 | 0.5% |
| 158th | Botswana | 68.7 | 8.6% |
| 159th | Lao PDR | 68.7 | 1.3% |
| 160th | Mauritania | 68.3 | 2.3% |
| 161st | Yemen, Republic of | 68.0 | 2.9% |
| 162nd | Eritrea | 67.8 | 1.3% |
| 163rd | Senegal | 67.8 | 1.4% |
| 164th | Gabon | 67.7 | 1.0% |
| 165th | Uganda | 67.7 | 1.8% |
| 166th | Rwanda | 67.5 | 1.0% |
| 167th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 67.4 | 9.8% |
| 168th | Pakistan | 67.4 | 2.5% |
| 169th | Timor-Leste | 67.4 | 1.8% |
| 170th | Fiji | 67.1 | 3.5% |
| 171st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 67.0 | 1.2% |
| 172nd | Tanzania | 66.9 | 1.1% |
| 173rd | Tuvalu | 66.9 | 1.6% |
| 174th | Marshall Islands | 66.7 | 2.0% |
| 175th | Myanmar | 66.5 | 1.5% |
| 176th | Comoros | 66.5 | 2.0% |
| 177th | Kiribati | 66.3 | 3.3% |
| 178th | Malawi | 66.0 | 1.9% |
| 179th | Sudan | 65.7 | 1.9% |
| 180th | Afghanistan | 65.6 | 8.6% |
| 181st | Djibouti | 65.5 | 2.7% |
| 182nd | South Africa | 65.5 | 5.6% |
| 183rd | Zambia | 65.3 | 4.7% |
| 184th | Papua New Guinea | 65.3 | 1.4% |
| 185th | Ghana | 65.2 | 1.5% |
| 186th | Congo, Republic of | 65.0 | 1.3% |
| 187th | Gambia, The | 64.9 | 1.6% |
| 188th | Angola | 64.2 | 2.0% |
| 189th | Namibia | 64.2 | 5.5% |
| 190th | Haiti | 63.9 | 2.1% |
| 191st | Guinea-Bissau | 63.6 | 3.2% |
| 192nd | Kenya | 63.5 | 3.8% |
| 193rd | Equatorial Guinea | 63.4 | 1.5% |
| 194th | Madagascar | 63.1 | 0.9% |
| 195th | Eswatini | 63.0 | 8.2% |
| 196th | Mozambique | 63.0 | 4.6% |
| 197th | Burundi | 62.9 | 1.3% |
| 198th | Cameroon | 62.4 | 2.1% |
| 199th | Zimbabwe | 62.4 | 3.7% |
| 200th | Togo | 62.3 | 1.6% |
| 201st | Liberia | 61.9 | 1.3% |
| 202nd | Nauru | 61.9 | 1.0% |
| 203rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 61.6 | 2.1% |
| 204th | Sierra Leone | 61.3 | 1.7% |
| 205th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 61.0 | 1.6% |
| 206th | Burkina Faso | 60.7 | 1.1% |
| 207th | Benin | 60.5 | 1.5% |
| 208th | Guinea | 60.4 | 1.8% |
| 209th | Niger | 60.4 | 1.4% |
| 210th | Mali | 60.0 | 1.6% |
| 211th | South Sudan | 57.2 | 0.3% |
| 212th | Lesotho | 56.8 | 4.8% |
| 213th | Chad | 54.5 | 2.6% |
| 214th | Nigeria | 54.1 | 1.2% |
| 215th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 53.9 | -3.2% |
| 216th | Central African Republic | 18.8 | -53.3% |
FAQ
What was Greenland's life expectancy in 2022?▾
Greenland's life expectancy in 2022 was 71.5. This ranked 141st globally.
How did Greenland's life expectancy change in 2022?▾
Greenland's life expectancy decreased by 0.4% in 2022 compared to 2021.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2022?▾
Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2022 at 85.7.
What is the life expectancy of Greenland in 2022?▾
The life expectancy of Greenland in 2022 was 71.5. This ranked 141st globally.
How does 2022 compare to 2021 for Greenland's life expectancy?▾
Greenland's life expectancy went from 71.8 in 2021 to 71.5 in 2022, a 0.4% decrease.
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