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Korea - Life Expectancy 2022

Name: Korea Life Expectancy 2022
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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

82.7 −0.8 from 2021 Global rank: 19th

Korea's life expectancy was 82.7 in 2022, decreased +0.8 from 83.5 in 2021. This was the 19th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2022▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 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 Korea's life expectancy in 2022?▾

Korea's life expectancy in 2022 was 82.7. This ranked 19th globally.

How did Korea's life expectancy change in 2022?▾

Korea's life expectancy decreased by 1.0% 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 Korea in 2022?▾

The life expectancy of Korea in 2022 was 82.7. This ranked 19th globally.

How does 2022 compare to 2021 for Korea's life expectancy?▾

Korea's life expectancy went from 83.5 in 2021 to 82.7 in 2022, a 1.0% decrease.

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