Life Expectancy – Ranking 2001
In 2001, Monaco (82.5), Andorra (82.2), and Hong Kong SAR, China (81.4) ranked highest in life expectancy among all countries. Zimbabwe ranked lowest at 44.5.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 82.5 | +0.4% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 82.2 | +0.4% |
| 3rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 81.4 | +0.7% |
| 4th | Japan | 81.4 | +0.4% |
| 5th | San Marino | 80.8 | +0.4% |
| 6th | Iceland | 80.7 | +1.3% |
| 7th | Macao SAR, China | 80.6 | +0.5% |
| 8th | Gibraltar | 80.4 | +0.3% |
| 9th | Switzerland | 80.2 | +0.6% |
| 10th | Italy | 80.1 | +0.4% |
| 11th | Sweden | 79.8 | +0.2% |
| 12th | Australia | 79.6 | +0.5% |
| 13th | Israel | 79.4 | +0.6% |
| 14th | Canada | 79.4 | +0.3% |
| 15th | Spain | 79.4 | +0.5% |
| 16th | French Polynesia | 79.3 | +0.4% |
| 17th | Liechtenstein | 79.3 | +3.2% |
| 18th | France | 79.2 | +0.1% |
| 19th | Channel Islands | 79.0 | +0.3% |
| 20th | Malta | 78.8 | +0.6% |
| 21st | Norway | 78.8 | +0.2% |
| 22nd | New Zealand | 78.7 | +0.1% |
| 23rd | Bermuda | 78.6 | +0.5% |
| 24th | Faroe Islands | 78.6 | +0.3% |
| 25th | Austria | 78.6 | +0.6% |
| 26th | Greece | 78.4 | +0.6% |
| 27th | Germany | 78.3 | +0.5% |
| 28th | Singapore | 78.3 | +0.4% |
| 29th | Netherlands | 78.2 | +0.3% |
| 30th | Cyprus | 78.2 | +0.4% |
| 31st | United Kingdom | 78.0 | +0.3% |
| 32nd | Belgium | 78.0 | +0.3% |
| 33rd | Finland | 78.0 | +0.6% |
| 34th | Luxembourg | 77.8 | -0.1% |
| 35th | Virgin Islands (US) | 77.6 | +1.3% |
| 36th | United Arab Emirates | 77.6 | +1.7% |
| 37th | Costa Rica | 77.6 | +0.4% |
| 38th | Chile | 77.6 | +0.6% |
| 39th | European Union | 77.4 | +0.5% |
| 40th | Ireland | 77.1 | +0.8% |
| 41st | St. Martin (French part) | 77.0 | +0.3% |
| 42nd | United States | 76.8 | +0.3% |
| 43rd | Portugal | 76.8 | +0.7% |
| 44th | Denmark | 76.8 | +0.3% |
| 45th | Cuba | 76.4 | +0.7% |
| 46th | Korea | 76.4 | +0.7% |
| 47th | Kuwait | 76.4 | +0.2% |
| 48th | Puerto Rico (US) | 76.0 | +0.6% |
| 49th | Slovenia | 75.8 | +0.5% |
| 50th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 75.6 | +0.4% |
| 51st | Qatar | 75.5 | +0.3% |
| 52nd | Northern Mariana Islands | 75.4 | +0.7% |
| 53rd | Isle of Man | 75.3 | +0.6% |
| 54th | Guam | 75.2 | +0.4% |
| 55th | Czechia | 75.2 | +0.3% |
| 56th | Antigua and Barbuda | 75.1 | +0.4% |
| 57th | Albania | 75.1 | +0.3% |
| 58th | Uruguay | 75.0 | +0.4% |
| 59th | Bahrain | 74.9 | +0.4% |
| 60th | British Virgin Islands | 74.8 | +0.1% |
| 61st | Barbados | 74.7 | +0.2% |
| 62nd | Cayman Islands | 74.5 | +0.2% |
| 63rd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 74.5 | +0.2% |
| 64th | Croatia | 74.5 | +2.3% |
| 65th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 74.4 | +0.6% |
| 66th | Lebanon | 74.4 | +0.6% |
| 67th | Brunei Darussalam | 74.2 | +0.3% |
| 68th | Poland | 74.2 | +0.6% |
| 69th | Argentina | 74.2 | +0.3% |
| 70th | Oman | 74.0 | +0.5% |
| 71st | New Caledonia | 74.0 | +0.5% |
| 72nd | Panama | 73.8 | +0.5% |
| 73rd | Montenegro | 73.6 | +0.2% |
| 74th | North Macedonia | 73.4 | +0.7% |
| 75th | Slovak Republic | 73.4 | +0.5% |
| 76th | Curaçao | 73.4 | +0.1% |
| 77th | Seychelles | 73.3 | +0.7% |
| 78th | Malaysia | 73.1 | +0.5% |
| 79th | Aruba | 73.0 | +0.1% |
| 80th | Grenada | 73.0 | +0.1% |
| 81st | Viet Nam | 73.0 | +0.3% |
| 82nd | Armenia | 73.0 | +0.1% |
| 83rd | Saudi Arabia | 73.0 | +0.5% |
| 84th | Mexico | 72.9 | +0.5% |
| 85th | Tunisia | 72.8 | +0.3% |
| 86th | Bahamas, The | 72.8 | +0.4% |
| 87th | China | 72.7 | +0.5% |
| 88th | Ecuador | 72.6 | +0.7% |
| 89th | Türkiye | 72.3 | +0.5% |
| 90th | Hungary | 72.2 | +1.4% |
| 91st | Serbia | 72.2 | +0.9% |
| 92nd | Jordan | 72.1 | +0.3% |
| 93rd | Dominica | 71.9 | +0.2% |
| 94th | Sri Lanka | 71.8 | +0.9% |
| 95th | Kosovo | 71.8 | +0.6% |
| 96th | Bulgaria | 71.8 | +0.1% |
| 97th | Mauritius | 71.8 | +0.1% |
| 98th | Maldives | 71.7 | +1.1% |
| 99th | Lithuania | 71.7 | -0.5% |
| 100th | American Samoa | 71.6 | +0.2% |
| 101st | Thailand | 71.5 | +0.4% |
| 102nd | St. Lucia | 71.4 | +0.8% |
| 103rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 71.3 | +0.6% |
| 104th | Jamaica | 71.3 | +0.0% |
| 105th | Colombia | 71.2 | +0.4% |
| 106th | Romania | 71.2 | 0.0% |
| 107th | Samoa | 71.0 | +0.3% |
| 108th | Algeria | 71.0 | +0.6% |
| 109th | Latvia | 70.8 | +0.6% |
| 110th | Libya | 70.7 | +0.2% |
| 111th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 70.6 | +0.6% |
| 112th | Dominican Republic | 70.6 | +0.3% |
| 113th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.4 | +0.0% |
| 114th | Georgia | 70.4 | +0.4% |
| 115th | Peru | 70.3 | +0.7% |
| 116th | Paraguay | 70.3 | +0.4% |
| 117th | Estonia | 70.3 | -0.2% |
| 118th | Brazil | 70.0 | +0.6% |
| 119th | Tonga | 69.8 | +0.2% |
| 120th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 69.8 | +0.7% |
| 121st | West Bank and Gaza | 69.8 | -0.8% |
| 122nd | Belize | 68.9 | +0.0% |
| 123rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 68.9 | +0.4% |
| 124th | Vanuatu | 68.7 | +0.2% |
| 125th | Kyrgyz Republic | 68.7 | +0.2% |
| 126th | Cabo Verde | 68.7 | +0.9% |
| 127th | Belarus | 68.5 | -0.6% |
| 128th | Honduras | 68.5 | +0.3% |
| 129th | El Salvador | 68.0 | +0.4% |
| 130th | Philippines | 67.8 | +0.1% |
| 131st | Ukraine | 67.7 | -0.2% |
| 132nd | Moldova | 67.7 | +0.3% |
| 133rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 67.6 | +0.4% |
| 134th | Guatemala | 67.4 | +0.5% |
| 135th | Solomon Islands | 67.2 | +0.2% |
| 136th | Morocco | 67.2 | +0.6% |
| 137th | Nicaragua | 67.0 | +1.0% |
| 138th | Indonesia | 66.6 | +0.4% |
| 139th | Fiji | 66.2 | +0.0% |
| 140th | Greenland | 66.2 | +0.1% |
| 141st | Azerbaijan | 66.0 | +1.0% |
| 142nd | Uzbekistan | 65.9 | +0.6% |
| 143rd | Russian Federation | 65.4 | -0.2% |
| 144th | Turkmenistan | 65.3 | +0.6% |
| 145th | Iraq | 65.3 | +0.7% |
| 146th | Kiribati | 64.9 | +0.4% |
| 147th | Suriname | 64.8 | +0.6% |
| 148th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 64.8 | +0.8% |
| 149th | Palau | 64.8 | +0.5% |
| 150th | Guyana | 64.4 | +0.5% |
| 151st | Tajikistan | 64.2 | +1.0% |
| 152nd | Kazakhstan | 64.1 | +0.5% |
| 153rd | Marshall Islands | 63.7 | +0.7% |
| 154th | Tuvalu | 63.7 | +0.3% |
| 155th | Mongolia | 63.4 | +0.3% |
| 156th | Bhutan | 63.3 | +2.4% |
| 157th | Nepal | 63.3 | +1.0% |
| 158th | Yemen, Republic of | 63.3 | +0.8% |
| 159th | India | 63.2 | +0.7% |
| 160th | Bangladesh | 62.8 | +1.3% |
| 161st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 62.5 | +0.8% |
| 162nd | Pakistan | 62.2 | +0.5% |
| 163rd | Gabon | 62.0 | +0.3% |
| 164th | Mauritania | 61.7 | +1.0% |
| 165th | Papua New Guinea | 61.6 | +0.1% |
| 166th | São Tomé and Principe | 61.5 | +0.5% |
| 167th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 60.9 | 0.0% |
| 168th | Myanmar | 60.6 | +0.5% |
| 169th | Cambodia | 60.5 | +1.6% |
| 170th | Comoros | 59.6 | +1.1% |
| 171st | Nauru | 59.5 | -0.2% |
| 172nd | Sudan | 59.3 | +0.5% |
| 173rd | Lao PDR | 58.9 | +1.0% |
| 174th | Timor-Leste | 58.8 | +1.2% |
| 175th | Madagascar | 58.7 | +1.2% |
| 176th | Haiti | 58.6 | +0.7% |
| 177th | Ghana | 58.4 | +0.5% |
| 178th | Eritrea | 58.4 | +3.7% |
| 179th | Senegal | 58.2 | +0.9% |
| 180th | Djibouti | 57.5 | +1.4% |
| 181st | Gambia, The | 57.3 | +0.7% |
| 182nd | South Africa | 57.2 | -2.1% |
| 183rd | Benin | 56.7 | +0.1% |
| 184th | Kenya | 56.5 | +0.7% |
| 185th | Congo, Republic of | 55.9 | +0.9% |
| 186th | Afghanistan | 55.5 | +0.9% |
| 187th | Togo | 54.7 | +0.3% |
| 188th | Tanzania | 54.1 | +1.7% |
| 189th | Equatorial Guinea | 53.8 | +0.8% |
| 190th | Cameroon | 53.6 | +0.5% |
| 191st | Liberia | 53.1 | +2.4% |
| 192nd | Guinea | 52.7 | +0.5% |
| 193rd | Botswana | 52.2 | -0.1% |
| 194th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 52.2 | +0.6% |
| 195th | Namibia | 52.0 | -1.8% |
| 196th | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.4 | +0.1% |
| 197th | Mali | 51.3 | +1.4% |
| 198th | Burkina Faso | 51.2 | +0.7% |
| 199th | Guinea-Bissau | 51.1 | +1.0% |
| 200th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 50.8 | +0.2% |
| 201st | Uganda | 50.6 | +1.9% |
| 202nd | Mozambique | 50.3 | +1.6% |
| 203rd | Niger | 49.9 | +1.4% |
| 204th | Rwanda | 49.5 | +3.5% |
| 205th | South Sudan | 48.6 | +2.0% |
| 206th | Burundi | 48.5 | +1.9% |
| 207th | Chad | 48.3 | +0.8% |
| 208th | Nigeria | 47.5 | +0.9% |
| 209th | Zambia | 47.4 | +1.8% |
| 210th | Malawi | 47.2 | +2.2% |
| 211th | Lesotho | 47.2 | -3.3% |
| 212th | Angola | 47.0 | +1.1% |
| 213th | Central African Republic | 46.7 | +0.3% |
| 214th | Eswatini | 46.3 | -2.7% |
| 215th | Sierra Leone | 45.4 | +1.4% |
| 216th | Zimbabwe | 44.5 | -3.3% |