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Life Expectancy – Ranking 2003

All countries ranked by life expectancy · World Bank

In 2003, Monaco (83.6), Andorra (82.7), and Japan (81.8) ranked highest in life expectancy among all countries. Eswatini ranked lowest at 44.6.

Life Expectancy by Country – 2003
RankCountryValueYoY %
1st Monaco 83.6 +0.7%
2nd Andorra 82.7 +0.3%
3rd Japan 81.8 +0.1%
4th Hong Kong SAR, China 81.3 -0.1%
5th San Marino 81.3 +0.3%
6th Macao SAR, China 81.0 +0.1%
7th Iceland 81.0 +0.6%
8th Gibraltar 80.7 +0.2%
9th Switzerland 80.5 +0.2%
10th Australia 80.2 +0.4%
11th Sweden 80.1 +0.3%
12th Italy 80.0 -0.3%
13th Liechtenstein 80.0 +0.4%
14th Canada 79.7 +0.2%
15th French Polynesia 79.7 +0.2%
16th Israel 79.6 +0.2%
17th Spain 79.6 +0.1%
18th United Arab Emirates 79.6 +1.1%
19th Channel Islands 79.4 +0.4%
20th Norway 79.4 +0.5%
21st New Zealand 79.1 +0.4%
22nd France 79.1 -0.2%
23rd Singapore 79.0 +0.6%
24th Faroe Islands 78.9 +0.2%
25th Cyprus 78.9 +0.2%
26th Greece 78.8 +0.3%
27th Bermuda 78.7 -0.2%
28th Austria 78.6 -0.1%
29th Malta 78.5 -0.2%
30th Netherlands 78.5 +0.3%
31st United Kingdom 78.4 +0.4%
32nd Germany 78.4 +0.2%
33rd Finland 78.4 +0.3%
34th Costa Rica 78.2 +0.4%
35th Ireland 78.1 +0.7%
36th Belgium 78.1 +0.1%
37th Chile 77.9 +0.1%
38th Luxembourg 77.7 -0.3%
39th European Union 77.6 +0.1%
40th Virgin Islands (US) 77.5 +0.0%
41st St. Martin (French part) 77.4 +0.3%
42nd Cuba 77.4 +0.8%
43rd Portugal 77.2 +0.2%
44th Korea 77.2 +0.6%
45th Denmark 77.1 +0.3%
46th United States 77.0 +0.1%
47th Puerto Rico (US) 76.9 +0.2%
48th Slovenia 76.9 +1.1%
49th Kuwait 76.6 +0.1%
50th Northern Mariana Islands 76.5 +0.8%
51st Bosnia and Herzegovina 76.4 +0.6%
52nd Isle of Man 76.3 +0.7%
53rd Qatar 76.1 +0.4%
54th Guam 75.9 +0.5%
55th Albania 75.6 +0.3%
56th Bahrain 75.5 +0.4%
57th Antigua and Barbuda 75.3 +0.1%
58th Lebanon 75.3 +0.6%
59th Turks and Caicos Islands 75.3 +0.6%
60th British Virgin Islands 75.2 +0.3%
61st Czechia 75.2 -0.1%
62nd Uruguay 75.1 +0.1%
63rd Barbados 74.9 +0.1%
64th Cayman Islands 74.6 +0.0%
65th Croatia 74.6 -0.1%
66th Poland 74.6 +0.1%
67th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 74.6 +0.0%
68th Panama 74.6 +0.5%
69th Oman 74.5 +0.3%
70th Brunei Darussalam 74.5 +0.2%
71st New Caledonia 74.5 +0.3%
72nd Argentina 74.3 0.0%
73rd Montenegro 74.1 +0.1%
74th Malaysia 73.7 +0.4%
75th Saudi Arabia 73.7 +0.5%
76th Ecuador 73.6 +0.6%
77th Slovak Republic 73.6 +0.0%
78th Curaçao 73.6 +0.2%
79th China 73.4 +0.5%
80th Mexico 73.3 +0.3%
81st Tunisia 73.3 +0.3%
82nd Grenada 73.3 +0.2%
83rd Maldives 73.3 +1.2%
84th North Macedonia 73.2 +0.3%
85th Aruba 73.2 +0.1%
86th Viet Nam 73.2 +0.1%
87th Bahamas, The 73.2 +0.3%
88th Türkiye 72.9 +0.4%
89th Armenia 72.8 +0.0%
90th Kosovo 72.7 +0.6%
91st Jordan 72.6 +0.3%
92nd Sri Lanka 72.4 +0.2%
93rd Serbia 72.4 +0.2%
94th Colombia 72.3 +1.1%
95th Hungary 72.3 -0.1%
96th St. Lucia 72.2 +0.7%
97th Syrian Arab Republic 72.2 +0.6%
98th Mauritius 72.1 +0.2%
99th Thailand 72.1 +0.5%
100th Bulgaria 72.1 +0.3%
101st Lithuania 72.1 +0.4%
102nd Dominica 71.9 +0.0%
103rd Algeria 71.9 +0.4%
104th American Samoa 71.7 -0.1%
105th Jamaica 71.6 +0.1%
106th Samoa 71.4 +0.3%
107th Georgia 71.4 +1.3%
108th Estonia 71.3 +0.6%
109th Romania 71.3 +0.4%
110th Peru 71.3 +0.7%
111th Latvia 71.3 +0.4%
112th Seychelles 71.0 -0.1%
113th Libya 71.0 +0.3%
114th West Bank and Gaza 71.0 +0.1%
115th Brazil 70.9 +0.7%
116th Dominican Republic 70.9 +0.2%
117th Paraguay 70.8 +0.4%
118th St. Kitts and Nevis 70.6 +0.6%
119th Iran, Islamic Republic of 70.5 -0.9%
120th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 70.4 -0.3%
121st Tonga 70.2 +0.3%
122nd Cabo Verde 70.0 +0.8%
123rd Belize 69.8 +0.4%
124th Trinidad and Tobago 69.5 +0.3%
125th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 69.4 +14.0%
126th Vanuatu 68.9 +0.1%
127th Honduras 68.9 +0.2%
128th El Salvador 68.8 +0.4%
129th Nicaragua 68.7 +1.2%
130th Belarus 68.6 +0.7%
131st Kyrgyz Republic 68.3 +0.1%
132nd Guatemala 68.2 +0.5%
133rd Philippines 68.0 +0.2%
134th Egypt, Arab Republic of 68.0 +0.3%
135th Morocco 68.0 +0.6%
136th Moldova 67.9 +0.2%
137th Ukraine 67.6 -0.1%
138th Solomon Islands 67.5 +0.2%
139th Greenland 67.2 +0.9%
140th Indonesia 67.1 +0.3%
141st Azerbaijan 67.0 +0.4%
142nd Uzbekistan 66.9 +0.7%
143rd Tajikistan 65.9 +1.5%
144th Turkmenistan 65.9 +0.4%
145th Suriname 65.8 +0.8%
146th Fiji 65.7 +0.2%
147th Palau 65.4 +0.6%
148th Kiribati 65.3 +0.3%
149th Russian Federation 65.0 -0.2%
150th Micronesia, Federated States of 64.9 +1.6%
151st Iraq 64.8 -1.4%
152nd Kazakhstan 64.8 +0.5%
153rd Bhutan 64.7 +1.1%
154th Yemen, Republic of 64.4 +0.9%
155th Bangladesh 64.3 +1.1%
156th Nepal 64.2 +1.1%
157th Guyana 64.1 -0.1%
158th India 64.1 +0.7%
159th Marshall Islands 64.0 +0.2%
160th Tuvalu 63.9 +0.1%
161st Mongolia 63.6 +0.1%
162nd Bolivia, Plurinational State of 63.5 +0.6%
163rd Pakistan 62.8 +0.4%
164th Mauritania 62.8 +0.9%
165th Gabon 62.5 +0.5%
166th Cambodia 62.3 +1.5%
167th São Tomé and Principe 62.2 +0.5%
168th Papua New Guinea 61.7 +0.2%
169th Myanmar 61.2 +0.4%
170th Comoros 60.2 +0.9%
171st Timor-Leste 60.1 +1.1%
172nd Madagascar 59.7 +0.9%
173rd Lao PDR 59.6 +0.6%
174th Senegal 59.5 +1.0%
175th Eritrea 59.5 +0.9%
176th Haiti 59.4 +0.7%
177th Nauru 59.4 -0.1%
178th Ghana 59.0 +0.5%
179th Sudan 58.3 -1.7%
180th Gambia, The 58.2 +0.8%
181st Djibouti 58.0 +0.4%
182nd Kenya 57.4 +1.1%
183rd Afghanistan 57.2 +1.7%
184th Congo, Republic of 57.1 +1.3%
185th Benin 57.1 +0.4%
186th Tanzania 55.9 +1.8%
187th Togo 55.3 +0.5%
188th Equatorial Guinea 54.8 +0.9%
189th Cameroon 54.3 +0.6%
190th South Africa 54.2 -2.4%
191st Guinea 53.6 +0.7%
192nd Rwanda 53.5 +4.4%
193rd Liberia 53.0 -1.9%
194th Congo, Democratic Republic of 53.0 +1.1%
195th Botswana 52.9 +0.9%
196th Mali 52.6 +1.2%
197th Uganda 52.4 +1.9%
198th South Sudan 52.3 +5.9%
199th Guinea-Bissau 52.2 +1.1%
200th Burkina Faso 52.0 +1.0%
201st Namibia 51.9 -0.1%
202nd Niger 51.5 +1.8%
203rd Côte d'Ivoire 51.4 -0.2%
204th Mozambique 51.4 +1.0%
205th Burundi 51.0 +2.1%
206th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 50.7 -0.2%
207th Angola 50.2 +4.9%
208th Zambia 49.6 +2.4%
209th Malawi 49.6 +3.0%
210th Nigeria 48.6 +1.2%
211th Chad 48.6 +0.5%
212th Central African Republic 47.3 +1.0%
213th Sierra Leone 46.8 +1.3%
214th Zimbabwe 45.4 -1.2%
215th Lesotho 44.9 -2.2%
216th Eswatini 44.6 -1.6%