São Tomé and Principe - Life Expectancy 2023
São Tomé and Principe's life expectancy was 69.7 in 2023, increased +0.5 from 69.2 in 2022. This was the 154th highest globally.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 86.4 | 0.7% |
| 2nd | San Marino | 85.7 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 85.2 | 1.9% |
| 4th | Liechtenstein | 84.8 | 0.9% |
| 5th | French Polynesia | 84.1 | 0.3% |
| 6th | Switzerland | 84.1 | 0.5% |
| 7th | Japan | 84.0 | 0.1% |
| 8th | Andorra | 84.0 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Spain | 83.9 | 0.9% |
| 10th | Italy | 83.7 | 1.2% |
| 11th | Gibraltar | 83.6 | 0.0% |
| 12th | Malta | 83.5 | 1.3% |
| 13th | Korea | 83.4 | 0.9% |
| 14th | Luxembourg | 83.4 | 0.5% |
| 15th | Sweden | 83.3 | 0.3% |
| 16th | Israel | 83.2 | 0.6% |
| 17th | Kuwait | 83.2 | 3.2% |
| 18th | Macao SAR, China | 83.2 | 0.1% |
| 19th | Faroe Islands | 83.1 | 0.2% |
| 20th | Norway | 83.1 | 0.7% |
| 21st | Australia | 83.1 | -0.2% |
| 22nd | New Zealand | 83.0 | 1.3% |
| 23rd | France | 82.9 | 1.0% |
| 24th | United Arab Emirates | 82.9 | 3.0% |
| 25th | Singapore | 82.9 | 0.0% |
| 26th | Ireland | 82.9 | 0.4% |
| 27th | Iceland | 82.6 | 0.6% |
| 28th | Belgium | 82.4 | 0.8% |
| 29th | Qatar | 82.4 | 0.6% |
| 30th | Bermuda | 82.3 | 0.3% |
| 31st | Portugal | 82.3 | 0.8% |
| 32nd | Slovenia | 82.0 | 0.9% |
| 33rd | Netherlands | 81.9 | 0.4% |
| 34th | Denmark | 81.9 | 0.7% |
| 35th | Puerto Rico (US) | 81.7 | 2.8% |
| 36th | Finland | 81.7 | 0.6% |
| 37th | Cyprus | 81.6 | 1.5% |
| 38th | Canada | 81.6 | 0.5% |
| 39th | Austria | 81.5 | 0.3% |
| 40th | Greece | 81.5 | 0.9% |
| 41st | European Union | 81.4 | 0.9% |
| 42nd | Bahrain | 81.3 | 0.4% |
| 43rd | United Kingdom | 81.2 | 0.3% |
| 44th | Chile | 81.2 | 2.5% |
| 45th | Channel Islands | 81.1 | 0.1% |
| 46th | Maldives | 81.0 | 0.3% |
| 47th | Isle of Man | 81.0 | 0.1% |
| 48th | Costa Rica | 80.8 | 1.9% |
| 49th | Germany | 80.5 | -0.1% |
| 50th | Virgin Islands (US) | 80.5 | 0.2% |
| 51st | Cayman Islands | 80.4 | 0.5% |
| 52nd | St. Martin (French part) | 80.2 | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Oman | 80.0 | 2.7% |
| 54th | Czechia | 79.9 | 1.2% |
| 55th | Albania | 79.6 | 1.1% |
| 56th | Panama | 79.6 | 0.3% |
| 57th | Northern Mariana Islands | 78.8 | 0.4% |
| 58th | New Caledonia | 78.8 | 1.4% |
| 59th | Saudi Arabia | 78.7 | 1.8% |
| 60th | Poland | 78.5 | 1.8% |
| 61st | Estonia | 78.5 | 0.8% |
| 62nd | Croatia | 78.5 | 1.2% |
| 63rd | United States | 78.4 | 1.2% |
| 64th | Uruguay | 78.1 | 2.2% |
| 65th | Cuba | 78.1 | 0.6% |
| 66th | Kosovo | 78.0 | 0.5% |
| 67th | Slovak Republic | 78.0 | 1.4% |
| 68th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 78.0 | 0.1% |
| 69th | China | 78.0 | -0.3% |
| 70th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77.9 | 1.4% |
| 71st | Lebanon | 77.8 | -0.2% |
| 72nd | Jordan | 77.8 | 0.9% |
| 73rd | Peru | 77.7 | 1.2% |
| 74th | Colombia | 77.7 | 1.6% |
| 75th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 77.7 | 1.1% |
| 76th | Antigua and Barbuda | 77.6 | 0.1% |
| 77th | Montenegro | 77.6 | 1.8% |
| 78th | Sri Lanka | 77.5 | 0.2% |
| 79th | Armenia | 77.5 | 3.6% |
| 80th | Argentina | 77.4 | 2.1% |
| 81st | Ecuador | 77.4 | 1.1% |
| 82nd | British Virgin Islands | 77.3 | 0.1% |
| 83rd | Guam | 77.2 | 0.1% |
| 84th | Türkiye | 77.2 | -0.6% |
| 85th | Lithuania | 77.0 | 1.8% |
| 86th | Curaçao | 76.8 | 0.1% |
| 87th | Hungary | 76.8 | 1.2% |
| 88th | Malaysia | 76.7 | 1.6% |
| 89th | Romania | 76.6 | 1.9% |
| 90th | Tunisia | 76.5 | 0.6% |
| 91st | Thailand | 76.4 | 1.5% |
| 92nd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 76.4 | 0.3% |
| 93rd | Aruba | 76.4 | 0.2% |
| 94th | Algeria | 76.3 | 0.2% |
| 95th | Serbia | 76.2 | 1.3% |
| 96th | Barbados | 76.2 | 0.7% |
| 97th | Cabo Verde | 76.1 | 0.2% |
| 98th | Brazil | 75.8 | 1.3% |
| 99th | Bulgaria | 75.7 | 2.1% |
| 100th | Latvia | 75.7 | 1.9% |
| 101st | Brunei Darussalam | 75.3 | 3.3% |
| 102nd | North Macedonia | 75.3 | 1.2% |
| 103rd | Morocco | 75.3 | 0.2% |
| 104th | Grenada | 75.2 | 0.1% |
| 105th | Mexico | 75.1 | 1.5% |
| 106th | Seychelles | 75.0 | 1.7% |
| 107th | Nicaragua | 74.9 | 0.6% |
| 108th | Bangladesh | 74.7 | 0.5% |
| 109th | Viet Nam | 74.6 | 0.1% |
| 110th | Bahamas, The | 74.6 | 0.1% |
| 111th | Georgia | 74.5 | 0.5% |
| 112th | Azerbaijan | 74.4 | 0.4% |
| 113th | Kazakhstan | 74.4 | 1.2% |
| 114th | Belarus | 74.2 | 0.1% |
| 115th | Paraguay | 73.8 | 2.1% |
| 116th | Dominican Republic | 73.7 | -0.7% |
| 117th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 73.6 | 0.0% |
| 118th | Suriname | 73.6 | 0.5% |
| 119th | Belize | 73.6 | 1.9% |
| 120th | Trinidad and Tobago | 73.5 | 0.2% |
| 121st | Ukraine | 73.4 | 1.1% |
| 122nd | Mauritius | 73.4 | -0.1% |
| 123rd | Russian Federation | 73.3 | 1.0% |
| 124th | Bhutan | 73.0 | 0.3% |
| 125th | Tonga | 72.9 | 0.4% |
| 126th | Honduras | 72.9 | 0.2% |
| 127th | American Samoa | 72.9 | 0.1% |
| 128th | St. Lucia | 72.7 | 0.0% |
| 129th | Guatemala | 72.6 | 2.0% |
| 130th | Uzbekistan | 72.4 | 0.3% |
| 131st | Iraq | 72.3 | 0.4% |
| 132nd | Kyrgyz Republic | 72.2 | 0.3% |
| 133rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 72.1 | 2.6% |
| 134th | Mongolia | 72.1 | 0.3% |
| 135th | Syrian Arab Republic | 72.1 | -0.9% |
| 136th | El Salvador | 72.1 | 0.2% |
| 137th | India | 72.0 | 0.4% |
| 138th | Tajikistan | 71.8 | 0.3% |
| 139th | Samoa | 71.7 | 0.2% |
| 140th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 71.6 | 0.9% |
| 141st | Greenland | 71.5 | 0.0% |
| 142nd | Jamaica | 71.5 | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Vanuatu | 71.5 | 0.2% |
| 144th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.2 | 0.1% |
| 145th | Moldova | 71.2 | -0.5% |
| 146th | Indonesia | 71.1 | 0.3% |
| 147th | Dominica | 71.1 | 0.1% |
| 148th | Cambodia | 70.7 | 0.2% |
| 149th | Solomon Islands | 70.5 | 0.2% |
| 150th | Nepal | 70.4 | 0.4% |
| 151st | Guyana | 70.2 | 0.4% |
| 152nd | Turkmenistan | 70.1 | 0.2% |
| 153rd | Philippines | 69.8 | 0.5% |
| 154th | São Tomé and Principe | 69.7 | 0.7% |
| 155th | Libya | 69.3 | -6.9% |
| 156th | Yemen, Republic of | 69.3 | 2.0% |
| 157th | Palau | 69.3 | 0.5% |
| 158th | Botswana | 69.2 | 0.6% |
| 159th | Lao PDR | 69.0 | 0.4% |
| 160th | Senegal | 68.7 | 1.3% |
| 161st | Eritrea | 68.6 | 1.2% |
| 162nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 68.6 | 1.7% |
| 163rd | Mauritania | 68.5 | 0.3% |
| 164th | Gabon | 68.3 | 0.9% |
| 165th | Uganda | 68.3 | 0.9% |
| 166th | Rwanda | 67.8 | 0.4% |
| 167th | Timor-Leste | 67.7 | 0.5% |
| 168th | Pakistan | 67.6 | 0.3% |
| 169th | Namibia | 67.4 | 5.0% |
| 170th | Malawi | 67.4 | 2.0% |
| 171st | Fiji | 67.3 | 0.3% |
| 172nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 67.2 | 0.4% |
| 173rd | Tuvalu | 67.1 | 0.4% |
| 174th | Tanzania | 67.0 | 0.2% |
| 175th | Marshall Islands | 66.9 | 0.3% |
| 176th | Myanmar | 66.9 | 0.6% |
| 177th | Comoros | 66.8 | 0.4% |
| 178th | Kiribati | 66.5 | 0.3% |
| 179th | Zambia | 66.3 | 1.6% |
| 180th | Sudan | 66.3 | 1.0% |
| 181st | South Africa | 66.1 | 1.0% |
| 182nd | Papua New Guinea | 66.1 | 1.3% |
| 183rd | Afghanistan | 66.0 | 0.6% |
| 184th | Djibouti | 66.0 | 0.7% |
| 185th | Gambia, The | 65.9 | 1.5% |
| 186th | Congo, Republic of | 65.8 | 1.2% |
| 187th | Ghana | 65.5 | 0.4% |
| 188th | West Bank and Gaza | 65.2 | -15.0% |
| 189th | Haiti | 64.9 | 1.5% |
| 190th | Angola | 64.6 | 0.6% |
| 191st | Eswatini | 64.1 | 1.7% |
| 192nd | Guinea-Bissau | 64.1 | 0.8% |
| 193rd | Equatorial Guinea | 63.7 | 0.6% |
| 194th | Cameroon | 63.7 | 2.0% |
| 195th | Burundi | 63.7 | 1.2% |
| 196th | Kenya | 63.6 | 0.2% |
| 197th | Madagascar | 63.6 | 0.9% |
| 198th | Mozambique | 63.6 | 1.0% |
| 199th | Zimbabwe | 62.8 | 0.7% |
| 200th | Togo | 62.7 | 0.7% |
| 201st | Liberia | 62.2 | 0.4% |
| 202nd | Nauru | 62.1 | 0.3% |
| 203rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 61.9 | 0.6% |
| 204th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 61.9 | 1.5% |
| 205th | Sierra Leone | 61.8 | 0.8% |
| 206th | Niger | 61.2 | 1.3% |
| 207th | Burkina Faso | 61.1 | 0.6% |
| 208th | Benin | 60.8 | 0.5% |
| 209th | Guinea | 60.7 | 0.5% |
| 210th | Mali | 60.4 | 0.7% |
| 211th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 58.8 | 9.1% |
| 212th | South Sudan | 57.6 | 0.7% |
| 213th | Central African Republic | 57.4 | 205.1% |
| 214th | Lesotho | 57.4 | 1.0% |
| 215th | Chad | 55.1 | 1.0% |
| 216th | Nigeria | 54.5 | 0.7% |
FAQ
São Tomé and Principe's life expectancy in 2023 was 69.7. This ranked 154th globally.
São Tomé and Principe's life expectancy increased by 0.7% in 2023 compared to 2022.
Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2023 at 86.4.
The life expectancy of São Tomé and Principe in 2023 was 69.7. This ranked 154th globally.
São Tomé and Principe's life expectancy went from 69.2 in 2022 to 69.7 in 2023, a 0.7% increase.
São Tomé and Principe matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2023. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). View full analysis →