Countries by Life Expectancy at Birth 2025
About This Dataset
Countries by Life Expectancy at Birth 2025
Countries ranked by average life expectancy at birth in 2025 according to WHO and UN Population Division data. Monaco and Japan consistently vie for the world's highest life expectancy — with residents of Monaco averaging over 87 years, driven by extraordinary wealth, access to world-class healthcare, low crime, clean environment, and a population profile heavily weighted toward affluent older residents who relocated for favourable tax conditions and high quality of life.
Analysis
Monaco heads the table on 87, ahead of Japan (84.3) and Switzerland (84) in Life Expectancy at Birth (Years) in 2025. 4.10 separates the highest figure (87) from the lowest (82.9). Most of that gap is between first and second alone (2.70 of 4.10); the other 7 are separated by just 1.40. Places 3 to 8 are close together, spanning 84 to 82.9.
Source:
Wikipedia
Key Findings
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Monaco leads in Life Expectancy at Birth (Years) with 87 in 2025.
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Average Life Expectancy at Birth (Years) in 2025: 84 · median: 84.
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Gap in 2025: Monaco is 1× larger than France.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 2025 · 8 observations
- Measure
- Life Expectancy at Birth (Years)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2025.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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