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Can Money Buy Happiness? Maybe Not, But It Can Buy Longevityโ€”Life Expectancy Rankings Revealed
Can Money Buy Happiness? Maybe Not, But It Can Buy Longevityโ€”Life Expectancy Rankings Revealed

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time26-05-2025

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Can Money Buy Happiness? Maybe Not, But It Can Buy Longevityโ€”Life Expectancy Rankings Revealed

Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao illustrates this phenomenon in the above map, which uses 2025 life expectancy at birth projections from the UN World Population Prospects published last year. Life expectancy at birth measures the average number of years that a newborn could expect to live, if they were subject to the age-specific mortality rates of a given period. This number visualized is an average between men and women. For extra context, women have higher life expectancies than men in nearly every country in the world. The micronation of Monaco has the highest average life expectancy in the world. A baby born in the country in 2025 can expect to live to 87 years old. Rank Country ISO Code Average lifeexpectancy at birth,2025 (in years) 1 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco MCO 87 2 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino SMR 86 3 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Hong Kong HKG 86 4 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan JPN 85 5 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea KOR 85 6 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy BLM 85 7 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra AND 84 8 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia PYF 84 9 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland CHE 84 10 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia AUS 84 11 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy ITA 84 12 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore SGP 84 13 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain ESP 84 14 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein LIE 84 15 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion REU 84 16 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar GIB 84 17 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta MLT 84 18 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway NOR 84 19 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France FRA 84 20 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden SWE 84 21 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey GGY 84 22 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด Macao MAC 83 23 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Holy See VAT 83 24 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช UAE ARE 83 25 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland ISL 83 26 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique MTQ 83 27 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada CAN 83 28 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel ISR 83 29 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland IRL 83 30 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal PRT 83 31 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar QAT 83 32 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda BMU 83 33 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg LUX 82 34 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands NLD 82 35 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium BEL 82 36 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe GLP 82 37 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand NZL 82 38 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria AUT 82 39 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark DNK 82 40 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland FIN 82 41 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece GRC 82 42 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico PRI 82 43 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus CYP 82 44 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia SVN 82 45 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany DEU 82 46 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง UK GBR 82 47 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain BHR 82 48 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile CHL 82 49 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives MDV 82 50 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man IMN 81 51 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica CRI 81 52 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taiwan TWN 81 53 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait KWT 81 54 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands CYM 81 55 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin MAF 81 56 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands FRO 81 57 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman OMN 80 58 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia CZE 80 59 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey JEY 80 60 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama PAN 80 61 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania ALB 80 62 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla AIA 80 63 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ U.S. USA 80 64 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands FLK 80 65 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia EST 79 66 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia SAU 79 67 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands MNP 79 68 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia NCL 79 69 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland POL 79 70 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia HRV 79 71 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis & Futuna Islands WLF 79 72 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia SVK 79 73 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay URY 78 74 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba CUB 78 75 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo XKX 78 76 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China CHN 78 77 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks & Caicos Islands TCA 78 78 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia & Herzegovina BIH 78 79 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan JOR 78 80 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru PER 78 81 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia COL 78 82 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon LBN 78 83 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran IRN 78 84 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda ATG 78 85 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka LKA 78 86 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye TUR 78 87 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire BES 78 88 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador ECU 78 89 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina ARG 78 90 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia MKD 78 91 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam GUM 78 92 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands VGB 78 93 ๐ŸŒด Polynesia (no emoji available) POL 78 94 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro MNE 77 95 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana GUF 77 96 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary HUN 77 97 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau TKL 77 98 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao CUW 77 99 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia SRB 77 100 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena SHN 77 101 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre & Miquelon SPM 77 102 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia MYS 77 103 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia TUN 77 104 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand THA 77 105 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten SXM 77 106 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria DZA 77 107 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba ABW 77 108 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados BRB 76 109 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat MSR 76 110 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia LVA 76 111 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte MYT 76 112 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde CPV 76 113 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania LTU 76 114 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania ROU 76 115 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil BRA 76 116 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia ARM 76 117 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria BGR 76 118 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ U.S. Virgin Islands VIR 76 119 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco MAR 76 120 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei Darussalam BRN 76 121 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands COK 76 122 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada GRD 76 123 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico MEX 75 124 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius MUS 75 125 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua NIC 75 126 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh BGD 75 127 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam VNM 75 128 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine UKR 75 129 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas BHS 75 130 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia GEO 75 131 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus BLR 75 132 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan AZE 75 133 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan KAZ 75 134 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay PRY 74 135 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic DOM 74 136 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize BLZ 74 137 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname SUR 74 138 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต North Korea PRK 74 139 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad & Tobago TTO 74 140 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan BTN 74 141 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia RUS 74 142 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga TON 73 143 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras HND 73 144 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya LBY 73 145 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles SYC 73 146 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa ASM 73 147 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ Palestine PSE 73 148 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia LCA 73 149 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syria SYR 73 150 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala GTM 73 151 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela VEN 73 152 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan UZB 73 153 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq IRQ 73 154 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador SLV 73 155 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India IND 72 156 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis KNA 72 157 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia MNG 72 158 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan TJK 72 159 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt EGY 72 160 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan KGZ 72 161 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa WSM 72 162 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu VUT 72 163 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara ESH 72 164 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica JAM 72 165 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent & the Grenadines VCT 72 166 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Moldova MDA 71 167 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica DMA 71 168 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia IDN 71 169 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia KHM 71 170 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal NPL 71 171 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands SLB 71 172 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana GUY 70 173 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan TKM 70 174 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland GRL 70 175 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue NIU 70 176 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe STP 70 177 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines PHL 70 178 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen YEM 70 179 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau PLW 69 180 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Laos LAO 69 181 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana BWA 69 182 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal SEN 69 183 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea ERI 69 184 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania MRT 69 185 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia BOL 69 186 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda UGA 69 187 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon GAB 69 188 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda RWA 68 189 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste TLS 68 190 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan PAK 68 191 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia ETH 68 192 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi MWI 68 193 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia NAM 68 194 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji FJI 68 195 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia FSM 68 196 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Tanzania TZA 67 197 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu TUV 67 198 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar MMR 67 199 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros COM 67 200 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands MHL 67 201 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati KIR 67 202 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan SDN 67 203 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia ZMB 67 204 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan AFG 67 205 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa ZAF 66 206 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti DJI 66 207 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea PNG 66 208 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia GMB 66 209 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo COG 66 210 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana GHA 66 211 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti HTI 65 212 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola AGO 65 213 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau GNB 64 214 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini SWZ 64 215 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon CMR 64 216 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea GNQ 64 217 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar MDG 64 218 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya KEN 64 219 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi BDI 64 220 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique MOZ 64 221 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe ZWE 63 222 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo TGO 63 223 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia LBR 62 224 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru NRU 62 225 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire CIV 62 226 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ DRC COD 62 227 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone SLE 62 228 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger NER 62 229 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso BFA 61 230 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin BEN 61 231 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea GIN 61 232 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali MLI 61 233 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia SOM 59 234 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho LSO 58 235 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic CAF 58 236 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan SSD 58 237 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad TCD 55 238 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria NGA 55 Note: Figures rounded. Most of the top 10 countries are similarly small-sized territories or countries. However, Japan (#4), South Korea (#5), and Australia (#10) are the three top-10 countries with the highest life expectancies (84+) when accounting for a population of more than 20 million people. Regionally, Western European countries have the highest life expectancies at birth. Their counterparts in Eastern Europe are a shade lower. And despite Japan and South Korea's performance, most Asians have life expectancies between 70โ€“80 years. Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Papua New Guinea are below the 70-year threshold. However, several African countries have a below-60 life expectancy, a projected lifespan that is a full 20 years shorter than Western European residents. Nigeria has the lowest average life expectancy at birth, at 55 years. Life expectancies are tricky things to fully comprehend: in that they change throughout a person's lifespan and are measured for entire cohorts born in a year. For example, in countries with lower projected expectancies, it doesn't necessarily mean adults don't live as long. A high infant mortality rate for a particular cohort of babies born in a year could reduce the projected lifespan of the entire cohort. However once a baby from that year survives to adulthood, they may very well reach their 70s. In fact, data shows that the biggest difference between life expectancies of Africa and high-income regions are for those before the age of 5 and after 60. This is because both babies and older adults have a need for specific medical infrastructure which many Africans don't have access to. There is a strong correlation between wealth and longer lifespans. Check out Countries with the Highest GDP per Capita in 2024 to see similarities.

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