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Life expectancy at birth

Average number of years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns held constant.

19 countries with a value for 2023. Ranked highest to lowest — rank #1 is the best outcome on this measure.

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All regions Arab States East Asia and the Pacific Europe and Central Asia Latin America and the Caribbean South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa

1CubaHigh78.1 yrs 2PeruHigh77.7 yrs 3ColombiaHigh77.7 yrs 4EcuadorHigh77.4 yrs 5BrazilHigh75.8 yrs 6GrenadaHigh75.2 yrs 7MexicoHigh75.1 yrs 8NicaraguaHigh74.9 yrs 9ParaguayHigh73.8 yrs 10Dominican RepublicHigh73.7 yrs 11SurinameHigh73.6 yrs 12BelizeHigh73.6 yrs 13Saint LuciaHigh72.7 yrs 14Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)High72.5 yrs 15JamaicaHigh71.5 yrs 16Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesHigh71.2 yrs 17DominicaHigh71.1 yrs 18GuyanaHigh70.2 yrs 19Bolivia (Plurinational State of)High68.6 yrs