List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by life expectancy

China at the 1st level of administrative division is divided to 22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 direct-administered municipalities, and 2 special administrative regions (plus 1 claimed province).

According to estimation of the United Nations, in 2023 life expectancy in China was 77.95 years (75.20 for male, 80.93 for female). This is 0.25 years less than it was in 2022. — see file "Compact (most used: estimates and medium projections)"

Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2023 is exactly the same: 77.95 years total (75.20 for male, 80.93 for female).

According to estimation of the WHO for 2019, at that year life expectancy in China was 77.31 years (74.58 years for male and 80.36 years for female). And healthy life expectancy was 68.45 years (66.99 years for male and 70.08 years for female).

Life expectancy in China is several years lower than in neighboring South Korea, Japan and Singapore, but several years higher than in Vietnam, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Russia and India.

Global Data Lab (2019–2022)

This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.) in order of their life expectancy in 2019–2022, including all provinces and autonomous regions, but not including special administrative regions.

region201920212021→202220222019→2022malefemale overalloverallmalefemale China on average 77.97 75.30 80.82 5.52 0.24 78.21 0.38 78.59 75.96 81.34 5.38 0.62 Shanghai 82.38 80.11 84.68 4.57 0.17 82.55 0.40 82.95 80.75 85.14 4.39 0.57 Beijing 82.32 80.16 84.43 4.27 0.17 82.49 0.40 82.89 80.79 84.89 4.10 0.57 Tianjin 81.11 79.07 83.16 4.09 0.19 81.30 0.39 81.69 79.67 83.66 3.99 0.58 Zhejiang 80.00 77.78 82.39 4.61 0.19 80.19 0.38 80.57 78.44 82.84 4.40 0.57 Jiangsu 79.11 76.72 81.57 4.85 0.21 79.32 0.38 79.70 77.36 82.09 4.73 0.59 Guangdong 79.08 76.42 81.98 5.56 0.23 79.31 0.38 79.69 77.09 82.48 5.39 0.61 Shandong 78.96 76.16 81.85 5.69 0.22 79.18 0.38 79.56 76.80 82.37 5.57 0.60 Hainan 78.83 75.51 82.60 7.09 0.22 79.05 0.38 79.43 76.17 83.10 6.93 0.60 Liaoning 78.50 75.72 81.32 5.60 0.18 78.68 0.38 79.06 76.30 81.80 5.50 0.56 Chongqing 78.33 75.54 81.38 5.84 0.23 78.56 0.38 78.94 76.20 81.90 5.70 0.61 Fujian 78.27 75.50 81.31 5.81 0.22 78.49 0.38 78.87 76.15 81.81 5.66 0.60 Jilin 78.24 75.42 81.15 5.73 0.17 78.41 0.38 78.79 75.96 81.66 5.70 0.55 Heilongjiang 78.08 75.10 81.21 6.11 0.17 78.25 0.38 78.63 75.67 81.68 6.01 0.55 Guangxi 77.82 74.30 81.73 7.43 0.24 78.06 0.37 78.43 74.97 82.24 7.27 0.61 Hubei 77.74 75.37 80.26 4.89 0.26 78.00 0.37 78.37 76.07 80.78 4.71 0.63 Anhui 77.73 75.18 80.48 5.30 0.23 77.96 0.37 78.33 75.86 80.97 5.11 0.60 Shanxi 77.66 75.31 80.20 4.89 0.25 77.91 0.37 78.28 75.98 80.72 4.74 0.62 Hunan 77.62 75.00 80.47 5.47 0.26 77.88 0.37 78.25 75.70 81.00 5.30 0.63 Shaanxi 77.54 75.26 79.94 4.68 0.26 77.80 0.37 78.17 75.93 80.49 4.56 0.63 Sichuan 77.54 74.68 80.64 5.96 0.25 77.79 0.37 78.16 75.34 81.18 5.84 0.62 Hebei 77.53 74.90 80.26 5.36 0.22 77.75 0.37 78.12 75.53 80.77 5.24 0.59 Jiangxi 77.36 74.71 80.22 5.51 0.28 77.64 0.37 78.01 75.41 80.77 5.36 0.65 Henan 77.35 74.26 80.56 6.30 0.25 77.60 0.37 77.97 74.92 81.09 6.17 0.62 Inner Mongolia 77.30 74.63 80.18 5.55 0.26 77.56 0.37 77.93 75.31 80.70 5.39 0.63 Ningxia 76.31 74.48 78.18 3.70 0.27 76.58 0.37 76.95 75.22 78.65 3.43 0.64 Xinjiang 75.37 73.27 77.63 4.36 0.28 75.65 0.36 76.01 73.99 78.14 4.15 0.64 Gansu 75.35 73.28 77.52 4.24 0.29 75.64 0.36 76.00 73.97 78.10 4.13 0.65 Guizhou 74.84 71.67 78.29 6.62 0.36 75.20 0.36 75.56 72.41 78.96 6.55 0.72 Yunnan 73.62 70.54 77.08 6.54 0.40 74.02 0.36 74.38 71.30 77.79 6.49 0.76 Qinghai 73.61 71.31 76.04 4.73 0.35 73.96 0.35 74.31 72.04 76.67 4.63 0.70 Tibet 71.84 69.83 74.32 4.49 0.35 72.19 0.35 72.54 70.58 74.99 4.41 0.70

Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2019) Life expectancy in Chinese regions in 2019 according to an article in the journal CCDC Weekly published by CCDC: — table 1, page 42

regionmalefemaleChina 77.6 74.7 80.7 6.0Shanghai 82.7 80.3 85.0 4.7Beijing 82.7 79.6 85.9 6.3Zhejiang 81.5 78.8 84.5 5.7Guangdong 81.1 77.8 84.7 6.9Jiangsu 80.8 77.9 83.8 5.9Fujian 79.7 76.6 83.1 6.5Tianjin 79.5 76.8 82.7 5.9Shandong 78.7 75.7 81.9 6.2Anhui 78.0 75.3 81.1 5.8Jiangxi 77.6 74.8 80.6 5.8Hubei 77.5 75.0 80.3 5.3Henan 77.5 74.4 80.7 6.3Liaoning 77.2 73.8 81.0 7.2Jilin 77.1 75.8 78.4 2.6Hainan 77.0 74.6 79.7 5.1Shaanxi 76.7 74.4 79.4 5.0Hunan 76.6 73.6 80.1 6.5Chongqing 76.5 73.8 79.5 5.7Shanxi 76.4 73.9 79.3 5.4Inner Mongolia 76.3 73.5 79.7 6.2Gansu 76.1 73.6 78.9 5.3Guangxi 76.1 72.6 80.2 7.6Ningxia 75.9 73.4 78.6 5.2Hebei 75.7 72.6 79.1 6.5Heilongjiang 75.5 72.5 79.0 6.5Sichuan 75.5 72.5 79.0 6.5Guizhou 74.8 72.1 77.8 5.7Yunnan 74.2 71.1 77.9 6.8Qinghai 72.1 70.1 74.4 4.3Xinjiang 71.9 70.0 74.2 4.2Tibet 70.1 67.6 72.9 5.3

World Bank Group (2023) Life expectancy in the special administrative regions of China according to the World Bank Group:

+ Countries andterritories2023Historical dataCOVID-19:2019→2023AllMaleFemale201420192019→202020202020→202120212021→202220222022→20232023 85.25 82.54 88.09 5.55 83.94 1.22 85.16 0.34 85.50 0.04 85.53 −1.87 83.66 1.59 85.25 0.09 83.18 80.40 86.10 5.70 83.02 0.91 83.93 0.20 84.13 −0.40 83.73 −0.65 83.08 0.10 83.18 −0.75 China on average 77.95 75.20 80.93 5.73 76.71 1.23 77.94 0.08 78.02 0.10 78.12 0.08 78.20 −0.25 77.95 0.01

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