| Current Rank | Country | Value | Latest Reading | Previous Rank | Previous Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 85.39 | 2020 | 1 | 85.08 |
| 2 | Japan | 84.62 | 2020 | 2 | 84.36 |
| 3 | Macao | 84.37 | 2020 | 3 | 84.24 |
| 4 | Singapore | 83.74 | 2020 | 4 | 82.85 |
| 5 | South Korea | 83.43 | 2020 | 5 | 82.63 |
| 6 | Maldives | 79.21 | 2020 | 6 | 78.63 |
| 7 | Thailand | 77.34 | 2020 | 7 | 77.15 |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 77.14 | 2020 | 8 | 76.81 |
| 9 | China | 76.91 | 2019 | 9 | 76.7 |
| 10 | Malaysia | 76.31 | 2020 | 10 | 76.16 |
| 11 | Brunei | 76 | 2020 | 11 | 75.86 |
| 12 | Vietnam | 75.49 | 2020 | 12 | 75.32 |
| 13 | Kazakhstan | 73.18 | 2019 | 13 | 73.15 |
| 14 ↑ | Azerbaijan | 73 | 2019 | 16 | 72.27 |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 72.87 | 2020 | 15 | 72.59 |
| 16 | North Korea | 72.45 | 2020 | 16 | 72.27 |
| 17 ↑ | Bhutan | 72.08 | 2020 | 18 | 71.78 |
| 18 ↑ | Indonesia | 71.91 | 2020 | 21 | 71.28 |
| 19 | Uzbekistan | 71.85 | 2020 | 19 | 71.72 |
| 20 | Kyrgyzstan | 71.6 | 2019 | 20 | 71.4 |
| 21 ↑ | Philippines | 71.36 | 2020 | 22 | 71.23 |
| 22 ↓ | Russia | 71.34 | 2020 | 14 | 73.08 |
| 23 | Tajikistan | 71.1 | 2019 | 23 | 70.88 |
| 24 | Nepal | 71.07 | 2020 | 24 | 70.48 |
| 25 | Mongolia | 70.06 | 2020 | 25 | 69.87 |
| 26 | Cambodia | 70.05 | 2020 | 26 | 69.82 |
| 27 | Turkmenistan | 68.31 | 2020 | 27 | 68.07 |
| 28 | India | 68.29 | 2014 | 28 | 67.93 |
| 29 | Laos | 67.92 | 2019 | 29 | 67.61 |
| 30 | Burma (Myanmar) | 67.36 | 2020 | 30 | 67.13 |
| 31 | Pakistan | 67.27 | 2019 | 31 | 66.77 |
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
